Fred Basset by Alex Graham for July 23, 2022

well Fred, if you could tell time I guess that wouldmake you a watch dog. She might not have been gone that long…

If the store won’t let, Fred in. Then Dear you should have left him at home. My opinion never leave a dog tied up outside a store.

Hummmm …. Why would you take Fred shopping only to leave him outside ?

Probably seems like hours, Fred.

Today’s strip reminds me of an episode of the 1970s Fred Basset TV show. Fred’s owners went out and Fred was soon missing them. He looked at the clock. Instead of seeing that they had only been gone five minutes, he exclaimed “Twenty-four hours and five minutes!”

Why did you take Fred to tie him up while you took your sweet time in the store

poor Fred!

Phew, someone’s taking a hit, here! Fred was probably happy to take the walk to the store, and in their town, it’s probably perfectly safe to leave him outside (not that I would). It’s been around 3 minutes she’s been in there. Lookit how small the basket is! (ducks…)

It’s probably only been 5minutes, but seems like hours.

I thought she might have been in a bookstore!

A real part of life.

I believe Mrs. Dear has put herself in the dog house.

Sounds like my cat Bill.. ‎(=•́ܫ•̀=)

In smaller towns and villages in Great Britain, where most people know one another, many would walk their dogs to the shops and leave them outside while they bought a few things. The Fred strip began in 1963 and still has the look and feel of older times.