Crankshaft by Tom Batiuk and Dan Davis for January 17, 2025

And how many different pills did each put you on?

“Fortunately, I learned that about the only thing that makes me feel better! Drinking this pint glass of cheap vodka every hour!” (falls over and hurts back; strip rewinds to Monday and repeats)

Look after your backs people! I drove trucks for a livelihood and my bad back is making my life miserable.

So, Ed can correctly pronounce all those specialists’ titles, but he thinks “wild blue yonder” is a bird?

That being said, once again Cranky serves up a serviceable quip. Another thumbs up.

and that is truth

one whose vertebrae are fused I can only say been there done that got the tee shirt, Ed.

Given the amount of time it would take to get appointments with all those specialists, his back would have gotten better all by itself.

Went to the chiropractor for a kink in my neck. One of the things he told me was to stop carrying my fat wallet in a back pocket.

“Well, as long as you’re keeping the entire economy afloat. THAT’s the important thing!”

I hope your on Medicare for all those doctors and a masseuse, Ed. If this was real, Ed, you would need to be in the money for all of that care.

Must have good insurance……..or must not have good insurance!!!

Not to mention losing a few brain cells along the way…

Well Ed, I was having back problems a few year ago and my physician told me about two options that would solve the problem. The first was he could send me to a surgeon that would clip the nerves, so I wouldn’t feel the pain any longer.

The second was the option I ended up choosing and it worked perfectly. He told me to get my fat wallet out from under my fat butt, so I switched to cargo pants and keep my wallet in the side pocket instead of the rear pocket. Within a week I had no more back pain and haven’t had any since.

What do you know… “massotherapy” is a real thing. I thought that was a made up term.

An acupuncturist? Crankshaft?!? I don’t believe it…

The CS comments are turning into: “Well, back in 1985—or was it 92? Maybe yesterday, which I think is 1993? I had the lumbago very bad in my spleen. I ate flax, because that’s what they recommended. Maybe it was my gout, because three very loud dogs came after me! One barked in Egyptian. Then, I remembered a prune I hadn’t eaten, due to the weather being quite un-prunely. Queen Elizabeth died from Mr Bean! I ate me a hot dog. We all ate those then, there was no other food. Back then in 1922, or possibly 2015, we had Gummy Worms. Also, I have a 50% off coupon from the Crimean War that you must honor, so GET ME YOUR MANAGER! We had Jello today. It was lime with grapes. Golly, my kidney stones! STALIN HAD LONG HAIR TOO YOU HIPPIE!!”

They gotcha Cranky………

the senior citizens of milford and charterstone appauld this week of bad back jokes

Your back and knees and the rest of you always does better when you don’t have to carry so much weight. Even a 5% weight reduction can be beneficial for you.

FREE LUIGI!