Off the Mark by Mark Parisi for September 10, 2020

I guess he’ll have to learn to use sign language.

The surprising fact is that there are five people in the strip and only one is using a cell phone. Or is that a wad of money she is about to put into the hat?

A ventriloquist act would be pretty lame right now!

It seems to me that I’ve gotten better at interpreting facial expressions on the parts of faces that are still visible. I could be kidding myself, but maybe this fellow can retrain as an eye reader.

It’s time to find a new career, Buddy!

Face masks deal with lip readers?

Contrary to what Trump says (which means it’s true), masks do not muffle voices. They do impair people who depend on lip reading. Maybe the best (and healthiest) president the United States has ever had or ever will have is hard of hearing?

This would be the perfect time to become a ventriloquist except that you couldn’t get bookings since large gatherings are banned in most places.

I was thinking the other day all the masks must make it harder for people with hearing loss who rely on reading lips to know what people are saying.

Just wondering. Shouldn’t those people doing sign language for the deaf be behind a frosted glass screen so the deaf can have the full talking through a mask experience?

they have masks for deaf people who have to read lips along with signing to communicate. they are clear around the mouth area.

This might’ve been me if I was still working, but thankfully, I’m retired.

We have gone collectively insane