I think this comic strip gets it right: we live in the Age of the Dumbass. After the golden age, the silver age, the bronze age, and the age of iron, we find ourselves in this age of dumbassery.
By the way, my late brother used to occasionally send me Pearls Before Swine strips, just because we shared a sense of humor.
Sorry to hear about your brother.
My sister and I share a similar sense of humour as well, as we used to send PBS strips to each other.
Huh. For a second, I had to check this wasn’t Mano Singham’s blog.
@StevoR: There were no puns involved.
I saw a PBS yesterday where Pig is watching TV news surrounded by horrible headlines. He then grabs a red balloon, blows it up, and floats out the window toward the horizon. Rat cries out, “I didn’t know that was an option,” while Goat cries “I want a balloon.”
I want my red balloon.
It’s been a very long time since I saw “La balloon rouge” so I read the synopsis in Wikipedia. I had forgotten about the bullies, but the end is hopeful.
@3. cates : True – but Mano Singham does regularly post cartoons from that series.