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   howtheduck said, about 1 month ago

   Did Elly actually give in to the “They said so on T.V.” argument? Who is this woman, and what did she do with the real Elly Patterson?

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   mroberts88 said, about 1 month ago

   Wow, and we wonder whats going on with kids now. Granted i’m only 21, but my mom would never have rolled over so easy. Which brings up the question, why DID Elly roll over so easily?

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   Mouko said, about 1 month ago

   I’m sure she’s being sarcastic, not actually accepting it.

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   Wildmustang1262 said, about 1 month ago

   Sugar candies can harm the teeth (cavity/decay). So use sugarless or whatever for candies to eat and /or chew.

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   BlitzMcD said, about 1 month ago

   Why did Elly roll over so easily? Because in this day and age the tyranny of political correctness has discouraged common sense.

   And in the process, Michael’s generation is experiencing an obesity epidemic from eating that junk and wasting their lives vegging on the couch playing computer games.

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   pschearer said, about 1 month ago

   I seem to recall that this strip was once funny. Wow, how long ago was that? A few more like this and I’ll be dropping it (which the Phila. Enquirer did a while ago).

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   CarolinaGirls said, about 1 month ago

   And really, how much junk can that “whole dollar” buy anyway?? Not enough to argue over. Pick your battles, pick your battles….

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   Susan001 said, about 1 month ago

   CarolinaGirls, a “whole dollar” could buy a lot more when this strip was new than it can now.
   And it’s also a CANADIAN dollar, which might yet have more purchasing power than the American dollar.

   BTW, Michael looks pretty wired in this strip. Too much sugar, right?

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   Larry said, about 1 month ago

   depends when this was originally printed? 15 years ago it would buy a lot. now just one candy bar/

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    Macushlalondra said, about 1 month ago

    The so-called “gospel” according to TV is the advertizers who are out to make money and don’t give a flip about the kid’s teeth and potential obesity problem. At least his father’s a dentist, that’ll take care of part of the problem.

    As for how much a looney would buy, not much by today’s prices.

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    trekkievoynut said, about 1 month ago

    Where is the REAL Elly?????!!!!!!!
    2words come 2 mind : ductape & rope
    in a closit someplace
    
    :)

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    FishStix said, about 1 month ago

    Aw geez… let the kid enjoy his candy in peace!

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    ninmas said, about 1 month ago

    she only did it because she knows it was the t.v.’s fault not his!

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    masnadies said, about 1 month ago

    I know that feeling. That’s the “Where did that come from?” feeling you get when your child just knocks you over with some comment you aren’t expecting. Usually when you are tired or sick or otherwise not at your best. And the blank stare you give.

    Don’t worry, it’s usually followed by the return of the brain soon thereafter. At worst, you’d bet that next week when Michael gets some cash, he doesn’t get away with this again.

    Problem with kids is they are usually at least as smart as we are, motivated and stubborn. Experience may win in the end, but youth and exuberance gives it a run for its money in the short term.

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    Burgundy2 said, about 1 month ago

    My problem with today’s strip is of a much simpler nature.

    Michael’s eating and chewing gum at the same time. Eww.

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    GrinsToYa said, about 1 month ago

    I hate… SNAP…. stuff in… CRACKLE… my bubble… POP… gum.

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    lightenup said, about 1 month ago

    Well, I believe everything that I read on the Internet…

    @Susan001 – to answer your question yesterday: even though there are frustrations with both, the rewards definitely outweigh any irritations. The day-to-day can be difficult sometimes, but the love and good times make it all worthwhile. I can’t imagine doing without either. Comics (and TV and the Internet) only focus on the frustrating parts because that’s what makes interesting reading (or “funny” jokes). If they only had comics where the parents and kids were perfect than we’d all think they were boring to read every day. Or the entire comic section would be Family Circus. ;-)

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    Joe Allen Doty said, about 1 month ago

    The price of a regular sized candy bar these days depends on where one buys it.

    I remember paying a nickel for a Hershey’s candy bar and now you can only get it at 50 cents each. if it’s on sale and in a 6 pack.

    “Nickel candy bars” sold in the vending machines at the city bus stations now cost a $1.00.

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    EarlWash said, about 1 month ago

    Yup, another one headed toward the moon!

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    dianecliff said, about 1 month ago

    Yesterday it was the god of TV, now it’s “But it was on the internet!”

    Besides…. how many of you didn’t just love a trip to the candy store when you were little? It’s a right of passage! I remember going to the little candy shop down the street from my Nana’s when we were litte. It was so much fun picking out stuff that we only got once in a while. And it was Canadian candy that we all thought was so much better. Coffee Crisps rule!

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    bald 716 said, about 1 month ago

    back in my day a whole dollar would buy a whole passel of candy.

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    AndiJ said, about 1 month ago

    What’s wrong with a little candy now and again? We never had it around the house as a kid, but every now and then dad would bring us with when he got gas for the car and buy us a candy bar. Good times. :-)

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    Susan001 said, about 1 month ago

    lightenup, I just wish that my own upbringing was as joyful as you described.
    In fact, when I watched “family” TV shows and even commercials in the 1950’s, I always wished my mother was like those on the small screen: always smiling and even-tempered. Of course, in retrospect, I realize that it was totally unrealistic, but still… .
    It was mainly because of my mother’s psychosis (and my brother’s three failed marriages) that I made up my mind in college to never marry or have kids.
    To this day, I have no regrets.

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    Burgundy2 said, about 1 month ago

    Susan001 I wish I could say something really witty and profound right here. Sounds like you really came up through the school of hard knocks.

    anyhow, for what it’s worth, we’re here for you!

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    mroberts88 said, about 1 month ago

    I was raised in the country, so I couldnt really go to the candy store, but I remember homemade doughnuts, and other stuff. Good times. Revenlty, my dog, Lucky, passed away. She was hit by a car, and broke her jaw. My mom and stepdad chose to put her down, instead of letting her suffer. I had that dog for 7-6 years, and have nothing but good memories.

26. 

    ComicDetectiveDA said, about 1 month ago

    Panel 3: Uh-oh, Elly- more laundry for you; check out his shirt!

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    OpenWings said, about 1 month ago

    LOL Burgundy2 you’re right, that is SO disgusting! :o)

    Great post lightenup :o)

    Susan001 it’s a shame you let your decisions be so heavily influenced by what happened to members of your family. Just because it happened to them doesn’t mean things would have turned out that way for YOU! In fact, there’s every chance you might have made an awesome wife and mother yourself because you had such great first-hand knowledge about what NOT to do to make a happy family work! Still, you say you’re happy with your lot and are without regret, so nobody can really ask for any more than that. Still seems sad for you though, and despite what you say, it does come through in your comments quite a lot :o|

    Sorry to hear about your dog mroberts88 - I also had a dog that met his end at the front end of a car and he was 7 too; his name wasn’t Lucky like yours though :o)

    LOL ComicDetectiveDA :o)