Stone Soup by Jan Eliot

Stone Soup

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  1. watmiwori

    watmiwori said, 11 months ago

    Open mouth – insert foot….

  2. SoItBegins~

    SoItBegins~ said, 11 months ago

    “Ovine”.

  3. trekman58

    trekman58 said, 11 months ago

    Poor Val…

  4. Jenn

    Jenn said, 11 months ago

    Nah, the story is all in the panels. Wally looked like he was being too casual—-like he was just passing the time. (Leaning on the fence is a ‘visit’) And a single, working mom is going to be thinking first and foremost how overwhelmed she is…so his comment WOULD have sounded to her like a criticism. The woman barely has time to think. Wally COULD have simply spit out: “Hey Val! Allow me and Andy to help you with the lawn.”
    And btw, if Phil is supposed to be involved with Val, why isn’t he being a devoted boyfriend, and helping out with the ‘guy stuff’??

  5. brickster

    brickster said, 11 months ago

    The girls are home for the summer. They could push a lawn mower as well.

  6. psychlady

    psychlady said, 11 months ago

    Oh, sure, go for it!

  7. Dani Rice

    Dani Rice said, 11 months ago

    I don;t know – with all those muscles Holly will have after camp, she should be able to do that lawn in nothing flat. And sooner a sheep than a horse – take it from me!

  8. Kab Buch

    Kab Buch said, 11 months ago

    @Jenn

    I agree with what you said. Wally was wrong on how wording his sentence. Val is overwhelmed. Why ask just volunteer and help with Andy.

  9. Kab Buch

    Kab Buch said, 11 months ago

    I don’t blame Val for getting mad at Wally.

  10. fbjsr

    fbjsr said, 11 months ago

    @Jenn

    So once again its all the mans fault. As far as Phil does Val help clean his house?

  11. LingeeWhiz

    LingeeWhiz said, 11 months ago

    @

    It is called a martyr spirit.

  12. snakemama

    snakemama said, 11 months ago

    i don’t blame val for jumping down wally’s throat ….although i love her expression in the 6th panel (next to last). open mouth, insert foot and chew well.

  13. Dampwaffle

    Dampwaffle said, 11 months ago

    If you waited for my nieces to get off their behinds and stop talking on the phone long enough to do something constructive like mowing the lawn, it would get that tall before they got to it. Sha once took so long to finish mowing the lawn that by the time she was done, it was ready to mow again at the other end.

  14. Doctor11

    Doctor11 said, 11 months ago

    So, Val, how does your foot taste right now?

  15. georgiiii

    georgiiii said, 11 months ago

    Note Andy cheerfully helping with the lawn. Of course Phil is out there too, which may have something to do with that.

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