The Born Loser by Art and Chip Sansom for May 17, 2023

The ultimate unfriending?

A miracle?

Brutus’ smirk in panel #3 tells all.

The best feature of modern phones.

One “bad” thing about blocking Mother Gargoyle’s phone number is that you won’t know when she’ll be “flying” in for a visit!!!

;-)

The Chief did it because she kept calling Brutus on business hours.

Try your best to keep a strait face Brutus !

My phone company automatically detects spam and blocks it. Why shouldn’t theirs?

Those darn hackers!

Well Brutus you got one week of peace and quite.

Well, here’s a doh! explanation. Mother’s Day was just 4 days ago. You expected your MAMA to call YOU on Mother’s Day week? And you didn’t know her number was blocked for the past 4 days? Shouldn’t you have found that out this past Sunday?

A Block off the old Chip!

I told you he wasn’t as dumb as he looked!

Must be a glitch, Brutus will get right on it.

It happened accidentally on purpose! At least Brutus isn’t blaming it on Wilberforce…

Who knew Brutus was so Techie?

Blocking on the smartphone is a neat feature. Unfortunately, for Brutus, he might need an invisibility feature, right about now. Maybe he should just go for a walk.

My my the Old Battle Axe hasn’t been able to call and insult poor Brutus.

yeah, I wonder… as if it’s a problem on his end. :J

Ask me no questions – I tell you no lies.

C’mon, Brutus, what makes you think you could get away with this?

See, God does answer some of our smaller prayers, with a little help of course…..

Genius!

Busted!!!

Since Gladys looks confused, Brutus can blame it on the phone company or something. Maybe a butt block. (As opposed to a butt dial.)

Oh my gosh this is coffee spit take funny! The setup, her question (with the glare) and. Brutus’s “who me?” look are perfect! Hilarious!!

It’s a mystery! ☺

Now if only you could block her FACE!

Well her number was listed as ‘Suspected spam’. Even the company thinks so.

Unfortunately Brutus, guilt is written all over your face.

How did Mother Gargoyle spawn such a nice, well-adjusted daughter? Do we know anything about the man/men in her life?

Hahahaha! Way to go!

Close, Brutus, but no cigar.

Brutus!! Well played, sir! Well played.

He’s not a loser after all.

My sister would occasionally block numbers on her phone accidentally (apparently the “block” selection was close to something else on the menu). If I couldn’t contact her after two or three tries, I’d call her grandson (my grand nephew) who lived with her and he’d unblock my number.

Nice try, Brutus, but you should have realized it couldn’t last. Guessing it ultimately wasn’t worth the trouble.