9 Chickweed Lane by Brooke McEldowney for September 08, 2013
Transcript:
Man: I need you to clean up after me at my press conference. Say, 45 minutes? Thorax: That will be $75. Man: I have proposed we send a probe to mars, the sixth planet...to explore its viability as ssrd state of the union. Thorax: The senator misspoke twice. Mars is the fourth planet and the union has only 50 states. Man: I'll also be setting up a commission to look into risks to the owl population of mcmurdo sounds due to wildfire and mudslides among its farming communities. The surgeon general, dr. seuss, will report directly to me. Thorax: that's at least a triple misspeak, possibly a quad. Man: no, I don't think I indicated disrespect when I referred to his royal highness...as an almost perfect example of royal taxidermy. I only indicated that...that... thorax: Time's up. That you're a congenital liar and an imbecile. Man: I knew I should have paid for the whole hour.