Crankshaft by Tom Batiuk and Dan Davis for July 23, 2024

“Matchmaker, matchmaker, make me a match…”

A plague on both their houses.

What does that note mean in the second panel?

The old flame is just flickering

50 years ago they were Greasers and Pink Ladies.

Batty is a Juliet for sure

So they wanna plays Romeo n Juliet with them old geezers now eh.

The story of Romeo and Juliet did not end well

I found ROMEO on the website Acronym Finder… JULIET is a new one, though!

I sure do love “Inside Eating” with “Just us Ladies.” Especially when we’re “Together.” What a well assembled joke. How did Batty make me miss The Adventures of Boat Guy so fast?

New diner shorthand? Are they going to introduce the ROMEOs to the JULIETs?

…..good comeback……I miss that ole yello magic school bus …..is school starting soon?

Never heard of either expression. Clever.

Cute.

Is Joe Shakes peering in the window?

kiss my grits

Very clever — gonna steal this

Meanwhile, Eugene’s canoe drifts slowly into the setting sun in the west…

Here he goes trying to add another clunky phrase to the lexicon. Give it up, Tom.

Cool. A triple date.

Very whimsical!

Batty is REALLY hoping that these jokes FINALLY wins him that Pulitzer Prize…. incidentally, he’s won the P.U.-litzer Prize many times before…

The Romeos tip better!

Not sure why they have to label them. They’re paying, aren’t they?

crankshaft is still working knobby knee waitress

I’m guessing old men don’t “eat out” much anymore, much to the JULIETs chagrin.

Clever!

Those old men tip waitresses, especially pretty ones, usually pretty darn good…..

And a tip of The Hatlo Hat while we’re at it