Big Nate by Lincoln Peirce for December 30, 2012
Transcript:
SPLINTER: Closer...closer... NATE: OW! Dad! I got a sliver in my foot! Can you get it out? NATE: I can't even see it. GRAMPS: What's up? NATE: I've got a sliver, Gramps. DAD: Is this it? Down near the heel? GRAMPS: That's just dirt. NATE: It's up near my big toe. DADL Can you see anything, Dad? GRAMPS: Not a darn thing. NATE: Ow! Ow! That's it! DAD: Ooh. That's really in there. GRAMPS: Mm. That's deep. DAD: Maybe it just has to work itself out. GRAMPS: Yup yup. GRAM: Oh for heaven's sake. Step aside. There. It's out. NATE: Fastest tweezers in the west! GRAMPS: Except when I ask her to pluck my ear hair.
The#1BoiseStateFan almost 12 years ago
Grandma’s are the medicine!
Rendawimp333 almost 12 years ago
step aside men this lady knows what she`s doing
Gee150 almost 12 years ago
It’s another word for splinter
hometownk Premium Member almost 12 years ago
Yay Grandma, and I would not like to pluck ear hair.
Feed Me Comics! almost 12 years ago
Everyone! I’m going on holiday from the 2nd Jan to the 9th so I won’t be on for a while.
baileydean almost 12 years ago
… generally woody bits that get embedded (painfully) under ones’ skin — are hard to see, but lovely to lose!
ncalifgirl58 almost 12 years ago
TG 4 Grandmas!
The#1BoiseStateFan almost 12 years ago
HEY!!! Blockhead was MY style of an idiot.
kenivlikesbignate almost 12 years ago
or thank grandmas for tweesers
GregoriusM almost 12 years ago
I thought that Nate lived in the EAST.
choco bear almost 12 years ago
grandma… grandma…grandma…
QuietStorm27 almost 12 years ago
I can never get a splinter out, with or without tweezers. My mom is awesome at it.
Rickapolis almost 12 years ago
I still whine and cry when my wife pulls a splinter.
Comic Minister Premium Member almost 12 years ago
Thank you madam!
cookies333 almost 12 years ago
Go Grandma!
fresco b milne almost 12 years ago
we haven’t had any monopoly new years for a while . i wonder if nates grand parents will play this year
yolojudge23 almost 12 years ago
i get it the foot interrupted the silvers sleep thats so rude of nate shame on him
7500edg almost 12 years ago
Gross
vwdualnomand almost 12 years ago
it also means that they have bad flooring. or, improper installation of flooring.
calvinsfriend110 almost 12 years ago
I cut my wrist at the Beach today on a rock :(
The#1BoiseStateFan almost 12 years ago
(Dances Gangam Style) YES, DENVER IS #1 IN AFC
Masterius almost 12 years ago
Nate’s left sock mysteriously has disappeared in the last panel.
orbenjawell Premium Member almost 12 years ago
Grandpa: get one of those neat-o battery powered nose & ear hair trimmers that you can carry right in your pocket for quick-trims when you’re smitten with that pretty salesgirl/mail-carrier/metermaid/crossingguard/drive-upwindowattendant/etc.etc.etc., you know, like your son does…..arf! ARF!!
Comicdog135 almost 12 years ago
ew. gramps dude, pick out your own ear hair.
renrod001 almost 12 years ago
Grandma…. You are wonderful.
Riesart almost 12 years ago
Ok make me number 46, hope you get to 2013. Splinters hurt, nut Grandmothers can fix them.
sonicmario2 almost 12 years ago
Reminds me of when I got a porcupine quill stuck in my foot at summer camp. The counselor said he would pull it out pn three. One… And he pulled it out. The best trick in the book
Fizzyfizstuff almost 12 years ago
GRANDMA.
candyisyummy over 11 years ago
he lives in the west?????
mrfsu7524 almost 11 years ago
Who calls it a sliver? Actually now that i think probably lincoln peirce
CrayCray over 8 years ago
‘In the west.’ The WEST! People. We r one step closer to knowing where Nate lives.
Of course, we don’t know what state or town or, frankly,continent.
David Blough over 6 years ago
Sliver Silver Liver
Doglover26 almost 4 years ago
the west? Is that a clue for where nate lives????
ChadAppleWhiteTheSecond over 3 years ago
i love reading nate and his grandparents and nates’s dad and ellen together
fruitfact 2.0 over 3 years ago
noice
Mario Kart about 3 years ago
Grandmas to the rescue!
The Drama Queen over 1 year ago
West? I thought Nate lived in Boston or something.
DarkBeakYT 9 months ago
this comic was made on my birthday :)