I visit my local food pantry regularly, so I think I have some perspective.

There’s a state run mobile food pantry that makes up boxes of shelf stable foods to give out. It’s wonderful, but it’s always pretty much the same things every time-- canned corn, peas, tuna, fruit, spaghetti sauce, beans. They are clearly buying staples in bulk to give out, which makes sense for their process.

When I go to my local pantry, which gets a lot of direct donations, I can find a much wider variety of products. Canned chicken, nice soups, ravioli, artichokes, diced tomatoes, etc. It makes for a more varied and interesting diet.

Donating money is great and versatile, but donating canned goods can be valuable too.

Missing man formation

The military is making WMDs but can’t get the slides presented properly.

Please come to my house and enjoy all the juicy voles, so they’ll stop eating my beans and cukes.

Because “Indians” used to bury people this way as a form of torture, or test of bravery–only they probably didn’t really, at least not as much as movies might have suggested. Here’s a clip from the movie “Jeremiah Johnson” (1972), which was very well known at the time and probably inspired this strip: https://youtu.be/pYhlVR9GzjA?si=klSXoYG0m3ynJzE4

Currently, mmr is about 86% effective against mumps. It may have been less so in the 80s. Also, she may have only had one round of shots. Could be she was just unlucky, and her immune response wasn’t strong enough. It’s not unheard of.

I believe it’s referring to a barn dance They were popular at the time of the strip, except in this case, the band booked a barn dance with actual barn animals. I think the drawing style looks different because this is an early one, 1981.

Glade. “A small area of grass without trees in a forest.”

Bayley looks tired, lol.

Heh. Hard to argue with that name.

Considering the resemblance, I’m surprised there are none named for a cat of some kind.

I wonder how many owls have another animal in the name? Eagle Owl, Hawk Owl, Fish Owl… Elf Owl, does that count?

I love how she looks right at the camera afterwards like, “Did you see that!”

It’s so funny to see them sitting like a chicken!

I’ve voted in all three! Tough to pick a fave, though it’s hard to go wrong with a good Flammy. 🦉

I think you swapped teams!

In honor of what’s falling from the sky atm, I’ll go with:

Snowy Owl

San Franciscowl

I saw a bluejay attack and kill a smaller bird (titmouse, I think), last summer. Kindred spirits, maybe.

No foot longs!

Another great choice is The King Henry Tapes by Richard Raley. It’s a take on HP, but the magical kid from a dysfunctional family is a juvenile delinquent with a foul mouth. One of my favorite series.