The Argyle Sweater by Scott Hilburn for May 06, 2021

Scott, you and Pastis friends? Really a good pun..

Well, don’t be modesto, be ventura. Get a sparks under it and reno over there.

HA! I’ll believe it when I see it!

Do their police feel the same?

Alaska and let Juneau.

Remember, folks – puns are the lowest form of humor when someone else thinks of them first.

Let me state that differently.

GROAN!

According to the latest census not necessarily so. Florida and Texas like company too. Poor California.

Are they “stating” a fact!

how come nevada has arms and hands to hold the letter but california’s newspaper just mysteriously hovers in mid-air?

It’s hard to resist saying that people who reside there …

… live in a “State of Misery”.

Understandable that Cal and Nevada are a couple since they’re always spooning.

Show me.

Stress on the wrong sy-LAH-ble.

We were telling variations on this when I was in grade school nearly 50 years ago. “How did Flora-die? She died in Missouri. What did Delaware? She wore her New Jersey. What did Iowa-y? She weighed a Washington. Why did Cali-phone-ya? She phoned to say Hawaii” There were a ton more and they were strung together in a song, but these are the ones I remember. In at least one version of the song, the retort of “Idaho (I don’t know) Alaska” was responded for each question before the real answer was revealed.

St. Louis? How arch.

Ironically, I Google Mapped from SE Wis to Branson yesterday and the assumed flying route and the driving routes all took too long, for a twang.

Meanwhile, California doesn’t want anybody to leave – not even on vacation. Seriously, California TV stations are running ads begging people, “Take your vacation inside the state this year! We-er, our businesses-need the money!”

If they say it again, are they restating it?

California can just stay home.

Lived in MO for 10 years, now in NV for 7, but never lived in CA. Nice place to visit, but wouldn’t want to live there…

I live in Branson now -a great place! St. Louis, however…

Thank you, Scott, for saying invitation and not invite.

Nevada finds this very humorous. Can’t stop Laughlin.

And that nice Dr. Lecter. He’s always having guests, too!

They’re still miffed cause we took their football team.

Oregonna go, honey?