Strange Brew by John Deering for September 13, 2024

He is the “lynchpin” for having been “railroaded”.

Just change the law after the fact.

There was a old Gunsmoke episode similar to this.

LLBean????

Better let him go and see if he walks away.

Better tell the folks at the Bar T that they don’t have to chase him down and hang him. We took care of it for them.

Or

Let’s get it switched over to our brand, and sell it, before they find out!

Unauthorized equine relocation.

Wasn’t this about the time Clint Eastwood rode up and shot them all?

I was thinking of The Oxbow Incident, but it’s been many years since I read it.

Looks like they were dead wrong.

There are very few new jokes, just new ways to frame idea. To John Deering’s credit, he only steals from the best.

’s OK, ya got a limited liability horse there.

oh well… it happens…

Oops. Sorry for the inconvenience.

There is a marker in the Boot Hill Cemetery at Tombstone, AZ (or there was about 50 years ago), saying the deceased was hanged by mistake. Apparently he was caught with a stolen horse, after he was hung they found he had purchased the horse from the thief.

“What did you expect? ‘Welcome, Sonny?’ ‘Make yourself at home?’ ‘Marry my daughter?’ You’ve got to remember that these are just simple farmers. These are people of the land. The common clay of the new West. You know—morons.” – Jim

Looks like sleepy F to me

It’s enough to make you rethink the death penalty – or a man who buys a full page ad in the Nytimes urging the execution of people who turn out to be innocent..