Nancy Classics by Ernie Bushmiller for December 20, 2024

An interesting Bushmiller “riff” on the early language models of children.

For Peewee, his language model is very small, but at least he can read some phonetic structures, and then take some of them literally.

Nancy’s reaction is pure shock, representing her lack of understanding how Peewee’s mind is working.

Ah the good ol days before emergency phone numbers

Is that kid supposed to be mentally deficient?

The more I think about it, the more I like this without the second panel. Houses burning down while nobody cares, children smashing bottles, just another day in Nancy’s hood.

Where’s the little hammer you break it with?

Takes things too literally.

Sometime in the last couple-three years I snapped an “In Case of Emergency Break Glass” sign and some glassware visible through an adjacent window at Epcot.

Poor kid missing the point. Don’t look for glass when it is right in front of you.