Bloom County by Berkeley Breathed for May 04, 2012

Oh Lord, won’t you buy me a Mercedes-Benz My friends all drive Porsches I must make amends Worked hard all my lifetime No help from my friends So Lord, won’t you buy me

A Mercedes-Benz.

(Janis Joplin RIP)

“And some Change would be good, too.”

Guys, we aren’t talking about a Jaguar or an Austin Healy, or something else that requires a full time mechanic. We are talking about a car that should run fairly reliably, as long as routine maintenance is done, at $250 an hour.

Nothing says “hope” like screaming down the freeway doing 120 m.p.h.!

Okay, Santa, here’s the deal: hold the joy and hope, and just bring me the Porsche,. Okay?

I know this was penned in the 80’s, but man it sounds relevant to today!

old joke,person knocks on man’s door and says, “I’m looking for some work, do you have any handyman jobs i could do for you” Man says, yes, would you paint my porch, it should take you most of the day. About an hour later, person comes back and says, I’m done, and by the way, it’s a Cadillac, not a Porch.

Today is Star Wars Day. I have no hope, joy, or Porsches to give you, but May the Fourth be with you!

Done the Porsche thing.It’s not all that it’s cracked up to be.It’s better..I miss my 928.

Is Joy a blonde and Hope a red head?

I’ve been thinking about a Porsche lately, ever since I found out they’ve got tons of headroom& legroom (I’m tall). But I’m lazy and don’t want to shift. Need a 911 w/ an automatic!

Hope? Joy? what are these things you speak of?

I heard of these events – by the way, I am not American – but I did not know until today that they occurred on a May 4th. Thanks for improving my knowledge of American history!

Davenpot? No R? Whatever, it’s creepy to see a grown man squatting on Santa’s knee like that.

I thought “Joy” and “Hope” were the names of two hookers.

Would there be room in the Porsche for Joy and Hope and him?

Do I detect a little bit of racism here?