[Hi and Lois, January 19, 2024. Click for a larger view.]
People of the future should know that in the early twenty-first century, it was common to carry one’s snow shovel through one’s living room. From the kitchen or dining room through the living room to the front door, that’s how we rolled.
But seriously: this panel suffers from redundancy. Chip has said he will shovel “later” — whenever that might be. Hi is headed outside, dressed in his winter togs. He need not carry a shovel for the situation to be clear.
In the second (final) panel of today’s strip, Hi is lying down on the blue sofa, which appears to have been moved, with a heating pad on his back. He whimpers: “AAAEEUGH.” (Notice: no exclamation point, and not even a speech balloon.) And Chip asks Lois, “How is this my fault?”
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Well, Chip may have a point. Why shovel while the visible window shows snow is still coming down. Why not wait for it to end? (It's very positive to leave a comment, and proclaim proudly that "I'm not a robot." !)
He does have a point — and being focused on the shovel, I didn’t even think about it.
By the way, if you’re signed into a Google account, you should be able to skip “I’m not a robot.” If you’re in a browser that prevents cross-site tracking, you have to enable cross-site tracking, at least temporarily, to be able to sign into a Google account.
I suspect that Hi injured his back moving the sofa. I wonder where the heating pad is plugged in?
Ha! It wouldn't be the first time furniture moved in the interstice:
https://mleddy.blogspot.com/2008/10/interstice.html
Perhaps Brown and Walkers need someone in charge of continuity. It seems to mostly
work in the film industry.
They need an interstitial advisor, or mayba a gaffer, to prevent gaffes.
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