Cartoons: Life’s Little Surprises
“The expected always happens,” said Benjamin Disraeli. Perhaps he wasn’t acquainted with these cartoons!
![Cold “Boy, it’s cold outside! Feel my hands!” March 17, 1951](https://www.saturdayeveningpost.com/wp-content/uploads/satevepost/Cold-400x292.jpg)
"Boy, it’s cold outside!
Feel my hands!"
March 17, 1951
![Birthday “She doesn’t suspect a thing! She thinks I forgot her birthday!” 1948](https://www.saturdayeveningpost.com/wp-content/uploads/satevepost/Birthday-400x307.jpg)
"She doesn’t suspect a thing!
She thinks I forgot her birthday!"
1948
![Banana-Split “Then she said, ‘Oh, well—one more li’l banana split can’t hurt any.’” November/December 1994](https://www.saturdayeveningpost.com/wp-content/uploads/satevepost/Banana-Split-400x411.jpg)
"Then she said, ‘Oh, well—one more li’l banana split can’t hurt any.’"
November/December 1994
![Umbrella “Sold! ... For $50,000 to the gentleman with the umbrella over his head.” September/October 1994](https://www.saturdayeveningpost.com/wp-content/uploads/satevepost/Umbrella-400x360.jpg)
"Sold! ... For $50,000 to the gentleman with the umbrella over his head."
September/October 1994
![Dumped “Uh-oh! It’s Roy Kroger, the guy I dumped for you.” January/February 2002](https://www.saturdayeveningpost.com/wp-content/uploads/satevepost/Dumped1-400x250.jpg)
"Uh-oh! It’s Roy Kroger, the guy I dumped for you."
January/February 2002
"Oh, Jimmy knows all about the party. It’s his mom who’s getting the surprise."
January/February 1997