The basic premise of this story — Mike keeping Elizabeth out of her room via his stinky sock — depends on the idea that April is not also staying in that room with Elizabeth. Mike’s joke would not be so funny if Elly was going in the room to deal with April and encountered the sock.
Kind of strange. Just yesterday she seemed to have no problem touching his jockstrap with her bare hands, and today she has a phobia of touching his dirty sock. Guess she is more scared of catching athlete’s foot cooties than jock itch.
Someone should tell Lynn that teen-aged boys don’t take off their socks like a middle-aged woman removing her nylons. Teen-aged boys take their socks off by stepping on the toe of the sock with their opposite heel and pulling their foot out. I mean, she had two children of her own, didn’t she pay ANY attention to them?
For my family, the evening meal is always supper. The noon meal lunch except a larger noon meal on Sunday is dinner. The Thanksgiving and Easter meal is always dinner too regardless of the time.
When I grew up on a dairy farm in Wi. we had breakfast – dinner and supper. a lunch was something we ate in the afternoon to get us to supper which was after evening milking.
Recycling the appropriate comment from the last time Mike did the “sock on the door” prank:
Lynn’s Comments: I don’t know who came up with this disgusting, yet satisfying little prank… my brother or me. I think I’ll take the credit. Mom was a stickler, as I’ve said, for cleanliness. Long before the clinical admonishment to wash our hands as often as possible, Mom inspected our digits with surgical scrutiny. She once told me that her mother fired a maid because she said that making bread was a good way to clean her nails! Mom regularly washed walls, countertops, baseboards and knobs to make sure we were as germ free as possible. Naturally, it was our prerogative to return these surfaces to their germ-laden norm. The long socks we wore bore the remnants of rubber, road salt, floorboards and feet by day’s end and smelled wonderfully wicked. I remember pulling up my dirty socks, rolling them down my leg and thinking, as the end popped off my foot, that it looked a lot like a fetid kind of hat. When these “hats” didn’t do much for my dolls, I decided to put them on the doorknobs- to the great annoyance of mother, who refused to touch them, much less turn the handle. Her British admonishments were worth hearing. “Dreadful, dreadful, dreadful!” and “You miserable recalcitrant!” and “This is the very LIMIT!” made us giggle behind our hands. I look back at it all now and wonder how she put up with us… perhaps it’s because, despite her militant need for order and discipline, she had a really good sense of humour.
Liz, you are 11. You KNOW better to wash the thongs before putting them back in the drawer! Shame on you! You better STOP your mom from eating the brats!
Templo S.U.D. over 3 years ago
Elly in the final panel: “What?”
Kids: “Uh… we decided to temporally go vegetarian.”
retrocool over 3 years ago
Yum !
howtheduck over 3 years ago
The basic premise of this story — Mike keeping Elizabeth out of her room via his stinky sock — depends on the idea that April is not also staying in that room with Elizabeth. Mike’s joke would not be so funny if Elly was going in the room to deal with April and encountered the sock.
AllishaDawn over 3 years ago
I remember this comic being posted in my home economics class back in high school!
djmz33 over 3 years ago
What’s the difference between supper and dinner?
LookingGlass Premium Member over 3 years ago
The look on their faces – PRICELESS!!
;-)
rekam Premium Member over 3 years ago
If only Elizabeth had washed the tongs before returning them to the drawer.
carpediem329 over 3 years ago
Where I come from they are synonyms… like autumn and fall
Caldonia over 3 years ago
From what I’ve heard about the material within hotdogs, that’s not that big a deal.
lauradolan over 3 years ago
Presumably the hotdogs were in boiling water so the tongs did get a bit of a wash.
GirlGeek Premium Member over 3 years ago
Why didn’t she put it in the kitchen sink?
denny-king over 3 years ago
About 5 or 6 hours.
djtenltd over 3 years ago
I wonder how the word “supper” came into being?
dcdete. over 3 years ago
Kind of strange. Just yesterday she seemed to have no problem touching his jockstrap with her bare hands, and today she has a phobia of touching his dirty sock. Guess she is more scared of catching athlete’s foot cooties than jock itch.
vaughnrl2003 Premium Member over 3 years ago
The clothes wars continue. At some point one of them is going to wake up with a stinky “something” on their pillow. At least they would in my house.
