Off the Mark by Mark Parisi for March 11, 2024

Hawthorne, you look different!

Take him home and build him a pond.

Hawthorne woke up happy too.

He belongs in a huge, boiling pot!!!

Meet cute?

Hello my baby, Hello my honey, Hello my rag time gal….

You could do worse…

I am sure you don’t want Crabs!

Is his name Sebastian?

Must be the meet department.

Gotta do the meat and greet.

Just don’t try to shake his hand.

Don’t trust him! He’s a phony (imitation crab).

He no look crabby at all.

I’ve had crabs before.

He’s happy to meat you!

Hi, Crab! Just jump into my cart and come on over to my place.

He used to be in the crab-and-go section.

Why do I get the sense she’s going to complain to the manager about this?

oh look, it’s a cute crab meet

https://Www.theguardian.Com/culture/2024/mar/11/margate-crab-museum

And here I thought a crab meet was a competitive grumpiness event.

I may never eat crab again. He’s so happy looking!

This worked out well!!!