Looking at that last panel (never mind the humor of their idiocy in the others), and I don’t see how they would be “trapped” in any serious way… maybe ol’ Jeff is a bit of a drama queen… :-P
This is a condensed version of an old story, reckoned by folklorists to date back at least 80 years. It’s a comedy staple, in fact, has turned up in numerous recordings, radio shows, movies and novels since the 1930’s. A classic version that made the rounds in the late 1950s under headlines on the order of “Saddened Bricklayer Asks for Sick Leave” https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=ruUzAAAAIBAJ&sjid=t-4HAAAAIBAJ&pg=4824%2C5420623 was attributed to an anonymous bricklayer in Barbados.
sheilag over 4 years ago
Looking at that last panel (never mind the humor of their idiocy in the others), and I don’t see how they would be “trapped” in any serious way… maybe ol’ Jeff is a bit of a drama queen… :-P
zeexenon over 4 years ago
When was the tree cut down?
Dan Tooker over 4 years ago
This is a condensed version of an old story, reckoned by folklorists to date back at least 80 years. It’s a comedy staple, in fact, has turned up in numerous recordings, radio shows, movies and novels since the 1930’s. A classic version that made the rounds in the late 1950s under headlines on the order of “Saddened Bricklayer Asks for Sick Leave” https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=ruUzAAAAIBAJ&sjid=t-4HAAAAIBAJ&pg=4824%2C5420623 was attributed to an anonymous bricklayer in Barbados.
brklnbern over 4 years ago
Should have tried lowering it slowly.
The Pro from Dover over 4 years ago
Whee!