anaheim-gazette 1945-08-02

LIFE'S LIKE THIS by FRED NEHER TAXIDERMIST ENTERTAINMENT YOU GET EM WE STUFF EM IT'S A REMARKABLE TOMATO, LADY, BUT I'M AFRAID WE CAN'T STUFF IT FOR YOU. SOME PEOPLE ARE BORN DUMB AND OTHERS TRY TO OPEN A MILK BOTTLE BY PUSHING THE CARDBOARD DISK IN. I GUESS HE HAD ONE TOD MANY." US MODERNS I QUESS HE HAD ONE TOD MANY. US MODERNS. SOME PUNKINS. JUST MARRIED KE THAT SQUEAKY CERTAINLY IS SED WITH YOUR REGULAR FELLERS RIGHT! LE'S SEE TH' BIGGEST HADDOCK YA GOT! HOW ABOUT THIS ONE? TWELVE POUNDS! CERTAINLY IS USED WITH YOUR AGEMENT RING JEWELER SHE TODAY SAID IT WAS O.K. HOW ABOUT THIS ONE? TWELVE POUNDS! IT'S GOTTA BE BIGGER N THAT! HERE'S A BEAUT-- FIFTEEN AND A HALF POUNDS— SHALL I CLEAN IT FOR YOU? NOPE, NEVER MIND- AND WILL YOU PUT THIS MONEY WHERE MY HUSBAND WON'T COME IN AND FIND IT? AND WILL YOU PUT THIS MONEY WHERE MY HUSBAND WON'T COME IN AND FIND IT. HAVE YOU COME ACROSS A 'LEFT' FROM SWANKS PARK AVENUE? RIGHT! THERE YARE SON, NINE POUNDS—ENOUGH T' FEED FIVE OR SIX PEOPLE! NOPE, NOT BIG' ENDUCH! HOW ABOUT THIS ONE? TWELVE POUNDS! WELL, ILL SEE WHAT THERE IS IN TH' BIN—BET I'VE GOT A FIFTEEN POUNDER OKAY, TAKE A HOW ABOUT THIS ONE? TWELVE POUNDS! IT'S GOTTA BE BIGGER N THAT! WELL, ILL SEE WHAT THERE IS IN TH'BIN — BET I'VE GOT A FIFTEEN POUNDER IN HERE! OKAY, TAKE A LOOK! IS A BEAUT— ND A HALF POUNDS— CLEAN IT FOR YOU? NOPE—NEVER MIND— I JEST WANTED MY FRIEND T'SEE TH' SIZE OF TH'FISH MY POP SAID GOT AWAY FROM HIM THIS MORNING! TOUGH LUCK! ZOOLIE ZOOLIE