Real Life Adventures by Gary Wise and Lance Aldrich for April 24, 2023

Knock knock.

…I hear you knockin’ but you can’t come in…

So … a bill collector? A process server? Your teenage daughter and her new “fiance” who want to move in?

And apparently the Four Horsemen were coming down the street next.

If you can it’s a good idea to find out who’s at the door before you answer it.

Who can this be, knocking at my door?

Would you like to buy some Girl Scout cookies?

Put up a No Soliciting sign. It stops all the others and you know opportunity ain’t comin’ by ever anyway.

Bill collectors.

Channeling Pearls Before Swine.

“Gloom, despair, and agony on me.

Deep dark depression and abject misery . . . "

IRS

“Candygram!” “Land Shark!”

You went away and left me long time agoNow you’re knocking on my doorI hear you knocking, but you can’t come inI hear you knocking, go back where you beenI begged you not to go but you said goodbyeAnd now you’re telling me all your liesI hear you knocking, but you can’t come inI hear you knocking, go back where you been, oh yeahYou better get back to your used-to-be‘Cause you’re kinda love ain’t good for meI hear you knocking, but you can’t come inI hear you knocking, go back where you beenI told you way back in Fifty-twoThat I would never go with youI hear you knocking but you can’t come inI hear you knocking, go back where you been