He was kind enough to post the other linked strip’s image there; its author perhaps pointed to this in a comment at his strip (can’t say for sure, since embedded hyperlinks, which were legal in GoComics comments back then, are now inactive within the comment):
One school I went to had 50% lefty scissors. Of course, far less than half of us were lefties. Since I could make my left hand work, I just grabbed a lefty pair and let the others fight over the rest.
Even as a kid I hated those pop-pop mowers. And son-of-a-gun if I didn’t get my own kid one when he was of an age, followed closely by questioning my own sanity.
Patience is the lesson of the day. It will take Alice much longer than expected to cut the weeds with her rather blunt baby scissors, and Beni’s pop pop mower won’t mow….
Templo S.U.D. almost 5 years ago
Alice clipping the weeds like that reminds me of this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yUFT6Zum-UA
gbars70 almost 5 years ago
The dreaded plastic scissors, I remember them well.
posse1 Premium Member almost 5 years ago
I couldn’t love these 2 more!
mabrndt Premium Member almost 5 years ago
Again, 10 years ago, Richard posted a blog entry along with this strip:
http://richardspooralmanac.blogspot.com/2009/05/pop-pop-synchronicity.html
He was kind enough to post the other linked strip’s image there; its author perhaps pointed to this in a comment at his strip (can’t say for sure, since embedded hyperlinks, which were legal in GoComics comments back then, are now inactive within the comment):
https://www.gocomics.com/thedoozies/2009/05/13?comments=visible
well-i-never almost 5 years ago
Finally.
Durak Premium Member almost 5 years ago
Chew, chew? More like gnaw, gnaw.
poopsypoo Premium Member almost 5 years ago
Oh, that little bubble mower!! I think every little kid had one…the scissors too!
Tentoes almost 5 years ago
One school I went to had 50% lefty scissors. Of course, far less than half of us were lefties. Since I could make my left hand work, I just grabbed a lefty pair and let the others fight over the rest.
Cornelius Noodleman almost 5 years ago
I want one of those pop pop things!
DCBakerEsq almost 5 years ago
I miss my pop-pop mower.
ekke almost 5 years ago
Whoever that was, s/he was genius-level in passive-aggressive.
dogday Premium Member almost 5 years ago
Even as a kid I hated those pop-pop mowers. And son-of-a-gun if I didn’t get my own kid one when he was of an age, followed closely by questioning my own sanity.
zeondekilowatt almost 5 years ago
secateurs: a pair of pruning clippers for use with one hand.
Sisyphos almost 5 years ago
Patience is the lesson of the day. It will take Alice much longer than expected to cut the weeds with her rather blunt baby scissors, and Beni’s pop pop mower won’t mow….