According to Isaac Asimov Earth is actually the bigger pear shaped body in a double planet system (the Moon being the other planet). I kind of like that.
Hm, I recall having seen or heard Pastis stating that he quit drawing smoking in the strip (both himself and Guard Duck (where art thou, GD?)) because he didn’t want to promote smoking. And from what I understood, he doesn’t smoke. Has he fallen off the wagon.
I also thought about the Ludovico treatment.