The previous strip, A Lot of Hot Air, was supposed to be the end of the Burpless storyline. But these strips write themselves sometimes, and this one forced itself into my consciousness while I was coming up with what was supposed to be today’s comic. Look for that one on Friday, unless another idea bullies its way into my brain.

While my sister, Laura, didn’t make me a “Burp Tonic,” she did make “medicine” out of toothpaste and a big bottle of something she found in our medicine cabinet, and would distribute doses to all the neighborhood kids, when we were very young. Maybe that’s why my immune system’s so good and why I rarely get sick. Or maybe that’s what started me being burpless in the first place! Hmmmm…