Is this the only comic that can be made about the Taliban without me getting my head cut off? Maybe, only time will tell, and I’ve heard time is being coy these days about telling us anything.

So yes! I am totally a dad now! Little Man is coming up to his third week of life, and his geopolitical opinions are a little rough around the edges. It’s ok, we have time to iron them out I’m sure. I had a whole lot of great gags written here but WordPress deleted it all. So this post is going to be much more brief.

Auckland just got it’s first lockdown in about a year due to someone walking in some Delta variant from Australia. Nice one guys I hope it was worth it. Although in all honesty I haven’t noticed any difference. I’ve been on paternity leave lockdown since Little Man was born. So my life has not been impacted at all.

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A desperately hopeful looking poisonous frog is standing by a busy jungle thoroughfare holding a sign reading FREE HUGS.

Animals hurry by, shunning the now dejected frog. Maybe one of them is even giving him the fingers. But one creature (perhaps an Agouti) hesitates, looking back sympathetically.

The Agouti lies dead in front of the frog, paws outstretched with froth coming out of its mouth. The frog looks on mournfully.
“I thought maybe it would be different this time...”