Crabgrass by Tauhid Bondia for July 03, 2020

Um, if Mom bought them for him, why’d Dad step in with this work stuff?

I don’t get this at all.

Who else wanted to have his son build character? Calvin’s dad. When were both of these strips set? the 80s. Tauhid bondia is secretly Bill Watterson!!!!! (jk)

Have you tried cleaning them, Miles?

Never wish for what you regret, you’ll live to want it.

That will teach you to save your old shoes for those really nasty jobs. You should have told your mom that those old shoes were too nasty to wear for special occasions as they made her look cheap and conned her into buying the new shoes for dress-up occasions and saved the old ones for when dad made you work off the cost of the new ones. Like Calvin (mentioned by previous commentator) you need to think these things through beforehand, especially if this is a typical dad response. Act in haste, repent in leisure.

So…the kid only has one pair of shoes? Didn’t keep his old ones for work shoes?

On the plus side, now he can play basketball in them.

Classic dads work.

Dad is a jerk.

The last two comments both boys make are brilliant.

Wow! This is way beyond tight-fisted!