Hey I have to toally agree – like using 15 kind sof disinfectant around the house and not letting kids play in the dirt – how in the name of Holy Jumping Jeehosphat are they supposed to build an immune system?
I wanted to play a drinking game where we had to take a shot every time someone suggested Sarcoidosis on House, then we realized we’d be drunk an awful lot and miss the show’s ending.
The last panel turned my smile from the other 3 into a laugh. And kudos on slipping “conundrum” in there. That’s one of my favorite words, right up there with “abyssopelagic” and “kerfuffle.”
Awesome stuff! I really agree with you. I remember how life was when I was a kid. Playing in the dirt and the mud, climbing trees, riding and jumping bicycles, playing in the creek. Most modern moms would freak out!
I say let-um-get-um dirty. Scraped knees and bruises as well as an occasional bloodletting will build the immune system. Climbing trees creates a new perception and eating mud pies will transcend the palate to new levels far beyond the typical domestic meal.
When I was a kid our school playground was asphalt. If you fell off the swings or the monkeybars, you just cracked your head open. And we liked it that way! And we were better for it! And I would go off on my bike and be gone from breakfast until dinner– my parents wouldn’t have had a clue where to even start looking for me.
The reason a lot of parents, I think, tend to overprotect is because they’re trying to prevent stupid injuries like they had. Problem is, the stupid injuries are what let us learn and make us stronger. Not that my thumb being crooked after shattering it makes me stronger, but I’m MENTALLY tougher for it
On a related note, I’ve never had a goose egg. Plenty of Charlie Horses, a few broken bones, and a minor concussion, but I’ve never even heard of a goose egg.
I was wondering if anyone else called bumps to the noggin “goose eggs.” I had plenty growing up; mostly because I was easily distracted and played a lot of baseball.
Nothing bad has ever happened to me, even when I was a kid. Maybe that’s because I’ve always been a bookworm and preffered staying inside to going out in the SUN and PLAYING. Ugh, I still avoid it at all costs, so I think maybe that’s why I’ve never broken anything or horrible things like that. On the rare occasion I hurt myself. My friends and I were playing “Slingshot” in which a kid would stand in front of a jumprope, sitting on it, and the two other kids would fling the rope, and you, and you land wherever. It was totally stupid and I got the most huge and disgusting looking bruise I’ve ever had. My sister’s Mum-in-law won’t even let her kids go outside! So, hotdamn. Spot on!
So true, the dangerous equipment was always the most fun and the new ones I see kids playing on are boring! Also me and asphalt got to know each other pretty well back in the day….I miss being a kid
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Hey I have to toally agree – like using 15 kind sof disinfectant around the house and not letting kids play in the dirt – how in the name of Holy Jumping Jeehosphat are they supposed to build an immune system?
I don’t know if you intended to include a Rugrats quote in there, but either way, it was an awesome comment.
whats an “im-meune” system?
XD
That last panel made me crack up!!!
LOVE THIS~!
I didn’t know bug was a NYT reader:
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/19/science/19tierney.html
Panel four: “It might be Lupus!”
It’s never lupus! Have you learned nothing from Hugh Laurie?!
I learned how to say “antidisestablishmentarianism” in less than two days! ^^
I saw your comment and thought, “That doesn’t look like it would be hard to say!”
“Antidisestable…”
“Antidisestablishantis…”
…Kudos to you.
anti – dis – establishment – arian – ism
Not really hard when you break it up, you know.
native english speakers counterintuitively suck at spelling and pronouncing english
Or sarcoidosis.
I wanted to play a drinking game where we had to take a shot every time someone suggested Sarcoidosis on House, then we realized we’d be drunk an awful lot and miss the show’s ending.
The last panel turned my smile from the other 3 into a laugh. And kudos on slipping “conundrum” in there. That’s one of my favorite words, right up there with “abyssopelagic” and “kerfuffle.”
Mine’s “chiaroscuro”. Not that I get a lot of opportunities to use it, but there you go.
No, I imagine not (unless you’re an Art major). But’s it’s nifty either way.
Discombobulate is a good word too
I got fan art headin your way. As soon as I finish it ( I’m lazy, Srry)
Awesome! This makes me very happy
There was a time where we actually let Darwinism help our society, now we let all the wimps survive…
The comic had me snickering the whole way through!
Hehe.. The last panel just did it for me!
Awesome stuff! I really agree with you. I remember how life was when I was a kid. Playing in the dirt and the mud, climbing trees, riding and jumping bicycles, playing in the creek. Most modern moms would freak out!
I say let-um-get-um dirty. Scraped knees and bruises as well as an occasional bloodletting will build the immune system. Climbing trees creates a new perception and eating mud pies will transcend the palate to new levels far beyond the typical domestic meal.
I like how the kids know extensive things like Tikrit
This issue has already spawned its countermovement — try Googling “Free-Range Children”.
When I was a kid our school playground was asphalt. If you fell off the swings or the monkeybars, you just cracked your head open. And we liked it that way! And we were better for it! And I would go off on my bike and be gone from breakfast until dinner– my parents wouldn’t have had a clue where to even start looking for me.
Sad, but true. I have some glorious scars to regale future generations with.
The reason a lot of parents, I think, tend to overprotect is because they’re trying to prevent stupid injuries like they had. Problem is, the stupid injuries are what let us learn and make us stronger. Not that my thumb being crooked after shattering it makes me stronger, but I’m MENTALLY tougher for it
On a related note, I’ve never had a goose egg. Plenty of Charlie Horses, a few broken bones, and a minor concussion, but I’ve never even heard of a goose egg.
I was wondering if anyone else called bumps to the noggin “goose eggs.” I had plenty growing up; mostly because I was easily distracted and played a lot of baseball.
I haven’t come across that term but then I am half a planet away as well.
That’s what we always called them. I knew what you meant.
Nothing bad has ever happened to me, even when I was a kid. Maybe that’s because I’ve always been a bookworm and preffered staying inside to going out in the SUN and PLAYING. Ugh, I still avoid it at all costs, so I think maybe that’s why I’ve never broken anything or horrible things like that. On the rare occasion I hurt myself. My friends and I were playing “Slingshot” in which a kid would stand in front of a jumprope, sitting on it, and the two other kids would fling the rope, and you, and you land wherever. It was totally stupid and I got the most huge and disgusting looking bruise I’ve ever had. My sister’s Mum-in-law won’t even let her kids go outside! So, hotdamn. Spot on!
So true, the dangerous equipment was always the most fun and the new ones I see kids playing on are boring! Also me and asphalt got to know each other pretty well back in the day….I miss being a kid
Well it is however fun to hear kids screaming because they have never gotten a scrape until they are like 8 or 9