The fruit doesn’t fall far from the tree. Along those same lines, young men need to be aware that when young women grow old they often look like their mothers.
1/8 Life: Loving Mommy & Daddy; 1/8 Finding Fault; 1/4 Realizing you’re too similar; 1/2 and counting. Missing them when they are gone. Today is the 28th anniversary of my Father’s passing.
“When I was a boy of fourteen, my father was so ignorant I could hardly stand to have the old man around. But when I got to be twenty-one, I was astonished at how much he had learned in seven years.” – Mark Twain
“When I was a boy of fourteen, my father was so ignorant I could hardly stand to have the old man around. But when I got to be twenty-one, I was astonished at how much he had learned in seven years.” — Mark Twain (maybe)
I don’t know. I am older now than my father was when he passed. But I often think Shakespeare must have known my dad (or someone very much like Dad) when he wrote, "His life was gentle, and the elements / So mixed in him that Nature might stand up / And say to all the world, ‘This was a man.’ "
BE THIS GUY over 5 years ago
Genes are hard to overcome.
NErDysprosium over 5 years ago
I love that Goat is holding a picture of Rat
B UTTONS over 5 years ago
It’s President RAT’s fault!
feverjr Premium Member over 5 years ago
“We have met the enemy and he is us.” Pogo
Templo S.U.D. over 5 years ago
Rat’s cousin Art, Goat? Is that who you’re referring to? (Hint, hint, folks.)
Robin Harwood over 5 years ago
You can blame your parents for bringing you up to be too much like them.
Differentname over 5 years ago
‘I blame God. When he created the world he didn’t make enough money’
Anonymous
GabryelFrost over 5 years ago
Let start with a man, or a rat, in a mirror !
Bilan over 5 years ago
Actually, for the first 1/8th of your life, you think parents are great.
Then you spend the next 2/8th of your life thinking your parents are stupid.
Then you spend the rest of you life realizing how great your parents were.
dwane.scoty1 over 5 years ago
“De Man in de Mirror” —M. Jackson
Liverlips McCracken Premium Member over 5 years ago
That’s a point for Goat.
Troglodyte over 5 years ago
Reflect upon it, Rat.
Gent over 5 years ago
Yes. Blame god for everything and move on.
Breadboard over 5 years ago
Hummmm … Parents of the past did not do to bad for there was way less violence then there is now :-( … Croc Power !
Egrayjames over 5 years ago
The fruit doesn’t fall far from the tree. Along those same lines, young men need to be aware that when young women grow old they often look like their mothers.
YippiKiAyMofo over 5 years ago
Y’know, they have traps for that.
Just sayin’.
Ratbrat over 5 years ago
Society! It is all society’s fault. Society and capitalism and video games.
Reader over 5 years ago
Who is the common denominator in all your problems, Rat?
Smokie over 5 years ago
But it is so funny when you hear your words come out of your adult child’s mouth. But then, those same words came from your parents.
walstib Premium Member over 5 years ago
I used to think nurture over nature, but now I think the opposite.
Minsky over 5 years ago
When that happes you start blaming the kids these days. It’s how it’s always been done.
rhpii over 5 years ago
1/8 Life: Loving Mommy & Daddy; 1/8 Finding Fault; 1/4 Realizing you’re too similar; 1/2 and counting. Missing them when they are gone. Today is the 28th anniversary of my Father’s passing.
Zebrastripes over 5 years ago
A RAT is a RAT. Is a RAT…..
Radish... over 5 years ago
In the third half of life we try to undo all the programming our parent’s installed in us in the first 5 years of our life.
Tentoes over 5 years ago
Oh, that’s an easy one. Just blame Pastis!
skipper1992 over 5 years ago
“When I was a boy of fourteen, my father was so ignorant I could hardly stand to have the old man around. But when I got to be twenty-one, I was astonished at how much he had learned in seven years.” – Mark Twain
WCraft Premium Member over 5 years ago
At what stage is the “my parents were right” going to kick in?
jvn over 5 years ago
“When I was a boy of fourteen, my father was so ignorant I could hardly stand to have the old man around. But when I got to be twenty-one, I was astonished at how much he had learned in seven years.” — Mark Twain (maybe)
VJGoh over 5 years ago
TOO REAL
zeexenon over 5 years ago
Tis often the case, but too soon old and too late smart.
BubbleTape Premium Member over 5 years ago
the youths.
Bookworm over 5 years ago
I don’t know. I am older now than my father was when he passed. But I often think Shakespeare must have known my dad (or someone very much like Dad) when he wrote, "His life was gentle, and the elements / So mixed in him that Nature might stand up / And say to all the world, ‘This was a man.’ "
Sisyphos over 5 years ago
Put the blame on Cartoon-Boy, Rat! He’s your guilty alter ego and creator!