Daddy's Home by Tony Rubino and Gary Markstein for January 25, 2016

Oh, NOW the boy is acting responsible?

Templo… I don’t know what kind of parents you had… but demanding that your father stop whatever he’s doing and show up across town…. in 20 minutes, no less….to rectify your mistake, without even a please, much less an apology or a promise of anything in return…..

That’s neither responsible nor mature…and my father would have …well, let’s just say I wouldn’t have dared to speak to him that way!

That isn’t acting responsible, that is thinking you are the center of the universe and that your parents have nothing better to do than cater to your every demand.

Meanwhile….Tony wants to know…..“Who are you?” ….

Tony…. what??You asked me that just last Wednesday!I bet you’re just pretending you can’t remember what I said because x_Tech went and got your question the last couple of days, and I didn’t.

And I didn’t post your Avant Gauche last night….but Tony…. I just couldn’t….cos it was about…. well…you know…. dog poop!

Ok, OK…. I’ll post today’s….maybe then you’ll remember who i am.

I was thinking that dad doesn’t believe the boy actually did a history paper.

Also… in my day we didn’t have your fancy cartoon websites where needy creators posted daily questions. We stuffed our cartoons into bottles each day and cast them into the river of syndication hoping someone saw it 6 weeks from now AND WE LIKED IT!

Me!

Thanks for the ear worm….. Now I have to binge watch CSI to get rid of it…..

This is why all the kids do their homework on Google Docs these days. No forgetting it in your room, no printing it off the computer. As a parent, it’s magnificent.

I went to a boarding school – not much chance of leaving my homework anyplace but in my desk.

My father could whip his belt off faster than you could blink. I don’t remember him ever actually hitting me with it, but it was implied. This kid gets away with waaay too many snarky comments.

As for the QOTD….Who are you?I am a wonderful, happy, beautiful woman. my Therapist says so!

To answer the QOTD: I am a man who is learning to be a healthy, complete person.

Oh, Tony, I’m so relieved.Thanks for putting my mind at rest!

About those old cartoons…how did you get the rocks into bottles?I mean, after you scratched your cartoons onto them, with the salvaged lumps of burnt wood from the last night’s cooking fire?

Did you have to learn to draw on tiny rocks…. or carry around huge bottles…. and like it?

Shirl S, and Rose… yup.

Who am I? I am a focused and driven pers……..squirrel!