What newspaper has a headline like "Big Game Today"?
I just spent the past few minutes staring at today's strip. I'm not sure I get it. I'm not sure there's anything to get. A kid hasn't done his chores, wants to go out with his friends, and is pleading with his mother. Darn tootin' they'll do that every time. Is this supposed to be funny?
Kid, if you wanted to go to the game so bad, you should've cleaned your room. And maybe if you clean your room fast enough, you can make it to the giant rally. It's your own fault, kid, so shut it.
I just hope the mom doesn't give in on this. Particularly disturbing is that the submitter is from a town quite close to where I live. None of the local papers carry this strip! Why was she (or he, I guess) submitting?
posted by Barb @ 9:01 AM
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Yeh, plus the kid looks like a 50 year old midget, as opposed to whatever tween age he's supposed to be.
You aren't joking. Look at the lines under the "kid"'s eyes! I wouldn't worry about your Little Billy missing the game, Mom--he's already left, and this is the midget he's hired to take his place.
What bothers me is just how disgusting the room is - it takes an honest effort to get it THAT bad.
Then again, if mom is waivering just from that pathetic little speech, she's probably one of those "new-age" moms who doesn't use the word "no" with her child (and the child runs rampant as a result).
Of course, if that were the case, then the child wouldn't be bothering to guilt trip mom anyhow, as he'd just ignore her and go anyways.
So we're left with only one conclusion - this strip, like so many TDIETs, quite simply doesn't reflect reality in any way shape or form.
I think it's supposed to be a humorous reversal, with the kid rather than the mom laying the guilt-trip. But the would-be comedic ingredient is diluted beyond recognition.
Theres all sorts of College football rivalry games that have rallys, theyre usually a few days before the game though, Auburn-Alabama, Texas-Texas A&M come to mind, and in some of the towns the game is indeed the big story in the local paper that day. TDIET still sucks though.
That room's a freakin' firetrap! Stick to your guns, Mom.
I thought "rally" meant when the home team overcomes a substancial deficit to win the game. Which made me wonder how the kid knows not only the final score, but the events leading up to it. If he already knows how the game will end, why bother going at all? Why doesn't he just bet his allowance on the game and use the proceeds to hire a cleaning service?
That's not even a very messy room. My son has him beat by a long shot. I learned early as a parent to pick your battles. I'd rather have a good student with a messy room than a neat freak crackhead.
Finally! A blog devoted entirely to my all-time favorite comic strip! Bless you! Long may you reign! Stay tuned---I will soon submit a post which outlines in detail the 1753 reasons why I love They'll Do It Every Time.
b, I had the same thought about "rally"--about a team coming back and was wondering the same thing: How would he know?
Okay, I think I figured out this comic. Mom has previously lain many guilt trips upon her children, and now it's come back to haunt her as her son uses the same techniques to get out of the chores she guilt tripped him into.
I am rather on the kid's side on this. It's his room, why do mothers bloody care about their kids cleaning their rooms anyway ? It's the kid that lives in it !
Sigh, I'll probably find out when I turn into a mother myself. If.
So anyway, the room will keep, the game won't ! Seems like a no-brainer to me.
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