And now I am picturing the Rhino with notches on its belt or its bedpost… one for every vehicle run off the road?? And look who’s all smiles in panel two…  yes, Lori Tompkins, that’s who, after a ride or two on the Trail-go-round, and realizing that her life will no longer be held back by that Guy with the Gambling Problem, she is positively aglow!

Ed Carlson?? What kind of a name is that for a bad guy?  Sounds like a high school chemistry teacher from Anoka… oh wait, there is precedence for that, isn’t there?  At least in a certain fictionalized account…