The Born Loser by Art and Chip Sansom for February 03, 2024

Perchance to visit old friends?

Of all the Born Loser strips I have seen in years this is the best.

I have an itch on my back that I can’t reach. ;-)

He wants to brush the loose fur on the dog

He has a few left, Gladys, and they’re unruly.

still has back hair

Oh wheeeeere is my hairbrush?

Ooooh, that was cold, Gladys! But funny!

Point Alice.

To brush that single hair down.

I want to use it to clean my comb.

Toupée

OOPS darn fingers. Touché

She has a point

right?

I read somewhere, years ago, that one’s hair is similar in life expectancy and fullness to your mother’s father’s hair. What I recall of my grandfather was a man with a lovely head of white hair … and I have followed suit. I pity, however, my son, whose mother’s father was bald at a fairly early age.

MAN!!!! Now that’s cold!!

The old battle axe probably took it for her hairdo?

Maybe Brutus has a hairy back!

he can brush his ‘stache…

Brutus will part with that brush…or a comb.

Memories Brutus. Oh, how we cherish them.

maybe it’s to comb his wig… :D

He’s doing the taxes and needs another write off, so he wants to donate it.

Hey, even with thinning hair, our hero wants to be well groomed.

God made a few perfect heads the rest HE put hair on!!!!!

A Scalp Massage?

A Microphone for his Air Guitar?

A set-up for a joke? ☺

It’s wherever your hair went. Actually a hair brush feels good to massage the scalp with.

“Oh where is my hairbrush? Oh where is my hairbrush? Oh where oh where oh where oh where oh where oh wheeeeeeeere is my hairbrush?”Larry the Cucumber

My question exactly. Maybe he has a spot on his back that he can’t reach to scratch and uses the extra distance that a brush may afford to get to it. It’s what I do at times. Thank God that l still have a need for a hair brush to groom myself.Though it takes less time every day now……

Whether it’s Gladys, Rancid or Gargoyle Brutus can’t seem to shake his habit of throwing hanging curve balls. One would hope his wife at least would show him a little grace, but her response could have come from any of them. As well as Hurricane Hattie. Hence he shows again why he is THE BORN LOSER!

When my mother says, “Come in, it’s time to eat.”

And I keep on playing games out in the street

I resolve to rush right home now when I’m called

‘Cause my pop just got a hairbrush and he’s bald

—George Rock of the City Slickers, New Year’s Resolution

Speaking from experience, it takes a lot of work to keep those side hairs in place.

He needs it to do some head scratching, which he does a lot of.

Just feeling a little nostalgic.

To paraphrase Jackie Gleason, “You’re a riot, Gladys!”

He wants to make sure his few hairs are in place…nothing wrong with that! ☺️☺️☺️

“OK, found it, now bend over Gladys”, Brutus bellows…

as I told a bald ex-customer who used to kid me about turning gray in my thirties, better gray than gone

I used to teach a root cause analysis course. When I discussed habit intrusion I casually reached into my pocket and drew out a comb. My hairline is a lot like Brutus’.

I shave my head and also have a hairbrush, which I have had since I was 12 years old. I use it to scratch my scalp and the skin under my beard.

I would have told him that it’s probably right where he put it the last time he used it, maybe 5-10 years ago. Why would Gladys have it?

fortunately, brutus is somehow able to brush off remarks like that…

☺