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About The Buckets
Art holds a mirror up to Nature. The Buckets come along, turn the mirror on Art and say, “Look how goofy you’re acting. Now get to work, Art. Your kids need an Xbox 360.”
The Buckets comic strip isn’t a parody of family life. Parodies are filled with hearts and rainbows or enraged tirades and dramatic confrontation. The Buckets, though? Nope. Real life, baby. It’s funny because it’s on a page and not in your house at the moment. Next week, when it’s happening to you, you’ll thank us for reminding you that it’s supposed to be funny.
Greg Cravens looks in the mirror and see not himself, but all of us. And then he draws up the silly, grand, goofy, thrilling, utterly human things we do and calls it The Buckets.
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ShortStraw said, over 3 years ago
He’s right, the Pres wants the Gov. to control everything so why not the sirens. Oh heck, this will probably give the Pres. ideas to create a Siren Czar.
Michael Farren said, over 3 years ago
Or the idea to get people like you to shut up. One can only hope.
Greg Cravens
said, over 3 years ago
This one is loosely based on something my oldest son said when he was very young. He made some comment about the color of fire trucks and why the president chose it. It then occurred to me that, as a child, my son couldn’t imagine what the president’s job really was, but merely ascribed to him the most important duties he could conceive. Having said that, I’ll quote The Big Bang Theory’s characters in reference to comments I assume will be made here for the rest of the day- “Oh, here we go…”
Cordicfan
said, over 3 years ago
Four firefighters in Pittsburgh Pa filed suit in court alleging that the sirens on their firetrucks caused their hearing loss. They claim that the sirens are too loud and the truck manufacturers did not insulate the cabs sufficiently to protect those inside.
DanEd55 said, over 3 years ago
Gee Michael it’s all about free speech until someone disagrees with your view.
Greg Cravens
said, over 3 years ago
My dad lost a lot of his hearing because he sold guitars, keyboards, etc and amplifiers for years. I don’t think he can file suit anywhere about it.
LarryW2LJ said, over 3 years ago
@Cordicfan
So wear ear protection, like evryone else does.
gardenwitch347 said, over 3 years ago
The little brother has a point.
aaron wilson dunn said, over 3 years ago
@ShortStraw
So true! So true! It is all about Power and Control! Remember that “The government that governs best, governs least!”
treesareus said, over 3 years ago
@Cordicfan
All of us in EMS suffered because the sirens were on top of the cab, only inches from our ears. On my last two patrol rigs I had the siren mounted behind the grill. It was still noisy but not near as bad as my first 20 years of service.
treesareus said, over 3 years ago
@LarryW2LJ
It would take LOTS of ear protection to solve the problem of being in a tin cab with a siren on top of it. Then you couldn’t hear the radios (I had 4 for a while). I could just see it…running lights and siren to an incident, jump out, take my muffs off, and move to the incident. Not workable. Just put them behind the grill or under the front bumper on cab over fire units.
Tax Man said, over 3 years ago
@Michael Farren
It always amazes me to find someone who wants to be tolerant and inclusive but only when he is with people with whom he agrees. Otherwise he wants the other to be silenced.
dzw3030 said, over 3 years ago
@LarryW2LJ
Wearing ear plugs is recent. 35 years ago I was told most of my hearing above 6KHz was gone. Part of the problem was driving around with the car window down. Well, rock & roll and gunfire had something to do with it, too. :-D
Comic Minister said, over 3 years ago
I think so Eddie.
Number Three said, over 3 years ago
Oh Eddie HAS to be right…
LOL xxx