Richard's Poor Almanac by Richard Thompson for October 18, 2024

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woman: i'm engrossed in "duck! the complete guide to modern living." with over 250,000 pages & reinforced bind-ing, it doubles as a handy, family-size emergency shelter. duck! the complete guide to modern living kid: mommy! i'm trapped in the index! old man: i'll just be trying to decipher the instructions on this bottle of medicine, so don't you mind me. what in hell does "flummoxofin" treat, anyway? kid 1: until a new "harry potter" comes out, i'm going to concentrate my reading on cereal boxes exclusively. i find that there is much to learn from the feverish, sugar-crazed imaginings of over-paid copywriters with too much space to fill and hey there's no toy in this one. kid 2: i read only the comics page, the last venue for quality work by dead white males. man: "brewed using only the finest malt, hops & barley." there, i read something. go away.