Close to Home by John McPherson for October 12, 2021

That’s the man cave.

Dig that room!

Interesting wallpaper.

Another 70’s hole in the wall.

They’ve also gathered a lot of furniture.

Some guy in Turkey wanted an addition to the house. He found a small tunnel city under his house!!

Men are from Mars….Women are from Venus

How true

It’s like the boulder in Rob and Laura Petrie’s basement.

My ex was a MAN CAVE Dweller!

He built a humongous garage, besides the one attached to the house, and kept all his “stuff” in there.

He passed away last year and I can’t tell you how much junk and parts and pieces were in there!

Had to get a dumpster to sort from the good stuff.

Took weeks to rummage through it…..sad and pitiful.

Nice. A generational house. Perhaps in Canada? Looks cozier than my first apartment.

I always thought it would be cool (and sensible) to have a house built in front of a cave (like the Hardy Boys “The Clue of the Screeching Owl”.) Or, if no caves were available, to have a house built down under ground two stories, with just a roof and some windows above ground about 5 feet. Just make sure proper drainage is built in.

They might cave in to buying the place after some thought.

Great…now does it come with a hidden underground chasm that I could potentially into a crime fighting base?

That would be really cool.

Are those Paleolithic cave drawings included in the sale?

And the Realtor is a hunter, not a gatherer.

Is what ever it was that left a bone on the floor, still in there ?

Many strips back, and prior to these reruns, McPherson made reference to Shakespeare’s “windows to the soul”, and it made me wonder… what do cartoonerists really think we’re more familiar with?

One: “And the poor beetle, that we tread upon in corporal sufferance, finds a pang as great as when a giant dies.”

— William Shakespeare, a 17th Century English Playwright

or…

Two. “Where ARE yooooo my leetle gumbo of chicken? Your French-fried shrimp is sizzling for yooooo.”

— Pepé Le Pew, a 20th Century French cartoon skunk.

… if it’s number one, I’m thinkin’ I may possibly need more culture in my life!

Those left handed spear throwers were a real menace back in the day.