Red and Rover by Brian Basset for March 17, 2023

Oh Henry? Henry has some Irish in him, too. See today’s Wizard of Id:

https://www.gocomics.com/wizardofid/2023/03/17

Happy St. Paddy’s Day!

Red’s surname is MacLean which suggests that he really is of Irish descent. His Irish ancestors may have settled in the Scottish Highlands before they came to America but he is still of Irish descent.

I’ve just checked Red’s family name on Wikipedia. I see that Rover is stated there as being mostly lab but has claimed to be part “Portugese Water Spaniel”. Therefore Rover’s heritage is part Portugese.

O’Milky Bone!

Happy St. Paddy Paw Day

I always hated it when, in school on St. Patrick’s Day, teachers would add O’ to the beginning of our last names. My last name was long enough without the added syllable, and I’m NOT Irish…not even a little.

HAPPY ST. PATRICK’S DAY, dear friends

Brian, thanks for the St. Patrick’s day nod and not feeding Rover chocolate, lol!

I am almost all Irish, red hair and all, including a problem with anesthetics not working very well on me. By default, so is my beagle, but she doesn’t know that she is adopted.

I am Irish but take a low profile on St. Pats. I am too close to the ethic stereotypes. But, let folks enjoy the day as they choose.

Erin go Bragh my friends…..

So we have an Irish Rover. A breed so rare they only made one, and he’s call Rover. Yip yip yip yip yip

But William Sydney Porter (O’Henry) was born in North Carolina.

O’yvey.

I may have had a distant relative that was in jail with O’Henry. His name was As Jennings. He is mentioned in book called “Bloodletters and Badmen”