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Wizard Of Id: Old Folk's Home

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Lynn McGuire

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Feb 17, 2024, 6:13:29 PM2/17/24
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Wizard Of Id: Old Folk's Home
https://www.gocomics.com/wizardofid/2024/02/17

I laughed at first and then I went oh. Bad taste ?

Lynn

Robert Carnegie

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Feb 18, 2024, 8:06:16 AM2/18/24
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Comments cover some of the stories
in which personified Death is not
carrying out their duties and this
is seen to be not the unmixed blessing
that you would imagine. Sir Terry
Pratchett's version(s) are mentioned.

However, people near to dying often
won't mind having longer to wait.

Then again, this -
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torchwood:_Miracle_Day>

Cryptoengineer

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Feb 18, 2024, 11:57:41 AM2/18/24
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"Death takes a holiday" is a well-trod trope.

https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/DeathTakesAHoliday

pt

Robert Carnegie

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Feb 20, 2024, 5:50:04 AM2/20/24
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Hey, did one of you add this comic onto that page?
;-)
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