Broom Hilda by Russell Myers for August 11, 2022

Unconscionable

The word for today is paranoia.

Besides, at your size, why would you want to punch someone, Nerwin?

Nerwin needs to let go of that propeller hat and straighten up his act…Flossie is adorable….love the hair!

The two worst fears in grade school: Everyone is talking about you behind your back and nobody is talking about you at all.

Nerwin, study hard, get an A on your next test and the kids will definitely be talking about you behind you back.

Nerwin, folks will talk about you behind your back for no reason at all except to denigrate you and make themselves feel better. It is said gossip kills 3 people. The one who gossips, the one who hears it and the one who is gossiped about. Lashan Hara.

Is Flossie “the little red-haired girl” that Schulz never drew?!?

First look in the mirror and then swing upward!

No need to gossip about those things. They’re obvious to everyone.

They’re gossiping about Flossie going around with you.

It’s you social media posts, nobody likes a troll.

I’m sorry Nerwin, this is the sad truth.

My autistic daughter is unable to filter sounds. All conversations come through at the same importance, whether it’s the teacher talking or the whispered conversation in the back corner. She know way more than she wants to about school gossip.

Which is the worse fate, Nerwin: they say bad things about you (which may be deserved, however), or they say nothing at all, completely ignoring you?