The Born Loser by Art and Chip Sansom for March 29, 2022

Rancid is known to have a hard head.

“Multitasking” Brutus.

Rancid considers Brutus to be a bent nail to be pounded into shape and then hit on the head.

And there’s many a rusty nail in that there office.

I believe that the saying is – “Jack of all trades, master of none!!!”

/SHMIRK/

I’d rather be a hammer than a nail…

Rancid seems more like the screw driver type to me. All of his employees feel like they’ve been ….

He’s more like a wrecking ball.

If your only tool is a hammer all your problems will look like nails. There are a lot of types of hammers and I’m always using the wrong one but I do prefer the sledgehammer. I will be breaking whatever it is anyway, so why waste time?

Brutus is more like a knock-off Swiss Army knife, it does many jobs…..all of them poorly.

I used to think that a Phillips screwdriver was milk of magnesia with vodka. Made the job at the hardware store difficult.

aren’t we all a bit like a multi tool of sorts… too bad I ain’t got a clue on how to use some of em without some help.

This hammer does not fit Chief Rancid.Song by Peter, Paul and Mary https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FCA47n-qtB0

If I had a hammerI’d hammer in the morningI’d hammer in the eveningAll over this landI’d hammer out dangerI’d hammer out a warningI’d hammer out love betweenMy brothers and my sistersAll over this land, uh

Japanese proverb: The nail that sticks up gets hammered down.

A power tool.

Well, of course!

Brutus does seem to have that general purpose quality about him. Unfortunately, to the boss man, he appears to be the jack of all trades, and master of none. Though the boss does see Brutus’ role as chief whipping boy to be quite useful.

But he’s a Swiss-army hammer.

He’s the hammer and everyone else are the nails in his mind.

But of course…..

Veeblefester is a ball-peen hammer…

The Swiss army knife is a bit rusty.

I guess Veeblefester has a better sense of self than I’ve given him credit for.

Perhaps RWV is related to Charles “The Hammer” Martel, the grandfather of Emperor Charlemagne, aka Charles the Great…..

Sorry Brutus. You may think that you’re the Jack of all trades. But, I think that Veebs thinks that you’re the master of none!

If you can’t fix something the first time, just get a bigger hammer.