Well, after yesterday’s stone-skipping non sequitur, it seems we’re back to another decent set-up and joke in today’s strip. Something about an injured Crankshaft seems to bring out abilities Batiuk rarely uses these days.
My daughter massaged my neck, to relieve the whiplash, as I lay in the emergency ward waiting for an x-ray. We didn’t know that two vertebrae were fractured. It felt great, I guess I was lucky.
For once, I’m not going to make fun of this strip, and I’ll actually call its creator Tom Batiuk instead of the sobriquet I usually bestow upon him. (No, I’m not sick.) The reason is that I’m sure a lot of us go through, or have gone through, something similar to what Ed is experiencing. I, myself, have arthritis in my left shoulder, and soreness in my neck, due to my getting older, so I can relate to what Ed’s undergoing.
I’d recommend a cervical collar. It supports the weight of your head so your neck muscles can relax and heal. No, I ’m not a doctor, but I have used a cervical collar.
billsplut 9 months ago
It’s funny because.
Bill Thompson 9 months ago
Okay, Pmm, this calls for desperate measures. Tell him the doctor says the only way to fix the whiplash is to keep breathing!
angelolady Premium Member 9 months ago
You don’t want a massage, Ed?!
eromlig 9 months ago
And if you can’t keep breathing, everything else is incidental.
J.J. O'Malley 9 months ago
Well, after yesterday’s stone-skipping non sequitur, it seems we’re back to another decent set-up and joke in today’s strip. Something about an injured Crankshaft seems to bring out abilities Batiuk rarely uses these days.
Geophyzz 9 months ago
My daughter massaged my neck, to relieve the whiplash, as I lay in the emergency ward waiting for an x-ray. We didn’t know that two vertebrae were fractured. It felt great, I guess I was lucky.
grozar 9 months ago
Pmmmmmm, “What are you doing, Dad?”
Mopman 9 months ago
Ha ha, it’s funny because the thought of getting a massage is INFURIATING!
rockyridge1977 9 months ago
Yep….some whiplash there……but mostly “old age”!!!!!
ladykat 9 months ago
Take the massage, Ed.
tcayer 9 months ago
Is she offering, or telling him to go get one?
lemonbaskt 9 months ago
so he will be complaining from his seat all week ? looking forward to more hijinx everyone
Mopman 9 months ago
Why does Pmm have her back to the camera? We get robbed of seeing today’s smirk.
Daltongang Premium Member 9 months ago
Oh Ed, just go down to Madam Liu’s Massage Emporium. I’m sure this story will have a happy ending when it is all over.
JPuzzleWhiz 9 months ago
For once, I’m not going to make fun of this strip, and I’ll actually call its creator Tom Batiuk instead of the sobriquet I usually bestow upon him. (No, I’m not sick.) The reason is that I’m sure a lot of us go through, or have gone through, something similar to what Ed is experiencing. I, myself, have arthritis in my left shoulder, and soreness in my neck, due to my getting older, so I can relate to what Ed’s undergoing.
Bruce1253 9 months ago
Nobody told me that getting old comes with a sound track. Mine is cereal, “Snap, Crackle, & Pop.”
Fetzee 9 months ago
Pmmm hot nerd alert?
EXCALABUR 9 months ago
Go to one of those Asian parlors
Charlie Fogwhistle 9 months ago
I’d recommend a cervical collar. It supports the weight of your head so your neck muscles can relax and heal. No, I ’m not a doctor, but I have used a cervical collar.