Let’s Start at the Beginning

February 17, 2020

Thag hit his head on a stalactite and Grog laughed; humor begins

“A word of advice, Durk: It’s the Mesolithic. We’ve domesticated the dog, we’re using stone tools, and no one’s naked anymore.”

The night before the hunt, Neanderthals would carefully prepare their weaponry—often employing the help of the deadly poison-club frog.

“What? … You mean no one brought the buns?”

Disaster befalls Professor Schnabel’s cleaning lady when she mistakes his time machine for a new dryer.

The first Dirt Capades

“I’m leaving you for another, Zog. … His cranium is larger, his thumbs are more opposable, and he’s really going somewhere.”

Thag hit his head on a stalactite and Grog laughed; humor begins

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