BASEBALL'S ONLY FATAL BEANING

When baseball pitcher Carl Mays fatally hit batter Ray Chapman with an inside pitch, I guess he gave new meaning to the term "dead-ball era."

NO RESPECT: FAIR SHARE

No respect, I tell ya, I get no respect. Like I told my uncle, "I hope you remember me in your will." A few weeks ago he passed on. Turns out he owed about a hundred fifty thousand dollars. My share is twenty-five!

NO RESPECT: . . .THERE'S A WAY

No respect, I tell ya, I get no respect. Like last month, I was in the hospital. My family sent me a card. It said, "Get will soon!"

HEY!

Some disclaimers are needed for this one. First, it's meant to be in cartoon form. Second, it's the kind of classic idea that I'd bet has been done before, but I don't recall seeing it. Anyway, a bunch of folks are on their hands and knees in hay in a barn. The one to the far right in the cartoon holds up a needle. (Need I say more?)

SURE THING II

A couple thought it was buying a ride to the airport. They never got there, just like so many passengers before. See DEATH IN TAXIS.

SURE THING

Two Things Certain: BETH & TAXES. Beth Jones, CPA.