When I went to my 10th high school reunion, I had to hem up a pair of slacks to wear in a hurry. Stapling them worked wonderfully until I finally hemmed them properly. I can sew if necessary, and when I was young and lived in Massachusetts (during the time we were snowed in) I learned to knit. LOL, to this day, I can still cast on and knot a nice bookmark in about 20 minutes. The football player Rosie Grier (played for New York Giants and Los Angeles Rams) used to knit, so I do not feel to bad about that little talent.
Note to TJ: that staple will not hold that button on for long…
I’d express disbelief that neither of these two know how to look up “how-to” websites or videos online, but I’ve met plenty of people in the real world who don’t know how to do that either. Of course all those people were a lot older than Brad and Toni here, but I figure this strip is just Greg’s boomer mindset showing through again.
Sort of like when Luann and Bernice recently spent their day staring off into space because Greg forgot that young people have smartphones these days.
I wonder if the strip acknowledged YouTube or Google, could they still swing this kind of humor. That’s one thing Nancy’s author, Olivia, does solidly. Seeing Nancy attend school virtually didn’t limit her characteristics. Frazz does a decent job too.
DARN! I finally remembered to check GoComics again, but I’d forgotten about my comments in the strip from 3 days ago and a bunch of people had replied! And when I check in today, Bets isn’t in the strip so nothing more can really be said.
At least it’s good to see Toni & TJ again! Though Toni kind of loses a lot of her “edge” in these domestic strips, to the point where I almost forget what her character was originally like. Never mind the hidden depths we had for TJ like 10+ years ago that were never followed up on. He’d be a fun character to revisit in depth, actually- he’s been kind of a forgotten one for ages now.
Has anyone ever actually done that? I would assume it would just shatter the button or the staple wouldn’t be big enough to reach all the way through/around it and the fabric.
Fabric tape is a thing. There’s a kind that’s heat activated with an iron and a kind you just press together like double-sided tape. You can easily fix a hem with it. I wouldn’t necessarily expect Brad or Toni to know that, but I would think they could look at a sewn-on button long enough to figure out how to reattach one that’s come off. (Having a needle and thread is another story, though…)
I’m not sure what’s so difficult about sewing on a button. Thread a needle, up through one hole and down through another. Rinse and repeat several times. Tie it off. Sorted.
Whereas I do know how to sew on a button in the traditional method, I once connected a large button on a jacket using a small cable tie. It works, perfectly, and is much stronger than using thread. Also, for reconnecting the button to one’s jeans, there are snap on buttons that work very well.
This is why I thought boys should take at least one course in Home Economics (or whatever they’re calling these days – it changed 5 times while I was teaching, but i digress) and girls should take at least one course in Shop. (ditto)
I was never taught how to sew on a button, either, but I’ve done it tons of times. It’s not hard. Needle, thread, poke it through the fabric and through the button holes until everything stays put. Throw in a few knots to make sure it stays, and PRESTO, the button is sewed on. Granted, it may not look the best, but surely people have something better to do than scrutinize my buttons.
It’s not hard to figure out. I was sewing buttons back on by the time I was 8. I learned by watching my mother do it and looking at the stitches on the other buttons to get the order.
If I tried that, either the button or stapler would break.Guess sewing, mending, darning and patching have gone the way of cursive writing. Now they sell pants with holes and rips. Such a disposable society. A shame.
A friend ripped her scrubs and I was surprised that she didn’t know how to sew a simple repair. She thought I was being sexist but I’m a guy and was taught how to do that by my mother and thought that most people of our age group knew it.
I will say that having one of those button specific types of staplers work great. I love mine. I do usually add some needle work to hold the buttons on AFTER stapling because those plastic staples make it much easier to do.
lvlax over 3 years ago
On your mark.. Get set.. GO Let the Harshness Commence!! LOL
DaJellyBelly over 3 years ago
Take it to a tailor shop!
lvlax over 3 years ago
It’s good to see Toni and Brad again.
