Strange Brew by John Deering for November 05, 2023

….and without any AAA batteries.

Now control yourself. Don’t do anything rash.

He should take a day or two to explore.

Remote island. Yeah, that took me a moment.

Now if only one of these boxes has a TV!

Easy-peasy for Macgyver to somehow put together a gyrocopter from all that stuff.

I see what you did there.

He looks mighty scruffy for just day two.

He must be close to China.

I have been to a remote island: Marcus Island (AKA Minami Torishima or South Bird Island). It’s about midway between Midway and Japan and is a triangular heap of coral hundreds of miles away from other isolated islands and more than 1,000 miles from the Japanese mainland.

The longest leg of the triangle is the one on which the runway is and it’s 4,500 feet long. One could walk around the perimeter of the island in about 30 minutes even on the loose coral. One can also observe all kinds of things from civilization washed up on the shore: mostly fishing equipment but also things like women’s shoes.

During World War II, the Japanese had 5,000 soldiers stationed on the island. They must have all been standing in formation at attention, that’s the only way you can fit that many people on the island. The United States bypassed the island during its Pacific Campaign.

That’s where they are!

Castaway 2023.

This comic is sorta techie, so this is what I did today:

Windows 11 claimed its AI could help me do things, so I asked, “make a date with Taylor Swift”.

Computer answered, “I’m sorry, but I’m not capable of making a date with Taylor Swift. However, I can help you find events near you … “.

GROAN x 3

Yikes! Definitely a salt water toughy.

He doesn’t have the remotest idea where he is.

Can you fish with clicker bait?

Great comic art, funny in itself and very clever too…

A remote island in the English Channel.