I have no idea why my clip art collection has so many chickens in it. But the expressions on these two birds just screamed for a story.
This story is inspired by an argument my wife and I witnessed between a man and a woman at a Ponderosa restaurant many years ago. The accusations of infidelity and the mileage-checking idea are pulled directly from this argument, though the line that made the exchange truly memorable to me was “You ever see anybody flip a table in a Ponderosa before?”
Said table-flipping was never actually attempted, though I spent the rest of my meal wondering if the guy would try, and what the result would be, since the tables were bolted down.
Incidentally, I toyed briefly with a “Canary? No way. I’m all about the cock!” line in this strip, but walked away from it. You’re welcome.
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“Incidentally, I toyed briefly with a “Canary? No way. I’m all about the cock!” line in this strip, but walked away from it. You’re welcome.”
chicken.
Coulda gone for a “cluckold” pun too if I really felt like being cruel.
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Reminds me of a joke my father told:
They had an Easter egg hunt down on the farm, and the kids left a bright, multi-colored egg on the grass. The rooster found it. He walked around it and stared, trying to understand with his tiny bird brain how such a thing could be. Then he went and killed the peacock.
oh god, I would love to see a redneck try to flip a bolted-down table.
My favorite of your strips so far. I have to admit I’m wondering what it would be like to see somebody flip a table in a Ponderosa. I think I might pay to watch that.
And then there are those women, who have had this conversation with crazy, cruel, control-freak men, who find their blood running cold reading this one. Because the next move is always violence. Emotional violence, at the very least.
looks like the copyright is off on this?
No. He made this one in 2009 and he’s been saving it for this special occasion.
Yowza…thanks for that. Fixed.
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Reminds of the George Carlin bit about the Sanctity of life, and how humans are no better than chickens.
Problem. The drawing contains 2 hens. This is a lesbian argument? Also, what MG said.