And now everyone is going to start going on about how bad of a mother Ellie is. Truth is, we all ‘cry over spilled milk’ sometimes. Mothers have bad days, too.
as to Elli scrubbing everything away as howtheduck seems to be eager to point out, she didn’t, look carefully and you see the strip changes perspective as we move around the room.
With the perspective in panel 3, however, it looks to me as if the stove is partially sealed away behind a partition wall that would make it very difficult and frustrating to use it for cooking anything.
The seven-year-old spilled a great amount of Nescafe strawberry powder while I was reading this. I helped her start cleaning it up, but she left some pink stuff around the edges. She says she doesn’t see it, that it must be my imagination. I told her (playfully) that I’d imagination her rear if she didn’t get it up. Now I’m guardian of the Great Value whipped cream till it’s cleaned up. (MISSION ACCOMPLISHED!) Too often I’ve harangued just like Ellie, but this strip and your comments are helping.
No parent is perfect and we all have bad days. I guess I really don’t get the people who read this strip just to hate on Elly. Maybe it makes them feel like better people?
What a great set of observations – all valid. I remember when I was a kid, getting in big trouble for spilling when it was just a natural consequence of trying to be more independent. When I was a nanny I tried to remember that all the time, so when ‘milk was spilt’ the big deal was tell someone and help clean it up. I tried to remember that no one spills on purpose – sometimes it just happens!
What hypocrisy is she referring to? Messes have to be cleaned up for obvious reasons. My parents had a good idea: any messes I made, be it accident or on purpose, I had to clean up. Any messes they made, they had to clean up. Needless to say, this inspired me to be careful and avoid messmaking as much as possible. As for messes that were caused by an act of God, such as big winds messing up the lawn furniture, the entire family worked together to clean it up.
Templo S.U.D. over 10 years ago
Now who left that coffee there?
mischugenah over 10 years ago
And now everyone is going to start going on about how bad of a mother Ellie is. Truth is, we all ‘cry over spilled milk’ sometimes. Mothers have bad days, too.
Michelle Morris over 10 years ago
It’s only hit and run.
covivian89 over 10 years ago
as to Elli scrubbing everything away as howtheduck seems to be eager to point out, she didn’t, look carefully and you see the strip changes perspective as we move around the room.
Chris Kenworthy over 10 years ago
With the perspective in panel 3, however, it looks to me as if the stove is partially sealed away behind a partition wall that would make it very difficult and frustrating to use it for cooking anything.
redarmrest over 10 years ago
Ellie, instead of barking at the poor girl, use this as a teaching moment.
westny77 over 10 years ago
Ellie has a short fuse. People in glass houses should not throw stones.
dsom8 over 10 years ago
Yep, Elly’s human, just like the rest of us. We all have our “hall of shame,” but it’s events like this that help us see where we need to improve.
danlarios over 10 years ago
do as I say not as I do
summerdog86 over 10 years ago
“I’ll clean up your mess, if you clean up mine.”
Gokie5 over 10 years ago
The seven-year-old spilled a great amount of Nescafe strawberry powder while I was reading this. I helped her start cleaning it up, but she left some pink stuff around the edges. She says she doesn’t see it, that it must be my imagination. I told her (playfully) that I’d imagination her rear if she didn’t get it up. Now I’m guardian of the Great Value whipped cream till it’s cleaned up. (MISSION ACCOMPLISHED!) Too often I’ve harangued just like Ellie, but this strip and your comments are helping.
route66paul over 10 years ago
It sure looks like Elizabeth is standing on a step stool while pouring the milk. We had one in our kitchen when their were young children.
sameyers2 over 10 years ago
No parent is perfect and we all have bad days. I guess I really don’t get the people who read this strip just to hate on Elly. Maybe it makes them feel like better people?
tmick2001 over 10 years ago
As Nelson from the Simpsons would say “HA HA!”
CAN DT over 10 years ago
What a great set of observations – all valid. I remember when I was a kid, getting in big trouble for spilling when it was just a natural consequence of trying to be more independent. When I was a nanny I tried to remember that all the time, so when ‘milk was spilt’ the big deal was tell someone and help clean it up. I tried to remember that no one spills on purpose – sometimes it just happens!
jaeldid66 over 10 years ago
Hoodalolly! I wish my parents had been as perfect as some of the commenters on here!
USN1977 over 10 years ago
What hypocrisy is she referring to? Messes have to be cleaned up for obvious reasons. My parents had a good idea: any messes I made, be it accident or on purpose, I had to clean up. Any messes they made, they had to clean up. Needless to say, this inspired me to be careful and avoid messmaking as much as possible. As for messes that were caused by an act of God, such as big winds messing up the lawn furniture, the entire family worked together to clean it up.