Rubes by Leigh Rubin for February 03, 2023

Or so he claims. He looks suspiciously like that Chinese spy balloon over Montana.

One-upsmanship. Really.

Air head

Edgar the Weather Balloon? I’ve seen him on TV!

She’s got an inflated opinion of him.

My son was pop of his class!

Just an excuse to get high.

Do I detect an ‘air’ of superiority?

Once employed, he has a very short life to live (before he pops).

Some balloon parent is probably proud of their son the “Spy Balloon” who is in the news

everyone is telling everbody else! these leaks are deflating

or maybe: IT IS BALLOON. remember that show.

a Chinese weather balloon? Over the US?

My son is filled with helium. He talks funny.

A new take on “my son the doctor”.

She doesn’t just have her nose in the air, she’s totally up in the air, the one-upper!

Got his degree at Peking University and, now, flying over the US…

Careful, it’s getting crowded over Montana.

She’s trying to get a rise out of her.

And after he graduated, he was stuck with the balloon payments.

Really, she is putting spin on the fact that he is high all day and has his head in the clouds.

Giraffe is a little twisted