Baby Blues by Rick Kirkman and Jerry Scott for May 22, 2024

Much depends on if Hammie manages to avoid house arrest before departure time.

Maybe just a cation.

That’s not a answer.

Go ask your Mother is what I would hear!

In that case “NO!”

Based on our finances, we’re going to the zoo. NOT the one in San Diego.

“The answer to your question is a firm and definite ‘maybe’.”

“Zoey, if you absolutely HAVE to know right now, this very minute… the answer is ‘no’, we’re not going on a vacation. There. Satisfied? It’s always nice to clear up any uncertainty, isn’t it?”

Dad, the Magic 8-Ball of the family.

Come on, Zoe. By now, you should know that these are the only answers you’ll get out of Wanda, no matter what you ask her; NO! Because I said so! End of discussion! Don’t make me repeat myself! Don’t argue with me, young lady! One more word and you’re grounded for life!

There is over a 50% chance that we will.

How about the school playground for an afternoon?

Zoe, schools out, your on vacation, what more do you want?

Oh come on Darryl , give it to her straight. With her summer soccer, Hammie’s baseball, and the yard work, they’d only have a day here and there.

When I used to ask my mother questions like this if she said “We’ll see” it usually meant yes and if she said “I doubt it” it usually meant no. I was always hopeful with “We’ll see.”

Zoë has to wait for the vacation wave function to collapse.

If I asked my mom a question and she answered “maybe”, she usually meant she’d consider it. The thing is that she’d forget to consider it.

Nowadays, many people are taking ‘one tank trips’, which can cost enough to be a mini vacation.

Knowing her, she’s probably already preparing her school report for next year on What I Did Last Summer!

Try t he nearest waterpark.

Why do you need a definite answer Zoe? Your social calendar can’t be that full.

Maybe Daryl & Wanda have been reading Calvin & Hobbes on gocomics.