Baby Blues by Rick Kirkman and Jerry Scott for May 26, 2024

Going to college to find a husband is not a bad strategy.

Good job Hammie! You finally remembered something an adult told you!

how will he meet a wife, he’s not college material? but he’ll avoid student loans

ENJOY (and rejoice) WANDA! at least you (and thousand of women) don´t have to wash them by hand….

Wanda’s smile in panel 3 & 4 are weird.

Even before I retired, I did my own laundry. We taught our kids at a young age how to do their own laundry— though for the dryer we had to wait till they were tall enough to throw clothes in and get them out without a stepping stool. Wife’s rules. For sheets (we all did our own towels) she tends to do them at her own schedule whenever they bother her. But I make our bed after they’re washed, and the kids had to make their own, so folding wasn’t really a thing with sheets.

In the era before disposables, I think my mom washed diapers every day.

“Oh the snark bites, has such teeth dear” (sorry guys)!

Snarkasm….that’s a good one!

They were all your choices.

Go to the laundromat and throw stuff in the machines and separate some stuff. Then throw it all in the driers and sort of fold it when it comes out before I shove it all back into the garbage bags. Takes about hour and a half no matter how many loads. My sister in law seems to being doing laundry on a 24/7/365 basis. The machine seems to never stop when I visit.

Translation: Wanda wants you to do your own laundry, Hammie!

Actually college was where I learned to do my 0wn laundry. One of the more important thngs I learned there…

My youngest daughter once told me I must LOVE cutting grass and washing cars because I did this so much! :-)

Hammie, when you get older you will understand the true, deep felt meaning of the term, Spin Cycle, Spin Cycle, Spin Cycle.

And very cutting like the sharp teeth of a shark.

My wife and I didn’t go to college to find a spouse. Fortunately for me, we found each other and have been married for 47 years.

For better or worse, probably worse, reading this strip reminded me of a recent K.C Chiefs player’s college commencement speech.

Hammie, you are catching on. I also see another meltdown on the horizon over this strip.

…it’s the expression that sells it. Or just makes it truly terrifying. I can’t quite tell.

Household chores, regardless if you work or not, we all got to them unless you can afford a maid. Time to teach Hammie and Zoe a new skill.

That’s one of the things they teach you at mom school.

Wow. You could eat food shown in The Flintstones with those teeth! Like those humongous ribs shown in the end credits.

I’m impressed Hammie picked up on the snarkasm

40 years if my wife was still alive!

I’ve heard it said “If you do a job right, you don’t have to do it over.” This doesn’t seem to apply to laundry, lawn-mowing, or dishwashing.

I don’t know, I find a certain satisfaction in keeping on top of laundry. It’s actually my favorite domestic chore.

Wanda, your kids are a little too short to get their clothes into and out of the washer, but you can still make them do their own gathering, sorting, and folding.

Snarkasm….I like it.

Ok Wanda’s smile in panel 3 and 4 honestly freaked me out

Did I just fall into a 1950s black hole? I did this demographic survey in another cartoon I follow. How old are you and where do you live? I’m a 73 year old female living in San Jose CA

Gotta do mine tomorrow