Close to Home by John McPherson for January 21, 2022

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    ronaldspence  almost 3 years ago

    well. at least he knows what is bothering him!

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    jr1234  almost 3 years ago

    Bleeb?

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    Dobie  Premium Member almost 3 years ago

    A Haiku:

    Mother-in-law visits wife

    Cannot remain, urgent business away to attend

    Chipotle, beer, beer, beer, beer

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    LeftCoastKen Premium Member almost 3 years ago

    Dumb question for John – why is the caption in quotes? It isn’t being spoken by anyone in the panel, is it?

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    Technicholls  almost 3 years ago

    Anybody see Bleeb? What’s ‘Close To Home’ without the little guy?

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    Dobie  Premium Member almost 3 years ago

    Someone felt the need to correct me on my Haiku, in that it was not 5 syllables, 7 syllables, 5 syllables. He’s right… it’s not correct and I know it. There’s no humor in 17 syllables, so I did it with 5 words, 7 words, 5 words.

    IT’S A JOKE!

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    Zebrastripes  almost 3 years ago

    MIL’s can be evil…ask me….been there, done that!

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    vaughnrl2003 Premium Member almost 3 years ago

    So he has mommy issues?

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    geese28  almost 3 years ago

    polka dot man needed this (for those who’ve seen Suicide Squad reboot)

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    spaceagesoul  almost 3 years ago

    That’s a good one, looks like a bat.

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    WCraft Premium Member almost 3 years ago

    I don’t understand. Two women, each bringing him a slice of pie; one of whom might be his mother….and he goes all morose on them?

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    mandy052878  almost 3 years ago

    Where is Bleeb?

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    jbduncan  almost 3 years ago

    I think that a lot of the time the man’s mother is the evil mother-in-law to protect sonny boy.

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    wongo  almost 3 years ago

    Your mother being chewed up by an angry badger! Snarf !

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    jscarff57 Premium Member almost 3 years ago

    My wife’s mother was a saint. Her step-mother, on the other hand…

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    raybarb44  almost 3 years ago

    I think I see a pattern here……

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    cuzinron47  almost 3 years ago

    I think I see the problem, he has an Oedipus complex with his MIL.

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    Impkins  Premium Member almost 3 years ago

    It’s too bad about part of his left leg being chewed off by an angry badger, but that black candle is just going to get him in more trouble! Maybe Bleeb is behind the candle? :)

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    scpandich  almost 3 years ago

    No Bleeb? :(

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    admiree2  almost 3 years ago

    My father-in-law was better than any blood relative of mine. He made my visits extremely pleasant. Then he died and for the next decade I had to cope with my mother-in-law on those required visits. She gave me insight to the phrase “being driven to drink”.

    Literally the quantity of my usual evening cocktail of the equivalent of one shot multiplied by 6-8 fold in one evening. Evening started about 3PM.

    It wasn’t all bad because when I rummaged around the basement I had found a case of Hennessy Cognac that was his. Either the MiL did not know about it or forgot.

    My budget at the time was either beer on sale or cheap rot gut. I toasted my FiL with fondness with every drink. About midway through the evening it did not matter what the MiL said or did.

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