Rhetorical_Question over 3 years ago
Happy 4th of July!
linus82 over 3 years ago
Solo espero que la grapa sea inoxidable
Rhetorical_Question over 3 years ago
Nancy Degroot didn’t teach Bradley any bachelor’s survival skills?
eolan59 over 3 years ago
It’s not that hard folks. I learned how to do it in Bootcamp.
Brdshtt Premium Member over 3 years ago
When I went to my 10th high school reunion, I had to hem up a pair of slacks to wear in a hurry. Stapling them worked wonderfully until I finally hemmed them properly. I can sew if necessary, and when I was young and lived in Massachusetts (during the time we were snowed in) I learned to knit. LOL, to this day, I can still cast on and knot a nice bookmark in about 20 minutes. The football player Rosie Grier (played for New York Giants and Los Angeles Rams) used to knit, so I do not feel to bad about that little talent.
Note to TJ: that staple will not hold that button on for long…
kenhense over 3 years ago
Toni says it like it is…
Mordock999 Premium Member over 3 years ago
Meanwhile, the guy who knows how to sew on a button is sitting somewhere trying to figure out why his girlfriend DUMPED him
grayjacobs over 3 years ago
Isn’t kind of obvious just by looking at the button.
BJShipley1 over 3 years ago
I’d express disbelief that neither of these two know how to look up “how-to” websites or videos online, but I’ve met plenty of people in the real world who don’t know how to do that either. Of course all those people were a lot older than Brad and Toni here, but I figure this strip is just Greg’s boomer mindset showing through again.
Sort of like when Luann and Bernice recently spent their day staring off into space because Greg forgot that young people have smartphones these days.
TheThingIs over 3 years ago
This was funny. Does TJ still live with them?
DaleMcNamee over 3 years ago
There used to be a product sold in the 60’s – 70’s that used plastic “studs” to connect buttons to shirts,etc.It was advertised on TV…
I forget its name…
TheThingIs over 3 years ago
I wonder if the strip acknowledged YouTube or Google, could they still swing this kind of humor. That’s one thing Nancy’s author, Olivia, does solidly. Seeing Nancy attend school virtually didn’t limit her characteristics. Frazz does a decent job too.
Brdshtt Premium Member over 3 years ago
Remember: He who takes part in a fifth on the fourth may not come forth on the fifth.
Orcatime over 3 years ago
Try YouTube
David Huie Green LoveJoyAndPeace over 3 years ago
The reason everybody needs a stapler.
(and a glue gun)
WaitingMan over 3 years ago
When I sew on a button, the over/under number for puncture wounds is 2 1/2.
mail over 3 years ago
What does it matter on which hand a wedding ring is? (I am not American)
Jabroniville Premium Member over 3 years ago
DARN! I finally remembered to check GoComics again, but I’d forgotten about my comments in the strip from 3 days ago and a bunch of people had replied! And when I check in today, Bets isn’t in the strip so nothing more can really be said.
At least it’s good to see Toni & TJ again! Though Toni kind of loses a lot of her “edge” in these domestic strips, to the point where I almost forget what her character was originally like. Never mind the hidden depths we had for TJ like 10+ years ago that were never followed up on. He’d be a fun character to revisit in depth, actually- he’s been kind of a forgotten one for ages now.
PammWhittaker over 3 years ago
Oh for cripes sake! I learned how to sew buttons on when I was five! How hard is it?
Though I have to admit, that was kind of clever of TJ, though slamming it down like that could have broken the button
Aladar30 Premium Member over 3 years ago
So sad when two adults have no idea of how to do basic reparations. Fortunately they have TJ in their lives♡.
Ignatz Premium Member over 3 years ago
I know how to sew a button, but it’s the limit of my sewing skills. If you need your pants hemmed, iron on a patch.
Ellis97 over 3 years ago
That’s one way to do it.
TORAD_07 over 3 years ago
Funny…. I have a button that needs sweing on m’self. I think I have one of those “Buttoneer” machines that may do it. I just have to find it.
Have a safe 4th everybody!
