The Born Loser by Art and Chip Sansom for October 12, 2014
Transcript:
The Born Loser by Art & Chip Sansom Brutus: Happy birthday, Mother Gargle! Brutus: I bought flowers for your birthday! Ramona: Thank you! They're lovely! Ramona: And so fragrant! You've never bought flowers for me before. Brutus: Well, I would have bought you chocolates, but you gave up sweets... Brutus: And I couldn't buy cigarettes or wine for you, because you don't smoke or drink anymore... Brutus: So I decided to buy you flowers... Brutus: Because you still smell!
The strip on October 22, 1989 appears to be the original.