Big Top by Rob Harrell for July 10, 2005

Transcript:

Dusty: Wow! What is that smell? Manfred: Oh, it's the mulch. I just put a fresh layer on all of the flower beds. Dusty: Why?? It smells nasty! Manfred: Because it looks better. See how nice the bushes look against the dark brown? Dusty: But it fades after a couple of rains. Manfred: Does not. Dusty: Yes it does. And the sun fades it, too, and you have to put more down. So it's this stupid cycle of putting this smelly stuff down on your yard again and again....and for what? Manfred: I think my world-view just collapsed. Dusty: The cold, hard paw of reality strikes again.