Your Honor, Mrs. Otterloop definitely did say, and little Alice heard, “ICK”; she then tried to cover it up by exclaiming a subsequent half-hearted “yum”, but let the record show, she did initially say “ICK”.
A rare mis-step by Mom, here, probably triggered by some long repressed childhood memory of the last time she was tricked into taking icky medicine by HER mother.
What was the conversation she and her mom had? Is Madeline now thinking how much she sounds like her mother?
Some traditions take unlikely forms, but are none the less passed on from generation to generation.
jmolay161 over 1 year ago
Ick for sick, of course, or maybe a sick flavor. Or else Mom is doing Alice a slick favor!
mccollunsky over 1 year ago
If it’s pink it has to be good tasting, right?
gbars70 over 1 year ago
Your Honor, Mrs. Otterloop definitely did say, and little Alice heard, “ICK”; she then tried to cover it up by exclaiming a subsequent half-hearted “yum”, but let the record show, she did initially say “ICK”.
GROG Premium Member over 1 year ago
I don’t recall pink medicine ever tasting good.
JudasPeckerwood over 1 year ago
She said “BOO-urns!”
DaveG1960 over 1 year ago
ick-static…
bookworm0812 over 1 year ago
Maybe she just doesn’t like cotton candy.
rhpii over 1 year ago
Brought to mind a Monty Python & the Holy Grail scene. The Knights Who Formerly Said Nee. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RZvsGdJP3ng
MS72 over 1 year ago
anamchara42 over 1 year ago
No matter how many times I read it, I never tire of this story arc.
diskus Premium Member over 1 year ago
It can be really bad
MichiganMitten over 1 year ago
The emphasis underlines in the last panel are great!
johndifool over 1 year ago
I thought only tropical fishes caught the dreaded Ick.
ChessPirate over 1 year ago
Puts the “ick” in “Sick”…
WCraft Premium Member over 1 year ago
Maybe it was “lick” with the “l” missing…
Frank Burns Eats Worms over 1 year ago
The ‘yum’ is too late, as Alice sticks with the ‘ick’.
stamps over 1 year ago
Tell her ICK stands for “It’s Candy, Kid.”
6turtle9 over 1 year ago
A rare mis-step by Mom, here, probably triggered by some long repressed childhood memory of the last time she was tricked into taking icky medicine by HER mother.
What was the conversation she and her mom had? Is Madeline now thinking how much she sounds like her mother?
Some traditions take unlikely forms, but are none the less passed on from generation to generation.
norphos over 1 year ago
Parental faux pas.
Sisyphos over 1 year ago
Ooooh, pink! Is it Pepto Bismol (a.k.a. bismuth subsalicylate)? As I recall, that had a kind of chalky but not altogether unpleasant taste.
Take you medicine like a Big Girl, Alice!
(Madeline? Watch your impetuous tongue….)