Aladar30 Premium Member over 3 years ago
So, this is how her hotdogs have that something special they like a lot!
snookdog69 over 3 years ago
depends on where u live
summerdog over 3 years ago
It’s way more fun saying “supper”. Try it….“supper”——“dinner”.
preacherman Premium Member over 3 years ago
That dogs for you, Beth. Next time, at least rinse the spatula.
Atewl over 3 years ago
Someone should tell Lynn that teen-aged boys don’t take off their socks like a middle-aged woman removing her nylons. Teen-aged boys take their socks off by stepping on the toe of the sock with their opposite heel and pulling their foot out. I mean, she had two children of her own, didn’t she pay ANY attention to them?
MuddyUSA Premium Member over 3 years ago
What goes around comes around!
Johnnyrico over 3 years ago
House full of asshats.
codedaddy over 3 years ago
Elly is a lefty?
sschardi over 3 years ago
that’s what I say,,,what’s the difference!
Whatever happened to common sense? over 3 years ago
Did she disinfect the doorknob after removing the sock?
Steverino Premium Member over 3 years ago
Tongs—You’re welcome.
paranormal over 3 years ago
Elly gets the last laugh and doesn’t know why…
jski14 over 3 years ago
I rest my case about Michael.
Buckeye67 over 3 years ago
Who cares, just use them interchangeably.
jim_martin29 over 3 years ago
Supper is the evening meal and dinner is largest meal of the day, whatever time it’s served.
ChristineSmith over 3 years ago
Which side of the Mason Dixon line you’re on.
rhpii over 3 years ago
For my family, the evening meal is always supper. The noon meal lunch except a larger noon meal on Sunday is dinner. The Thanksgiving and Easter meal is always dinner too regardless of the time.
Dr_Fogg over 3 years ago
germaphobes are over rated
dv1093 over 3 years ago
That’s a sad lookin’ weenie.
fstop8 over 3 years ago
When I grew up on a dairy farm in Wi. we had breakfast – dinner and supper. a lunch was something we ate in the afternoon to get us to supper which was after evening milking.
howtheduck over 3 years ago
Recycling the appropriate comment from the last time Mike did the “sock on the door” prank:
Lynn’s Comments: I don’t know who came up with this disgusting, yet satisfying little prank… my brother or me. I think I’ll take the credit. Mom was a stickler, as I’ve said, for cleanliness. Long before the clinical admonishment to wash our hands as often as possible, Mom inspected our digits with surgical scrutiny. She once told me that her mother fired a maid because she said that making bread was a good way to clean her nails! Mom regularly washed walls, countertops, baseboards and knobs to make sure we were as germ free as possible. Naturally, it was our prerogative to return these surfaces to their germ-laden norm. The long socks we wore bore the remnants of rubber, road salt, floorboards and feet by day’s end and smelled wonderfully wicked. I remember pulling up my dirty socks, rolling them down my leg and thinking, as the end popped off my foot, that it looked a lot like a fetid kind of hat. When these “hats” didn’t do much for my dolls, I decided to put them on the doorknobs- to the great annoyance of mother, who refused to touch them, much less turn the handle. Her British admonishments were worth hearing. “Dreadful, dreadful, dreadful!” and “You miserable recalcitrant!” and “This is the very LIMIT!” made us giggle behind our hands. I look back at it all now and wonder how she put up with us… perhaps it’s because, despite her militant need for order and discipline, she had a really good sense of humour.
Mona425 over 3 years ago
And this is why everything in my kitchen gets a wipe or a rinse before I use it.
krhinter over 3 years ago
Diner is the main meal of the day, not depending on the time.Supper is a evening meal.
capricorn9th over 3 years ago
Liz, you are 11. You KNOW better to wash the thongs before putting them back in the drawer! Shame on you! You better STOP your mom from eating the brats!
rgcviper over 3 years ago
Mmm—extra flavor …
SquidGamerGal 2 months ago
Make Michael eat it!