18620a - Native American sends smoke signals - - signal is important

This drawing appeared in Barron's

on page 49 on November 15, 2001.

I always like cartoon gags about the frontier days . . .

cowboys and injuns stuff . . . smoke signals is

a great venue to work with . . . lots of material

using smoke signals . . I remember another one similar . . the guy is telling him . . . " Tell him this message is important,  and then put him on hold . . . "

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" Americans are getting stronger.  Twenty years ago it took two people to carry ten dollars' worth of groceries.

Today, a five-year old can do it. "

- Henny Youngman

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" If a parsley farmer went bankrupt, can

they garnish his wages ? "

- Bruce Baum