Adam@Home by Rob Harrell for May 15, 2013

I always like to see what Goofus has been up to.

Goofus will never figure it out. He cannot deny his nature.

HIGHLIGHTS is a month;y children’s magazine that has been published for at least the last 40-some odd years (as I remember and probably before), usually found in pediatricians’ and dental offices. “Goofus and Gallant” is a parallel cartoon (side by side cels) of and ill-mannered and a polite child in the same situation. For example: the same 50s station wagon in the driveway to a suburban home, the left side (Goofus) shows “Goofus runs into the house to watch television” while the right side (Gallant) shows “Gallant helps his Mother carry in the grocery bags from the afternoon shopping”, implying, Goofus has left Mother with the chore of brining in the food and putting everything away so he can plop his butt down in front of the tv until she says it’s time for dinner.

I am over 70 and my grandmother subscribed to Highlights for me when I was ein kleines Mädchen.

Highlights Magazines were the best part of going to the doctor! They were fabulous!

Goofus and Gallant were the highlight of Highlights

They still publish Highlights? I know I read it when I was a kid. I hope it hasn’t gone too politically correct.

Gallant gets the grades.Goofus gets the girls.

I found some really funny stuff about Goofus and Gallant at Cracked.com.I can’t repeat it here. Too off-color.

“Heh heh, Goofus is cool.” — Beavis while reading the magazine

Adam needs to go to a doctor if his cold is getting worse.

How is waiting two hours at Instant Care different from waiting two hours at a proper doctor’s office?

Still though, sounds like Adam should see a doctor, or at least do something to treat it himself (drinking plenty of fluids, for example. I know y’all hear that all the time and stuff, but it’s true).

I remember seeing Highlights as far back as when I was a kid, but oddly enough, I never really did read it much, even as a kid.