Rubes by Leigh Rubin for March 27, 2023

Point taken, but we have to make room for the new babies.

There are some for whom the end is a blessed relief. An end to death without an end to old age, sickness, or injury would be a curse.

How long would well designed robots last?

‘Only the Good Die Young’ – Billy Joel

In a perfect world, they wouldn’t have this job.

Where do you draw the line between rotten and good? Can you be occasionally rotten and still be good? Can you be occasionally good and still be rotten?

Would you consider a list.. to kind of prioritize?

He’s a chip off the old black!

So spot on I can’t think of anything funny to say.

In a ‘perfect world’ would there be ‘rotten ones’?

But remember, it doesn’t matter if they did or didn’t eat the salmon mousse.

That would be a very imperfect world for you, Death, having to take on the job of determining which ones were “rotten.” (Just ask Santa how much extra work that naughty/nice business makes for him.) Not to mention that you’d have to give up your nickname, The Great Equalizer.

Rotten ones, Such as republicans, trump and his followers, Putin, leaders and founders of religion.

What a beautiful world this would be!