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Please fix another gaze upon this week’s cartoon, think long and hard before writing – just kidding, fire away!
Get a mop. One of them is drinking!
Just try to stay in there for a few more weeks guys, I think he’s going to propose any day, then you can come out.
Hunny…what the hell are these?
“The guys want you to take them to the buffet.”
Stumbing home from the “after party”
These must be your skeletons from college huh?
They do bad things cause they are just not comfortable in their own skin.
Who left the closet door open again?”
Transparency in Mob Rule.
Hey, Marshall, have you been playing with the Ouija board again?
Sweetie…..I found that lampshade!
When I said your Mom’s voice could wake the dead, I wasn’t serious!
My skeleton’s like to party… booze is how they got there in the first place.
Your weight loss group is here.
They found the liquor. You’re going to have to think of a new hiding place.
“Did you HAVE to invite your friends home from your High School reunion?”
“He says it’s a ‘Coming Out’ party…”
“When you told me there ‘may be some skeletons in your closet’ I didn’t think you meant LITERALLY!”
I think it’s time for a garage sale.
“Honey, the Rolling Stones are touring again!”
Arlene Stenkowicz could put up with much, but her husband’s taxidermy hobby was getting out of control.
Shades, Lamp, Gun, and Ketchup would often make undead housecalls.
How cliche’!
When Jim told Sandra he had a few skeletons in his closet, she never imagined he meant that literally…
As you can see class, too much drinking can kill you.
“Honey, the guys from the lab are here to pick you up.”
“Steve, did you order new lawn decorations?”
“OK, ‘fess up! Which one of you idiots invited the BP execs over for barbeque?”
“I’m sick and tired of opening this door and finding death staring me in the face.”
“Henry, your mom’s here.”
“Excuse me, miss. This is an open bar? Is’t it?”
“Miss Anderson I must inform you by law that we are here to collect a debit…
Honey, your skeletons are coming out of the closet again!
“You told me no more secrets! Then who the hell are they.”
“Babe, your past is back to haunt us again! Should I get the bottle?”
Are these your fraternity brothers?
“John, your boneheaded friends got arrested again!”
“Is there something you forgot to tell me?”
“C, your friends are here!”
“Honey, come see the ‘Greatful Dead’”.
“It wasn’t a dream dear. There are skeletons partying in the closet!”
“Halloween’s over boys. Let’s go”.
no i do not see your bowling ball george
Susan realized she was i little behind on her spring cleaning
Ok, he’s gone, now let’s party!
Throwing the most successful Halloween party year after year came with a cost.
Honey, remember I told you I had a bad experience while on Spring Break? Well it looks like it’s time to explain things.
Would you put Fido up? It took me weeks to put them all back together again after last time!
Honey, I found the lampshade!
Are poltergeists back in fashion AGAIN?!
Well I’ll be damned, I guess Goonies actually ARE forever.
Honey, the Four Horsemen of the Frat Parties are here.
They were fun for a while Edgar, but can we please bury them once and for all?
Sometimes you choose your friends, sometimes your friends choose you.
I’ve figured out why we got such a good deal on the house honey…
Hey Honey, Obama’s bare bones tax collectors are here for the audit.
Marc…. they said the cheap stuff goes right through them!
Umm…..
” Harry, they want you to make another beer run!”
The never before seen alternate ending for “LOST”!
With the closet finally unlocked, the Grateful Dead were, well…Greatful!
“Henry, do you know what’s connected to head bone?”
This is the BYOB(bones) party, right?
Red Skeleton, Dr. Bones McCoy and Skeletor are here to see you.
honey, your past is showing again…
When I said it was ok for you to come out of the closet…this isnt what I was expecting.
The first two are definitely loaded.
Didn’t someone say good things come in 3’s?
For the last time, what did I tell you about keeping your skeletons in the coat closet?
NOT AGAIN!!! RELEASE THE CHIHUAHUAS!!!
Call the Border Patrol! It looks like we have some illegals from the underworld trying to sneak over again…
I told you the kids haven’t been eating right.
your freakin relatives are back again and again and again mverno@roadrunner.com
You need to clean out this closet and take some of this junk to Good Will.
“They say someone searched your name on the Internet and now here they are.”
“It was funny the first time Tom, but now your just making me mad.”
“I think we should end our talk at what you did in high school and skip college. We’re running out of room in here.”
Looks like we’re being haunted by Jesse James and his gang.
“Sorry Tom, but I don’t think we are gonna be a good match. I’ve hired a very thorough dating service.”
“Looks like one of them is yours and the other three are mine.”
Fill ‘er up isn’t just for cars!
yeah right! your closet has What?
I recognize Jimmy Hoffa but who are the other two?
