Lio by Mark Tatulli for July 29, 2022

eating that won’t get you any kisses for Eva Rose, young man

Vitamin B6 keeps bugs from landing on you. Try it sometime.

So does toxic breath

Chemical warfare?

Cheesy.

I wonder if it was a slow death. It’s not like you can ask ’em later.

My grandfather used to love that stuff. My grandmum, not so much.

Death by Limburger!

Hey! It’s the cheese that smells like feet!

Do they still make that horrid cheese? My grandfather used to eat it. Blah.

Is Lio’s favorite band Durian Durian?

We now know Lio’s backup plan when there’s no honey just to catch flies!

Yeah. That should kill them…

The SPCF is on the phone for you, Lio.

God in His wisdom made the fly And then forgot to tell us why.

Ogden Nash

Limburger. A comic strip trope for probably well over a century. Yet I’ve never actually tasted nor smelled it. I’d like to — once.