Tom the Dancing Bug - Thursday February 6, 2020 Comic Strip Licensing and Permissions

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Enjoy This Classic Tom the Dancing Bug Vintage 2013 Every Thursday Panels from the annals of the Tom the Dancing Bug archive Check back every Friday for a fresh, brand new Tom the Dancing Bug! the Tom the Dancing Bug Comic Strip There circles the sun another Earth, a Counter-Earth, whose diametrically opposed orbit keeps it forever beyond our detection. COUNTER-EARTH SUN EARTH Let us explore this strange world that is not quite the opposite of our own... but SOMEWHAT DISSIMILAR IN CERTAIN WAYS! by Ruben Bolling On Counter-Earth, 18-20 year-olds are full adults, with all the rights of a citizen. After all, they can vote and serve in the military -- and can be drafted! However, 48-50 year-olds are singled out as a group from whom rights can be taken for any or no reason! It's illegal for 48-50 year-olds to drink alcohol or enter a bar. Woman: You can't deny that this law saves lives! Older Man: I'll have a Shirley Temple. N.C.A.A. rules prohibit 48-50 year-old coaches from being paid a salary -- or anything at all. Everyone must pretend they are "volunteers." Kid: Sorry, Coach. I can't give you a ride home -- it would be considered compensation. In fact, it's market practice to not pay 48-50 year-olds at any job, calling work performed at this age an "internship." Boss: What are you complaining about? You're getting great experience! The only consolation for the age group? THEIR taste dictates the entire nation's popular culture. SALE Clerk: No, we only sell sensible, loose-fitting high-waist jeans. Man: ARGH! THIS STING SONG AGAIN?!! THEY CALL THIS MUSIC?! "FREE, FREE, SET THEM FREE..."

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