The Argyle Sweater by Scott Hilburn for January 03, 2012

Such a quandary. I hope the overcoat helps.

A little hard work will warm him up just right.

Sure, she sounds like she’s just looking out for him, but you just know that if he hesitates she’ll bite his head off.

Like most male mantises, he hasn’t got a prayer.

BTW I’ve read that Hillburn lives in Texas, so he probably doesn’t know what a snow shovel looks like …. which is not entirely a bad thing not to have to know.

When I lived in Wisconsin, back in high school, my Dad used to say (and I’m sure it’s an old joke) that he was going to tie a snow shovel to the roof of his car and drive south.

When he got to someplace where people pointed at it and said “what’s that?” he’d buy a house.

I’ll pray that she has a change of heart Mantis.

No dear that ’s the shovel to bury… I mean to garden with. Ha-ha what was i thinking.

A little snow is nothing to lose your head over.

It is funny that this comic appeared today. We just got our first snow this winter that called for salt and scrapping cars. (Columbus, OH) though the sidewalk at this time can be cleared with a broom.

Never let yourr prey out of the house.

weird shovel to shovel the sidewalk with.

Ms. Mantis . . . . stop playing with your food and eat your greens!

that is nothing to loose your head over

If he was smart he should pay those “tse-tse”-nagers next door to do it for them… and when they were done, invite them in for a snack….. yum..!!

Might as well get one more chore out of him….before the romantic evening in front of the fireplace.

awwww… she called him sweet.bwa ha ha ha… (wish i could do an emoticon with BIG teeth.)

I’ve heard that the only reason that the female mantises in the study ate the males was that they hadn’t been fed for a while beforehand. When there’s other food, they don’t do this.

Susan: It is a variation on an old joke of Homer’s. Odysseus had to carry an oar until someone thought it were a winnowing paddle.

He was known to be a hot head.Happy New Year everyone!

We’re getting our first snowstorm here in SW PA. Nature is cruel!