One of the things I really like about this strip is the timelessness of it. I first read it as a kid in the 1970’s when your dad wrote it, and it was one of my favorites back then. Brutus and family could be living now or 50 years ago.
Well, having the baseball stuck in a tree is better than saying “I threw the ball at it and I broke your bedroom window!” (Not speaking from experience)
I remember walking to the corner grocery store with my mom one summer day back in the late 60’s. We started talking about our favorite daily comic strip. She said hers was a Born Loser gag where Brutus let the guy behind him go ahead of him in line at the grocery store because he only had one item and that guy wins a big prize for being the store’s 10 thousandth customer (or thereabouts). I found out years later it was the very first gag that Chip gave his father that was published! Keep up the good work Chipster!!
C 3 months ago
No chicken dinner for you
AllishaDawn 3 months ago
What about a boomerang?
Renatus Profuturus Frigeridus Premium Member 3 months ago
Try with a pole.
Ahuehuete 3 months ago
One of the things I really like about this strip is the timelessness of it. I first read it as a kid in the 1970’s when your dad wrote it, and it was one of my favorites back then. Brutus and family could be living now or 50 years ago.
angelolady Premium Member 3 months ago
Once you get all your toys up in the tree, do not throw Kewpie Dog at it.
Ricky Bennett 3 months ago
I’ll bet there’s a certain kite up there, too…
Wilde Bill 3 months ago
I was going to suggest throwing the bat next.
KLSeering 3 months ago
Well, having the baseball stuck in a tree is better than saying “I threw the ball at it and I broke your bedroom window!” (Not speaking from experience)
fuzzbucket 3 months ago
Throw the kid up there to get everything.
wjones 3 months ago
One more thing. Shake the tree.
GROG Premium Member 3 months ago
Try a basketball.
adadmp 3 months ago
I remember walking to the corner grocery store with my mom one summer day back in the late 60’s. We started talking about our favorite daily comic strip. She said hers was a Born Loser gag where Brutus let the guy behind him go ahead of him in line at the grocery store because he only had one item and that guy wins a big prize for being the store’s 10 thousandth customer (or thereabouts). I found out years later it was the very first gag that Chip gave his father that was published! Keep up the good work Chipster!!
cubswin2016 3 months ago
I guess trees don’t just eat kites anymore.
Meg O' My Heart 3 months ago
♫ “I don’t know why she swallowed the fly… perhaps she’ll die.” ♫
The Reader Premium Member 3 months ago
Back the car into the tree and see it that shakes anything loose.
CorkLock 3 months ago
Send Hurricane Hattie up after it. The tree will give up it’s loot and more. Guaranteed!
Doug Taylor Premium Member 3 months ago
A Frisbee eating tree. I love comic crossovers intentional or not.
Chris 3 months ago
how about you use a chainsaw to cut down the tree… or just use a ladder and climb up and get it yourself.
Little Caesar 3 months ago
Blastthatflabberapthedirtyfilipackalomer!
rhpii 3 months ago
Have mother Gargle fly up on her broom and get them.
oakie817 3 months ago
your turn Brutus
e.groves 3 months ago
Call the fire department.
e.groves 3 months ago
The tree is only six feet tall.
MuddyUSA Premium Member 3 months ago
There goes his day…up a tree!
mckeonfuneralhomebx 3 months ago
Frisbees just go on their own basically straigh path.. Get that kid a boomarang!
flemmingo 3 months ago
Throw a cat up there and when fire department comes to get cat down you can get them to get your frisbee and ball.
julie.mason1 Premium Member 3 months ago
Like father, like son.
raybarb44 3 months ago
Been there and done something similar myself in my youth. Learned my lesson. It’s the price of education. You will never make that mistake again…..
preacherman 3 months ago
Note to Brutus: keep this kid away from trees.
Olddog04 3 months ago
Along with the cat, the kite, etc…..
William Green Premium Member 3 months ago
That’s definitely a football task.
andersjg 3 months ago
We had a badminton racket stuck in the big tree in the front yard for years.
paranormal 3 months ago
Then throw your tennis shoes at it…
buckman-j 3 months ago
True fiction; this just happened with one of my grandkids. We’ll find them when the tree is pruned around november
cuzinron47 3 months ago
Got any more sports equipment you want to lose?
KEA 3 months ago
reminds me of a scene in I.Q.
Moonkey Premium Member 3 months ago
When my older brother did things like that, I went up the tree and got them down. I tried to drop them on his head.
Buckeye67 3 months ago
Well Wilberforce you are just going to have to wait for a good wind storm to retrieve your sporting equipment.
gopher gofer 3 months ago
maybe he can borrow the trebuchet from dill’s brothers…
Lightpainter Premium Member 3 months ago
Brutus, you should be glad the baseball didn’t go through your window.
Brent Rosenthal Premium Member 3 months ago
He still has two shoes on…
wiatr Premium Member 3 months ago
Yep, they’re related.