Rubes by Leigh Rubin for June 21, 2022

Cleanup

8253 on my keyboard.

He’s retired Navy. What did you expect?

Quite the, uh, role model I see

more like Mr. Queen?

I believe the words translate to “fire truck.”

His act used to be a lot hairier before they hired him.

I remember his first day as company spokesman; seems like… a century ago

He was magically erased.

And then he got a job as a hitman.

I had never heard of this term before so I looked it up. Here is what I found in case the term is new to anyone else:

“Working blue” refers to the act of using swear words and discussing things that people do not discuss in “polite society”. A “blue comedian” or “blue comic” is a comedian who usually performs risqué routines layered with curse words.

George Carlin he ain’t.

He should have worn black as well!