The Born Loser by Art and Chip Sansom for March 27, 2023

Maybe he doesn’t answer because he’s too focused on his job.

No, I would call that ….. “selective” “hearing!!!”

/SHMIRK/

That could be me if I were listening to music through my bluetooth hearing aids.

How could Thorny sleep with chiefey always erupting in tirades???

eyes open – ears closed

better make sure he’s still breathing – maybe you’ve worked him to death

This is the most productive Brutus has ever been.

Perhaps he’s learned to tune you out.

Maybe he’s just lost his hearing and gone deaf from all the yelling you do to him? And maybe he would see you if you stop hiding by holding a door in front of your face.

Love has it’s rewards. Mr. Brutus is in 7th Heaven today. Happy Happy for you Brutus. Candy and flowers for Gladys tonight. Oh, yeah.

Boss didn’t wake him, he makes less mistakes that way.

While I was in the Army, had a guy who fell asleep walking while we were on a 2 am hike. He was walking along began snoring and then began to stumble. I grabbed him and shook him to wake him up, which he did before falling.

No, Chief. Bru has developed selective hearing after being married many years to Gladys.

Or he has his earlids shut.

does he work with his eyes wide open or is he just frozen there? :\

And a smile on his face chief!

He is meditating on bliss or having a seizure.

He’s concentrating on what he’s doing.

If he has….good going!

It would be “Quiet Quitting”, but he snores… ☺

I once knew a church choir member that could sleep during the sermon. When the pastor would turn about toward the choir, the sleeper would awake just in time to not get caught.

Brutus is totally engrossed and enthralled with the wonderful dinner he had with Gladys yesterday and he’s visualizing the great one she’ll cook for tonight, hope that’s not a pipe dream…

Brutus, stop smiling, the chief will think you like being here…

I don’t think I want to know how Brutus is awakened. I hope bossman wasn’t there to tell him to go home.

His pencil looks to be upside down.

It’s a gift.

Oh, so he did go to college after all.

It’s the best job skill I ever had!

Do my eyes deceive me or is that actually a smile on the Chief’s face? And he isn’t yelling? My TBL world has just turned upside down! Next thing we know Gargoyle will welcome Brutus home with a hug and kiss. Nah….

OR just maybe he has mastered the Zen Art of clearing his mind of all distractions. Probably just taking a nap in the sitting position which is actually difficult….

one of my wife’s former co-workers was extremely motivated about finding new and different ways to slack off and had the amazing ability to sleep on her feet. she’s since been transferred to another section, where she’s apparently equally popular among her new co-workers…

Or maybe Brutus found a way to draw eyes on his eyelids.

I used to work with a guy who could do that. He died during the last big hurricane here, but it’s possible he’s only faking.