Anne has another six years before her kids are all in school. And then she’ll be babysitting April. And then she’ll go get a job because she caught her husband cheating and decided she needed to earn some money after the “I’ll take the kids and leave if it happens again” ultimatum.
When I was in 7th grade our social studies book, written in the late 50s, warned 1) we would run out of oil by the 1970s and 2) one of the great challenges in the second half of the 20th century would be dealing with our increasing leisure time. Yeah….
I’m right where Ellie is in life. Small jobs (restarting), lots of volunteering, visiting people who think I’m free all day, running errands so I have most evenings free for family stuff. I am seldom home at all when the kids are out.
And I LOOOOOVE IT! Being busy with stuff you can see and working with so many adults is a wonderful change. Elly is busy, but I think she is happier. She reminds me of me so much. Yes, I am imperfect, too.
Nun’Ya BidnessThere is no magic filling spent oil wells. It flows into the emptied spaces from adjacent deposits, each time with smaller quantities, until the entire formation is exhausted. Considering it takes 120 to 300+ million years to turn a swamp into oil, there will be a point at which consumption exceeding production, it will run out of any amount left to be feasibly extracted.
It is the “presumption” gag, which would be redone in later strips. One example was where Michael was struggling with his work and John gets mad at him because he expects too much of his son, thinking that level of school must be a cakewalk.
Templo S.U.D. about 9 years ago
wow… like she doesn’t have a clue
comicpat65 Premium Member about 9 years ago
So true! Besides that, she is an insensitive, presumptuous idiot too.
Can't Sleep about 9 years ago
Old science lesson: “Nature abhors a vacuum.” If you get spare time, something will happen to fill it.
summerdog86 about 9 years ago
I used to be an “Elly”, then, slowly I turned into an “Annie”.
Asharah about 9 years ago
Anne has another six years before her kids are all in school. And then she’ll be babysitting April. And then she’ll go get a job because she caught her husband cheating and decided she needed to earn some money after the “I’ll take the kids and leave if it happens again” ultimatum.
flagmichael about 9 years ago
When I was in 7th grade our social studies book, written in the late 50s, warned 1) we would run out of oil by the 1970s and 2) one of the great challenges in the second half of the 20th century would be dealing with our increasing leisure time. Yeah….
masnadies about 9 years ago
I’m right where Ellie is in life. Small jobs (restarting), lots of volunteering, visiting people who think I’m free all day, running errands so I have most evenings free for family stuff. I am seldom home at all when the kids are out.
And I LOOOOOVE IT! Being busy with stuff you can see and working with so many adults is a wonderful change. Elly is busy, but I think she is happier. She reminds me of me so much. Yes, I am imperfect, too.
hippogriff about 9 years ago
Jim in CTOtherwise known as Parkinson’s Law, from Malasian sociologist C. Northcott Parkinson.
hippogriff about 9 years ago
Nun’Ya BidnessThere is no magic filling spent oil wells. It flows into the emptied spaces from adjacent deposits, each time with smaller quantities, until the entire formation is exhausted. Considering it takes 120 to 300+ million years to turn a swamp into oil, there will be a point at which consumption exceeding production, it will run out of any amount left to be feasibly extracted.
route66paul about 9 years ago
Where are the flying cars?
USN1977 about 9 years ago
It is the “presumption” gag, which would be redone in later strips. One example was where Michael was struggling with his work and John gets mad at him because he expects too much of his son, thinking that level of school must be a cakewalk.