Baby Blues by Rick Kirkman and Jerry Scott for February 01, 2024

Darryl be strong don’t give in. I have faith in you.

Tell them they’d have to pay for the gas and you weren’t going to stop for bathroom breaks along the way. Plus how many hours to get there and then home again. Wear them down on their terms.

Chant of Southern California kids. Time to head to Bear Lake.

earplugs, Darryl, earplugs.

Time to wear them out.

Or irritating him Hammie! You might end up in time out!

I’m with the kids on this one!

They must’ve taken lessons from Lisa and Bart Simpson on how to drive a parent nuts.

Chances are, 10 mins after they get in the snow, they’ll be cold and want to go in. XD

Good job. Now work on wearing down that nose.

No, you’re sending him to a possible stroke, there’s a difference.

You kids can depend on the weather like everybody else!

That would not have been a successful strategy with my parents had my brother and I chosen to employ it.

It’ll melt…

They’re actually going to make him drive 6 hours so they can spend 10 minutes playing in the snow.

Send them to Anchorage!!

Rerun

And where’s Wanda during all this?

My daughters learned at a very young age that I could not be bullied or nagged. Two things brought an automatic, unshakeable “NO”: nagging and hinting. You want something, you ask ONCE and wait for my answer. And if they tried the “ask Dad”, he would ask, “What did Mom say?” (That worked in reverse as well.)

Last week Wanda was in the park with Wren bundled up in a Snowsuit,

All but one child cried.

To their dad this day.

And they say he took command.

Grounded, Grounded for their constant demand.

What do you do when you’re Grounded, and you know you are d@mned.

Wherever you go, for the rest of your day

You will know, you are d@mned.

He’s going to drive them to the snow; they’ll be cold in 5 minutes & scream to go home; they’ll stop to have ice cream on the long drive back & everyone will be happy – especially Wanda who will not join them.

You’re wearing him into a meltdown!

Dean Jagger having the same problem

Dad explain what involves.

Ugh, brutal.

Just stick them in the freezer.

THEN GO AHEAD AND PLAY IN THE SNOW!!

Like he has control over the weather?

They know him too well. He’s about to take them somewhere he can dump their bodies in the snow.

Sure, they’ll be living bodies but at least…..

Kids! There IS no snow!! There was NEVER any snow!!

Wearing him down. Or driving him to a homicidal rage. Hard to tell the difference.

This is like Bart and Lisa using a “saturation begging” technique on Homer: “Please take us to Krusty World! Please take us to Krusty World!” until he finally caves.

C’mon dad, the kids want to play in the snow.