Off the Mark by Mark Parisi for November 11, 2011

Well, you are boreing me to death tonight.

She’s about to tell him to buzz off.

And to quit bugging her.

These must be Southern Skeeters…our first frost was in September.

Instead of spraying him with MACE, perhaps she will spray herself with OFF!

^ What a repellent idea.

Is that blood in her wine glass?

Is this a November Mayfly romance?She should tell him, “I gotta fly!”

Very punny in here today!

I forgot to ask – do insect bartenders say “What’s your poison?”

Speaking of things I forgot to say……

Bmonk, I always seem to get back here too late for you to see……

But I keep meaning to ask whether you were a mouse for Halloween. :)

Look, it’s Minnesota state birds.

I was. SOme objected to the rodent-avatar.

Oh, and I do try to go back one day and catch late comments.

I did not even dress to give out the candy this year- was still in workout leotards. I just hope the weather kills off the skeeters. We have frost seldom and those (along with fire ants) are the reason I often prefer to enjoy the garden from indoors.

Bmonk — Glad to hear you come back — means I can answer you sometimes.

I usually do too — not the next day but around now, when the new strips arrive — before bedtime here, but “tomorrow” in comicsland.

The avatar you have right now is one of my favorite cartoons but so many people have copied it, I don’t know who did it first.

I used to think it was from Brevity, but maybe not.