The Born Loser by Art and Chip Sansom for January 07, 2025

Long as he wasn’t talking in his sleep!

I had worked I think 10 years in a small factory after I got out of the Army. Loved the factory job BUT they tried to housebreak me and give me an office job. (My mother was VP….a title only) I lasted 2 days and I bolted out of the door. Got my old job back. Told the owner that I wanted to work for myself and he said smart move and gave me full unemployment benefits. He was a great guy

Brutus needs to drink more coffee

I could see it might be hard to stay awake in a tea cozy factory alright.

A close relative was fired for resting his eyes one time too many.

Clearing my throat.

Brutus should inform Veeblefester of the benefits of naps on productivity.

Midday naps strengthen the immune system

From the looks of Brutus’ desk, he’s finished his work and waiting for some more work to do. Don’t tell the Chief though, Chief will pile so much for you to do you’ll never get it done, then he’ll yell at you for being behind. The circle of working life. (Retirement is grand!)

I wasn’t snoring, it was breathing exercises

It might have been best to let him sleep, probably more productive than when he’s awake!

Chief, I was trying to clear my sinus’ from the toxic air in the work environment

It must be raining and pouring out, because Brutus is …

busted…

Snoring and resting eyes are a pair chief.

not snoring just doing breathing exercises while resting his eyes

But Boss, I always snore when I rest my eyes.

But boss, I was dreaming I was awake (I actually heard this excuse in a real life experience. It was so funny and true that it kept the guy from getting in trouble)

You were in a planning meeting huh Brutus ?

He was meditating.

Oy. This certainly doesn’t help his case…☺️

Making cozies makes Brutus cozy.

Sorry Boss, I’ll bring my CPAP machine tomorrow.

sometimes I do both too. it’s when I drift into dream land is when I consider it sleeping. ;)

Oh great, I just learned that my wife is Brutus Thornapple, because she says the same d@mn thing.

“I’ve got Cataracts…” ㋡

“Hah! Fooled you!”

This reminds me of my baby sister, when she was around five. It was a warm Summer evening and my siblings and I were sitting with mom and dad on the porch, watching the fireflies, listening to the cattle talk and hearing the hogs grunt. It was around 8:30pm and the sun wouldn’t set for another hour and half. It was nice.

Dad looked over at my sister, Rosa and said “Rosa, go to bed. You’re tired and almost asleep. Your eyes are closed”. My sister Rosa immediately responded, “Un hun, daddy. I’m checking my eyelids for holes in them”.

She was something else and if I had time, I could tell you all kinds of stories. From chasing a mouse down and catching it, to acting like she thought cow pies were oohee, when he date stepped in one.

Sounds like me.

Poor Brutus…caught again…………

Is it verboten to drink coffee in a tea cozie business?

He should thank him for waking up everybody else in the office

Brutus and Bossman are now officially like a married couple. All that is missing is a TV.

“There was a bug in my eye and I was trying to suffocate it.’

I would have recorded it on my phone and have his termination done before I woke him up. Been there before, had an employee sleeping on a shelf in the back storage, slept through lunch rush.

I have sleep apnea and, when I was working (I’m now retired), I had to resort to chewing gum all the time to stay awake.