Baby Blues by Rick Kirkman and Jerry Scott for February 12, 2024

That’s fighting dirty.

Not the orbital sander! Not the orbital sander!

Proper motivation.

HEY! You donate my power tools, I won’t be able to fix anything anymore for you then. Think about that!

That’s the right way to do it! Every time I read a comic where the kid won’t clean his/her room, the parent should say “If I do it for you, you may find some things missing later on.” The kid will do it since A – there are a few things they don’t want their parents to see, and B – they don’t want anything to be missing.

Aren’t those important?

I think he needs to look at cleaning out the closet

Yes, you go clean the garage; I’ll go through your wardrobe….easy….

That’ll give him a chance to upgrade.

My wife doesn’t mess with the garage. That’s my responsibility. If she tried what Wanda is doing, a huge fight would commence.

Being married to Wanda would be nightmarish.

Wife trick number 17. Works every time.

Not cool, Wanda!

Seriously? You haven’t used some of them for decades!!

A place for everything and everything in it’s place I always say. I tend to clean as I go so the garage and my shop are usually in pretty good shape all the time.

Did Wanda take a course in motivating?

Your closet is a mess, I guess I will start by deciding which dresses to donate.

OK, I’ll be working on your over stuffed closet.

Sure thing, dear. I’ll help by cleaning up the kitchen by sending all your equipment to the good will…

Fine, let me know which ones you got rid of, then I can get the newest models to replace them.

Ugh, cleaning the garage is a chore I have to tackle before too much longer. Sigh.

Brilliant ploy, Wanda!

But when will this series of re-runs from 2020 end already? The cartoonists must be on a long vacation. Coming to think of it, I hope that they have not retired from doing this strip.

You tried Darryl, but you were outsmarted.

Low blow. hit him in the skilsaw.

Darryl should be able to know when to manage the garage without being told. Wanda should not mess with his tool investment that they would need again. Weird relationship.

Dude is a jerk.

That seems to be the ONLY way to get things done!

“Knock yourself out”? Seriously? He was gonna sit there on his tablet while Donna cleaned out the garage by herself?

Dad rushes to save his tools.

Motivation.

Hey! Hammie and Zoe need those for building club houses and stuff.

An old saying goes: boys never grow up, but their toys get bigger and more expensive….

That might work.

Wanda being passive-aggressive.