Crankshaft by Tom Batiuk and Dan Davis for January 28, 2023

Yeah Ed. First time user should always use the lowest setting on his new flame thrower when firing it up.

The whole point of having an eleven is that you have somewhere to go when ten isn’t quite enough.

He should be banned from flamethrowers. And matches. And lighters. And anything that creates a fire so maybe even 2 sticks of wood!

The ladder looks shorter. Did the fire department accidentally on purpose break it?

A comment was made yesterday about putting him in a rest home. My thought, what, and put all those caretakers and the other residents lives in jeopardy.

He won’t learn anything. He never does.

“Nice try. How about this: ‘If I ever do anything like this again, the next call Pam makes will be to an assisted living facility, because I’m starting to be a danger to my family’.”

I actually laughed out loud at his comment. I haven’t been able to keep up for several years and am happy he’s now here at Gocomics.

Ed’s motto “live and don’t learn”.

Really, Ed?

Time for Pm and Jff to send Ed to The Home before he burns their place down.

Is Ed’s daughter (in law?) considering having Ed committed, or, at least shipping him off to a “retirement village” about now?

So of course he learned nothing…

When I was getting ready to sell mt mom’s house, I rented a pressure washer to clean the roof. The clerk warned me not to use the highest setting, but the thing was woefully under powered. I used the highest setting and still had to put the tip an inch from the shingles to clean the crud off. It took me all day to do a tiny portion. It would takes me days, at $55 a day. So I just went and bought one. I put it on the highest setting, and it cut the shingle in half like a hot knife though butter! I had some fun with that baby!

Does Ed even HAVE an insurance agent?

Unless of course you are burning the enemy out of a bunker as Crankshaft did as a combat soldier in WWll…..

I guess I’ll have to brush up on flamethrowers to get it.

An old fool like Ed never learns!

The Shaft didn’t start it at 11, he Cranked it to 11.

I do think flame throwers are illegal some places, which is a good thing.

Eleven??

I can’t believe Pmm and Jff haven’t learned anything by now. When will they ship him to Bedsore Manor?

Ed, don’t start a flame thrower at 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, or 12 — just don’t start a flame thrower at all. Otherwise, you’ll be on the 11 o’clock news again!

That’s why he always buys from Beans End:

Their products always go that Extra Step.

how many fireplace fires and barbeque fires has Ed started that required a response from the CFD? Ed has some of “Tim the Tool Man” running thru his veins

Or how about not at all! SMH (/_<)