Your Honor, Mrs. Otterloop definitely did say, and little Alice heard, “ICK”; she then tried to cover it up by exclaiming a subsequent half-hearted “yum”, but let the record show, she did initially say “ICK”.
A rare mis-step by Mom, here, probably triggered by some long repressed childhood memory of the last time she was tricked into taking icky medicine by HER mother.
What was the conversation she and her mom had? Is Madeline now thinking how much she sounds like her mother?
Some traditions take unlikely forms, but are none the less passed on from generation to generation.
jmolay161 about 2 years ago
Ick for sick, of course, or maybe a sick flavor. Or else Mom is doing Alice a slick favor!
mccollunsky about 2 years ago
If it’s pink it has to be good tasting, right?
gbars70 about 2 years ago
Your Honor, Mrs. Otterloop definitely did say, and little Alice heard, “ICK”; she then tried to cover it up by exclaiming a subsequent half-hearted “yum”, but let the record show, she did initially say “ICK”.
GROG Premium Member about 2 years ago
I don’t recall pink medicine ever tasting good.
JudasPeckerwood about 2 years ago
She said “BOO-urns!”
BigDaveGlass about 2 years ago
ick-static…
bookworm0812 about 2 years ago
Maybe she just doesn’t like cotton candy.
rhpii about 2 years ago
Brought to mind a Monty Python & the Holy Grail scene. The Knights Who Formerly Said Nee. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RZvsGdJP3ng
MS72 about 2 years ago
anamchara42 about 2 years ago
No matter how many times I read it, I never tire of this story arc.
diskus Premium Member about 2 years ago
It can be really bad
MichiganMitten about 2 years ago
The emphasis underlines in the last panel are great!
johndifool about 2 years ago
I thought only tropical fishes caught the dreaded Ick.
ChessPirate about 2 years ago
Puts the “ick” in “Sick”…
WCraft Premium Member about 2 years ago
Maybe it was “lick” with the “l” missing…
Frank Burns Eats Worms about 2 years ago
The ‘yum’ is too late, as Alice sticks with the ‘ick’.
stamps about 2 years ago
Tell her ICK stands for “It’s Candy, Kid.”
6turtle9 about 2 years ago
A rare mis-step by Mom, here, probably triggered by some long repressed childhood memory of the last time she was tricked into taking icky medicine by HER mother.
What was the conversation she and her mom had? Is Madeline now thinking how much she sounds like her mother?
Some traditions take unlikely forms, but are none the less passed on from generation to generation.
norphos about 2 years ago
Parental faux pas.
Sisyphos about 2 years ago
Ooooh, pink! Is it Pepto Bismol (a.k.a. bismuth subsalicylate)? As I recall, that had a kind of chalky but not altogether unpleasant taste.
Take you medicine like a Big Girl, Alice!
(Madeline? Watch your impetuous tongue….)