The Buckets by Greg Cravens for October 13, 2014

Ah Yes, family must obey the rules of engagement. Friends – not so much.

Here the parent is obviously in denial of the fact that a disagreement occurred between the two siblings; she was actually talking to herself instead of counting to 10.

Blood is thicker than water. You know what that means? It means cleaning your house after a family battle is gonna take more than water, that’s what THAT means.

When you have more than two, they gang up on each other. I have 5 children at home and if 1 is upset with another one, someone else usually chimes in. It’s almost always against the youngest or the middle child.

My 2 sons fought almost constantly anywhere anyplace. Sad that they never made up even now as adults.

I may have argued with my older siblings but it never came to blows; I just ignored them and never stopped.

Love the drawings of Eddie in the first two panels. When you’re the little guy, all’s fair.

I was lucky in some ways. Youngest of 3 by margins of 9 and 13 years. So there wasn’t much in the way of physical rivalry between us, plus the eldest was a girl so she was just in a totally different place than I was. My brother and I have always been close, maybe because I thought he was the coolest thing ever when I was little.

Agreed Sarah.

My brother and I argued and silly kid stuff, but, like a lot of people I know, my brother is sort of my hero. He’s done a lot wit h his life that I’d like to have done with mine. Hopefully, there’s some corner of his mind where he thinks, “My brother’s a cartoonist. That’s pretty good.”

@Greg CravensJust to tease you he was probably thinking ‘My brother a cartoonist? Is he any good? Is he using his real name? I will never show my face again.’

My sister and I use to fight all the time when we were younger! Get along great now that we don’t live under the same roof!

It’s amazing that fratricide isn’t more common. A friend of mine used to get black eyes and big cuts on this face from fights with his brother.