Cartoon Saturday

It's a strange world ...

A large number of Air Force officers stand accused of cheating on tests designed to measure their knowledge of nuclear weapons procedures; a man shot two women to death in an Indiana grocery store before being shot and killed by police; in other Second Amendment news, a retired police officer in Florida shot and killed a man in a theater who had annoyed him by texting during the show; a Japanese soldier who held out in the Philippines for nearly 30 years, refusing to believe that World War II was over, has died at the age of 91; and 18 people were trampled to death when a stampede broke out at a funeral for a religious leader in India.

It's a rough world out there ... aren't you glad you have Cartoon Saturday to help you get through it?

We lead off this week with a set of cartoons with literary references ...

Well, 50 Shades of Grey may not be literary in the real sense of the word, but work with me on it ...

I'll bet he gets plenty of donations ...

You sometimes have to be careful with those dating site profiles ...

You can sometimes get into a whale of a jam with careless pillow talk ...

Hester Prynne - spin doctor ...

Well, the sign was accurate, right? ...

Remember what we said earlier about those online profiles? ...

Who needs GPS? ...

With the raft of TV shows about life and intrigue in Nashville, this seemed like a pretty good bet for this week's collection ...

And finally, Agnes always knows the right thing to say ...

And there we have it for another Cartoon Saturday. For many of you, it's a long holiday weekend, if one marked by plunging temperatures again. According to articles I've read, the infamous Polar Vortex is going to make a new appearance during the coming week*, leading to more stupid remarks by climate change deniers who don't understand what they're talking about. Read Andy Borowitz's take on that here. We'll be hunkering down with our local grandchildren for the weekend, which is the fun, if exhausting, way to stay warm.

Have a good day and a great weekend. Remember to bring in the brass monkey.

More thoughts tomorrow.

Bilbo

* I wish there were a way to share some of that cold with Amanda, who is experiencing somewhat the opposite problem at the moment down there in too-sunny Australia.