Speed Bump by Dave Coverly for September 16, 2024

I’ll bet you do.

It’s a lot tougher to find lost children now.

she’s been gobbled up by urban sprawl

Lots more kids around now. Plenty of good eating there.

Awww…

Tis what happens when you live thousands of years, things change

I have seen her ad offering babysitting services. She boasts cooking lessons.

Like that almost everywhere I’ve lived. Except in New Jersey, even though we lived in a subdivision with woodsy names – like Linden, Beech, Woodland, Elk and Brentwood. Those were probably part of a forest -way before my time. The others I could practically see the woods disappear.

A neighbor cuts his grass twice a week. It’s only about a quarter acre and he uses a riding mower.

Never eat children—you don’t know where they’ve BEEN!

Home sweet home.

And the HOA isn’t complaining about her yard decorations?

The witches are still with us, that’s for sure.

On the plus side, the kids don’t have far to go and she doesn’t have to fatten them up anymore.

Cassic definition of town: The place where they cut down all the trees, then name the streets after them.