Cartoon Saturday

What a week it's been ...

A joint announcement of a new defense relationship among the US, UK, and Australia has managed to piss off China, France, and the EU; so many unvaccinated people have been admitted to hospitals for intensive treatment that health care is now being rationed in some states, and doctors are having to choose which Covid patients to save; a new humanitarian crisis is growing on the southern border as some 10,000 migrants, mostly Haitians, are sheltering under a border bridge; fires raging in the west have destroyed thousands of giant sequoias, as attempts to save the rest are moving ahead; and in Pennsylvania, citizens will be hard-pressed to cope with 2021 because the state Liquor Control Board has imposed a limit of two bottles per customer per day of many products, citing "supply problems beyond its control."

It's been a long, long time since I've had to worry about the ins and outs of dating, and the way things are today, I don't know how well I'd do navigating the rocky shoals of changing expectations and Covid-19. This week, a collection of cartoons about dating in the new era ...

I had to think about this one for a moment ...

Sigh ...

This relationship was probably doomed from the start ...

If they're not careful, they may end up with an isotope ...

And he thought it was in the bag ...

I think a lot of people should come with warning labels, whether they're dating or not ...

I'm at the age where I understand this as a major criterion ...

Dating in the era of smart devices and dumb people ...

As turndowns go, this one is a classic ...

It's important to be prepared, because you never know when the sparks will fly ...

You may be better off any more by limiting your "dating" to simply consuming more fresh dates ... unless, of course, your name is Hannibal Lecter.

Have a good day and a great late-summer weekend. Get vaccinated, mask up, and protect yourselves and others. More thoughts tomorrow, on Poetry Sunday. See you then.

Bilbo