The Kilroys #36

When Natch Kilroy tries to catch his sister Katie eavesdropping on the upstairs phone, his well-intentioned snooping backfires in hilarious ways—especially when his own conversations become the talk of the house. As Katie's scheme to stay connected spirals into an elaborate setup involving toy phones and borrowed phone lines, the whole family finds itself caught in a web of overheard secrets and miscommunications that no one saw coming. It's a funny reminder that in a house full of gossipers, privacy is the rarest commodity of all.

Wilbur concocts a scheme to break up his rival Natch and Natch's girlfriend Judy by spreading false information—claiming Natch is picking up his grandmother when he's actually giving a ride to another girl, Doris. When Judy spots them together and ends the relationship, Wilbur thinks he's won, but his own meddling backfires spectacularly at the beach when the truth comes out and everyone realizes exactly who caused the trouble. A classic case of scheming that's just a little too clever for its own good.

In "null," Moronica takes on a new role as a city street cleaner, but her tidy instincts quickly lead her to rearrange traffic signs, reposition a fire hydrant, and otherwise reimagine the urban landscape—just as she does when she spring-cleans her apartment. Her well-meaning overhauls, however, don’t go unnoticed, and her latest attempt to beautify the city ends with another job lost.