Strange Brew by John Deering for January 06, 2010

Yeah, it’s just you.

Yep, Canary, you will serve as a warning to others of impending danger…

Give me a match. I can’t see where the gas is coming from.

Uh oh

now if I tell you that you suffer from delusions

you pay your analyst to reach the same conclusions

you live your life like a canary in a coal mine

you get so dizzy even walking in a straight line

it’s nice that these coal miners have adopted a homeless bird to keep them company while they work….and they all are so apparently attentive to his little birdie needs

…or did one of you guys have beans for lunch today?

now we use instruments with gauges , so much more modern, of course sometimes the needles stick. oh well

when the canary is dead, they know there’s not enough O2 for them in the cave. Me thinks some of you aren’t aware of this

but the tunnel they are working in is about 30 yards from the canary…..

Maybe he had a “bottom burp…”

LOL - Bottom Burps from 2 Cows & A Chicken! Wonder if it will make it in the dictionary (see last Sunday’s toon).

eardroppings: We’re not aware of it because it’s inaccurate. The problem in coal mines is not lack of oxygen, but traces of methane and carbon monoxide that can kill miners. The canary is much more sensitive to these gases than humans, and hence is used as a living alarm system. (I guess “dying alarm system” would be more accurate, sadly.) We were making “methane jokes,” if you will. Hence reference to beans, cabbage, etc.

Just all havin’ a good time at the poor canary’s expense!