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It's good to see the Council of Elders refusing over-fertilization but I'd be far happier if they were demanding organic fertilizer and with their roots in real soil. They need to be free, to see the sky and to dream... to give their loving consumers a natural Rocky Mountain High (cue song).
Like Zonker, I also am overcome. He has been working for this moment all his life, and he is vindicated. Now what does he do? I loved his reply to Zipper. The "boomers" are now the elders. Wow!
Lots of people talk to their plants; Zonker is privileged indeed his that plants talk to him. I doubt they will talk to Zipper at all, or that he could hear them if they did.
Since ZZ are using Duke's farm, I imagine he'll be showing up soon to demand his cut.
It's still early in the season, but the Z's need to keep an eye out for Zeke. Once he gets wind of this he's sure to begin plotting!
I used to talk to my "ladies" all the time. That was way back when one had to be discrete -- with the law and with the ladies. It worked with the ladies and I never had to talk to the law.
Talking to plants... Nice to see Zonker getting back to his roots! (Rim shot!)
Zonker needs a copy of The Wise Old Gnome Speaks: How to Really, Really, Really Care About Your Garden. Gnome is more of a plant empath, but whispering is good, as plants like the CO2!
I'm very disappointed the Zees' crop is hydroponic. I hope they will quickly see the error of their ways and raise their next with pure natural sunshine (I know Colorado may not always be the warmest climate, but...).
What a sweet surprise to see Z talking to his plants again…..i guess i should have seen that coming!
Is Zonker going to turn into a nice version of Walter White? Like White, Zonker has been full of potential his entire life and now fate is conspiring to make him the person he was always supposed to be.
"Rocky Mountain High" was written up at Williams Lake near Old Snowmass. John and his friend Tom were up there on an October afternoon swimming in the lake and doing some mushrooms. There is a big boulder in the middle of the lake that was heated by the sunshine all day. In the evening, John and Tom crawled up on the warm boulder and lay there looking up at the meteor shower in the sky.
We wore CALM t-shirts in '77 at CSU and followed Zonker in the Collegian. It was just something 19 year old soph's did to be edgy. Now this, in Colorado. I'm conflicted. Am I just too old now?
Zonker has been waiting for this moment all his adult life. I am glad to see that marijuana legalization is happening in our lifetime. Come on California, our turn is next.
I wonder if John Denver ever thought that "Rocky Mountain High" might one day refer to pot farms in Colorado. It's even more ironic that (in the strip) Denver lived next door to a future one.
Re ZZ Bud on Amazon! Let's see... Beauty, Health, and Grocery -- check. Natural & Organic -- check. Tea? Maybe not. But Marijuana Legalization: What Everyone Needs to Know is #51 in Books > Politics & Social Sciences > Politics & Government > Public Affairs & Policy > Cultural Policy.
GT has always impressed me with his ability to say so much with so little. In Sunday's strip, I think I detect a resigned tolerance in Zonker's facial expression for Zip's hopeless cluelessness. It may be that Zipper goes to his grave without ever achieving the more worldly eyes of the strip's mature characters. On a related note, I can't help but wonder what eyes Duke and Earl hide beneath their sunglasses.
