Close to Home by John McPherson for January 29, 2020

You can gauge the honesty of his assessment by whether the hammocks hanging from the wall are just part of the wallpaper.

Yeah, bar none.

But you have to admit that the horizontal stripes make the cell look bigger.

Just like in the military, you have to earn your stripes!

Those guys would rather get plastered.

Camouflage!!

Bars are usually vertical

…from your friends at Ace Wallpaper. “For those times when you just need to “blend in”…(Call for scheduling, prices subject to change.)

On the bright side, it will be easy to hide.

Won’t they be camouflaged though?

Looks like bleeb got parole. Haven’t seen him for about 3 or 4 days.

From this sprang the concept of “bar coding”

Better than being ‘rubbed out’…

Bummer, it doesn’t even include a panel with a window, with a view of the gallows.

I’d’ve thought they’d make it vertical, to resemble bars all around. And if they really wanted to be sadistic, have something desirable, like a deluxe kitchen, showing as if it were on the other side of the bars.