Richard's Poor Almanac by Richard Thompson for November 17, 2015
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early catalog alert ineffables winter 2000 features objects so vague & insub-stantial they elude precise descrip-tion. tends towards wind-chimey spirituality. does your husband want a dashboard druid serenity shrine? does your wife need a tibetan healing scrunchie? if so we pity you. condimentia! the source for every relish, spread & sauce necessary to create refrigerator gridlock. vast selection of lethally hot pepper sauces with undignified names ("wild ed's hellfire-spittin' bowel rocket sauce"). offers the mayonnaise-of-the-month club for the blander palate. powergrab 2000 do you have a fidgety executive on your list who'd just love a cell-phone that also stores addresses, schedules meetings, checks stocks, tallies golf scores, measures body fat & cholesterol levels, exchanges foreign currency, locates things by geosynchronous satellite, opens cans & moves cheese? look on page 12. stuff 'n' things super 900 page catalog 2000 gifts so useless that once actually given they cease to be, like some un-stable isotope. lawn ornaments, bar knicknacks, mugs & t-shirts with banalities printed on them, things shapes like cats, novelty oven mitts, etc. in short, the only catalog you'll need.
peter about 9 years ago
Little did Richard know that, in 2000, he invented the smartphone.
Liverlips McCracken Premium Member about 9 years ago
An excellent comic.
Sisyphos about 9 years ago
Hey, I got the condensed version of that last one, and still do a good part of my Christmas shopping from it.As for the Ineffables, I bet some folks could, so to speak….
comixbomix about 9 years ago
Almost can’t remember when that phone was a novelty, or an oddity.
Malcolm Hall about 9 years ago
Sign me up for the Mayo o’ the Month Club!