Stone Soup by Jan Eliot for April 20, 2014
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Stone Soup by Jan Eliot Val: What a GORGEOUS day!! Joan: Look at us, sitting in the sun. Wally: Room for one more? Val: I have a LONG list of things to do today. Joan: Put it off! Val: I can't! Joan: It's supposed to RAIN tomorrow. Wally: Buckets!! Val: I have a LONG list of things to do TOMORROW. Joan: Anyone need sunscreen? Wally: Can you dig out my flip flops?
I’ve been reading this comic on a daily basis for a few years, but it never was an obsession (unlike the end years of the first era of For Better Or For Worse) for me. This blended family concept does not have to be bland; it could incorporate soap-opera scenarios involving the quaint old custom of “mate swapping.” If it got into teenage romance, it might get a bit indecent, although things like that do happen.