Red and Rover by Brian Basset for February 18, 2025

Is Rover a Golden Retriever or a Yellow Lab? Both breeds are wonderful.

Were vampire coughs and sneezes a thing back when this strip was set?

A Q-Tip safety commercial said, “You should never stick anything into your ear, except your elbow.”

Hmm, does this comic strip have a sponsor?

Who needs a snotted-up elbow?

Wonder if a boy cold is as bad as a man cold?

She just doesn’t want Red to infect the entire family, Rover ;)

I thought thos took place in the 50s or 60s, they didn’t “sneeze into your elbow” till 2020!

It will be a few years before he needs a healthy elbow.

Get well soon Red!

Ruby probably gave Red the cold on Valentines Day…

Rover has a point.

Kids are virus factories and every day at school is a super-spreader event.

Well, there is the joke that you can train a golden with a dirty look, but you need a 2×4 with a lab. I have both and understand the joke. Having said that, I can’t say which is better.

Brilliant deduction!!!!!

This is probably why men take to the bed when THEY get a cold. Like, “I’m dying!” “No dear, you only have a cold!”

I once read in Reader’s Digest® that there are 250 cold variants. Us seniors have been exposed to probably less than 1/2 of that, yet grandparents probably won’t get the cold their grandchild brings home from school. That’s my theory and I’m sticking to it!

Sneezing into your elbow? I thought that gimmick came out with Covid.

Chicken soup is the only medication we had on hand in our home.

No wonder Americans are so gullible when it comes to over the counter medications. Their parents get them hooked on this garbage, as soon as they are able to swallow stuff other than breast milk an/or water….

You need a healthier Mom even more.

Red’s mom has a bulbous buffant