Julie Larson began writing The Dinette Set comic in 1990, then called Suburban Torture, offering a satire on middle class culture. The Dinette Set became syndicated in 1997. When asked where Julie gets all of her ideas, she admits there is only one way to write a daily comic: write about what you know. "I make no bones about who’s really talking in The Dinette Set," says Julie, who is writer, director and cast of The Dinette Set. "If we can’t make fun of ourselves, who will?"
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Pacopuddy said, 6 months ago
Nice to see Burl gets to work a bit early to get himself sorted before he’s due to start!
What’s the betting he doesn’t even go to the bathroom at home in the morning – waits till he gets to work, then he’s &*@$ing on THEIR time!
margueritem
said, 6 months ago
I remember those days of overtime.
mikie2
said, 6 months ago
Yeah, that’s gotta be it, they’re salaried. If they had any sense at all they’d opt for hourly pay so’s they could pick up some extra money any time for just a coupla extra minutes on he clock.
Burl and Dale have it all figured out. And Burl doesn’t “steal” so much as he “liberates” or “repurposes.”
capndunzzl said, 6 months ago
…sounds like no one took junior high algebra.
simpsonfan2 said, 6 months ago
Maybe they steal because they are a bunch of greedy crooks.
thomas_matkey said, 6 months ago
Are Burl and Dale speaking simutaneously? There’s two
tails on the bottom balloon. One to Burl and one to Dale.
Radish
said, 6 months ago
I think its just Dale talking out of both sides of his mouth.
SusanSunshine
said, 6 months ago
Nah, Dale… their hourly pay is chump change to them….
A CEO making $6 million…. let’s see….
If he were only hourly, that would be only $3,000 an hour.
Why stay an extra hour for so little?
And even if he made SIXTY million a year… that’s only $30,000 an hour…
hardly worth sticking around and missing Happy Hour.
No, poor guys, they need faster ways to get more money… like embezzling, price-fixing and insider trading….
SusanSunshine
said, 6 months ago
Meanwhile, our petty grifters here find every way to stick it to the company for an extra dollar seventeen.
I’d almost feel sorry for them, if only they weren’t…. well…. such little rats.
Which reminds me…. it looks like it’s time for Joy to actually WASH some laundry.
Eek!
loveslife said, 6 months ago
Nah she did laundry a few days ago. Remember? Burle lost a pair of undies? We have people milking the clock every day, have to get that few seconds in to make an even min.Gotta get what we can don’t we?
mikie2
said, 6 months ago
@simpsonfan2
Oh no, you’re wrong. They’re altruistic “job creators.” They are so busy counting the money they haven’t quite gotten around to creating the jobs just yet. But surely they’ll get around to it by and by.
finale said, 6 months ago
The picture of the convicted tycoon going “Toga, Toga” as he heads to jail is all too true. White Collar crime is “victimless”….just don’t ask people who (legitimately) got stung by the housing price bubble or had their lives destroyed by mismanaged financial institutions or Bernie Madoff.
finale said, 6 months ago
and let us not forget the Hostess “executive team” that is reaping MILLIONS in “retention bonuses”. They ran the company into the ground….let’s keep them on.
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And yes, this is the third bankruptcy….and, yes; during each one the union gave up more wages and benefits.
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Sorry for the rant….no I’m not.
GymShoe said, 6 months ago
Apparently BURL is planning to return to work….. remember he has been on LOA since he turned his ankle at “work” some months ago…… ! ! !
mikie2
said, 6 months ago
@finale
And they need an additional 20% cut in their taxes or they’ll cry themselves to sleep every night. We wouldn’t want that, would we? Surely we can throw a widow out on the street or steal some kid’s lunch money to cover the cost.