Brewster Rockit by Tim Rickard for December 11, 2023

Well, obviously it’s from the Planet of the Inflatable Santa Elves.

Leftovers from various parades.

Never bought by anyone NOT on a high traffic street.

Is it an inflatable decoration? Or a giant alien from the planet Ho Ho, Uh Oh?

An inflatable would pop in the vacuum of space unless it’s made of pretty strong stuff, like the two “Echo” metalized balloon satellites that were the first (passive) telecommunications satellites (1960 and 19640.

Pam? Another cup of coffee might help. Maybe with a shot of Kahlua™.

Could have been worse. Could have been your bedroom window.

We are being invaded by giant space elves!

If that elf causes any problems, they can launch Seattle’s Space Needle to deal with him.

I hate the inflatables. Aside from using lots of energy to keep those fans going, they just don’t look nice. Worse, during the day, they lie limp on the lawn looking like so much trash.

A small pop can size bottle of compressed air would provide enough air to inflate and maintain a giant balloon character. There is no gravity to squeeze the air back out. A balloon pressure of a few thousandths of an atmosphere should do.

I have a vague recollection of the “Now what?” punchline being a running gag in some old comic strip or even TV show…

Major voyeur there

Pam’s always best in profile.

How Disney Stole Christmas, now streaming on the Disney Channel.

Elf on the Space Station.

It’s not just Elf on the shelf anymore.

Eaten, via “MythTickle” (12-8), or somewhat revered or disrespected, via recent “Crabgrass” arc!!

Elf on a continental shelf?

He’s the Ambassador from the Giant Inflatable Elf People.