Mother Goose and Grimm by Mike Peters for July 26, 2023

Lost.

Fetch.

a bad throw.

Apparently, this strip requires a retriever.

ba dum tss

In Ralph’s case a stick in the mud.

Fred.

A curved stick, to be exact.

…ain’t gonna answer, no matter what you call it

That joke has to be at least 50 years old.

OK Boomer (ang)

While boomerangs are classic toys,

They’ve also served as bird decoys,

At times percussive instruments

And fire starters (minus flints?).

As weapons, whether used to hunt

Or fight in war, they’re always blunt.

Forget the kind you’ve likely seen

In comic books or on the screen.

For boomerangs to change direction,

Throwing angles need perfection.

Battle types do not return,

For reasons people ought to learn.

For instance, any two-way flight

Requires wood that’s much too light

To strike that hard, and once it hits,

A boomerang will call it quits.

On further thought, that’s just as well:

I’d think that if your foes can’t tell

A way to dodge or block your throw,

You too might take an awful blow.

Sure, fiction writers like to add

Variety, but don’t be had.

If you don’t get the physics right, you

Find your plans come back to bite you.

—me

Haha! XD