Bearman Cartoon: April Showers…

Bearman Cartoon April Showers Bring May Allergies

Finally responding to Jill’s call for taking the phrase “April Showers Brings May Flowers” and showing what it means to me.  In Cincinnati it is a well known fact that if you don’t have allergies when you get here, that you will once you stay for a while.  Pollen season is going like gangbusters here already and my eyes are a little itchy.

And don’t forget to vote for the caption cartoon contest.

Comments

70 responses to “Bearman Cartoon: April Showers…”

  1. nursemyra Avatar

    the showers “cloud” appears to be the colour of phlegm… 😉

    1. Bearman Avatar

      Exxxxxxacccctly…hehe

  2. tmcelmurry Avatar
    tmcelmurry

    It’s really a strange year, I think Pollen is up like 1,000,000%. Knock on wood my allergies haven’t been horrible yet this year, usually they kick in rough once things start drying up in the Summer, buy my little boys are having a rough year with their allergies.

    I always seem to end up with the guy who sneezes upon approaching you, does the one, two wipe on his pants and extends his sneeze covered hand for a shake. I shudder now even thinking about it. My boys have saturated me more than I can count with their sneezes. They catch them sometimes and cover like they’ve been told, but at 4 and 2, it’s hard to remember all the time, and it usually occurs when I’m carrying them or they are trying to tell me something up really close to my face, so I have no time to drop my sneeze guard helmet. 🙂

    1. Bearman Avatar

      Haha…I can picture you with the sneeze guard. “Honey I am ready to tuck in the boys”

      1. Friggin Loon Avatar

        We have had the worst year for sinus in living memory. It’s probably because of all the lazy assed bees not doing their job…whoops, OK, so they are dying from an evil mite infestation, but should we have to suffer because of it? Geez!

        1. susispice Avatar

          poor little bees 🙁
          maybe i should become a bee farmer… beehivest? beeologist? beemater?

        2. Bearman Avatar

          It’s NOT the BEES. See below.

          1. susispice Avatar

            what do you have against bees bearman!? as a bearman you should love bees and their pee

          2. Bearman Avatar

            Great thought about honey….

  3. jill Avatar

    same thing goes for Atlanta and we’re covered in yellow right now!!

    Thanks for taking the challenge! I’ll go link you up now.

    🙂

    1. Bearman Avatar

      Thanks Jilly!

  4. Roland Avatar

    I hear if you eat LOCAL raw honey, it should help battle allergies. and I don’t mean Winnie the Pooh whole jar of hunny. but like a tablespoon of honey a day, you just need to make sure it is local honey.

    1. lynn Avatar

      yes i’ve heard this, but it has to be local honey, youre right roland! 🙂

    2. Bearman Avatar

      I hear that is a myth. Bee Pollen has nothing to do with the pollen that causes most allergies. That is caused by Ragweed, grass and trees.

      1. lynn Avatar

        hmm..okay if youre gonna make me… i’ll send my brother in law over here. he knows every detail of how local honey is very important for the treatment of allergies. *heavy sigh* oh ye of little faith.. 🙂

        1. Bearman Avatar

          I just heard a DOCTOR say it was a myth. Your brother in law a DOCTOR (not a witch doctor) hahahahaha

          1. lynn Avatar

            hmmm lemme see, the DOCTOR wants you to come see him for testing, follow-up, medications etc..healthcare is a business remember? my brother in law isnt much, just an animal science major, self sustanable farmer with emphasis in homeopathic medicine and does daily manual labor at 53 yrs old. but whatever helps you sleep… i’m just sayin’..

          2. Bearman Avatar

            I do daily menial labor. Does that count???

  5. lynn Avatar

    i suffer from bad allergies too. ive been tested but didnt react to any allergens. the weird thing is i’m not having problems now when the rest of the country is…weird.. not much pollen here ont he beach but inland they have it pretty bad i hear. cute toon!

    1. Bearman Avatar

      No grass on the beach. No real trees in Florida..haha

      1. Roland Avatar

        I am stationed in West Florida right now, and there are trees… let me tell ya… you wash your car one day… the very next day if not that night your car is covered in pollen!

        1. Bearman Avatar

          Good reason NOT to wssh your car.

          1. lynn Avatar

            always lookin’ for the easy way out arent you?

    2. Friggin Loon Avatar

      You should get out more Lynn ….blahahahahahha

      1. lynn Avatar

        i am, i’m going out tonight loon. what about that wine recommendation? waiting..

  6. Sheila Deeth Avatar

    Pollen season started early here. Looks like a long showery spring.

    1. Bearman Avatar

      It will be a long one.

  7. Friggin Loon Avatar

    Hmm Bearman, that’s spit not goobers!!!!

