If I had a dime for every strip featuring a parent looking into a room at a child, or walking into a room which already holds a child, as if being in a different room is the default situation for parents, I'd be very wealthy after thirty years of For Better or For Worse. If this strip has a running gag, it's "unsupervised kids do something, parent inquires or happens to notice what they are doing, parent is aghast or confused or both, lather, rinse, repeat."
"Elizabeth, Alexa just reminded me that I haven't asked you a question about your life this week. Here's one- 'aren't you going to the Halloween dance, and don't you have a costume?"
"Sigh. Maybe, and no."
"Maybe and no what? I forgot what I just asked you. See you next week."
We are treated to a reminder that Lynn moved to Corbeil to stop having a distracting and unnecessary social life:
We had a neighbour in Lynn Lake who had three boys. Their dog was used to all kinds of crazy treatment. One of the things the youngest did was straddle the dog like a motorcycle and make engine sounds while twisting his ears as if he was turning the throttle. Amazingly, the dog was perfectly fine with this!
but an answer to chocolate_frapp's questions about why the characters speak like a robot who failed the Turing Test.
The kids were never far away--I used to listen to their banter as they made up games, created forts in the living room, and played house. I was impressed by their ability to fantasize. I remembered my own childhood, when a mud pie tasted like the real thing, and if you rolled up in a blanket, you could fly. Even though we seemed to be "in a world of our own," we were still aware of our immediate environment.
Aaron, Katie and Aaron's friend, Roy, were playing one day, and some of their dialogue disturbed me--they were talking about bombs, murder, divorce, and other things they had heard about on television. This had to be absorbed, of course, and dealt with as much as any other experience outside of Sesame Street and Saturday morning cartoons. I worried that I was not talking to my kids enough. Later, when Roy had gone home, I asked them about their conversations, their ideas, and their perceptions. I felt good about being there to answer questions and explain some facts
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Whenever I someone as stupid and as afraid of her children as she is feign concern for their innocence, I can't help but think her real worry is that instead of just suspecting that she's a dolt, they'll know.
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Given his greater likelihood of biting things that annoyed him, that is a bad thing.
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Right. The Edgar we have seen so far would be biting April to get her off him.
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Of course, the important question happens to be why Liz is there in the first place if there's a Halloween dance.
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If I had a dime for every strip featuring a parent looking into a room at a child, or walking into a room which already holds a child, as if being in a different room is the default situation for parents, I'd be very wealthy after thirty years of For Better or For Worse. If this strip has a running gag, it's "unsupervised kids do something, parent inquires or happens to notice what they are doing, parent is aghast or confused or both, lather, rinse, repeat."
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All that idiot has ever heard coming out of her kids' mouths is AGLAGLAGLAGLA!
She doesn't want to really know much about what they do because the bonehead wants to show off about the big, important things she cares about.
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"Elizabeth, Alexa just reminded me that I haven't asked you a question about your life this week. Here's one- 'aren't you going to the Halloween dance, and don't you have a costume?"
"Sigh. Maybe, and no."
"Maybe and no what? I forgot what I just asked you. See you next week."
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Lynn's Comments:
We are treated to a reminder that Lynn moved to Corbeil to stop having a distracting and unnecessary social life:
We had a neighbour in Lynn Lake who had three boys. Their dog was used to all kinds of crazy treatment. One of the things the youngest did was straddle the dog like a motorcycle and make engine sounds while twisting his ears as if he was turning the throttle. Amazingly, the dog was perfectly fine with this!
but an answer to chocolate_frapp's questions about why the characters speak like a robot who failed the Turing Test.
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Sunday, February 3, 2013 Lynn's Comments:
The kids were never far away--I used to listen to their banter as they made up games, created forts in the living room, and played house. I was impressed by their ability to fantasize. I remembered my own childhood, when a mud pie tasted like the real thing, and if you rolled up in a blanket, you could fly. Even though we seemed to be "in a world of our own," we were still aware of our immediate environment.
Aaron, Katie and Aaron's friend, Roy, were playing one day, and some of their dialogue disturbed me--they were talking about bombs, murder, divorce, and other things they had heard about on television. This had to be absorbed, of course, and dealt with as much as any other experience outside of Sesame Street and Saturday morning cartoons. I worried that I was not talking to my kids enough. Later, when Roy had gone home, I asked them about their conversations, their ideas, and their perceptions. I felt good about being there to answer questions and explain some facts ( ... )
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Whenever I someone as stupid and as afraid of her children as she is feign concern for their innocence, I can't help but think her real worry is that instead of just suspecting that she's a dolt, they'll know.
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