This is very similar to a joke I came up with about our president. I would tell people that many chicagoans thought Obama was Irish because he spelled it O’Bama. When they asked him how he could be Irish, would tell the questioner “What’s the matter? didn’t you ever hear of the BLACK IRISH?” I didn’t steal it, just chalk it up to synchronicity.
I’m a newcomer to this site, and haven’t seen this strip in years. Could someone please tell me if old Walt Wallet is still around? He’d be well over 100 now, I’d think.
Can you, perhaps, advance this comic strip to at least 1940? I’ve seen this panel several times, already