    1. Roland Avatar

      Unfortunately with that guys mouth being open, this pic could capture the middle of the sneeze

    2. Bearman Avatar

      I don’t know. I have spit out goobers when sneezing at times.

      1. Friggin Loon Avatar

        Multi-tasking Bearman, how gross of you 🙂

        1. Bearman Avatar

          I am a busy man.

          1. lynn Avatar

            *laughing*

  8. Dan lon Avatar

    Ugh, not good to remind a germophobe like me. If I see somebody sneeze dozens of yards down my path, I will still change directions or “dodge” that part of the sidewalk as I move past.

    1. Bearman Avatar

      I had a friend who never carried kleenex. He would hold one nostril, lean over and snot out the other one onto the ground. Grossest thing I ever saw.

  9. susispice Avatar

    I dont think we get slag showers more like booger showers from some ppl. My bf gets such bad allergies during winter of all times! the hotter it is the better for him.

    1. Bearman Avatar

      What’s a hooker (slag) shower???

      1. susispice Avatar

        hooker? i said Booger 😛
        slag u know… as in spit, phlegm etc..

        yeah i know slag can also be synonimous with a ho, tart, tricker etc etc

        1. Bearman Avatar

          I had to look up slag and hooker was what it said. Didn’t say anything about spit. Unless it is hooker spit.

  10. SpilledInkGuy Avatar

    Sounds similar to STL … there is literally a visible coating of green pollen / dust on EVERYTHING. I do not approve. Neither do my sinuses. 🙂

    1. Bearman Avatar

      Sniff Sniff. I love it when you drive and it is almost as thick as fog.

      1. SpilledInkGuy Avatar

        *wheeze*

        So on a completely unrelated note, were you really a police officer in your cub days or was that just brilliant banter?! 🙂

        1. Bearman Avatar

          What banter are you talking about??

          1. SpilledInkGuy Avatar

            Your comment on Brilliant Boy’s “Street Tweet” ‘toon … 🙂

          2. Bearman Avatar

            As a cross guard in elementary school..haha

  11. dave hambidge Avatar

    Britland hayfever season hasn’t kicked in yet and will be delayed by the bad winter holding spring back 3-4 weeks; but then, wehey, snot everywhere, yipee (not).

    1. Bearman Avatar

      When is there “good” weather in Britland?

  12. FJ Avatar

    Phlegmatic.

    1. Bearman Avatar

      Yummy word.

  13. G Avatar

    Already got allergies from spending my entire life in Connecticut, so going to Cincinnati (and experiencing the cockroach that ate it) would be like going to a minor league b-ball game.

    Why see a pale imitation when you you’ve already lived the real thing?

    1. Bearman Avatar

      Pollen levels in nati are higher than new haven for next week.

  14. jammer5 Avatar

    I wasn’t allergic to anything until I moved to Kansas, then I became allergic to everything 🙁

    1. Bo Lumpkin Avatar

      Maybe you are just allergic to Kansas.

      1. jammer5 Avatar

        I think you’re correct.

        1. Bearman Avatar

          Aren’t you of the age when you should be moving to florida anyway??

  15. Bo Lumpkin Avatar

    I guess the caption could have read “April flowers bring snot showers.” Sorry, I just couldn’t resist that one.

    1. Bearman Avatar

      It was implied but always funny to hear “snot shower”

  16. Dan Avatar

    I was lucky enough to make it out of Cincinnati without any allergies. But you’re dead on – the Ohio Valley is a basin of pollen!

    1. Bearman Avatar

      When were you in Cincinnati????

  17. Laura Avatar

    Very nice play on Jill’s contest! I like!

    1. Bearman Avatar

      I enjoy Jills contests. Makes me think of how to turn her sweet contest into something gross….haha

  18. Tony Avatar

    I thought the same as Nurse Myra, a very phlegmy cloud. Run away or get a phlegm spray. We had a really bad hay feverish spring last year. We are heading for winter down here & the colds, flu & sniffly season is starting

    1. Bearman Avatar

      Swine Flu??

  19. Corve DaCosta Avatar

    I always cover my nose when someone sneezes. (Quietly tho)

    1. Bearman Avatar

      Your nose. You should cover your mouth. It is more likely to get in there.

  20. George Avatar

    I was trapped on a plane with about three flus, two colds, and an allergy-prone priest when we traveled to VA. I’m relatively sure that’s why I was sick for almost our entire vacation. I asked the flight attendant to open a window, but nobody ever listens to me. 😀

    1. Bearman Avatar

      haha…its a little stuffy in here. Can you crack a window. There’s a man on the wing!!!!

  21. DadaHyena Avatar

    BLEAGH! Like those Spitter dinosaurs from “Jurassic Park”.

    1. Bearman Avatar

      Or being slimed in Ghostbusters.