The Born Loser by Art and Chip Sansom for May 02, 2022

It’s creative writing, no revision. You know what Kerouac said: “First thought, best thought.”

OOH! Boss used a big WORD. He should have known better.

If you can’t dazzle them with your brain, baffle them with your kuhscheisse!!!

/SHMIRK/

Next, Brutus will be introduced to punchtuation.

What we have here is a failure to communicate.

The punctuation in Brutus’s speech bubble looks fine to me. You could say it’s punctual. :)

The year is relatively young.

The comma in the final panel is superfluous.

“!,.?”

Try Punctilious for awhile.

Um, which year was that. again?

At least the clock thing is okay… :)

Boss, you pay me to think – not write, I think.

That is a cute use of double meaning for punctuation. But, Brutus just lied. Not long ago, this year, he was late for an hour and we debated about how he escaped getting fired. Perhaps, Brutus was joking with the double meaning so as to lessen the negative situation. But, to do so, he sacrificed truth for cuteness. Maybe, he should quit his job, and become a politician.

Well, that means Brutus broke even.

As long as they don’t get pugilistic, they should be OK.

I think I just heard the sound of a drum riff and a cymbal.

I guess that he’s just one who doesn’t cross his "T"s or dot his "I"s. Or maybe, he just uses an old manual typewriter…..

Did it say what it was supposed to say?

Well now Veeblefester knows that punctuation isn’t the only problem Brutus has with the English language.

veeble keeps hoping for brutus expunction…

brutus probably thinks that acupuncture means stabbing with precision…

Old Three Stooges line: (to Larry) Your grammar is atrocious. (Larry) Why, thank you.

Occasionally, I think perhaps he does that intentionally.

Setting: High school English class, circa 1963. Teacher: “Robin, your spelling is atrocious.” Me: Explosive, hysterical laughter. Teacher: “Michael, what’s so funny?” Me, trying to stop laughing, trying to catch my breath: “How do you spell ‘atrocious’?” Class: Erupts in laughter.