To be fair, at least the Republicans have a duck. The Democrats have…the guys from Doonesbury? Wait, I know! A penguin: Opus from Bloom County! …Wait, that strip ended a while back didn’t it? And then it ended again. And still again just a year or two back, now.

Oh, wait. There’s Tom Tomorrow. That strip’s got…a Geordi LaForge visor-wearing…penguin. Why penguins? Is there some sort of genetic connection between penguins and donkeys?

…I really hope not. (shudder)

If you need a refresher, Cole was first seen in this strip, and this one. Finally gave him a name tonight. He should be thanking me, despite the fact that he really comes off as a jerk in tonight’s strip. Gotta give a little to get a little, Cole.

By the way, Linh’s experience is nothing like my own personal experience. My part-time job is at a church, not a grocery store. Couldn’t be more different. Ahem.

A situation similar to this happened to me this evening. I was sitting in a parking lot, enjoying a fruit smoothie with the Eponymous Neaner, when a Cadillac SUV pulled up nearby, and proceeded to spend the next 20-25 minutes… sitting there, with the engine running. It was warm outside, but I didn’t personally feel it was hot enough to need the A/C (and I am not a fan of hot weather, believe me). It just felt… well, to use the popular vernacular of my high school years, incredibly ignorant.

Oh, and for the record, some of my best friends are Republicans. But they’re getting better.