Richard's Poor Almanac by Richard Thompson for December 11, 2024
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December 13, 2024
Transcript:
july 1. fourth of july (canada). america: hey! quit gettin' ahead of me! u.s.a. canada august 6. sticky vinyl carseat races. aug. 8 power outage. it's the squirrels this time! aug 9 power outage. they're in the trans-former! aug 11 power outage. with the zebra mussels! aug 13 power outage. oops! aug 14 power outage. sorry, our fault. we pushed the wrong button. september 3. open mike comedy night. comedian: did you hear about tje dyslexic guitar player? his god has fleas. heh heh. september 27. nationwide pencil drop, 10:15 a.m. shh! pass it on! october 15. fall colors at their most annoying day. man: all, damn you. fall! november 23-31. tryptophan awareness week. oop: look out! she's in the gravy boat! that's how we lost gramma! zzzzz december 25. holiday letdown day. santa: so. that's it, huh? january 1. new years day. go back and start this book over. guy: it was hard enough to read the first time.
You may notice that four of these appeared (in slightly modified form) last week in the “Important Dates for 2001” strip. As today’s final panel suggests, this page was prepared to end the “Richard’s Poor Almanac” compilation volume. Those jokes which were removed (in some cases) were probably deemed too topical and therefore wouldn’t stand the test of time.