Today Mallard claims to know what we are thinking. He muses; "You're wondering how I can stay up all night doin' (sic) my taxes... and still look so alert and refreshed."
No, that's not what I was thinking....
Then the duck answers his own rhetorical question; "I'll let you in on my secret... I'm a cartoon character."
Duh! Thanks for the flash Mallard. I'll bet there are more than a few of your readers who were taken aback by that revelation. I'll bet they still think Doonsbury is real though.
Not much else I can add to that, except that if you have seen today's cartoon it is interesting to note that Tinsley's idea of "alert and refreshed" includes drawing Mallard with his eyes crossed and uneven. And, unlike typical mallards, his feathers are extremely ruffled.
But that hardly qualifies as a lie or half-truth, which is what I vowed to expose. So let's just relax and enjoy a day without the duck's vitriolic humor. These lapses into civility usually last only one or two days before he has to start making up stuff about the First Lady or some other Democrat.