Superficial Caregivers Gifts

"My parents are the same way. Lots of ostentatious child-rearing, very little direct nurturing."

'I'm not saying your mother is senile but she just vacuum bagged the cat!'

Father

"You want a generic or a regular sugar pill?"

Shallow End (Slightly innocuous statements) - Deep End (a little more weighty)

Sports Fan - Whoever's Winning

"I don't remember him or the meal or what movie we saw. All I remember is I wore the right jeans."

'Let's play doctor. You be the primary care giver and I'll be the doctor you refer patients to.'

Ow! Mutter! Toot! At the Old Superheroes Home. (This cartoon was originally published on 2003-07-28).

"We're pretty sure it was the dissolving stitches."

"Thanks for the painkiller mum, but how does it know which leg to go down?"

IV Bags: Main and Afters

"I think formula should be bottled-up, but not your emotions."

Smiling at people who make stupid noises, wearing diapers, crying at least 8 times a night, getting cuddled by wrinkled grandparents... Man, being a baby is the World's hardest job!

"Here's your support, Dad, and here's mine."

"I appreciate you want to keep an eye on me, but is that really necessary?"

The Street Kid at Christmas.

Today's Babysitter

"Mrs. Jennings, can Billy come out and smoke?"

'Rick, could you take a seat somewhere else, please? For me to be seen with you is damaging to business!'

"Please feel free to feel ill at ease while you're here."

The "Empty" Nest maxim and misnomer

'Weaning is a bit like a divorce, but mum always gets custody of me.'

It's 10 PM Do You Know Where Your Parents Are?

''Heaven's Waiting' Retirement Home? . . . 'We care for your parents so you don't have to.''

'Oh, I see. So, you thought you'd come and pass your nasty germs on to me?!'

GPs urged to take on extra responsibility.

Cactus Mime

Helping the Sick in Cuba's Covid Pandemic

Grandma collects medication for ill grandson and pet fish.

Nurse draws on patient's cast

'Expecting a quick and east operation, Doctor?'

Earth Bottle.

"Of course, as long as this 'sick friend' is ot a character in a video game who you're trying to 'heal' so he can get to the next level."

Mother with sickly child