Now a real ICK! Is when your dental hygienist spaces out and uses the cotton candy flavored polishing paste instead of the mint. Came close to barf with that one.
This is one of my all-time favorites of this strip. Before Covid (BC), I used to post comics on the outside of my cube wall, as I was on a main aisle. THIS one got by far the most guffaws…
Templo S.U.D. over 2 years ago
What would be an awful flavor of medicine (for children and adults alike)? Maybe durian.
gbars70 over 2 years ago
Alice, call an attorney; if possible, one of Dill’s brothers…
whahoppened over 2 years ago
Alice, “Ick” just stands for “It’s cotton kandy”.
bookworm0812 over 2 years ago
She just never cared for cotton candy, Alice.
arolarson Premium Member over 2 years ago
Now a real ICK! Is when your dental hygienist spaces out and uses the cotton candy flavored polishing paste instead of the mint. Came close to barf with that one.
Strod over 2 years ago
Bright pink? The most seriously awful medicine I had to take as a kid was bright pink.
Think a thick fluid just like Pepto-Bismol, but with a profoundly bitter taste and aftertaste that lingered in your mouth for hours.
The pharmaceutical definition of a bait-and-switch if there ever was one.
WCraft Premium Member over 2 years ago
Odd – the used “ick” in my school cafeteria to describe almost everything…
Nicki's ZoMcYo over 2 years ago
I find that the more garishly colored the medicine, the more disgusting it can be. Kids medicines are always the worst.
ChessPirate over 2 years ago
And thus a sub-style of the unbeatable martial-art, “Ecky-Thump” was born… ☺
6turtle9 over 2 years ago
A rare misstep from Mrs. O., maybe try a little reverse psychology. Or tell her she might grow bunny ears if she drinks it.
MCProfessor over 2 years ago
Any medicine my Mom gave me tasted like ick.
A.Ficionada over 2 years ago
Mom mistake, ha
Vaporman over 2 years ago
This is one of my all-time favorites of this strip. Before Covid (BC), I used to post comics on the outside of my cube wall, as I was on a main aisle. THIS one got by far the most guffaws…
mikeywilly over 2 years ago
So dont tak it and stay sick, I dont ever remember having a choice of liking the medicine
ktrabbit over 2 years ago
The one I remember from kid-dom was artificial orange flavored. shudder
Sisyphos over 2 years ago
Nice try at a recovery, Madeline, but your initial unthinking utterance made an Impression on the four-year-old Alice that will be hard to change!
JH&Cats over 2 years ago
Alice trusts her parents’ guts.