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I think of it as The Fool's Journey. I've been asked who the "fool" is. It's me, but in the classical sense of the court jester. Only the fool was allowed to tell the king of his follies. All cartoons are available as prints or originals, framed or unframed, through my website or e-mail. For mugs, t-shirts, and other products visit my gift shop at www.zazzle.com/jcrowtherart* (be sure to include the *).

Monday, September 08, 2008

Down With Progress


You would think that the same science that brought us the miracle of plastic wrap could figure out a way to prevent us from gouging our thumb on the box's serrated edge. My wife's now departed Tuscan grandmother knew nothing of these modern wonders. She cooked for a big family every day, buying fresh food and discarding leftovers that were more than a day old. Once, on one of her frequent visits to Carla and me in Rome, we were both out of the house all day and asked her to fix dinner. We came home to discover she'd cooked everything in the refrigerator, a week's worth of food. It was the only way she knew how.

2 Comments:

Anonymous Anonymous said...

hahaha... that's gorgeous!

I wish someone would do that for me... then I could paint and write all day and not worry about mundane stuff like what's for dinner. The problem with we humans is we have to stop to refuel. Hope you had plenty of happy wrap on hand... LOL

3:11 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

love this cartoon. Have a husband who can use 3/4th a box of wrap to cover a 2X3 in. piece of food. (grin)

7:49 PM  

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