Stone Soup by Jan Eliot for March 21, 2011

What’s in her left hand in the first two panels?

Barrack Obama?

@kreole I think it’s a black plate (matching her cup) with either a cookie or a doughnut on it, or maybe a bagle. Something foodish anyway.

Good listening to you children, Val.

colt9033 I agree, that is what I was wondering mom should have checked to see what her daughter wanted.

I thought when dignitaries visited here or in foreign countries for political diplomacy and make VIP’s feel important menu is what they checked for likes, dislikes, and more important food allergies.

Oh that is so my world! Did that this weekend, except I got my kid as far as the car- where she promptly decorated my backseat!

Poor you, Kristen! I’m with Val. Sometimes we’re in such a hurry and we have a list in our heads of what needs to be done and how soon that we don’t have time for anything new.

And really, there are so many times that kids want to stop and talk about inane things when they should be doing something else that I don’t blame her for not checking on Holly. Holly doesn’t have the best reputation for doing or saying the right thing.

tcayer and others: thank you SO much for your inappropriate political comments.

but if Holly is like most 15 yr olds, yelling Mom, usually means a fashion or hair crisis, or money needed crisis. Believe me, I have that same 15 yr old in my house right now.

Saskfan - Since “Barrack” was listed for the sound effect, I think in this case, the political comments were entirely appropriate.

My best “unplanned kid crisis” was dropping the daughter off at school and getting the phone call that she had broken her arm before I even made it the rest of the way to work. The day was obviously shot.

Some people are NOT in a good mood this morning. Mixing politics (with nasty comments too) is not the way to read a comic strip.. A comic strip is to be enjoyed. Know what I mean? And have a nice week too.

My worst kid surprise was getting a call from the school nurse that my son had cut his thumb on glass on the playground and she could not stop the bleeding so I had to take him to hospital. I dealt with it MY WAY- took him home and cleaned him up and figured blood loss had done a good job on the wound site, so fixed it up with butterfly bandages (a great boon to moms) and sent him back to school while I returned to work. BTW, he was the 3rd of my 3 boys, so I was used to stuff by then;-) OH- and it healed beautifully with no scar (and no wasted time in an emergency room.

Um, people - our president spells his first name with ONE R. Clearly, Holly is asking to go to the barracks at the local army post….

:^)