[Traveler] Premium Member over 3 years ago
Anyone with common sense can figure it out. Unfortunately, common sense is not that common anymore.
jfarr41 over 3 years ago
Has anyone ever actually done that? I would assume it would just shatter the button or the staple wouldn’t be big enough to reach all the way through/around it and the fabric.
Fabric tape is a thing. There’s a kind that’s heat activated with an iron and a kind you just press together like double-sided tape. You can easily fix a hem with it. I wouldn’t necessarily expect Brad or Toni to know that, but I would think they could look at a sewn-on button long enough to figure out how to reattach one that’s come off. (Having a needle and thread is another story, though…)
EasyEight over 3 years ago
Spared the two twenty-year-old women channelling Seinfeld this week.
phoenix over 3 years ago
I’m not sure what’s so difficult about sewing on a button. Thread a needle, up through one hole and down through another. Rinse and repeat several times. Tie it off. Sorted.
Mr. Organization over 3 years ago
I’m thinking that would probably snap a plastic button.
Glen.A.Zerbi over 3 years ago
Should have gotten with your sister, Brad. She’d take you right to Gunther…
preacherman Premium Member over 3 years ago
Whereas I do know how to sew on a button in the traditional method, I once connected a large button on a jacket using a small cable tie. It works, perfectly, and is much stronger than using thread. Also, for reconnecting the button to one’s jeans, there are snap on buttons that work very well.
i_am_the_jam over 3 years ago
I learned when I was maybe 7 or 8, from watching my mom.
Enoi over 3 years ago
I’m sure there’s a YouTube video on how to sew a button.
jrankin1959 over 3 years ago
I hope the staple prongs are curved in on the other side, or it’s going to get somewhat unpleasant…
tsk5565 over 3 years ago
Thread needle. In from the back of the fabric, out through the hole in the button, back in through another hole. Repeat.
Johnnyrico over 3 years ago
Someone please slap TJ upside his flat-top head..
jr1234 over 3 years ago
You’d think Brad’s mom did her parental duty and teach her children to sew on a button and other basic necessities.
atomicdog over 3 years ago
Actually, that’s just a homemade version of one of the these:
https://www.amazon.com/Quick-Fix-Replacement-Fasteners-Buttons-01933/dp/B08JVHQC7W/ref=asc_df_B08JVHQC7W/?tag=hyprod-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=492224431343&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=5158171646953204635&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=m&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9010954&hvtargid=pla-1187356784323&psc=1
mrsdonaldson over 3 years ago
That is so sad…
KEA over 3 years ago
This is why I thought boys should take at least one course in Home Economics (or whatever they’re calling these days – it changed 5 times while I was teaching, but i digress) and girls should take at least one course in Shop. (ditto)
Cincoflex over 3 years ago
Brad: Youtube can be your friend here.
locake over 3 years ago
I’ve never seen a button thin enough to be stapled on.
notinksanymore over 3 years ago
I was never taught how to sew on a button, either, but I’ve done it tons of times. It’s not hard. Needle, thread, poke it through the fabric and through the button holes until everything stays put. Throw in a few knots to make sure it stays, and PRESTO, the button is sewed on. Granted, it may not look the best, but surely people have something better to do than scrutinize my buttons.
smsrt over 3 years ago
Ahh… millennials! What a braintrust for our beloved future.
davidlwashburn over 3 years ago
It’s not hard to figure out. I was sewing buttons back on by the time I was 8. I learned by watching my mother do it and looking at the stitches on the other buttons to get the order.
Joe1962 over 3 years ago
Happy 4th of July
MuddyUSA Premium Member over 3 years ago
Holy Crap!
alexius23 over 3 years ago
It’s lost art
eladee AKA Wally over 3 years ago
TJ to the rescue. Sort of. Everyone should learn how to sew on a button. Or do a simple repair.
DanielDrummond over 3 years ago
So … no fireworks this Fourth?
Barnabus Blackoak over 3 years ago
that would NOT work. you might crack the button in two as well..
raybarb44 over 3 years ago
Long ways to go before either will ever be an EMT or Paramedic…..
