Lio by Mark Tatulli for August 13, 2010

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    margueritem  about 14 years ago

    ‘The chickens are coming home to roost’…

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    Vista Bill Raley and Comet™  about 14 years ago

    Truth!

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    ladywolf17  about 14 years ago

    Lio is so helpful.

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    COWBOY7  about 14 years ago

    That’ll do it for sure!

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    Ooops! Premium Member about 14 years ago

    Lio, is such a nice boy. The Reaper probably has a lot of people to pick up.

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    Sisyphos  about 14 years ago

    Lio is just doing his civic duty as he sees it. GR needs to conserve his strength, because he’s going to be really, really busy at his destination!

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    pouncingtiger  about 14 years ago

    Serves them right!

    -or-

    [Ring bell] Bring out your dead! [Ring bell] Bring out your dead!

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    Frankr  about 14 years ago

    Maybe they can stop by BP on the way home.

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    julianfer  about 14 years ago

    Everybody knows that tobacco is dangerous so they should think: stop smoking! Well done, Lio!

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    dyankee23  about 14 years ago

    OK, I think we’ve all spotted a couple more stops for Lio and the Reaper before they kick off for the weekend.

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    Colt9033  about 14 years ago

    Thats long ride, don’t usually see taxi by way of red wagon for long distant trips.

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    guitarmutt  about 14 years ago

    Hey Lio, maybe Grim Reaper hates spam like the rest of us. If you guys have the time that is.

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    cdward  about 14 years ago

    Why’s he being so mean to tobacco? Everyone knows it doesn’t hurt you. See? I smoked a cigarette and nothing happened. Proof positive that smoking is healthy! ….

    On a more serious note, NY has just increased its cigarette tax to over $4 a pack. People note that some smokers are getting around it by going to other states or reservations, but I think the real power of that tax is that NON-smokers are less likely to start (young kids will find it too expensive and too much hassle to get). If that’s the case, it’s worth it.

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    Devils Knight  about 14 years ago

    thats all good and well but i have never heard of anyone being forced to smoke at gun point last i remember they started of their own free will (and yes i am a former smoker)

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    Simon_Jester  about 14 years ago

    When yer done there, Lio, why don’t you drop him by the headquarters of a few spammer outfits I could mention?

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    topdog93.7  about 14 years ago

    die!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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    epeebles  about 14 years ago

    Up here in Canada, they have even banned smoking from restaurants and bars (!). Previously you could have enclosed, separated designated smoking sections but that too was eventually phased out. People were upset over it and businesses/bars said that would be the end of them, but guess what… not much difference. Since we have a nationalized health system, this saves us money in the end. Maybe all that crazy government control won’t work in the US, but it is a saner way to live. Watch someone with COPD and I dare you to smoke!

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    freeholder1  about 14 years ago

    Nothing like seeing some poor schmuck walk by with an oxygen tank, a hose in his nose and smoking a cigarette. Which you aren’t supposed to do either. We know so much about freedom we forget liberty has it’s price. In your life and the lives around you.

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    sensrule92  about 14 years ago

    Death comes to town!

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    Yukoneric  about 14 years ago

    Smoke ‘em if you got ‘em……………

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    warreno  about 14 years ago

    Two things are certain: Death and taxis.

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    rotts  about 14 years ago

    Eric - same here in Ohio.

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    Sherlock Watson  about 14 years ago

    Takeoff of an old ad slogan: Last call for Philip Morris!

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    bald  about 14 years ago

    lio is headed in the right direction

    on a side note, NY is in the process (again) of trying to tax tobacco products on the reservations purchased by non native americans. a federal judge has made it illegal for the reservations to mail tobacco products.

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    Bender_Sastre  about 14 years ago

    Baslim, I remember that scene too: cop is smoking a cigarette, Death touches his shoulder, and the cop immediately start hacking up a long. Definitely worth a knowing smirk.

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    GailRubin  about 14 years ago

    Death and taxis… too good! This is getting posted on The Family Plot Blog, along with yesterday’s Lola cartoon, that also had a take on the Grim Reaper in the summertime: http://TheFamilyPlot.wordpress.com

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    interplanetarycop  about 14 years ago

    Loi carries death in a wagon.

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    cutiepie29  about 14 years ago

    “A smoking section in a restaurant is like a peeing section in a pool.”

    I don’t know who said it, but the truth in it makes me laugh.

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    JP Steve Premium Member about 14 years ago

    I know Sherlock got to it first but:

    “Call for Phillip Moreeeeis!”

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    lin4869  about 14 years ago

    In our area, smoking is banned in public places and, of course, there’s a lot of controversy. One point brings it home to me: that people need jobs but shouldn’t be exposed to the dangers of second-hand smoke in their work environments. I can see that business owners should be allowed freedom but if they choose a smoking environment, there should be some protection choice(s) for employees who need/want the protection.

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    Jonathan Bridge Premium Member about 14 years ago

    We will return to “I Love Lucy”…

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    tedcoop  about 14 years ago

    Very nice.

    @baslim the begger – If I recall correctly (and yes, my copy of Citizen of the Galaxy is only a few feet away as I type this), Col. Richard Baslim knew how to spell “beggar” correctly; and anyway he went by “Baslim the Cripple” while on Sargon. You really need to change your screen name accordingly. Don’t make the Free Traders track you down and space you.

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    dragoncrone  about 14 years ago

    warreno - HA HA HAAAA! Good one.

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    dvoyack  about 14 years ago

    And stay away from the salmon mousse.

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    Digital Frog  about 14 years ago

    Excellent one warreno!

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