a comic strip by
Strip
#432: "Patronize This!"
I'm surprised that everyone seemed to get this joke. I went around and
around with it as I was writing. I initially felt quite comfortable with Helen's punchline.
It just felt so right. But I began to balk, wondering how a reader who may not be so
conversant with the "Sweetheart of the Internet" would ever understand why
Helen was asking for a social security number. [Subject: "She Needs what She Wants"]
