Gasoline Alley by Jim Scancarelli for October 07, 2015

So who shut the gas off when he was trying to repair the old stove? Wasn’t it him?

Ok, this is getting more than a bit silly. We have a shut-off valve right at our gas stove. When we need to cut off the gas, we just turn the valve to off. I guess this angle makes a better story, though. He couldn’t have worked on that stove without turning off the gas, though…that could have caused a REAL explosion!

But where is the bookie seen in this past Sunday’s Gasoline Alley strip?

Its a comic strip folks.

If only Joel and Rufus were here, they would know what to do.

I do believe he’s onto the scam…

What a maroon, any man that cannot install and remove a clothes dryer is worthless.

I was taught to always check the gas fittings by “painting” them with a mixture of detergent and water. If you saw bubbles forming, it wasn’t a good seal.

Elsewhere in today’s gocomics you’’ll find early non-GA panels by Frank King. Visit: http://www.gocomics.com/comic/explore/835374/24

Check out today’s Comics Curmudgeon for a true story that mirrors this strip uncannily. (He’s worth checking out every day.)joshreads dot com

Utility hook-ups – “We’ll be there sometime between 9:00 AM and election day.”

All tyhis talk about the gas man made me think of this:

The Gas Man Cometh by Flanders and Swan

Back in 1985 I easily replaced a cracked line from the source to the stove by turning off the gas at the meter and replacing it, without the advice from the gas company and without the advice of that arrogant salesman. I seem to remember him from a comedy program long, long ago like Jack Benny.