Lash LaRue Western #33

Molasses Mouth seeks advice on breaking his young nephew's thumb-sucking habit, and gets a suggestion involving limburger cheese that seems promising at first—though the outcome takes an unexpected turn a week later.

When a lazy dude tricks Dusty into fetching water for nothing more than thirst, Dusty vows revenge—only to find himself outmaneuvered at every turn in "The Dude Who Did Nothing." This 1952 Lash LaRue Western story turns a simple act of payback into a comedy of frustration, as Dusty's attempts to prove his strength backfire in increasingly ridiculous ways. By the time the dust settles, our would-be avenger discovers that sometimes the best strategy is no strategy at all.

Molasses Mouth wakes to a peculiar scare when he discovers his feet have turned blue—a mix-up that sends him scrambling for the doctor in this quick-witted frontier tale. Meanwhile, a fellow named Wagonwheels offers some well-intentioned (if dubious) vacation advice that lands his friend in a predicament of his own making. It's a pair of lighthearted misadventures served up Western-style.

Lamebrain's lunch breaks take an absurd turn when a coworker questions where all his rabbit meat comes from—leading to a revelation that exposes a fundamental misunderstanding about the animals he's been hunting. This one-page Western humor story delivers the kind of deadpan confusion that made these old comics so entertaining.