B.C. by Mastroianni and Hart for February 25, 2024

“Sacre bleu, what is zis? How on earth could I miss Such a sweet, little succulent crab? Quelle dommage! What a lossHere we go, in the sauce And some flour, I think just a dab Then I stuff you with bread It don’t hurt, ‘cause you’re dead And you’re certainly lucky, you are ‘Cause it’s gonna be hot In my big silver pot Tout à l’heure, mon poisson!Au revoir!”

Strange that this strip is about a boot, yet there isn’t a Shoe today at all!

Hmm….Quite a few years ago when I took my fishing too seriously, I actually reeled in a Chuck Taylor that was a little worse for wear. Tossed it aside and continued with my fishing. Yeah, a little while later I reeled in its mate and I was ready to fight thinking that someone in our group has tossed the first shoe back in the water. Good times! Yes, tru story!

Is that Hawthorne, from Sherman’s Lagoon?

But as soon as you grow, “you gonna need a bigger boot”…

So, he practices catch and release so that someone else can catch that boot again.

Funny with the American pronunciation. Did he catch a boot in a boat?The word boat has the long oh sound of the letter o. But yet the word boot has an ew sound in spite of having two letter ohs, which actually sounds like the ue sound such as in the words flute or suit.

Hermit crabs ARE using our trash for shells. I saw a pic of one wearing the screw end of a smashed light bulb! Looked good, I just hope no one checks if it still works,

“Boot” must be the past tense for “bite”.

I was just thinking that what’s in the boot might be the best catch of the day.

Soft-shoed crab?

Opportunity knocked, but he didn’t answer

Unde da sea! Unde da sea! With a hot crustacean band.

Incognito!!!!!!

Well, if he’d kept the boot to properly dispose of it, instead of throwing trash back in the water, then it wouldn’t have worked out!

OK, I’ll say it: Cavemen got boots?

Buuut, Boat Boot Bite? ☺

hermit crabs that use artificial “shells” don’t live as long, or as well, as those who find a well fitting natural one.

Ha! Good one!

Since BC and company walk around barefoot, where did the boot come from?

This is possibly evidence that B.C. depicts not our past but our future: people recognize a boot but, owing to some world-wide disaster, they lack the means to make even rudimentary footwear.

Hawthorne crossed over from Sherman’s Lagoon?

Looks like Hawthorne!

That’s not so bad, a guy from Georgia pulled in a human torso last week

Well, I for one, was hoping for a skeleton’s foot.

Considering that everyone on this strip goes barefoot….