Over the Hedge by T Lewis and Michael Fry for September 01, 2015

Anyone else notice how much Hammy resembles Wm F Buckley, Jr in Panel 4?

So, which one is playing the girl?

They couldn’t tell it correctly, not in a syndicated family-friendly strip.

(Someone has to say it, so I’m claiming that honor.)

Would you polka for a Scooby snack?

How about TWO Scooby snacks?

It was not Churchill. See http://quoteinvestigator.com/2012/03/07/haggling/ for their story on it, which concludes that it was a fiction directed at Lord Beaverbrook.

Also attributed to George Bernard Shaw. I think it’s being told perfectly correctly in context, in a kid-suitable manner, and consistent with the setup in panel (“I don’t polka on the first date”)

Likka in the front , polka in the rear

Johnny Carson used this one many times but it always cracked me up when I heard it!

First offer’s supposed to be the million dollars, which is accepted. Then the second, dirt cheap offer is made, and that’s how the punchline makes sense.

No, RJ, this has not established that Hammy is negotiating. It establishes that you will not take no for an answer and think that you can negotiate for what you want.

Hmm, the typical format is to offer the high amount first, then “negotiate” for less after you get a positive response. Hammy stayed firm.