FoxTrot Classics by Bill Amend for April 13, 2010

Outsourcing?

The Princess and the…Mitt?

She’ll break it in a little more when she slaps him with it…

If only the same can be done for the shoes.

just what i was thinking captainedd!

Future dead relative?

Peter - use a few big rubber bands instead… you’ll sleep better.

Ever seen “Once Upon a Mattress.” At lest it’s not stuffed with armor.

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Coach: “Fox, why do you have your glove stuffed up your nose?”

Peter: “It’ff a long fftory, Coach …”

Princess and the Pee on the mitt?

Johanan Rakkav - I love it!

Freeholder1 - I’m NOT borrowing your mitt anytime soon!

As boys, we used to break in a new mitt by oiling the “pocket” and then working our fist into it for hours and hours; also wadding it up into as small a bunch as we could and then expanding it. And, yes, we’d also put a baseball in the pocket, wrap the glove tightly around it, hold it together with a belt and then put it under the mattress. We also had a friend who used to walk up and down the block, throwing his new glove to the sidewalk as hard as he could - for hours.

It takes weeks of abuse to break in a glove properly!

@ rayannina - excellent!

Used to have a thing called Bear Grease, Tre. Great stuff.

What? Peter sleeps with his cap still on his head? He probably had that complaint (about the mitt under the mattress) from his parents and Jason.

freeholder1 said, “Used to have a thing called Bear Grease, Tre. Great stuff”

I used neatsfoot oil back in the 1940s.

“The Princess and the…Mitt?”

Followed by the sequel, The Princess And The Fit.

I had three brothers back in the 50’s and 60’s….. been there done that is all I can say…..this sure brought back memories. Some good and some bad.

If you want to break up your mitt, Peter, keep it under your dad’s mattress… I’m sure his body weight will put a lot more pressure on it!