The Buckets by Greg Cravens for June 16, 2016
June 15, 2016
June 17, 2016
Transcript:
Did you get dad to the hospital? Yes, but we were too late. Meaning... His friend had checked out... Er, no... Gone home... Uhh... Moved on? Wow. Euphemism has made it hard to check the whole good news/bad news thing. Yeah. Twenty-minute ride home, and I still don't know.
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Egrayjames almost 8 years ago
Bought the farm?
Phred Premium Member almost 8 years ago
Died? Its not that difficult to say or understand.
Retired Dude almost 8 years ago
“I told you I was sick.”
Barnabus Blackoak almost 8 years ago
“Hey! Watch this !”
Comic Minister Premium Member almost 8 years ago
Me neither Sarah.
Number Three almost 8 years ago
Look of dread in the 2nd panel.
Wow.
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Thomas & Tifffany Connolly almost 8 years ago
It never gets any easier.
Liverlips McCracken Premium Member almost 8 years ago
It’s a topic that does get easier to discuss as you get older and more aware of your own ultimate fate. But when you’re young and immortal, it’s all but impossible to broach the subject.
well-i-never almost 8 years ago
He doesn’t want to know if the friend died. He wants to ask if he just went back to his home.
cknoblo Premium Member almost 8 years ago
Gone Home can have such different meanings.