Close to Home by John McPherson for September 14, 2021

Careful Bleeb you might get packed into that monstrous bag. But then that might be good because then you would be hidden from Dalcon who is waiting outside for you.

I wonder if you just buy a pack of gum if they use that same big bag? Somehow I would imagine that’s the way it is.

At least ones kitty cat has a nice big bag to play in.

Where can I get those?

And they always pack the bread and eggs on the bottom of the bag.

Bags are 5 cents each here…

Those tall bags have GOT to be very hard to carry because of the weight distribution.

I can use my own cloth bags now.

Larger is not always better.

I always bring my own strong cotton bags and do my own packing.

Dalcon seem persistent, but Bleeb continues to evade him.

Shop-N-Schlep? Oy…

Just bring your military duffel bag- same idea.

Wouldn’t that still use the same amount or MORE of paper? I’d think it would cost the store more for the specialized bags!

Less bags same amount of paper.

Tow truck to register two! We got a full one here

So did the change from paper bags to plastic bags work or not?

Does Bleeb, down in the lower left corner, have a weapon?

I hope they made the doors much more taller to get through

I want a store called Shop-and-Schlep!

Put the chips and bread and tomatoes on the bottom.

“… will that be paper or plastic, sir?”

“Paper please! I want one o’them cool, giant paper bags!”

“But… you only bought a candy bar, sir!?”

“Yes! Yes I did! … and be careful bagging it!

Stacks 5th Avenue.

Dalcon trying to get in the exit door, no wonder Bleeb is always a step ahead of him.

I bet the baggers put the bread in the bottom too.

Well, paper is biodegradable in the land fills.

So, today is 9/14/2021, and on the national news this morning they had a story about another approaching paper shortage. They said smart people will start to stock up now on paper products, and not just toilet paper. Anything paper. On a related note, I stopped at the Save-A-Lot yesterday, and they have discontinued paper bags – only plastic. Boo

They started leveling a surcharge on bags in our town to reduce litter. Currently the cheapest bags are 10 cents but I wonder what the bags in the cartoon would cost?

The taller bags are being underwritten by a local chiropractic office.

I wonder if Bleeb has a bar code.

Those wouldn’t last two steps before splitting down the side and spilling your hundred dollars worth of food all over the store floor.

Does it kill fewer trees to make one big bag than it does to make a a bunch of smaller ones?

One guess as to what’s at the BOTTOM of the bag!

Stores/people use way too many bags. There’s no need to put a gallon jug of milk of water in a plastic bag. Just carry the jug.