SUNDAY FUNNIES: KODA'S TRY OUT

Free Choice E-zine Editor In Chief Lee Houston, Junior here with a brief recap for those who came in late.

We lost our beloved friend and hostess Autumn the Puppy last November. Since then the search has been underway to find someone to join Piper D. Katt😺 hosting The Sunday Funnies.

While I was originally considering maybe a bird or even fish to play off the feline dynamic, this young fellow applied for the job and well...

So without further adieu, here's... KODA!

Hello Everyone.

My name is Koda Canine, a recent adoptee and hopeful new Sunday Funnies host.

I'm a boy dog less than a year old at the moment, mostly housebroken and yes, the house is still standing.

If it matters, I'm not entirely sure of my family tree🌲 besides the facts that I'm 100% canine and that no dog has ever managed to successfully climb any tree to date that I'm aware of.

Now then, if I may...

A human was having dinner at a fancy restaurant when the Waiter approached.

“Sir, I see your glass🥛 is empty. Would you like another one?” the Waiter asked.

The Diner replied, “Why would I want another empty glass?"

Another diner told their waitress that the steak was bad.

She picked it up off their plate, slapped it around for a bit and then put it back down on the plate.

“If it gives you any more trouble, let me know,” she said before walking off.

Some Chess players think playing Checkers is dumb.

Personally, I love playing checkers. Plus the red ones are tasty. 

Don't worry, it's a Puppy thing. I'll outgrow it.

Thank you for your time and I hope I pass the audition.—KC.

On that note♫, while we await feedback on Koda's audition, have a great week and please be with us next weekend for Piper's next regularly scheduled turn hosting The Sunday Funnies.—lh,jr.

THE SUNDAY FUNNIES: JANUARY 16, 2011

Hello Everybody! Autumn the Puppy back again. I'm standing outside my doghouse, or should I say igloo? Thanks to what was called "Winter Storm Benedict" in my neck of the woods last week, we got over 2 feet of snow within a 24 hour period. I spent a lot of time digging it out as much as you see in the photo on the left and am quite proud of my work.
Then again, I'm a dog. What am I supposed to do, grab a shovel like a human? What do you think these great four paws I have are for? Playing a complete game of bridge by myself?

For those expecting Ms. Waxy Dragon this weekend, she called and asked if I could do another Sunday because she is in the middle of legal negotiations with her lawyer. Someone gave her a "lifetime" supply of Belgosian Dark Chocolate as a present this past Christmas. A great present if you ask me. But the problem is, apparently by January 12, she at it all! That's a very short lifetime if you ask me. Granted, Waxy has a heck of a sweet tooth, but  you never want to see an angry dragon when she runs out of chocolate!
Anyway, after all the snow, as the sun tries to come out and melt what it can before the next snow storm arrives, you get icicles.
As you can see in the second picture, I think icicles can be beautiful under the right circumstances, but I'm glad my doghouse wasn't perched under the one in the picture on the left. Snoopy had to face that once in a classic Peanuts sequence by Charles Shultz, and that brave beagle didn't even use a stunt dog! Not this smart puppy! Maybe with the right contract I would consider it, but not without a stunt dog for the dangerous action scenes.
Since this photo was taken, that killer icicle has come crashing to the ground. Thankfully no one was hurt, but it made a tremendous noise upon landing.

Speaking of classic comic strips, if you happen to have access to the classic presentation of Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Waterson, right now they are rerunning the famous sequence of "Calvin versus the Snow Goon(s)".
Granted, another fun time from the comics, but if I was going to get into a fight with any snow people, I would prefer to do it with the jolly group on the left.
Now since last weekend's Sunday Funnies, some of you fine folks have e-mailed me via our Editor-In-Chief (leehoustonjr@gmail.com), wondering why I love winter so much?
Well, I was born late in the year, hence being named Autumn; so winter is the first season I can completely recall from my younger days. Of course, when you're a golden retriever with a nice, thick fur coat, winter seems perfect to you.
Now I do have my limitations though. I awoke Saturday morning to below freezing temperatures so I wisely stayed in yesterday. Drove my people nuts at times because they thought I hated being couped up, which I do. I definitely prefer the great outdoors, as long as the weather is at least bearable. Dogable?

But if I could be anywhere at the moment? (See below.)

Well, that's it for this weekend folks.
Take care, stay warm, and be back next weekend for more Sunday Funnies!
Atp.