And preferably one of your mother’s cats; keep it all in the family, truly some of us are beginning to look like a cat especially around dinner time. That 24 hour diner is always open .. morning time; mourn for the sake of your cats’ food tab ; remember a cat, stuffed full of Fancy Feast (only the best will do food) while dozing those sweet dreams allows the human to doze as well.
“You can fool all the people some of the time and some of the people all the time — but…you…can’t… fool… MOM." (Captain Penny, 50’s local kid show host.)
Could be one of several things with that cat. Muriel and Cap’n Eddie swap days caring for the same cat. They each have the same breed. Or the cat travels the time lines even more than Cap’n Eddie has any idea. Scary.
We wish everyone a very happy new year. May it be all you with it to be. And remember, resolutions are not limited to diet, exercise, and denial. Start out looking for the positives and grabbing on. Next, try to find ways to handle or discard the negatives. Takes a lot of effort, but it an be done. Prayers for all.
Ummm… Not all moms are the same. Those who never say this should be listened to. Those who want it tattooed on their kids forehead (but settle for saying it three hundred times a day) need therapy.
I always left my cat in charge of the children when I was away. I told the kids they needed to what ever the cat was doing. If the cat was sleeping it was nap time.
I am trying that same strategy with me while working from home. For some reason I am not getting a lot of work done.
Sometimes wisdom from your parents surfaces unexpectedly from the subconscious. Whenever I am on the road and buy a small bottle of water at a filling station, I clearly hear my Father’s voice:
Mother Baker says I should spend less time on GoComics and more time on my next book, but I told her people depend on my sage observations and uncanny witticisms.
Mom’s been gone since 1987, I still miss her and our phone calls. Not sure how she’d feel about this past year, but given she grew up in a small Midwest town during the Great Depression and WWII, she’d do her part to keep the pandemic at bay by following the science of wearing a mask, practicing social distancing and getting vaccinated when it was safe to do so. For her, it would be the patriotic thing to do.
It’s day 2, 2021, and I have read all the above. I sympathize with the neglected and wish their family relations had been more satisfying in some way. I was lucky my folks cared enough to watch over me all their lives. While they directed my early years, they did not try to control or override my choices after I reached legal age – 21 in those days. In later years, distance meant fewer visits and less contact with us and their grandchildren, but they never ‘lost’ us as a family. I treasure those years which ended in 1994 with mother’s passing. I regret more people have not the same kinds of memories.
Thing is, if the smallest cohesive unit in society, the family, cannot hold together for whatever reason, what hope has the largest?
I Mad Am I over 3 years ago
“Call her at least once a week.”
in.amongst over 3 years ago
Errr…. The mother of all wisdoms?!?
Concretionist over 3 years ago
Mine is “Yes dear!”
Bilan over 3 years ago
Listen to your mother . . . and get a cat.
Richard S Russell Premium Member over 3 years ago
Most convincing explanation I ever heard about anything: “Because I’m the mom, that’s why!”
RAGs over 3 years ago
She only wants you to call her once, and not hang up.
jessie d. over 3 years ago
And preferably one of your mother’s cats; keep it all in the family, truly some of us are beginning to look like a cat especially around dinner time. That 24 hour diner is always open .. morning time; mourn for the sake of your cats’ food tab ; remember a cat, stuffed full of Fancy Feast (only the best will do food) while dozing those sweet dreams allows the human to doze as well.
mr_sherman Premium Member over 3 years ago
Why is it called "convent"ional wisdom?
Because Mother is superior.
Enter.Name.Here over 3 years ago
“…and remember the “Golden Rule” that mom is always right,even when wrong.
gammaguy over 3 years ago
I thought all conventions were cancelled because of the pandemic.
mattro65 over 3 years ago
I very much wish I could still listen to my mother. The values she instilled in me saved me more than once.
admiree2 over 3 years ago
I didn’t know Mike Pence could climb a mountain.
Mother says…
RohanDemon over 3 years ago
For me that will be a really Loooooong distance call.
Sanspareil over 3 years ago
Does her cat seem familiar?
dot-the-I over 3 years ago
“You can fool all the people some of the time and some of the people all the time — but…you…can’t… fool… MOM." (Captain Penny, 50’s local kid show host.)
franki_g over 3 years ago
She’s feelin’ ♪guru-vy♪
sappha58 over 3 years ago
I no longer hate my egg donor, but she’ll never be my mother again.
sandpiper over 3 years ago
Could be one of several things with that cat. Muriel and Cap’n Eddie swap days caring for the same cat. They each have the same breed. Or the cat travels the time lines even more than Cap’n Eddie has any idea. Scary.
sandpiper over 3 years ago
We wish everyone a very happy new year. May it be all you with it to be. And remember, resolutions are not limited to diet, exercise, and denial. Start out looking for the positives and grabbing on. Next, try to find ways to handle or discard the negatives. Takes a lot of effort, but it an be done. Prayers for all.
