Red and Rover by Brian Basset for December 20, 2022

I do not think Whoville is in your local police’s jurisdiction.

I am sure the police dispatch lady got a bigger kick out of the call. " I just got another Grinch call from the cutest little boy, is that on tonight"? she tells her co-workers. LOL

“It’s okay. It will be fine. Just remember how it all turns out in the end.”

Reminds me of the NORAD Santa tracker story. Google it.

I guess Red would’ve had to dial a 7 digit number for the police department (maybe just 4 or 5 digits) in pre-911 days. Maybe even had to look the number up in a “phone book.” My Mom had a cross stitch of police, fire, and ambulance over the phone.

I want to see the Grinch do the perp walk!

And now we know this strip is set half a century ago.

To Red, the Grinch is as real as his telepathic dog, Rover.

That’s why they get the little bucks…..

Oy!

You’re a mean one Mr. Grinch

The Grinch is on a roller coaster ride every year, it must be hard for the green guy. Yip yip yip yip yip

Well it looks like one town took this Christmas thief seriously https://www.wbtw.com/news/police-arrest-the-grinch-in-south-carolina-town/

Thank you so much for calling, and if I believed for one instance that Christmas was in danger, I would immediately send the police. But you say the word “again”, meaning that you have seen this before. Therefore you must know that the Grinch really doesn’t stop Christmas from coming. And in fact there is no way to steal Christmas. So young man you have a very merry Christmas.

Meanwhile, at 911 HQ, an operator is downing a fifth of Scotch in one gulp.

how do we know that?

Thurl at his best. He’s GRRRREAT!!!! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Hj3U18FHgQ