Hat tip to one of the cartoonist greats, Berke Breathed...
Nerd By Northwest #297 – “Definitely Time For a Break”
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Given recent events, I just couldn't get myself in the mood for jokes and funny stuff. It's not so much what's currently going on in Ukraine (though that is certainly bad enough), but it's more knowing this is likely a historic inflection point marking a period of great hatred, pain, and loss. I hope I'm wrong, but given where we're at in the cycle of history it is unlikely. We humans just seem hardwired to repeat our mistakes.
Anyway... as to the reference in the final panel, many of you will get it immediately (particularly those living in North America in the 80's). But for those of you who don't, it's a reference to one of the all-time great American comic strips, Bloom County (created by Berke Breathed). While I was just a kid back then in the 80's, I was probably paying attention to current events more than the average child. So even though I didn't get ALL the references (some of which were already several years old by the time I read the strip in the Bloom County collected volumes), I got enough to get the point. And with that said, here's the link to the original strip:
The more things change, the more they stay the same, huh? 😔
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