Introducing today’s special guest...

Look everyone, it's Peter Lorre!  (Funny, I was under the impression that he was dead.)  I'm not sure where he came from, or what he's supposed to be doing, but he's doing it really, really well.  (Maybe he's there to make Shirl uncomfortable, or give some vital piece of information, or misinformation, whatever the case may be.)  I'm also not sure what Dick is doing besides taking that map apart street by street.  Apparently the maps are different in Tracyville, and the streets can be pulled off like Fruit By The Foot or Pull 'N Peel Twizzlers.  (Makes getting a snack easier, I suppose, though you should at least have the courtesy to ask if anyone needed to use the map before you started pulling off the streets.  I wonder if the importance of the street correlates with its flavor...)  I think that Dick also needs to get to the hospital since his T-Rex Arms appear to have worsened over the last few strips.  One can only wonder how Tess is faring (or if she's even gotten out of bed yet.  Speaking of which, I really want to see that terrible piece of art that put her there.  I have a feeling it's not really that bad.)  On second thought, maybe his condition isn't so serious after all.  Perhaps he's just practicing his modeling again, and instead of formal wear, he's pretending to take a jog in the park in some great active wear (he has to keep his options open, after all.)