FoxTrot Classics by Bill Amend for May 06, 2023

stapler, Jason? you’re kidding, right?

She’s full of herself

The answer is no.

don’t complain, Paige… after all the stapler is a very important part of the book report

Is it red, metal, made by Swingline and carried protectively by a guy named Milton? (Someone will know that reference…)

Sheesh, kid! They sell those at Staples.

“Did you staple this to my HEAD???” (Everything, Everywhere, All At Once…not sure if it’s the exact quote; I’ll know when I watch it – again – with my daughters this afternoon)

ba dum tss

Mine’s on my desk, to the left of my laptop, and behind my day planner.

I think there’s three here, somewhere…

T’was my opening line to meet my future wife. She lived in the basement and I rented the attic. After several months of watching her come and go, finally a bumbling 19 year old, went down full of wit.. and asked if she had a stapler I could borrow. I know, pathetic. A curt no.. and closed the door. Several months later while cleaning my scuba gear after a dive she and her sister started talking about my dive and she decided I was not quite the idiot she thought I was. And now, 52 years later still a happy couple.

Very cute, funny…

Ah, she gloated too soon.

Stapler… Stapler… Have you looked in the fridge? Maybe it’s in the jello.

Talk about spiking the ball too early.