Stone Soup by Jan Eliot for December 12, 2014

New Year’s Eve is also a great time to ask someone to marry you! Although, I have to admit I always remember a certain family member’s wedding anniversary because they did get married on New Year’s Eve! However, I don’t see this scenario being played out for Val and Phil… ;)

As I recall, he stopped her for some minor traffic violation.

well, you ask him then!

Enough with “he asks her”. Is this the 18th century?

More like high ON spirits!!

Dude! Spend a week on Phil’s side of this!

He stopoed her for speeding a couple of time. He follow her home and asked shyly for a date. Showed up without his uniform and he had to introduce himself as Bill. The name changed to Phil in the following storylines. The rest, as Treckman said, is comic history.

Awwwwwwwwwwwww!

That’s sooo cool.

Hee hee hee!

It’s been 16 years??? Even in the slow time warp of comics, that’s a long time. Get married you two! Make it official!

:-D That’s a very large grin. Thanks, I needed that this morning. :-D

His parents came to see my parents while the two of us took a walk. Several weeks later at a family gathering, he presented me with a ring without an actual proposal. A week later my brother wanted to take pictures and he knelt down and I got my proposal. We were married for almost 55 years.

Why is everyone so keen for her to commit to cooking, cleaning and taking care of his every need for the rest of her days??

Time for a new storyline.

Geez – Joan and Rena are as naggy as the commenters. I hope I’d tell them to MTOB.

Great face in panel 2.

@Doctor ToonNice story. It also reminds me of a joke I heard. To paraphrase …

A guy gets placed in a prison cell with an inmate who snores a lot. The warden asks if that’s OK, and the guy says it’s fine.

The next morning, the warden asks the guy how he slept. The guy says, “Fine, and no snoring problems. I kissed my cellmate and said ‘Good night, precious,’ and he stayed awake all night watching me.”