Baby Blues by Rick Kirkman and Jerry Scott for January 31, 2025

In the 60’s, elementary school had roll away tables set up in the gym. We had ketchup and mustard in bottles on all the tables.

ketchup stomping is kinna like breathing – it just sorta happens all on its own

(when you’re an eight year-old boy)

Dad appears to have conveniently forgotten things he did when he was Hammie’s age

I hope the principal made him clean it up…..

You’re right, Hammie. There was certainly no thinking involved.

When I was in junior high, the big thing was to loosen the lid on the sugar dispensers (we had those back then) so when a kid turned it over the sugar would come pouring out!

My kids used to stomp on those snack pouches to squirt the stuff out!

Stupid question. It was the fire extinguishers in my school. No, not made in Britain.

in Jr high – the trick was to carefully place a packet underneath the foot of one of the desks as you were leaving class

next period when some kid sat down… ⚞ SPLAT ⚟

and you were nowhere in the vicinity – so beyond suspicion

He had a bloody good time!

Hammie’s actin like a normal child. But I do hope the principal made him and his co-horts clean it up.

Hammie, does your rear end feel ok? It’s not GONNA!

We would take pats of butter and throw them up to stick on the ceiling. Then we’d move to another table so someone else could sit there and enjoy the surprise when the butter detached from the ceiling.

When you’re going for distance, it escalates quickly. Ketchup always seems to win out over mustard. But mustard seems to stick better to vertical surfaces.

WELL that’s obvious!

The funnest things require no thinking. …. I think ..

Wanda already knows about this ketchup-stomping ‘incident’. Panel #2 shows Hammie without his shoes.

No, he means that what made you decide to make a mess of the cafeteria? Not to mention wasting a bunch of ketchup packets? They’re not cheap, you know!!

At least Hammie speaks the truth.

In college me and buddies would set ketchup packs just under the bottom edge of the door to someone’s dorm room,then do a stomp n run right into their room.Good times.

Hammie should taken that outside. Fun but less messy.

Hammie is the most aware character in this strip. He is unabashed and unashamed with his kid tendencies.

Well, he’s honest. Now he just needs to understand why not thinking isn;t always a good thing and he’ll be all set to be a functioning member of society.

At least they didn’t sneak into the lil girls room and put them under the seats.

This is a repeat. And it still makes me snort. Gotta love how the 8-yr-old Y chromosome sees life.

Hammie continues – “And it seemed like a good idea at the time.”

I have to confess we did that in college in the cafeteria but instead of stomping on them we’d smash them with our fist. We did however, cleanup the mess before leaving.

Chinese Hot Mustard packets demand equal time

First frame look on Hammie’s face is priceless!