Bad Machinery by John Allison for April 26, 2022

Bad Lee! Dump your current dangerous nutter before you try to pick up a new one.

And try mead. It’s pretty easy to make, and doesn’t use any ingredients that you can’t find at a typical local grocery.

This can’t end well.

or get friends with older brothers.

Lee, I’m pretty sure ALL the shops have heard tricks like that before.

Also, I imagine their attempts to brew their own would end horrifically. But this being Tackleford, it’d probably end up producing a good but bizarre adventure out of it for somebody.

Advice for Lee: don’t break up with Sasha. The thing with Mildred will not work. Of course if Sasha finds out about Mildred Sasha will save you the trouble of breaking up with her; she’ll do the breaking up.