Gasoline Alley by Jim Scancarelli for January 31, 2013

me thinks he would be better off with the 20 cats.

While he might not be the sharpest knife in the drawer, he’s smart enough to know that you never turn down a free meal.

That really is nice art work. I wish I could draw like that. Story line? – well……

All they’re after is your money. If they like you before you got rich that’s okay. They were coming out of the woodwork afterwards.

Yes, this is gorgeous penwork! I’m content to feast on the visuals as the story unfolds.

Good thing Rufus knows how to handle the ladies.

Jim is a master at understated yet intricate detail.

When the money goes, so goes the women.

The line from “On Top of Old Smokey” comes to mind. “Not one girl in a hundred that a poor boy can trust.”

I betcha if Rufus goes to city hall, there’s a nice young lady there who’s willing to settle down.

Quit complainin’, Rufus. Lots of guys’d love to be in your predicklement. (Note my clever use of a Rufusism.)

Waiting to set their claws into it. Expect a cat fight. Meow.

One summer, years ago, I got a scratch-off winner of ten thousand.. by the time the press, state, feds and locals ran me though their tax/appearance/photo wringers, I wound up with less than $2800 bucks on the plus side..I learned a hard lesson THAT year, ferdamshure !!