Gasoline Alley by Jim Scancarelli for April 15, 2021

Ah, Gasoline Alley. A strip with a long and rich history.

I never heard this one before.

Of American-English origin, the humorous informal noun cackleberry denotes a hen’s egg. It is composed of cackle, denoting the raucous clucking cry given by a hen, especially after laying an egg, and of berry.

The expression appears to date back to circa 1890.

My father used to buy eggs with “cackleberries” stamped on them.

She means “robin” the nest. yuk yuk yuk.

No beebleberries?

invite Rufus and Joel in

Very few ’toons use time progression. Most are locked in at one point in time. Its got to be difficult to keep all the timelines in sync.

I do like Gertie. She’s a corker. If I needed a caretaker, I would be happy to have someone like her.