Boy, is that kid spoiled. Her daddy not only got her a pony but she gets to sleep with it. And a cel phone? I didn’t have a cel phone at that age… Of course, when I was that age the phone was firmly mounted on the wall and it had a cord.
Still remember my mother telling me not to go down the basement stairs cuz there was a mean ogre down there. One day I worked up the courage to do it anyways. It was just before my thirtieth birthday.
Never worried about the monsters under the bed, it was the closet that they were in. If I went to sleep and the closet door was cracked even 1/2 an inch, I had to work up my courage to dash out of bed and slam it shut. I also had to be completely covered from neck to toes with sheets and blankets or they could grab me.
Bedbugs are indeed a real thing. And they’re hard as heck to get rid of them. You can get them just by having someone who has them sit on a chair or sofa in your house.
And why did the word for removing louse eggs from one’s body become a synonym for paying too much attention to unimportant detail? ….unless you really, really like lice
There was a comments some years (?) ago in Non Sequitur from Danae’s dad – “No, they all crawled out years ago and went into banking. Now go to sleep”. Don’t think Wiley had much time for bankers …
when i was a kid and i got up in the middle of the night i tended to have the feeling like something was grabbing my feet! couldn’t have been the monsters under the bed, probably just poor circulation and the blood moving to my lower extremities. there was that one time i woke up under the bed though …
eastern.woods.metal over 1 year ago
love the lamp
sirbadger over 1 year ago
Bad time to use a common expression.
Baslim the Beggar Premium Member over 1 year ago
Love how it is the monsters who are whistling in the dark…
Wilde Bill over 1 year ago
If you’re sleeping with a horse, there are probably worse things than bedbugs in your bed. Just saying.
Sir Ruddy Blighter, Jr. over 1 year ago
To ‘sleep tight’ is to sleep well and undisturbed.
mindjob over 1 year ago
I can name that tune in 5 notes
eastern.woods.metal over 1 year ago
I have six grandkids. I’m always temped to tell them the monsters under the bed will eat them if they get up in the middle of the night
Scorpio Premium Member over 1 year ago
Have the monsters from Calvin and Hobbes finally made their way here?
Richard S Russell Premium Member over 1 year ago
Nice to see that the girls don’t have to share a bedroom. (I expect Kate really appreciates it.)
HidariMak over 1 year ago
Good thing I’m not a parent. I’d tell them that the monster is why I chose my bedroom, and to kindly keep it out of there.
Doug K over 1 year ago
I think I remember using monster spray under the bed for a while when my daughter was young.
LawrenceS over 1 year ago
Boy, is that kid spoiled. Her daddy not only got her a pony but she gets to sleep with it. And a cel phone? I didn’t have a cel phone at that age… Of course, when I was that age the phone was firmly mounted on the wall and it had a cord.
sandpiper over 1 year ago
A familiar theme in another comic.
jimchronister2016 over 1 year ago
Morning Wiley, great strip, love your to be continued strips!
david_42 over 1 year ago
The monster under our bed was chewing on a (nyla)bone last night about 2 am. I forgot to give her her sleepy pill.
lee85736 over 1 year ago
Knowing Danae, she will make an alliance with whatever is under the bed. Look out, Dad.
Amra Leo over 1 year ago
No problemo. The monsters under the bed are scared of me…
Pickled Pete over 1 year ago
Still remember my mother telling me not to go down the basement stairs cuz there was a mean ogre down there. One day I worked up the courage to do it anyways. It was just before my thirtieth birthday.
vaughnrl2003 Premium Member over 1 year ago
Oh come on! Danae is the girl that most “monsters under the bed” are hiding from.
strick9 over 1 year ago
You will scar they minds for life, eastern.woods.metal
goboboyd over 1 year ago
Under the bed and closet cams monitored on her phone?
mourdac Premium Member over 1 year ago
Never worried about the monsters under the bed, it was the closet that they were in. If I went to sleep and the closet door was cracked even 1/2 an inch, I had to work up my courage to dash out of bed and slam it shut. I also had to be completely covered from neck to toes with sheets and blankets or they could grab me.
1953Baby over 1 year ago
If you’d kept the closet door shut, the monsters wouldn’t have been able to crawl under the bed, Danae. Always works for me . . .
paranormal over 1 year ago
Bedbugs are indeed a real thing. And they’re hard as heck to get rid of them. You can get them just by having someone who has them sit on a chair or sofa in your house.
thelordthygod666 over 1 year ago
And why did the word for removing louse eggs from one’s body become a synonym for paying too much attention to unimportant detail? ….unless you really, really like lice
FassEddie over 1 year ago
Not bedbugs. DC lobbyists. Still in the vermin family.
NaturLvr over 1 year ago
Easy fix…bed on the floor, no space for monsters or grabby hands reaching out for your legs. ;-)
GiantShetlandPony over 1 year ago
Perhaps, the monsters are attracted to the dirty dishes on your hope chest at the end of your bed Danae?
kaffekup over 1 year ago
Time for one of my favorite jokes.
Bad Dad: “I’m calling the Boogeyman and telling him not to come to our house tonight.”
Under the bed, a cell phone starts to ring ..
keenanthelibrarian over 1 year ago
There was a comments some years (?) ago in Non Sequitur from Danae’s dad – “No, they all crawled out years ago and went into banking. Now go to sleep”. Don’t think Wiley had much time for bankers …
Night-Gaunt49[Bozo is Boffo] over 1 year ago
They are really invisible, but you can sometimes hear them in a quiet moment…
lindz.coop Premium Member over 1 year ago
Really Dad? That seemed a bit dumb.
chireef over 1 year ago
when i was a kid and i got up in the middle of the night i tended to have the feeling like something was grabbing my feet! couldn’t have been the monsters under the bed, probably just poor circulation and the blood moving to my lower extremities. there was that one time i woke up under the bed though …
Mario500 over 1 year ago
“SERIOUSLY?!”
(imagines a different version of this dialogue in this cartoon)
REALLY?!
198.23.5.11 over 1 year ago
The Monsters are afraid of Danae,or should be.
john_chubb over 1 year ago
I prefer the approach that Susan Sto Helit takes with monsters!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YQCeBnZewpM
tcviii Premium Member over 1 year ago
I like all the dirty dishes at the foot of the bed.