Richard's Poor Almanac by Richard Thompson for September 25, 2019
September 24, 2019
September 26, 2019
Transcript:
our fireworks heritage illuminations sale on sparkers in 1776, the first roadside fireworks stand, patriotick illuminations, opens in south carolina, it is later sold to "south of the border" & renamed "pedro's beeg kaboom room." man: mr. adams? mr. jefferson? oh dear. in 1826, former presidents john adams & thomas jefferson are involved in a huge july 4th mishap. a major cover-up ensues. in 1889, the national fourth of july celebration debuts on the mall in washington, d.c. it is an extremely low-key affair viewed by an invitation-only group of vips. the park service, angry about having to scrub out the black stains left on the sidewalks by those "snakes", later puts the official crowd count at 12. vips: ah. ooh. ah. ooh. uh-huh. fiszztt
gbars70 over 4 years ago
That “PBKR” in the first panel is going to shake up the social warrior crowd.
WCraft Premium Member over 4 years ago
Until I studied the pictures in the last panel, I thought the “snakes” were the VIPs!
SpammersAreScum over 4 years ago
As was pointed out the last time this came around, Adams & Jefferson did indeed both die on that day. Maybe they both deliberately hung on until then, or maybe there was some sort of conspiracy :,)
AndrewSihler over 4 years ago
Not exactly; a “long s” has a spur on the left side, like ſo; a bar right through the upright is an “f”. Alſo, the “long s” was uſed at the beginnings and middles of words, the more familiar s was ſet at the end. Double “s” was ſſ in the middles of words, like leſſer, at the ends they ſet ſs, as leſs.
Night-Gaunt49[Bozo is Boffo] over 4 years ago
The current version sounds better than them being blown up together by unregulated fire works.
Sisyphos over 4 years ago
Let the fireworks fizzle. But give me my Feast of Liberty!