Answers to Questions You Didn’t Care to Ask #26: It’s tough meeting the hard demands I imagine my readers put upon me: Composing new commentary every day that is not simply the snark-infested zingers we see elsewhere; finding that just appropriate historical reference (“the Civil War ended on my birthday!”); pasting in that apt old Mark Trail strip; and injecting an au currant cultural reference (“67!”) or classical quotation (“Gallia est omnis divisa in tres partes!”) to try to jazz up my pedantic scribbles. No, I make this self-appointed commitment because I am retired and have nothing better to do with my time.

Why does the inside of Happy’s house look like a downtown café?  I think it is safe to state that the dialog here has all of the authenticity of a Jerry Springer episode. That is to say, this just doesn’t sound real (e.g. panel 3)!

It’s not that Happy is being hoodwinked by some Internet crook, but that he thinks it’s okay to hook up with a 28 year old woman! Yet, that doesn’t seem to be important. Instead, Niecy questions Mark about his plans to recover Happy’s money. In addition, she talks as if they are watching a taped interview and Happy is not in the same room.

Well, we’ve seen a few lame Mark Trail stories over the past several years, but this one is shaping up to be one of the lamest. I hope to be surprised. Perhaps Niecy didn’t know about the age difference and will react more properly in tomorrow’s strip.