The Born Loser by Art and Chip Sansom for April 22, 2024

You’ ve worked all night long, Brutus: here is 7 AM!

Beer O’clock!

Sounds like a country song. (It is)

In a hurry to get home, must be the Lady Gargle is visiting

He’s got you there boss.

Brutus must have shown up late to work today. Arrive late, leave early!!!

I like that. He’s telling, not asking.

A timeless classic

Merlot clock. Wine O-nine!

Margaritaville

Yeah, but not there.

What is the time zone lying east of Atlantic Time, and is anybody in it? Newfoundland uses their own special 1/2 hour time shift.

Must be a Jimmy Buffett fan, may he rest in peace.

next time, just sneak out the back door…

Yea, he’s been asleep since he got back from a big lunch and now he’s wide awake. May as well go home and enjoy it.

Hurray Brutus, you’re giving yourself the lunch break you didn’t get earlier!

Or I could sit at my desk and twiddle my thumbs until 5

Thorny has decided that he’s shuffled all the paper he’s going to shuffle for the day.

You’re right! Let me buy you a Beer! (Said Veeblefester never!)

well yes, but what’s your hurry? :\

You got him Brutus !

Chief V still on regular time. Brutus on DLT. Spring forward 1 hour. Old school or is that scool?

In the old days of VAX terminals (yes I’m that old), we had a clock routine to punch in and out, You just had to type ‘clock’ and it would time stamp you electronically. One guy was very much a clock watcher. He’d type in ‘clock’ put his coat on and then stand over the keyboard waiting for the 5 o’clock to arrive, hit Enter and then make a run for it

Good one, Brutus!

And somewhere, it is beer-thirty.

It’s Flex Time boss!

Brutus has a job that gets off at 5PM? Many of my jobs didn’t close down till 6 or 7. Getting out later did make getting home easier on the road. The only exception was for the job I did substituting in schools. We got out then around 4.

Indeed it is Brutus….attaboy!

I was salaried and paid for the job – not the time – if the work was done, we could leave, but, we were also on call 24/7/365 for the customers we supported – it balanced out in the long run.

Sounds like a true Parrothead to me!

My thoughts run with the Parrothead fans’ comments. In 30 minutes Brutus will be in his Hawaiian shirt, cutoffs, and flip flops with a margarita in hand. Stereo will be blaring Margaritaville and Gladys and Mother Gargoyle will be in grass skirts and coconut shell bras and dancing the hula (wow there’s a visual for you!). IN HIS DREAMS!!!!!!

This is a little like telling your parents you’re bored.

I don’t think Veebs is buying what Brutus is trying to sell.

Bubbles up, Brutus!

Thanks for the shout-out to Jimmy! He was one of my favorites.

Headed to Margaritaville, Brutus?

It’s always Happy Hour somewhere too. Doesn’t give you the right to drink 24/7. Back to work Big Guy. I’m with the Boss on this one, unless he says it’s okay because you are such a good employee and I doubt if he will ever utter those words….

That was our Sadie’s theme song. 5 pm was her suppertime.

What time zone is Brutus in?