Shoe by Gary Brookins and Susie MacNelly for April 08, 2019

They often go toe to toe.

But, in truth, they’re both heels.

Do they have any Achilles tendoncies?

I never metatarsal I didn’t like.

rim shot…

So they’re probably never going to be solemates.

somehow someone will get a kick out of this…

Not "There’s only two podiatrists . . . ,’ but “There ARE only two podiatrists . . . .” Fourth-grade grammar: subject-predicate agreement. Were Brookins and MacNelly overmedicated when they wrote that line? Welcome to the DeVos educational standards.

But the foul characters in this strip didn’t make it to the fourth grade.

I thought it was Pastis who made all the bad puns. Guess he got sent to the foot of the line.

It’s time they reached an understanding.

They’re going toe to toe

Bad.. I feel like a “heel” not seeing that one coming. I guess you "toe"d me!

I would have thought that with a long ingrown argument, they would have nailed down the problem.

When I hurt my foot I call a “toe truck” naturally! ;o{

Time for some nut kickin’.

Thank you for my first laugh of the day.

Groan!!!!

Opposite sides of the Gateway to the West?

It’s common informal speech to describe the situation as singular, rather than to agree with the number (two).

The fact that they have to teach it (“4th grade grammar”) shows that it’s not how people actually talk.

Cue the “Rim shot”….

Henny Youngman 1968

Not “utilize the comics,” but “use the comics.” “Utilize” means to use something for a purpose for which it was not intended, e.g., one can utilize a brick as a doorstop or a paperweight. Yes, I got the punchline. I’ve always enjoyed puns. My criticizing poor diction, syntax, punctuation, and overall grammar is my effort to get professional cartoonists to educate folks, particularly pupils and students, while getting laughs. You might be surprised to learn that many, many un- and undereducated folks think that the occasional bit of sloppy English is all right, i.e., acceptable English. If they take such English as correct, they’ll use it themselves and those of us who know it’s sloppy English will inevitably form an opinion about such a person’s intelligence, education, and experience. One need not be ashamed of being knowledgeable. It’s part of being civilized.