The Grateful Dead is back!
So this is where the heavy metal bands of the 80’s have been hiding out?
lets get out of here before my husband wakes up
Boy! Just when you think you know someone !
Bob? You got something to tell me?
Grandma! It’s for you!
I think it’s time we stopped pretending we’re normal…
Your friends are so cliche! Tell them to use the front door next time!
Ha! I see you’re old school… I just keep mine in the trunk!
Bob? Are you having a class reunion?
John? Are you having a class reunion?
What happens in the closet stays in the closet…
Another blind date gone wrong… *sigh* You’re on guys!
Honey, I thought I told you to put your skeletons in the other closet!
Oh Phil, the old bridge club is here.
“Paul, I’ve told you 100 times to clean out this closet!”
I was shot down flying over Arizona
Honey,the skeletons want to know if they can come out tonight?
Babe,the skeletons are saying they are in the wrong closet.
YMCA wants to come out and party.
Oh boy! Here comes another delay in getting our home school permit.
Hey Bob! Remember your frat brothers that went missing years ago?
no skeletons in my closet hon, I’m an open book…
What are you looking at me for those are your skeletons.
“Jeez, Jerry. What ELSE haven’t you told me?!”
Talk about having skeletons in your closet. This is ridiculous!
Honey, I thought you said you didn’t listen to gangsta rap.
Uhhh……Chief Zed, Sir? What should I do about these?
Sandra knew she’d find skeletons in Jim’s closet, but she never imagined she’d find the lamp she bought for him last Christmas.
Sandra now knows why her husband’s name is Grimothy Reaper.
“Honey, the Rolling Stones are here.”
Honey, you’re right! The one on the right is our first date, and the one with the bottle; well, I kind of remember that night. But, John, I don’t remember the gun…
Vintage bottle of wine $800
Antique revolver $1500
Realizing years of Therapy didn’t work Priceless!
Carl, you are such a loser, even your closet phobias have a better life than you.
Let’s move past “Step 10″…only 2 more to go!
Really dude? More? You are such a Jackass!
…I will deny you for the liar that you are!
Hey Rocky, watch me pull a rabbit out of my hat!
The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse for YOU dear.
“honey, the skeleton gangsters are sniffing my clothes again”
“When is the last time you cleaned your closet?”
“Honey, Freddie Prinze and Alexander Godunov are here …again.”
Bones, sinking like stones, all that we’ve fought for…
Oh, girls! Your dates from the Grateful Dead Back-up band are waiting!
“Honey, do you remember the Backstreet Boys?”
“…I said keep it down. Am I gonna have to strangle me a skeleton?!”
“For Pete’s sake, you’re in a closet and you can’t find anything to wear?”
“I think it’s time to dial 1-800-GOT-JUNK.”
“Don’t you think this ‘boys night out’ is getting a little old?”
Closet anxiety club, party of four, this way please…
Over here we have Todd’s closet of abandoned dreams, a pirate, a cowboy, a surfer, (ya right) and my favorite, the 60’s wanna be playboy lampshade party guy.
Here at the Jeffery Dahmer museum I present to you the “Party Closet” and now for our next stop we will be touring the “Icebox Club”. PLEASE keep your camera flashes to a minimum.
well i guess its true what they say everyones got skeletons in their closet….. my just happen the drink, kill and party really hard.
“Honey, Charlton Heston brought over some spirited friends who have decided to come out of the closet. Who knew that spirits really drank spirits?”
I thought my hair was bad…
“Can’t we just put the coats in the spare room?”
“Who gave the tall one sunglasses?”
“Who me? Skeletons in my closet?
Couldn’t be!
“Whatever makes you think I of all
people have skeletons in my closet??”
Welcome to Celebrity Afterlife Rehab! This week’s guests: George Reeves and Charles Bukowski!
G. W. You promised me you were going to get rid of these once we were out of the White House!
I was wondering where the BP executives have been hiding throughout this whole ordeal.
“No, honey, look. My guys carry tequila and a rosary; these must be yours…”
“No honey, my guys carry absinthe and a Nixon mask…these must be yours.”
“No honey, my guys carry fur handcuffs and a copy of ‘Going Rogue’… these must be yours.”
No bones about it, I’ve got a few skeletons in my closet.
Is this where you keep the skeleton crew?
Remember those three guys who went missing after our last party—?
I found your decorations for Dia de los Muertos!
It turns out alchohol isn’t such a good preservative after all.
Who’s the weirdo wearing the lampshade?
Not only did the politician have skeletons in her closet they were also bikers.
“Have you ever played 7 minutes in heaven?”
“It’s about time you got here officers, right over here i stuffed those burglers in the closet.”