Doonesbury by Garry Trudeau for May 11, 2021

If Mike is lucky, the Skittles aren’t only things that will get dirty.

You’re still cute That’s what no woman has ever told me.

“I think I’m buying you dinner somewhere that’s not here.”

“You’re still cute”, my wife says that occasionally…….and then we both laugh :D

If Mike needs ’you’re cute’ and ‘are these too dirty to eat?’ translated, she’s saying, “If you want to ask me out to dinner, the answer is yes.”

The perfect place for a nerd’s first time!!!

My cat’s cute- it’s not a compliment.

Well, while you’re down there…

Dirty Skittles? Down and dirty?

The Skittles are fine. I have 3 young boys and I’ve been practicing the “All floor food is Dad’s” rule for almost 13 years and I’m still here.

I don’t want a “cute” man.

Skittles are rinsable.

Hope Mike doesn’t Skittle the opportunity! (Something tells me he won’t… :D)

YES! They are too dirty! Lots of sugar on that desk…It’s the sugar talking, Mike.

I consider “cute” a compliment only when applied to small animals and to humans under the age of 8.

You could rinse the Skittles off. They’re more resilient than the sugar cubes we used to leave out for the raccoons at Boy Scout camp.

Mike, get a clue, buy a vowel, something. This woman wants to go out with you. Don’t blow it.

It was 45 years ago this week that a very young Kim was repeating the words of Jimmy Carter. It was some of her very first English, after “Big Mac!”.

Only in America can you find All the fruity nutritional goodness you need coated in a hard sugar shell. What a country.

Skittles aren’t too dirty to eat. Just wipe them off on your shirt.

I was told only once that I was “cute and a sweet guy.” I wasn’t sure how to take it but it was obvious that I would not be getting any, and that trying to be a gentleman had no payoff. At least not for that one.

So to try to salvage something I replied: “Thanks. I take it that you mean in a rugged handsome way.”

I don’t think I every ate any Skittles.

One of my dad’s remarks when I was young enough for it to be a cheap thrill: “When they’re too dirty to play with, you eat them.”