When I stared writing this gag, the original idea was to draw a dream that would be ended by a leg cramp. I've had recurring, terrible cramps in my calves ever since I used to walk to school carrying my insanely heavy portfolio and bag while at the Kubert School. They started then and have never really let up. Then I had the idea to make the dream a stress dream, since that's been a running theme of late. In a perfect world where there's enough of a demand for this strip to run 2 or 3 days a week, this core idea could have filled up a few strips. (Help make this happen by supporting me on Patreon... hint, hint!) On one level, there's the stress dream of needing to pee and only finding toilets in INCREDIBLY AWKWARD places. This one with the intersection happens to me a LOT, honestly. (With a number of variations on the visual shown. lol) Honestly, the only thing that's a 100% cartoon invention here is the inclusion of the "toilet shark" to bring the cramp into the dream a little. In reality, they just happen so fast that I'm woken up without warning by them. And yes... the punchline HAS happened at least once. lol
