Baby Blues by Rick Kirkman and Jerry Scott for January 17, 2025

Hambot programming has been hacked

I just realized shouldn’t hammie 30 by now

At least it wasn’t cigarettes. My mom sent me to the store for those once, but the clerk wouldn’t sell them to me since I was underage.

Ok, Hambot, go ask your pretty mother to bring me a beer.

Sheesh, you’d think I asked for something illegal.

You’re sucking the air out of the room, Wanda

He didn’t ask Hammie to drink it, just to deliver it.

Hambot underage to handle alcoholic drinks.

I notice his rear hatch has been sealed

now he’s trapped in there forever

Too young to deliver?

Oh yes, horrible parenting. How awful for a kid to get his parent something.

that was the “daddest” thing Darryls ever done

Well, he didn’t ask Hammie to whip up a martini….

“It does not compute”! Wanda factor in action!

That unit is not authorized to handle alcoholic beverages. And now the unit will be rebooted in the corner!

If he’s Buster you must be Beeyatch.

When I was Hammie’s age, my dad had me fetching his beer or wine for him every evening at supper time. I don’t think this messed me up in any way. On the contrary, I think the fact that it was handled so casually made me less inclined to start drinking at a young age. Alcohol was something I could eazily have gotten, probably without anyone noticing, so there was no particular fascination with it. So, I very much disagree with Wanda, here. While not exactly award-worthy, this was a perfectly fine fatherhood moment. If anything, by reinforcing the idea that beer is totally forbidden, Wanda is the one being a bad parent.

Wanda’s been watching too much FUTURAMA

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Think of it as an apprenticeship

Before my dad gave up drinking, when I was still a young kid, he would ask me to fetch him and beer and I would. It was considered normal. There’s nothing wrong with this unless Hammy gives dad an OPEN beer. Then it’d be suspicious.

I worked a steakhouse as a dishwasher before heading off to college. Wasn’t allowed to touch glassware except water glasses.

Are you kidding, my dad would send me to the fridge to get him and my uncles all beers. I would send my kids to get me a beer.

Bad daddy. I did not know he drank.

There is no problem with a kid bringing you a beer. However, don’t share it with them.

My folks would send me and my siblings to get them and their friends a beer all the time. No concern for snitching as the was before ‘poptop’ cans.

The cooling system has been muffled.

I’d gotten my dad a beer a number of times when I was Hammie’s age. What’s the big deal?

I know some people are saying this is an overreaction on Wanda’s part, but I’m actually siding with her here. I understand that some parents would rather their kids not handle alcoholic drinks in any way. It’s not overprotective. It’s just that a kid holding a bottle of beer isn’t a great visual.

I notice his “cooling unit” has been covered! lol

Wanda, what is your problem now. Darryl said go get me a beer, not open the beer and drink it. Hammie, Zoe, and Wren KNOW that Darryl drinks beer so what is your problem?

Funny

The mom override!

Git ’im, Wanda!

Geesh Wanda, what is the problem with the kid engaging in his robot role.

there’s only one beer left – and Wanda’s got dibs

I don’t see what’s wrong with that. Honestly.

At least he didn’t ask Hammie to make a mixed drink……

I had my boys bring me a beer quite often. Nothing wrong with that.

Chill Wanda, chill. He did not ask Hammie to roll him a joint.

Seemed like a good idea to me.

…….. whaaaat? no butts!

Is Hammie’s “Robo” Font" a real thing?

That’s what kids are there for. Make me a sandwich too.

If a kid getting a beer from the household fridge for the parent is “bad” – then there shouldn’t be beer in the house. Geesh, fetching beer has been a German kid’s task for centuries and still is. The comic should be americanized and the kid could fetch their parent a joint.

I have a little bell so my wife knows to bring me my beer. She always takes the cap off for me.

“…. Okay, okay. Vodka it is.”

Would having your child get you a beer be considered “child abuse” nowadays?

My Mom (1923—2013),remembered the (German immigrant)adults sending her to the corner bar to get them beer,when she was a kid.