FoxTrot Classics by Bill Amend for March 15, 2024

Ah, yes the halcyon days of “Everyone wants to kill you and only the guy who let 9/11 happen on his watch can keep you safe!”

I showed ChatGPT the strip for an explanation.

It’s response: Following the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks and subsequent anthrax attacks, there was heightened concern about potential terrorist threats. The Department of Homeland Security suggested that Americans should prepare a disaster supply kit, which included items such as plastic sheeting and duct tape, to seal windows and doors in the event of a biological or chemical attack. This advice became a topic of public discussion and, in some cases, satire, as it is used here in the comic strip.

Green……..The new red.

Wrap them all in duct tape. Nobody moves, nobody gets hurt.

The stores will stop selling it, say there’s a shortage and jack up the price.

and the alert levels and DHS haven’t changed a bit since Bill first posted this strip! the more things supposedly change the more they remain the same. a couple of masks a roll of duct tape some ticky tacky videos made in China are all you need to be safe from the naughty terrorists who are just misunderstood and need rehabilitation, so DHS lets them in and gives them all the support they need trying not to let anyone know what they are doing and everything is secure. really! just ask DHS and the prez. whoops, sorry don’t ask the prez he just gets mad and starts yelling OR whispering in the microphone something that makes perfect sense to somebody js

Duct tape fixes everything

Well, according to Red Green, it IS the handyman’s secret weapon. Gets rid of warts too!

Happy Ides of March!

I wish I could say what we hear on the news nowadays was better than this.