Childhood Comic Gifts

"Open wide please! So I can get my hand out!"

Happy Turkey Day!

'I'll be honest with you. The pay isn't great.'

'It's not for homework. It's for traction.'

"We're freaky February hares, the mad march ones have vanished due to global warming."

'Who ever came up with the idea that throwing up is fun?'

'Let's play doctor - I'll listen to your heart and you give me all your allowance.'

"If your dad is truly the King of the Jungle, why can't you ask him to abolish school?"

Cat Lover's Leap.

'Dad, try to catch some jellyfish to go with my peanut butter.'

'In that case we will ALL wait for the results of the lab assistant's DNA test on the chalk.'

Kid to other: 'It's been a crazy day. I caught a bug and tossed my cookies.'

Boy who has eaten oysters and grown fat

"The kids told me it was a magic wand."

"I'm training him."

"Mom, I think I'm old enough to trade in my piggy bank for an ATM."

"Meet your new baby brother! We decided to upgrade."

"Can we teach our child how to create art digitally."

"And when exactly did your interest in health and safety start?"

"There's definitely enough growing room."

'I demand a second opinion!'

"I'm worried about him - he's praying to Mrs. Butterworth."

'I had a good share and tell, Ms. Gibbs, but my family made me sign a confidentiality agreement.'

"I've kept my socks on, Mum, because I already washed my feet yesterday."

'I understand it now, Mrs. Bundy -- the school janitor explained it to me!'

'Did you hear about the fool who goes around saying no all the time?'

'I'll take Tommy Peters to cry first, for a nickel.'

'Oh, I know that broccoli is good for me -- it's just that I don't feel I deserve it.'

'Goodbye Granny, see you at Easter...'

All-Christopher Neighborhood, Westport, CT, 1988

A chaos of kids

'... and, another thing, it's more stodgy than my mother's.'