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Monday TOONs - Shrinkage (Original Post) JHB Jan 2023 OP
Changed name to "Swamp Rat"? Kid Berwyn Jan 2023 #1
SwampRat is a Legend! MeNotThatKindOfOrc Jan 2023 #13
Hey, no, I PROTEST! Jilly_in_VA Jan 2023 #17
It's a special honor, Jilly_in_VA! Kid Berwyn Jan 2023 #19
So please do not Jilly_in_VA Jan 2023 #21
I'm not. Kid Berwyn Jan 2023 #23
What happened to DU's Swamp Rat? Hekate Jan 2023 #27
Don't know. Kid Berwyn Jan 2023 #29
Thank you for this depressingly excellent collection. The dom one was truly niyad Jan 2023 #2
I love the Animal House reference momta Jan 2023 #3
So did I. Ray Bruns Jan 2023 #5
Kick dalton99a Jan 2023 #4
K & R and thank you. mountain grammy Jan 2023 #6
Wish their brains were as good as their hair Marthe48 Jan 2023 #7
Yay! Toons! planetc Jan 2023 #8
Thanks for the great collection! CrispyQ Jan 2023 #9
K & R...nt Wounded Bear Jan 2023 #10
I like the Desmond Tutu quote. A bite at a time judesedit Jan 2023 #11
Thank you for these excellent toons! ♥ CaliforniaPeggy Jan 2023 #12
Kick burrowowl Jan 2023 #14
Thank you for the cartoons LetMyPeopleVote Jan 2023 #15
Going with niyad's "Thank you for this depressingly excellent collection." Wild blueberry Jan 2023 #16
Do enjoy the humor republianmushroom Jan 2023 #18
Kicktoons & many thanks Hekate Jan 2023 #20
Please stand by -- What would be the effect if we always display a rainbow elephant? Hermit-The-Prog Jan 2023 #22
Lauren Boebert is so stupid,... LudwigPastorius Jan 2023 #24
I cackled madly through the whole post! ShazzieB Jan 2023 #25
Thanks, JHB! K&R crickets Jan 2023 #26
Thank you. murielm99 Jan 2023 #28

Jilly_in_VA

(9,994 posts)
17. Hey, no, I PROTEST!
Mon Jan 9, 2023, 02:02 PM
Jan 2023

The SWAMP RATS was the name we gave to my son's group of friends his sophomore through senior year in high school, and here's how it came about. We had moved to a new house, a split foyer or raised ranch, and he acquired, by coin flip, the downstairs bedroom, which had access to the adjoining den. This became known as The Swamp and was the after school and weekend hangout for his friends, who by definition became referred to as the Swamp Rats. There were, at any given time, anywhere from a dozen to about twenty of them, male to start with but female also as they began bringing along female acquaintances and girlfriends. I was known as "Ma Jay" or the "Swamp Mom" and my late ex as "Papa W". It got to the point where I counted noses before cooking dinner and was never sure, on weekends, how many bodies I'd find on my way to the washer and dryer. They were good kids who knew their presence was dependent on observing the house rules (few, but unbreakable), and they grew up to be good people. They still call me "Ma Jay" and I still call them my Swamp Rats. So I protest labeling Greasy Stevie Three-shirts with that appellation.

Kid Berwyn

(14,950 posts)
19. It's a special honor, Jilly_in_VA!
Mon Jan 9, 2023, 02:18 PM
Jan 2023

DU’s SwampRat created art that depicts the pukes for the awful sick treasonous creeps they are.

Yours is a special home, one where kids can play with their peers and grow up in safety.

Kid Berwyn

(14,950 posts)
29. Don't know.
Tue Jan 10, 2023, 10:24 AM
Jan 2023

From what I remember: He wanted to work in aerospace. With his imagination, we could be mining Titan by now.

Do know I miss him and his commentary. And his art.

niyad

(113,524 posts)
2. Thank you for this depressingly excellent collection. The dom one was truly
Mon Jan 9, 2023, 09:06 AM
Jan 2023

creepy. Almost spit out my coffee.

Wild blueberry

(6,652 posts)
16. Going with niyad's "Thank you for this depressingly excellent collection."
Mon Jan 9, 2023, 01:50 PM
Jan 2023

Trading away the House to the Treason Caucus is terrible complicity, Kevin.
Thank you for the great toons.

LudwigPastorius

(9,166 posts)
24. Lauren Boebert is so stupid,...
Mon Jan 9, 2023, 04:00 PM
Jan 2023

when McCarthy asked her if she wanted concessions, she said "Yeah ..as long as I can charge whatever I want for the nachos and Frito pies".

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