Um… Isn’t this pretty much what everybody has to do?

Cidu Bill on Jan 5th 2010

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14 Responses to “Um… Isn’t this pretty much what everybody has to do?”

  1. Kevin A Jan 5th 2010 at 01:27 am 1

    Unless snow clearing is his regular winter gig, this strip is the flat-est TB creation I have ever experienced, by several degrees.

  2. PeterW Jan 5th 2010 at 01:45 am 2

    I think it’s funny. “I’m so happy! I got a day off!” “How will you spend it?” “Working hard for no pay.”

  3. Cidu Bill Jan 5th 2010 at 01:53 am 3

    Peter, do you own a house? Because this isn’t “working hard for no pay,” it’s simply what you have to do. Not optional. If Crankshaft had gone to work that day, he’d have had to shovel when he got home.

  4. Marshal Jan 5th 2010 at 01:57 am 4

    Knowing Crankshaft he is probably going to clear the snow so the kids have to
    go to school.

    The company I worked for pretty much said “come in or we will come and get you”,
    when it snowed. Didn’t matter what the travel advisories said. At least for the
    first 25 to 30 years anyway. They started putting a big priority on Safety and
    found it hard to justify dragging people in by force. They would still go and get
    some essential people. This was a manufacturing plant by the way.
    Heh, I remember just being hired and having to work guard duty on Christmas
    Day. About the only time they closed down at that time. Ah, the good old
    days.

    .

  5. Rebecca Jan 5th 2010 at 02:01 am 5

    Ha, where I live it never snows enough that we have to shovel. School gets called off for a couple inches.

  6. Eric Jan 5th 2010 at 03:59 am 6

    I know I don’t shovel the snow if I don’t have anywhere to be. Especially if it’s still snowing like it looks like it’s doing in that strip. That just means I’ll have to shovel it again when I have to go to work the next day.

  7. Tom T. Jan 5th 2010 at 07:00 am 7

    Bill, it’s not optional, but I think the (mild) joke is that Crankshaft actually enjoys it. Note that he’s not shoveling, he’s snow-blowing, which is admittedly awesome (particularly if your neighbors are shoveling at the time). It’s like Hank Hill saying, “why would anyone ever smoke weed when they could just mow a lawn?”

  8. Hunt Jan 5th 2010 at 08:40 am 8

    I think the joke is that Crankshaft can’t live without aggravation.

  9. Nicole Jan 5th 2010 at 09:00 am 9

    ha ha … he has the day off but still has to work

  10. The Bad Seed Jan 5th 2010 at 09:43 am 10

    When we have a snowstorm here, I just make sure I have enough food in my apartment (and that I’ve paid my electric and cable bills!), then I hunker down and let the landscape company guys do all the plowing, shoveling, and blowing. The snowstorm didn’t actually impact my life in any way, except that I was angry that it happened on a weekend so I didn’t get to miss any work. You can guess I’m a big proponent of living in apartments or condos, despite and/or because I grew up on a farm in the country.

  11. Arvy Jan 5th 2010 at 12:44 pm 11

    I have to say this is the first time I ever enjoyed the strip. Not an LOL by any means, but funny in the [Homer Simpson voice] “It’s funny because it’s true” way. For the last big storm I remember looking at all my fellow teacher friends’ posts on Facebook to the effect of “Yeah! No School!” All I could think was: You all may appreciate the day off, but I’d rather spend the day teaching (a job I enjoy) than breaking my back shoveling snow all day.

  12. Elyrest Jan 5th 2010 at 01:00 pm 12

    My Dad lives to go out and blow snow. He’s in his 80’s and always wants to get it over with. The only problem with it as I see it is that he often clears snow that would have melted in a few hours. If it doesn’t though he is way ahead. One time back in the 1980’s when I lived in western NY we had a bad snow and didn’t shovel around our cars for a few days - just enough to get out. Then it rained on the 2-3 feet of snow. Then it froze. For months I could barely get in and out of my car when it was in my driveway.

  13. paperboy Jan 5th 2010 at 01:39 pm 13

    The last panel should’ve been “I’m going to write letters-to-the-editor saying ‘What global-warming??’”

  14. Dan Jan 6th 2010 at 12:24 am 14

    “Peter, do you own a house? Because this isn’t “working hard for no pay,” it’s simply what you have to do.”

    Uh, those two things are not mutually exclusive. It most certainly IS working hard for no pay. Unless you think snow blowing is not “working hard” or that someone is paying you to do so.

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