Crankshaft by Tom Batiuk and Dan Davis for January 27, 2024

If he tries to restring that fiddle with catgut, I’m outta here!

Such a burn! Are they going to bill him for the dog’s therapy expenses?

I hope you all love this strip,wherein a 100-plus year old fell on a metal grating and pavement just days ago, and now is SUPER DUPER COMFY MAN! Who then spends 3 days on abusing service dogs. WHY IS THIS FUNNY?

Err … meant to say … fit as a fuddle.

Hahaha, it’s funny because she’s making a “joke” about how old and near to dying he is! That’s the kind of “subtle” “irony” that keeps folks coming back! Where’s that Pulitzer Committee?

Who says “fit as a fiddle”? Is this 1928? Are we to understand that that Crank also has—THE BEE’S KNEES? Do his cats wear pajamas? My dead grandparents want to know! (trust me, they’re still full of Moxie)

No one who abuses animals is a ‘fit’ person. She should have reported him to the Humane Society…

Must be a Bass fiddle

Hey nonny nonny and a hot cha-cha! (an arcane reference, but it’s relevant)

The rest of the saying is “and thin in the middle” but left off for obvious reasons.

There are some very good old fiddles – some of them are musical instruments.

The oldest are the best, and most expensive.

More like a bassoon.

He’s a Cad-avarious.

“The older the violin, the sweeter the music.”

Good one!

Old fiddle that’s been in a damp basement for 20 years.

Your time is coming, much sooner than you think.

he should have just went fishing with mark trail same effect

She gave an embellished assessment!

ba dum tss

Some old fiddles are worth a fortune. Others, like Ed, are worth….

Excuse me, young lady, but a well-made old fiddle is better than a new one.

Give her the Will Smith treatment, Cranky.

Really? Does he sleep like a baby? You know, wets himself, and up every two hours?

Always with the joke……

She’s really good. Totally rehabilitated his whatever problem in a day or two. And then was a total a-hole to him at the end. Who says Ed doesn’t influence the younger members of society?

Would really like to see him and the dog make up.

I doubt the fiddle is a Stradivarius.