Baldo by Hector D. Cantú and Carlos Castellanos for October 08, 2009

Back handed compliment, Tia…

Why is Sergio calling her tia? I thought she was his sister, not his aunt.

^I think it’s because that’s what he calls her in front of the kids. It’s not that uncommon for parents to end up calling each other “Mom” and “Dad.”

Tia Carmen tells it like it is.

when i refer to my son’s aunts i always call them aunt,,

¿Quién sabe?

In my brother-in-law’s family, it’s common to address aunts and uncles simply by title, rather than specifying a name. My nieces will say things like “Uncle, have you read this book?” rather than “Uncle Fritz, have you read this book?”

There’s nothing objectively WRONG with that, and I don’t correct them, but it sounds very strange to my ears.

I bet choll is just full of obscure sports facts.

cholldekkgher stenst… said, 2 days ago

Thanks for the history, Dude. I, for one, did not know of the past of the characters in this strip. Some people know all the characters names, their particular nuances, backgrounds, relatives, places they live and lived before, all that. They have no life.

not at all, the (we) have full lives that include this diversion.