Lawrence.S over 3 years ago
Ummm… Not all moms are the same. Those who never say this should be listened to. Those who want it tattooed on their kids forehead (but settle for saying it three hundred times a day) need therapy.
monya_43 over 3 years ago
How did Paulie get there and where is Captain Eddie? Happy New Year everyone.
pathamil over 3 years ago
…and don’t run with scissors!
WGillete over 3 years ago
“Call her every day. Find a nice girl. And for heaven’s sake, get a better job. You call mountain climbing a career?
rickseg over 3 years ago
Here’s a great Nichols and May skit of a mother calling here rocket scientist son.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lKL1tNv__kU
Happy New Year everyone!
ChristineMurphy over 3 years ago
Always good advice.
FassEddie over 3 years ago
Oh no. My Mom always had lousy advice.
john over 3 years ago
Some peoples’ advice consistently serves themselves far better than it does anyone else.
vaughnrl2003 Premium Member over 3 years ago
This wisdom is null and void once you get married. Listen to your father on that one.
tygrkhat40 over 3 years ago
Arthur Dent: It’s times like this I wish I’d listened to my mother.
Ford Prefect: Why, what did she say?
Arthur: I don’t know, I wasn’t listening!
—Douglas Adams, “The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy”
Louis in Joliet over 3 years ago
I always left my cat in charge of the children when I was away. I told the kids they needed to what ever the cat was doing. If the cat was sleeping it was nap time.
I am trying that same strategy with me while working from home. For some reason I am not getting a lot of work done.
ChessPirate over 3 years ago
One of the many, many, many, many funny bits in “It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World”:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V6b6nbeQCPA
marilynnbyerly over 3 years ago
It depends on the mother and the topic. My mom had excellent advice except for physics. She didn’t know spit about physics.
wndflower1 over 3 years ago
sadly- daddy unknown, mama in rehab——call your nana
willie_mctell over 3 years ago
The cat is grooming itself and ignoring the blathering human. Not that I’ve ever taken the unsolicited advice that cats offer.
mistercatworks over 3 years ago
Sometimes wisdom from your parents surfaces unexpectedly from the subconscious. Whenever I am on the road and buy a small bottle of water at a filling station, I clearly hear my Father’s voice:
“You paid a dollar for WHAT?”
DCBakerEsq over 3 years ago
Mother Baker says I should spend less time on GoComics and more time on my next book, but I told her people depend on my sage observations and uncanny witticisms.
christelisbetty over 3 years ago
I’m not sure how many months it took me to finally stop reaching for the phone, to check in on Mom, after she had passed.
Ka`ōnōhi`ula`okahōkūmiomio`ehiku Premium Member over 3 years ago
Oh yeah… if I had listened to my mother…
Bicycle Dude over 3 years ago
Mom’s been gone since 1987, I still miss her and our phone calls. Not sure how she’d feel about this past year, but given she grew up in a small Midwest town during the Great Depression and WWII, she’d do her part to keep the pandemic at bay by following the science of wearing a mask, practicing social distancing and getting vaccinated when it was safe to do so. For her, it would be the patriotic thing to do.
locake over 3 years ago
The one thing I tell my daughter all the time is Start Saving Money. But she ignores me and spends every cent she earns.
MCProfessor over 3 years ago
Needs more cats.
Buoy over 3 years ago
My Mom is always right because I love her dearly, but I don’t always listen to what she says.
paperphrique over 3 years ago
Especially if she tells you to put on the damn mask.
bakana over 3 years ago
Yes, Mother.
keenanthelibrarian over 3 years ago
Otherwise, no serenity for you!!
scmods2005 over 3 years ago
I feel like this would’ve been better as a Mother’s Day comic.
sandpiper over 3 years ago
It’s day 2, 2021, and I have read all the above. I sympathize with the neglected and wish their family relations had been more satisfying in some way. I was lucky my folks cared enough to watch over me all their lives. While they directed my early years, they did not try to control or override my choices after I reached legal age – 21 in those days. In later years, distance meant fewer visits and less contact with us and their grandchildren, but they never ‘lost’ us as a family. I treasure those years which ended in 1994 with mother’s passing. I regret more people have not the same kinds of memories.
Thing is, if the smallest cohesive unit in society, the family, cannot hold together for whatever reason, what hope has the largest?