The Born Loser by Art and Chip Sansom for February 14, 2023

You are so sweet, Brutus!

I’m willing to wager that that little lady was a very young Gladys Gargle (his future wife). ;D

a tried and true method, older than the hills and widely used to this very day

I thought it would be cash, Brutus. Minimum denominations of $20.00 USD.

I’m sure you weren’t the only one.

You get the more upscale ones with alcohol….I would guess?

What a hollow victory that was.

I tried that but for some reason the chocolates never made it to school.

Works for me!

Our elementary teachers would pair us up during Valentines Day. Or, we’d sometimes blindly draw a name from a hat. This way, noone was without a Valentine.

Happy Valentines Day to all, and may love reign supreme for all time.

Worked for Sheldon…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bDZCyObMfkA

“Candy is dandy, Liquor is quicker, Won’t you be my Valentine?”

Happy Valentines all. And chocolates still work.

I’m making a confectionary delight for my Valentine tonight.

what happened when you ran out of chocolate?

if you spread it on your lips – the chocolate that is – you might just get a french kiss. js

I’m pretty sure they’re still around, but I remember one year, the whole class giving each other those little candy hearts with messages on them…

chocolate works!

He is a “Born winner”. Understands bribery and probably realizes that you just use cash instead of chocolate for politicians.

Wilberforce, remember you’re in that ‘cooties’ stage of like.

I wonder if Brutus ever tried to bribe Veeblefester with chocolates?

Learn from the master, son.

Wilberforce doesn’t know how lucky he is…

Actually I bought the cards and the chocolates…

Works most every time, until they get to the age when they desire/EXPECT jewelry. When that happens, time to find a new girlfriend…..

i’m a poor judge of character. i kept getting demands for cash instead of chocolates…

Chocolate worked until the days when they started watching their weight.

Brutus can wait a few years, until Wilberforce is a little older, to tell him the rest of the story: chocolate may help you win her, but you have to do more to keep her. Relationships built on chocolate rarely last.