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1. 

   Edcole1961 said, 15 days ago

   Suspects include the Smith Brothers, the Halls, and assorted fisherman’s friends.

2. 

   Margueritem said, 15 days ago

   Don’t forget the Ricolas….

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   nighthawks said, 15 days ago

   maybe it was Ian Phlegming

   …see, if you have a cough you have phlegm and so maybe if Ian hasn’t been dead since 1965, he would have……

   god, that is so bad I should just click on ‘cancel’
   that is exactly what I will do, this is the stupidest possible comment I’ve ever seen, there’s no way I’ll click on ‘post comment’
   ok, here goes……

4. 

   bald 716 said, 15 days ago

   it’s okay nighthawks, we’ve all posted some stuff that we should have canceled

   but i thought it was a good one

5. 

   grazer said, 15 days ago

   LOL @ nighthawk’s (cough) bravery.

6. 

   Joe Allen Doty said, 15 days ago

   The Smith Brothers started to make “cough candy” around 1850 or so. It was later called “cough drops.”

   They started putting them into boxes in 1872.

   If Frank and Ernest are supposed to be in the historical Old West, then it was too early for Hall’s Cough Drops. But, not too soon for Smith Brothers’ Cough Drops.

   I like Ernest’s pun in the strip.

   He could have said horsehound thief (as a play on horehound) since some people have used horehound candy as cough drops.

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   marcusliviusdrusus said, 15 days ago

   Yeah, come to think of it, “horsehound thief” is much funnier than the original.

8. 

   bmonk said, 14 days ago

   If they had also taken Viagra, the sheriff could be looking for a gang of hardened criminals…

9. 

   grazer said, 14 days ago

   ROFL!—perfectly funny quip, bmonk!