Vetus is Latin for old or ancient, which, sadly, also applies to the practice of chronological snobbery.
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Is there one sympathetic character in this entire strip? The long-dead tenant farmer maybe?
Given that it's a 13-frame shaggy-dog story with extraordinary rendition as the hoary punchline, that might have been too much to ask.