Richard's Poor Almanac by Richard Thompson for February 11, 2013
February 07, 2013
February 14, 2013
Transcript:
oh, the things you'll forget! when your head is too full and your brain's fact-impacted, then you wish for some way to become fact-redacted! try this, you must! it will sweep your head clean, the extroodle mcnoodle redacting machine! insert head now inside the guts of this useful device, are two little demons much smaller than mice. and each has a shovel whose scooper's minutial. with them they scoop out all the facts that aren't crucial. out with the unwanted details & learning: what letterman said, what bill gates is earning. which chemical's needed for terrorist bombs, old leftover punchlines from vapid sitcoms! guy: ow! agh! ooh! that's it! yeah! man: it all sounds so easy, i can't hardly wait, to be in a persistent vegetable state!
Ida No almost 12 years ago
I’ve got one on order. Want to try it out when it arrives?
scrabblefiend almost 12 years ago
And yet, I still remember obscure names, dates and stuff from grade school, which comes in handy doing the crossword puzzle.
Sisyphos almost 12 years ago
Poetic justice! And (judging from the last panel), as a bonus, it’s a Fountain of Youth!
Perkycat almost 12 years ago
Funny how we can remember all this useless information but can’t remember what we came in the room for.
el8 almost 12 years ago
“I’d rather have a bottle in front of me than have a frontal lobotomy.” – Dorothy Parker
Gilda Blackmore almost 12 years ago
jack fairbanks almost 12 years ago
pam Miner almost 12 years ago
This comes too soon to too many!
susanwobb almost 12 years ago
Come and listen to my story ‘bout a man named Jed, poor mountaineer barely kept his family fed, then one day he was shootin’ at some food when up through the ground came a-bubblin’ crude….