Jaymi Cee Premium Member over 3 years ago
And that, children, is why YouTube was invented.
shamest Premium Member over 3 years ago
really a stapler. Does that work even.
me_the_polish_gull over 3 years ago
Yeah, I usually do the same. Also, Happy 4th!
Dgwphotos over 3 years ago
Uh, Toni, google and youtube…
Caldonia over 3 years ago
And a tiny Gunther-esque voice was heard to whine “but I’m right heeeere….”
Ukko wilko over 3 years ago
My wife takes care of the complicated stuff. Buttons I sew on, for both of us.
ArseGrammatica over 3 years ago
I am sure there are plenty of videos on internet.
Decepticomic over 3 years ago
Next, he’ll teach you how to tie a tie. Where’s the glue gun?
Ray Helvy Premium Member over 3 years ago
Good enough to qualify as another “Redneck” fix, like you see on the Internet.
Train027 over 3 years ago
Why do you hate to ask her? If she loves you she’ll sow it.
YorkGirl Premium Member over 3 years ago
If I tried that, either the button or stapler would break.Guess sewing, mending, darning and patching have gone the way of cursive writing. Now they sell pants with holes and rips. Such a disposable society. A shame.
kenhense over 3 years ago
Brad should get Luann to show Shannon how to sew on buttons. Brad & Toni could give Shannon $1 per button.
Scoutmaster77 over 3 years ago
There’s probably a You Tube video for that, assuming you need it.
jnacombs over 3 years ago
I am surprised the button didn’t fracture from the force of the stapler.
JPuzzleWhiz over 3 years ago
“Staples — That Was Easy!”
“Always Button In!”
“CHONK-Full Of Ideas”
“As Ye Sew, So Shall Ye Rip”
“Let’s Duct Outta Here!”
BlueKnight1966 over 3 years ago
It’s pretty sad when an able adult can’t do something so simple.
asrialfeeple over 3 years ago
If you make sure you don’t staple the ends together,nor ruin the button, it’s quite a life hack.
desperado10mm over 3 years ago
Sorry everyone but staple guns do not work for attaching buttons.
STACEY MARSHALL Premium Member over 3 years ago
And we have a hammer if you get tired of brushing your teeth!
Serenade over 3 years ago
They can’t sew buttons. I wonder what Gunther would think.
Night-Gaunt49[Bozo is Boffo] over 3 years ago
Do what Wm Conrad did on Wild Wild West is to wear dark underwear.
Bill The Nuke over 3 years ago
A friend ripped her scrubs and I was surprised that she didn’t know how to sew a simple repair. She thought I was being sexist but I’m a guy and was taught how to do that by my mother and thought that most people of our age group knew it.
syzygy47 over 3 years ago
I’ve dealt with the wear hole in a pocket with a patch of cloth and glue. Sometime I’ll go the youtube video to see a ‘right way’
bakana over 3 years ago
Where did they get a stapler sized to fit shirt Buttons?
And, how many different size staplers do I need to buy since Buttons come in so many varieties & sizes?
Sisyphos over 3 years ago
TJ smash button!
TJ one smug dummy.
Go away, TJ….
comic reader 22 over 3 years ago
Just cut the button off the other sleeve and wear them rolled up.
Willow Mt Lyon over 3 years ago
Unbelievable! I was seeing buttons back on my clothes when I was six! LOL!
Laurie Stoker Premium Member over 3 years ago
That only works if the button holes are exactly the right size.
6foot6 over 3 years ago
wasn’t brad in the boy scouts or something? I seem to remember back in the day he was part of them. I know they had a sewing merit badge
DarkHorseSki over 3 years ago
I will say that having one of those button specific types of staplers work great. I love mine. I do usually add some needle work to hold the buttons on AFTER stapling because those plastic staples make it much easier to do.
Scott S over 3 years ago
Get a Buttoneer.
Ceeg22 Premium Member over 3 years ago
Cause it’s so complicated to sew a button. What, you don’t have Youtube?