Stone Soup by Jan Eliot for April 13, 2014

I wonder if it’s the Taco Cart Guy from the “La Cucaracha” comics.

Why does she care? She’s the one who told him about the leaky faucet, which facilitated the need to go the store. If he has to go to the store in the rain 3 times in one day, why shouldn’t he find a bright side?

Sigh… gonna strangle that kid!

There’s no reason she should be mad at him since she’s the one who keeps giving him reasons to go to the hardware store, and infact should be happy that she has a way to get her husband to go to the hardware store without complaints.

No wonder Wally likes going to hardware store an excuse to eat. Joan has a reason to talk with husband.

Joan needs to cut Wally some slack. He’s a hard worker, a great family man and a good husband. Let him indulge himself with simple pleasures once in a while. Joan would expect the same for herself.

Then Uncle Wally will have a discussion with his nephew. Man to man, heart to heart talk about the ‘true’ facts of life(what is and isn’t divulged to wives).

Someone’s Christmas list just got shorter.

Bartj385You’re right. Joan’s reaction would make a lot more since if it were a cute new girl working at the Hardware store. So much so, that I wonder if this was the original version of the joke. I wonder if the editor recommened changing it, as what was probably intended to be a joke about harmless eye candy might come off as a midlife crisis marital affair. So instead it comes off as a dysfunctional marriage where even if one partner willingly contributes whenever asked, the other partner gets sore because he found a way to enjoy the task at hand.

I wonder if this is a “diet” issue. Wally’s of an age where he needs to watch his intake of saturated fats, etc.

Joan cares about his health, that is why she cares about him eating too much junk food.

There used to be a Krispy Kreme on the way to the hardware store and my husband went to the hardware store often. After the KK shut down he didn’t go to the hardware store near as often.

I think she’s just worried about Wally’s midsection. She doesn’t look too upset in the last frame.

By the way, according to the Taco Bell website, “Burrito Supreme” is not only a trademark™, but a registered one (®).

Busted!

My hub Lives at the Big Box do-it-yourself stores…and there isn’t a KK in miles…or any fast-food Mexican stores either… ;)

That nephew is so D.E.A.D. Just see if Wally ever backs HIS play! LOL!