The Born Loser by Art and Chip Sansom for April 23, 2022

The old saying, You shall not suffer a Mother-in-law to overstay her welcome

Mother Gargoyle – a face that would sink a thousand ships!!!

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You’re fairly well insulated yourself, Mama dear. That hair should feel wonderful when it’s 20 below.

I’m surprised she didn’t go with the fat joke that Brutus set himself up to get thrown back at him.

As a matter of fact he’s packed on five pounds.

I got to say, my wife’s mother-in-law is pretty awesome. 87 and still going strong.

It is a short-seller’s market.

Is Mother Gargle a vampire? She must be, because she’s obviously seen herself in a mirror.

then meet him with something else…why are you selling him short, what’s wrong with his size?

Well, Brutus, seeing as how Mother has already prejudged you to be a doofus, then you have to expect a low appraisal. Actually, as her appraisals go in your direction anything that’s only hard to believe shows promise. There’s hope for you, yet.

As hard to imagine how many birds nest in her hair?

Says the pot to the kettle…

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They are quite a bit alike.

Some people tell mother-in-law jokes; I had one. Any stereotype you can imagine, any gag from this strip, she was it. I never bothered to talk back to her like that when she started in on me. I only stepped in when she started carrying on so badly she made my wife cry. That’s where I drew the line and asked her to leave.

Spin around, then she’ll see all of you!

Gargoyle is cute but I LOVE that he calls her “Mother Gargle”!

There’s more than enough for the eye to see.

It seems Brutus never tires of playing the straight man for Mother Gargle, or perhaps he just never learns.

I’ve noticed she kicks hard against similarities between herself and her son-in-law.

I was thinking the B Man lost a few!

Actually, that is very easy to imagine. He’s actually a pretty sharp guy. Too bad the Gargoyle can’t or doesn’t want to acknowledge it. She has the extreme mother-in-law itus of hatred of her son-in-law. Too bad. She missed the opportunity to make a good friend. She’s the actual loser …

He’s gotta stop feeding her straight lines.

Glass houses, Mother Gargle. Glass houses.

Careful Brutus – your belt length inches is close to your height in inches. No one likes the nickname fatty. Nice yellow shirt though.