You remember what it’s like to be a kid, don’t you? It hasn’t been THAT long. Sure we say things like, “My back hurts,” “My knee hurts,” “I’ve got tickets to the World Series but I’d rather watch it on tv at home,” or “I can’t go out in this weather, my hair will frizz.” But at least we can REMEMBER what it’s like to be young. Take Halloween for instance. We remember the thrill of trick or treating, then we took our kids and saw the joy on their faces (and stole their candy after they went to bed), and finally we got to the point where the kids were grown up and out of the house, but we still had to have candy for the trick or treaters, right? And if you moved to an apartment house like Andy, you had very few trick or treaters, but still wanted the damn candy. Well it turns out Andy was standing on line at Walgreens Halloween afternoon behind a man who appeared to be in his 60’s or 70’s and had his arms loaded with candy. Andy asked him if it was for the neighborhood kids or himself and he just smiled. But you know what gave him away? Boxes of Good ‘ Plenty, Mike ‘n Ikes and Tootsie Rolls. Definitely for him. And that was the inspiration for today’s comic.

Scrolling down to our second idea, we examined the absolute absurdity of people watching other people play video games. On tv. Is that really a thing? It’s a thing. If you look at your channel guide, and go somewhere around station number 12070 (made that one up folks), you will see video games being played. Think of the implications. Why bother with human football players or baseball players? They get hurt, they get traded, they make contract demands. If people will watch other people play video sports instead, why not just do that? Just this year, tens of thousands of fans packed Arthur Ashe stadium for three successive days to watch other people play a shoot ‘em up game called Fortnight. Kids and young adults were playing the video game and what was on their screens was being shown on the jombo monitors in the stadium. Overall there was $30 million in prize money handed out to the contestants. After John questioned his career choice, he suggested that this was a topic ripe for skewering. And skewer we did. Now aren’t you sorry you told your kids to put down the damn game and do their homework??? Little did we know.

So that’s all she wrote for this week. We will see you next week with two new ones. Have a great weekend everyone.

Andy and John