Reality Check by Dave Whamond for December 01, 2019

But the world is your oyster.

The cat is getting the better deal.

Roy and Joyce must be special people for you, Dave.

See also: O. Henry’s The Gift Of The Moggy.

I hope Roy and Joyce have a wonderful anniversary!

Oddly enough, the dead mouse looks very lifelike.

Casting pearls before felines…

He oyster stop being so shellfish and give her a string of pearls. And if she gave him an aquarium, he’d be much more tankful.

Another year of irritation. Another pearl.

A few(?) decades ago, a Larry Wright comic (Wright Angles(?)), had Motley the cat joining the children in giving Carlyle(?) Mother’s Day presents; Motley’s gift was a couple(?) of mice that jumped out, scaring Carlyle, and Motley wound up in the basement.

This is more sad than funny.

The Gift of the Magi in beta.

Oysters can be so shellfish.

Can you spell “incompatible”?

Yes, but how did they meet?

Yes, sincere love captures the spirit of Christmas more perfectly than any gift we can possibly buy for another person. The message of this short story is that love is the most important gift that two people can ever give to one another. (Until, after a fast 58 years death do you part. RIP-Patty.)

I think the message of the strip is they are totally incompatible, and this is their last anniversary.

Joyce would probably like a new pearl necklace.

Well, the good news is that if the relationship doesn’t work out; at least there won’t be any offspring to worry about…

Cute!