Close to Home by John McPherson for August 14, 2023

Where’s the crew with the shovels and buckets.

ϟ Cleanup on aisle 4—Again ϟ

brings new meaning to “Clean up on aisle 6!”

I wish Walmart would start doing that either all their carts are being used or their batteries are dead

Clean up on aisle 3, 2, 6, 9………

human-driven carriages are even better.

She’s headed for the Pony Express chechout.

That wouldn’t be an option. You’re being environmentally friendly but also very unhygenic with all that waste those ponies kick out.

And . . . we are back to 2017 BB (Before Bleeb). Maybe yesterdays’ “current” strip was just to keep us on our toes. Hopefully, there is not a health issue, and Mr McP is merely taking a couple weeks of summer vacation.

Horses can be trained to do their business on command.

Of course you should never let pranksters hear the secret whistle…

Free fertilizer to anyone who does their own cleanup.

Well, it’s a 2017 rerun, so I’m gonna get back to learning how Granny Clampett made such good Sow Belly ‘n’ Hand Slung Chitlins.

Road apples available in every aisle.

They really had to bring the Mexicans into this?

All they have to do is hire pooper scoopers!

Totally unstable.

The customers are raving about the atmosphere of this place. But the police are suspicious that it’s a cover for a methane lab.

“Law of Unexpected Consequences” in 3…2…1…

And who cleans up after the ponies?

Hmm yeah but I wonder about the cleanup

Cleanup on aisle 4…..going on 5, 6….

The cleaning crew isn’t thrilled.

As if supermarkets aren’t unhygienic enough.

Those poor, doomed, ponies. Have you seen the size of the people riding those electric carts?

“Cleanup on Aisles 2, 5, and 16”

Let’s go back in time and just have the customers wait at the counter while the employees gather up the groceries and deliver them to the counter. I did it when I was a kid at our family grocery store.

Watch where you step.

I think diapers would be neeed.

In the comics, the horses never pee or drop “horse apples”. That ain’t real life!

The store now also sells a domestic version of zoo-doo.

Yeah, that’s going to improve the local environment! Yooooouuu betcha!

Ponies would actually create more pollution than the electric carts and cost 10 times as much (or more).

And the customer have to environmentally aware of the droppings.

That would be helpful in getting to the high shelves.

Just don’t let the environmentalists find out about the carbon footprint of the methane emissions from pony farts or you’ll be in BIG trouble with Greta!

Anyone that would ride that in a store would only only need the front half of the horse.

Mommy, Daddy, I want a pony!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :)

You might want to empty the saddle bags and replace with industrial sized doggy-waste bags.

…and if this is in NJ, no plastic shopping bags available to pick up after the ponies.

I’ll drink to that…(think-C2H5OH-pony)…

Plus, it helps with reaching top shelf merchandise.

Road apples on the floor is better?

Must be Comifornia.