Tornado Tales

In today's Dinette Set, we gather 'round the TV for some o' Burl's homespun wisdom only to find:

• A prepositional phrase in Burl's dialog that adds nothing whatever to the panel, whereas both the artist and her editor apparently did not notice it.
• Timmy has not changed his shirt since 26 April; and it still doesn't make any sense.
• The artist appears to believe we should consider it funny that Burl is frightened when a tornado passes overhead.
• And yet, the artist appears not to want to discuss the idiocy of being outside during a tornado.