The April 20 strip "Pickles" features David A. Bednar and an "inspirational quote" naming him as the source.

Most readers will simply wonder who the hell is David A. Bednar?

But the author of the well-known strip, Brian Crane, is Mormon, and proudly proclaims that he is a member on his web page.

how did you get tomorrow's comics today?

tumwater Wrote:
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> how did you get tomorrow's comics today?

I could, of course, claim that I have prophetic powers...

Actually, our local papers doesn't publish a Monday edition, so it prints Monday's comics in the Sunday edition.

That's still closer to an actual prophecy than anything I've ever seen for a Mormon prophet.

It's funny when Mormons quote their GAs outside of church as if anyone considers Mormon leaders worth quoting or even knowing.

Slightly OT, but did you see 'NCIS' last week, where Christopher Lloyd played a possibly delusional Pearl Harbor survivor named Joseph Smith?

I caught that!

Here's the strip:

https://www.gocomics.com/pickles/2020/04/20

Gosh darn it. Yesterday I still had my gall bladder and my front tooth that got knocked out by the EMT. As I age I just keep getting worse each day. Never could meet the Pickle's standards.

"If today you are a little better than yesterday, then that's enough."

What tripe. This thought buys into the "you are never good enough" school of thought -- that there is something wrong with you and you need to continuously improve yourself. It's the kind of thinking that is meant to keep people down.

If you are a human, there will be days when you learn or try something new. There will also be days when you put your feet up and watch movies. Not everything needs to be about self-advancement or self-improvement.

And Bednar is not such a stellar human being that he needs to be giving holier-than-thou advice to anyone.

"Pickles" oh, the irony. And Cheerios off the floor for bonus points.

Sayings like that have been around thousands of years, everything from "Try to do something nice for someone every day and you'll make the world a better place" to what I keep telling my kids: "Throw out the trash in your car *every time* after you go to Taco Bell and it won't be full of garbage at the end of the month!"

Deep, deep stuff....

Edit: seen on Volvo 240s and 260s everywhere.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 04/20/2020 01:26PM by caffiend.