1. Who is "shusshing" April? Nobody would shush a toddler who says something like "this is my favorite song." Is it Elly? It's probably Elly.
2. "Who is harold?" I'm almost impressed that Lynn let the reader go all the way back to the first panel to "get" the "joke" instead of having April either interrupting at the word "herald" or having her say "Hark the Herald angels sing? Who is Herald?" Lynn generally treats the readers like morons who need punchlines spelled out in words of one syllable.
If Elly is going to shh April every time she says anything why didn't she do it the third time? She's not only a crappy mother, she's inconsistent in her crappiness.
Elly is the kind of mom who only pays attention to her kid when she notes that the kid is bothering other adults. But this is one of those rare moments when I think hushing a toddler is kind of pointless unless it's done in a constructive way- how about "please, April, let's listen to the song and then you can ask me questions?" Shushing and "Be Quiet" don't work that well with toddlers. But being irritated with a kid April's age for talking during a song is pretty stupid. She's a toddler for chrissakes. She would rather talk to her mom than listen to the song. There's no accounting for taste, but that's the way it is.
It's hard to tell because they're so badly drawn but it doesn't look as if the background characters are at all bothered by April. Anyway she's enjoying the music. I'd be bothered by a kid screaming but not by a kid having a good time.
You just know that if they tried explaining that, Elly would reject it. When a Patterson decides that something is a catastrophe, there's no getting them not to spiral. We see that next week with the Delicate Genius.
Elly lives in fear of being judged incompetent but given how half the time, she doesn't seem to know what planet she's on, this need to be seen to be in control makes her look like an idiot who only had kids so she could have an excuse to be upset.
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When challenged on being an incompetent thief, she can't even come up with a plausible excuse.
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1. Who is "shusshing" April? Nobody would shush a toddler who says something like "this is my favorite song." Is it Elly? It's probably Elly.
2. "Who is harold?" I'm almost impressed that Lynn let the reader go all the way back to the first panel to "get" the "joke" instead of having April either interrupting at the word "herald" or having her say "Hark the Herald angels sing? Who is Herald?" Lynn generally treats the readers like morons who need punchlines spelled out in words of one syllable.
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If Elly is going to shh April every time she says anything why didn't she do it the third time? She's not only a crappy mother, she's inconsistent in her crappiness.
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Elly is the kind of mom who only pays attention to her kid when she notes that the kid is bothering other adults. But this is one of those rare moments when I think hushing a toddler is kind of pointless unless it's done in a constructive way- how about "please, April, let's listen to the song and then you can ask me questions?" Shushing and "Be Quiet" don't work that well with toddlers. But being irritated with a kid April's age for talking during a song is pretty stupid. She's a toddler for chrissakes. She would rather talk to her mom than listen to the song. There's no accounting for taste, but that's the way it is.
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It's hard to tell because they're so badly drawn but it doesn't look as if the background characters are at all bothered by April. Anyway she's enjoying the music. I'd be bothered by a kid screaming but not by a kid having a good time.
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You just know that if they tried explaining that, Elly would reject it. When a Patterson decides that something is a catastrophe, there's no getting them not to spiral. We see that next week with the Delicate Genius.
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Elly lives in fear of being judged incompetent but given how half the time, she doesn't seem to know what planet she's on, this need to be seen to be in control makes her look like an idiot who only had kids so she could have an excuse to be upset.
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1. Who is "shusshing" April? Nobody would shush a toddler who says something like "this is my favorite song." Is it Elly? It's probably Elly.
Not during a school choir concert. The audiences for those are notoriously loud.
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I think Elly is shushing her daughter because she hasn't given her negative attention for several seconds and she's behind her quota.
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"I will keep shushing you until you produce a punchline"
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I'm kind of sorry we didn't see the dancing sheep.
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That would have been very entertaining, but Schulz tended to focus on the plot points.
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also "walk to the auditorium"? Do Charlie Brown and Sally live right next to the school?
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