Wednesday, 4 September 2013
In today's strip, Lynn chooses to interpret a child's natural reluctance to be pawed over by a huffy nitwit as an inability to stand still.
(Strip Number 698, Original Publication Date, 5 September 1984)
Panel 1: We find Elly trying to hem Mike's pants while he's still wearing them. In an effort to avoid having a sewing needle jammed into his person, he wriggles just the right way to get a pin rammed into his ankle; this causes him to yell out in pain and ask Elly when she's going to get done trying to kill him.
Panel 2: Since she's too stupid to understand that it would make more sense to hem them when he's not wearing them, she tells him to stop wiggling and stand still.
Panel 3: Michael oppresses her by saying "Mom - I'm a kid!...
Panel 4: ....This is as still as I can stand!"
Summary: I can understand fitting a dress this way but a kid's slacks? It's as if she wants to make life harder for herself on purpose so she can be angry with people. Oh, wait. It's Elly. There's no "as if" about it.
(Strip Number 698, Original Publication Date, 5 September 1984)
Panel 1: We find Elly trying to hem Mike's pants while he's still wearing them. In an effort to avoid having a sewing needle jammed into his person, he wriggles just the right way to get a pin rammed into his ankle; this causes him to yell out in pain and ask Elly when she's going to get done trying to kill him.
Panel 2: Since she's too stupid to understand that it would make more sense to hem them when he's not wearing them, she tells him to stop wiggling and stand still.
Panel 3: Michael oppresses her by saying "Mom - I'm a kid!...
Panel 4: ....This is as still as I can stand!"
Summary: I can understand fitting a dress this way but a kid's slacks? It's as if she wants to make life harder for herself on purpose so she can be angry with people. Oh, wait. It's Elly. There's no "as if" about it.