This reminds me a bit of a scene in the British comedy Outnumbered. Somebody says to the little girl “When you grow up, you can be anything you want to be” and the little girl replies “How about a triangle?”
You know, this really is absolutely adorable. It’s not something we see very often in media—-a mom and her daughter doing this kind of thing together. It’s not formal instruction, exactly, but nor is it pure recreation. It’s the kind of loose, casual “apprenticing,” for lack of a better way of putting it, that could only transpire at home between a parent and child who genuinely like one another.
It’s a just a sweet little depiction of ordinary family life that’s refreshingly quiet and genuine.
Averagemoe about 8 years ago
Belgium, the world’s funniest country to namedrop.
Templo S.U.D. about 8 years ago
looks like Marigold ain’t impressed
Sugar Bombs 95 about 8 years ago
And it looks like they reran a strip again. I have this one in one of the books.
doctor075 about 8 years ago
It worked in the Doctor Who mini episode "Time-Crash!:)
Night-Gaunt49[Bozo is Boffo] about 8 years ago
Belgium just might split along cultural lines, Walloon vs Flemish basically Germanic vs French.
Wilde Bill about 8 years ago
You win the award the most gratuitous use of the word “Belgium” in a comic strip.
bigcatbusiness about 8 years ago
Just wait until Phoebe is done. I believe Marigold has a few things to say to her.
Monster Hesh about 8 years ago
Belgium? I hardly knew ’em! …OWWW! NOT THE GROIN!!
yaPete about 8 years ago
Rerun again :-)
Alexander Batey about 8 years ago
Huge comic industry there.
Happy, happy, happy!!! Premium Member about 8 years ago
Funny then, funny now.
DDrazen about 8 years ago
Homage to Rene Magritte? After all, drawing where the unicorn isn’t sounds like one of his compositions.
Yalashanda about 8 years ago
What language in this strip! Belgium should only be used in serious plays.
Hello.hello about 8 years ago
mistie710 about 8 years ago
Belgium, man. BELGIUM!
What a ghent…
cwizard71 about 8 years ago
Language, Emily! Don’t you know how rude that word is?
MargotJo about 8 years ago
Belgium is the Best! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FtbFvPt_ylc
Claire Jordan about 8 years ago
This reminds me a bit of a scene in the British comedy Outnumbered. Somebody says to the little girl “When you grow up, you can be anything you want to be” and the little girl replies “How about a triangle?”
RalphZIggy about 8 years ago
Belguim where they invented Freedom Fries
JLG Premium Member almost 7 years ago
You know, this really is absolutely adorable. It’s not something we see very often in media—-a mom and her daughter doing this kind of thing together. It’s not formal instruction, exactly, but nor is it pure recreation. It’s the kind of loose, casual “apprenticing,” for lack of a better way of putting it, that could only transpire at home between a parent and child who genuinely like one another.
It’s a just a sweet little depiction of ordinary family life that’s refreshingly quiet and genuine.
Kark_The_Red_Canadian_Dragon 6 months ago
Marigold: (thinking) Not exactly a chip off the old block… :P