Julie Larson began writing The Dinette Set comic in 1990, then called Suburban Torture, offering a satire on middle class culture. The Dinette Set became syndicated in 1997. When asked where Julie gets all of her ideas, she admits there is only one way to write a daily comic: write about what you know. "I make no bones about who’s really talking in The Dinette Set," says Julie, who is writer, director and cast of The Dinette Set. "If we can’t make fun of ourselves, who will?"
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GymShoe said, 6 months ago
Not even Christmas…. and they are returning stuff…… ! ! !Suggest BURL return that hat as well…….
simpsonfan2 said, 6 months ago
Whatever their friends spent, it was too much.
purple sky
said, 6 months ago
I wouldn’t spend a penny on the Pennys. Feh.
mikie2
said, 6 months ago
@simpsonfan2
I have to agree. Their friends spent ten times what they did. I think they might even try to return things they themselves bought at the dollar store to someplace else for more.
mikie2
said, 6 months ago
@Debbie Jordan
Sh—-t! Now I guess I’ll have to hang those pictures my wife has been buggin’ me about.
capndunzzl said, 6 months ago
…can any two be more trailor park trash?!
Citizen GROG!
said, 6 months ago
I wouldn’t waste time or money shopping for the Pennys.
finale said, 6 months ago
I’m now in the post apocolyptic world……..people are suspicious of others……sincerity has gone by the wayside…..people are stingy and selfish……they eat whatever the can make easily……they steal electricity and water from each other…..the tribe elders are given no respect…..some have let their hair grow uncontrollably…others have painted their faces hideously……OH, Wait……I’m in Crustwood living next door to the Pennys…..Gotta go and drain the rest of the Sailor Jerry so I can nod off again and wake up from this nightmare!
Jean said, 6 months ago
I never return gifts,
Lassie1 said, 6 months ago
Look at them! All aglow with joy! The reason for the season? Why, finding out just how much their friends spent on the junk they gave them! This seems to be the best part of the year for the Pennys, the annual taking back of the presents. It simply wouldn’t be Christmas without the ritual refunds-and-exchanges, store credits piling up….but the best part is finding out how much the stuff cost in the first place.
DAZZ
said, 6 months ago
@Debbie Jordan
I left my lovely warm weather in AZ to join my lover here in Chicago area, but he caught a bad cold. Thankfully he’s better now. My house in AZ doesn’t even have any lights up (it might rain) and the nearby houses are all friends who know my schedule. I missed the gift exchange tho’ (except some homemade goodies with some neighbors) because I did not attend the Baronial Christmas archery event where we DO that (with a potluck brunch). I’m cooking Christmas dinner with my dughter at her house and more family and friends will be there. (Avatar is taken in her house last July).
DAZZ
said, 6 months ago
@finale
“OH, Wait……I’m in Crustwood!”
I was thinking that before you got there ;-) I’m glad none of us actually LIVES there. I’m going to check in again at the Tiki before I go back upstairs. I just put a blanket over my lover on the couch and his daughter and family just left to go visit other friends (they are visiting from Switzerland).
2old2readcomics
said, 6 months ago
I’’m back, We had the grandkids here for 3 days, I now know my couch can double as a trampolene! If you shop carefully, nothing will have to be returned. The rule at our house is you do not tell the person giving you a present you do not like it. And if you return it, you do so secretly. That way no one’s feeling are hurt. This rule was started one year when our (then) 15 yr old son opened every present and rejected it then and there.I would have liked to return him! The Penny’s are so crass, no words can describe them!