The Argyle Sweater by Scott Hilburn for March 13, 2022

looks like his warranty has expired…time for a new model!

And that’s only a 2 year lease on that coffin!!

Maybe she just needs to grab that rod and and crank it.

So is it just the prop-up “hood” that makes the joke? Plenty of modern cars have that, not just classic ones. Am I missing something?

Have they tried jump-starting James?

Don’t forget his love of playing the piano.

Kind of stretching it here!

Maybe they can just get him to turn over.

they might try bangin’ on him with a wrench…

But caskets aren’t like that

I bet there’s some junk in the trunk.

It should be like one of those little kid beds and be in the shape of a race car.

The casket usually opens from front to back. Not from the end side!

I like this, Scott! My two grandsons are mechanics and they’ll get it!

You forgot the handcrank, Mr. Hilburn.

What old hood….my Explorer and both Subarus use a strut to hold up the hood. But the casket shape is reminiscent of the old Chrysler K cars body style. A box with wheels early 1980s

Probably British.

went whoosh…right over my head

There are wheels on the church trucks.

Yeah, just close the hood and throw dirt in you.

A hood up casket???

At least he’s not being buried IN one of his classic cars like some people are. Of course, if he wanted to be buried in that $500,000 classic sports car, I imagine his wife would have put him in this coffin and put a Hot Wheel of that car in his pocket.

Good thing this isn’t a swap meet.

Y’know, if only the top half of the body is showing, you could save on the cost of pants and shoes.

Sadly, I’m from the days when hoods, warning sit down, were held up by a spring assembly.

At first glance I thought it was going to be a Pianist being laid to rest in a Steinway…