Phoebe and Her Unicorn by Dana Simpson for June 26, 2013

Yep! Just like siblings!

Also: Punch Buggy white!!

Sounds like it’s going to be an interesting ride.

That sharp horn near Phoebe’s face in a moving car worries me. She should put a cork on the end of it for safety!

How about three kids in the back seat of a _Jeep_CJ5, from California, to Arizona, to Colorado, to Washington and back to California. And pop made the bench seat himself from plywood, and was “padded” with a two inch thick foam pad.At the end of the day, the foam was no longer two inches thick.Still, I cherish the memory of that trip.

8 kids in a Rambler thru the Mojave. Air = windows down at 60 MPH, or the water bag in front of the radiator.

Car is way too clean for PHE to be a regular passenger. Used to tell if person had lied about being single by the amount of kid debris in back seat.

Do Unicorns get car sick?

I am surprised this even happens. So many questions like does she shed on the seats? what songs do unicorns sing on road trips? why doesn’t she stick her head out the window? and why go by car when you can ride some place? Is it Marigold’s limited trunk space?

There’s also the problem that livestock tends to be…uh…um…messy.

Couldn’t Marigold just magically teleport herself to wherever they are going?

I’ve hauled goats in the back seat of my Sunfire and in our ‘83 Econoline. :-) I’m sure Marigold would be much tidier – but I wonder if she would draw pictures on the fogged-up windows with her nose, like the goats do?

Shouldn’t Marigold get her own separate coach? I wouldn’t be so uncouth as to call it a horse trailer, but it would make everyone happier.

Are we there yet?

That would depend on whether you consider unicorns to be more horse-like or goat-like (cloven hooves, beards . . .). Horses don’t really vomit, goats are ruminants and regurgitate cud.

A few years ago, I was commuting to Toronto with a bunch of goat kids for an advertising photo shoot. As I had to get there early, I brought along Emily, my milking goat. She would settle down for the trip, but if we got stuck in traffic, she’d get up and look out the window at all the people sitting in cars. On the way home, once we were about five miles away, she’d come and stand between the front seats and look at the front window. Pretty sure she was saying “Are we there yet?”

Nah, she’d out-source cud-chewing to goblins. ;)

Oh boy.

I would just lay on the floor of our spacious buick and watch the scenery in pure bliss. No prob

A unicorn strapped into a seatbelt? Just when you think you’ve seen it all…

Okay, so is there a conspiracy forcing cartoonists and tv show producers to make any random family car look like Prius?

Somehow, this one reminds me of Sheldon Cooper and his spot on the couch.

this is almost exactly like an ozy and millie strip