This strip was another of the ‘summertime’ strips that appeared in the infrequent monthly summer issues of the Silhouette. I’ve never been really happy with this one. The drawings aren’t too hot, and the joke’s not terribly funny. (I mean, if you think about it, Puck’s in a RESIDENCE. Who the heck cares about a messy kitchen in a residence?)
This strip stands as a curio only in the fact that it provides Taylor (aka Tyler) with his only spoken lines in the entire original run. The head editor of the newspaper at the time felt that Taylor was somehow reminiscent of 80’s sitcoms, a la the Cosby Show and such. Perhaps. He wore really dated outfits (even for the time that this was published). Gotta love those Reebok Pumps.
Who cares about a messy kitchen in a residence? The Janitor. After some of the horrors I’ve seen in that type of job, I applaud Puck on falling for the messy kitchen card; it preserves the sanity of many underpaid men and women. :p
I imagined Puck was just responding like she believed a parental sort ought to respond.
In actuality, I’d credit at least 50% of parents with being smart enough not to fall for this sort of poorly thought manipulation.
Back when I was a kid it wasn’t an issue though. My mother was scatterbrained and I have OCD. My mother made a mess of the kitchen and I was the one who cleaned it up.
But this takes all the fun out of parenting. She could have ruin her whole afternoon by giving her some premium time and teaching her how to make her own popsicle and cleaning out the kitchen after herself guiding her on her way to becoming a responsible and independent adult. BWAHAHA!!! I mean, really now. It’s all in the Evil Parenting List.
Any when you think, you can’t go wrong with some decent galaxy, on closer inspection you find holes in them. Invisible Holes! Who even thinks of such stuff?
Who cares about a messy kitchen in a residence? The Janitor. After some of the horrors I’ve seen in that type of job, I applaud Puck on falling for the messy kitchen card; it preserves the sanity of many underpaid men and women. :p
Good point.
Yeah, I’ve got some horror stories. Like the incontinent old man who got shit all over the place in the restroom. Even the sink and mirror.
I imagined Puck was just responding like she believed a parental sort ought to respond.
In actuality, I’d credit at least 50% of parents with being smart enough not to fall for this sort of poorly thought manipulation.
Back when I was a kid it wasn’t an issue though. My mother was scatterbrained and I have OCD. My mother made a mess of the kitchen and I was the one who cleaned it up.
I say at a cost of less than a buck a popsicle, just buy the damn popsicle.
Things are so much cheaper over there.
But this takes all the fun out of parenting. She could have ruin her whole afternoon by giving her some premium time and teaching her how to make her own popsicle and cleaning out the kitchen after herself guiding her on her way to becoming a responsible and independent adult. BWAHAHA!!! I mean, really now. It’s all in the Evil Parenting List.
And don’t feel bad about the cotton candy. More than 99,99% of everything is nothing http://www.cs.cornell.edu/info/people/fcc/humor/warnings.html We got so much screwed with this universe, I tellya.
True dat. You only don’t get ripped off when you invest in neutron stars.
Any when you think, you can’t go wrong with some decent galaxy, on closer inspection you find holes in them. Invisible Holes! Who even thinks of such stuff?
Clearly The Colonel’s University had a sarcasm deficiency.
Many post-secondary institutions do.