Delaware Punchline

It’s what’s for dinner…

I am an athlete. Well, that’s mostly untrue, but I subscribe to the “fake it ‘till you make it” theory, so maybe one day I won’t be completely lying.

After being picked last during my entire school career, I had no choice but to develop a healthy disdain for team sports. After all, you have to be a dependent sheep of a person to participate in activities that require you to work well with others. I am far too independent and uncoordinated to have the desire to play on any kind of recreational team, but I do run. Some elitists may not consider running a sport, but for me, I’d rather be the best at exercise than deal with annoying aspects of sports, like teammates.

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Each month, Punchline provides a cartoon in need of a caption. Give it your best shot, and we’ll pick a winner and a couple of runner-ups. We’ll pick the best, print it in next month’s Punchline, and give you a free year-long subscription.

Here’s this month’s cartoon, drawn by the stupendous Gary McCoy:

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Designed for those who wear Kilts…

Instead of coming up with a genius idea for my column, I got lost on the internet searching for answers to my most pondered questions. I never did come up with a great column idea and my time was wasted because I still don’t know if I should get a pair of booties for the fall or if they’ll make my legs look short and squat.

I decided to dust off my love of our natural world and give you some strange animal facts. I’m still paying off my student loans and I wouldn’t want those four years to be for naught. Who knows, if you read this entire article, maybe you’ll even learn something.
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Each month, Punchline provides a cartoon in need of a caption. Give it your best shot, and we’ll pick a winner and a couple of runner-ups. We’ll pick the best, print it in November’s Punchline, and give you a free year-long subscription.

Here’s this month’s cartoon, drawn by the terrific R.J. Matson: