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The Case of Mama Hen and the Mongrel Chicks — or: What Would Jesus Say?

Know thy livestock!

All Hallows’ Day Eve (or, if you prefer, All Saints’ Day Eve) email from DebK of Rosemount: “Taxman and I have always been church-y people, but becoming pretend farmers has deepened our appreciation for Scriptural references to rural life. There’s nothing like being in the lamb business, for example, to deepen one’s appreciation of Jesus’s many elaborations of the relationship between sheep and Shepherd.

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“I found this $10 bill in the snow by your driveway. You must have dropped it.”

The Permanent Parental Record

Happy Medium writes: “Subject: Angels Among Us.

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Why are all of the comic strips (except maybe “Fred Basset”) hilarious one day . . . and “bordering on lousy” the next?

Today’s helpful hint
Leading to: Comedy Meets Science

D. Ziner writes: “Subject: Comics and their consequences.

“Many years ago, a dental hygienist said my gums would be a lot healthier if I just spent more time brushing my teeth. I took her advice, but became increasingly concerned that boredom would have me returning to my old habits — so I began putting the comics section of the Pioneer Press next to the bathroom sink and would read all the cartoons and strips on one page while brushing my uppers and all the comics on the opposite page doing the lowers.

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On the road to Cairo, Jacksonville, Macon and Atlanta. Where in the world are you?

What’s in a (city) name?

Horntoad of White Bear Lake: “Subject: Traveling where?

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“You thirsty, Pops? What’ll you have?”

Fellow travelers
And: The Permanent Fatherly/Daughterly Record

Big Eek of Southeast Minneapolis: “The middle daughter had just finished college and had some time before she left for her Peace Corps stint on the Dark Continent. We decided to take a short trip to Billy the Kid territory in New Mexico. On our second night out, we stopped at a Red Roof Inn. There was a nightclub, Sherlock’s, across the parking lot. We sauntered over.

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