When I am inspired to offer a really bad joke, I ask, “What’s the only word in the English language that rhymes with ‘orange.'” People quickly move through their internal cache of words and come up empty. That is when, in a terribly fake Cockney accent, I offer: “door’inge.”  I did say that it would be a really bad joke. But did you know there is also a nationally syndicated comic strip named “Rhymes with Orange”?

The daily, nationally syndicated cartoon, often has a wry view of the world. Today’s edition was particularly good. You can view the cartoon here ( Aug 16 only).  The single panel scene depicts a young girl’s bedroom with a doll house – each room of which is brimming with furniture. The doll house is located right next to a 3-unit toy self-storage facility…. also brimming with furniture and stuff.  Just saying…