Hehe, I like today’s strip. Sure it relies upon the Clueless Husband trope, but that’s perfectly in-character for Brad. And I like any strip that has them without Shannon.
Wrong move – Brad never,never, never use logic when your wife is asking questions. Next time, you do the laundry, you will complied with your wife’s expectations. Remember happy wife, happy life.
Have a separate hamper for any unmentionables you want washed by hand. Wash everything else on cold, and the colors usually won’t run plus you’ll save energy. Most laundry detergent already has some kind of booster in it to get out stains and brighten colors. Boom, done.
The only way for a man to INSURE that the woman does all of these “household chores” CORRECTLY, is to do them so badly that he is NEVER “requested” (i.e. ORDERED!) to do them again! ;) Example-the clean towels should be wadded up (or tied into a know! ;), and stuffed into a hallway closet! ;)
I really love this strip because it perfectly illustrates one of the very few things that my wife and I get on each others nerves about. You see, she just doesn’t understand that there are four different approaches one can take to a given household chore. They are as follows: 1. The Right Way. 2. The Wrong Way. 3. The Husband Way. 4. My Way. She likes to do things the Right Way, and I like to do things MY Way. Her narrow minded view on this issue has caused some friction between us sometimes.
I’ve done our laundry for 44 years and my wife rarely complains. Until I retired, I never washed our clothes together simply because of the work I did. I taught my son to do his own washing.
I do all the laundry in our house so I never have to criticize how my husband does it. I also do all the cooking, bill paying, housework and yard work for the same reason.
Judging from Toni’s expression in the last two panels, as well as her words in panel three, there is going to be a good deal more discussion of this topic.
Anyway, no mater how we understand this dialogue, she is saying she wears polyester tights. Therefore Brad should leave her. What’s the next horror? She puts ice cubes in her wine? She gets mayonnaise from a jar? Run man, run !
Lol – - My wife is the one with no clue how to properly do laundry, but she insists on doing it anyway. I sometimes sort things out in the laundry baskets, but if they’re not sorted for her, they don’t get sorted.
Templo S.U.D. about 4 years ago
I don’t want to know what just happened, right?
beb01 about 4 years ago
I’m too tired and too unobservant to figure out what this is all about.Nonsense verse, maybe.
Prescott_Philosopher about 4 years ago
Sigh
DaJellyBelly about 4 years ago
Cute
Pointspread about 4 years ago
Good point Brad.
beb01 about 4 years ago
Who hasn;t been observing what? Toni constant morning dry heaves?
jaydogg187 about 4 years ago
For being such a slouch;Brad is certain to be sleeping on the couch.
Joe1962 about 4 years ago
Toni was not finished.
Cheapskate0 about 4 years ago
Sounds like “I don’t want a fight” is about to start in 3…2…1
rklynch about 4 years ago
Cute..
Brdshtt Premium Member about 4 years ago
Never go to bed mad. Or talking about laundry.
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And one for Jay Blue: “Supine and Prone Prose”
SJhapamama about 4 years ago
Cute, but they’ve been married for a while—you’d think this would have surfaced a lot earlier…like week two, maybe!
BlitzMcD about 4 years ago
That’s why my late and much, much missed wife Audrey and I always did our own laundry individually. Much less stress that way.
BJShipley1 about 4 years ago
Hehe, I like today’s strip. Sure it relies upon the Clueless Husband trope, but that’s perfectly in-character for Brad. And I like any strip that has them without Shannon.
Caldonia about 4 years ago
Toni, your last couplet proves you are severely sleep deprived. Just go to sleep.
Mordock999 Premium Member about 4 years ago
Sheesh! These two finally get a “Shannonless” moment alone, and they waste the time asking foolish questions???
Rhetorical_Question about 4 years ago
Wrong move – Brad never,never, never use logic when your wife is asking questions. Next time, you do the laundry, you will complied with your wife’s expectations. Remember happy wife, happy life.
Opus Croakus about 4 years ago
Have a separate hamper for any unmentionables you want washed by hand. Wash everything else on cold, and the colors usually won’t run plus you’ll save energy. Most laundry detergent already has some kind of booster in it to get out stains and brighten colors. Boom, done.
hammytech about 4 years ago
Brad isn’t to good at picking up on signals.. is he?
Rhetorical_Question about 4 years ago
I noticed the bachelors are not good deciphering the marital code.
nailer Premium Member about 4 years ago
I thing that Brad´s verse could use a “do” before “ask”, somehow it sounds better to me. Just sayin´
Don Draper about 4 years ago
“In brightest day, in blackest night, no evil shall escape my sight. Let those who worship evil’s might, beware my power…Green Lantern’s light!”
David Huie Green LoveJoyAndPeace about 4 years ago
“I would rather not fight” does not mean I fear a fight
Some made that mistake and ended up a bloody sight
I favor peace as a peaceable man
But I can rain down wrath if you force my hand.
(On the other hand, I can’t hit women, so I’m helpless there
When a woman comes at me in anger I get a scare.)
pekelopan Premium Member about 4 years ago
What else has Brad not done that is now going to come back and bite him?
crobinson019 about 4 years ago
Late night arguments are the worst; even when couched in poetry
Aladar30 Premium Member about 4 years ago
Beautiful poem. Toni and Brad are adorable together even in moments that precedes a huge discussion ♡.
UmmeMoosa about 4 years ago
What happened to innocence of comics?
JDHarriman about 4 years ago
Is she with bambino???
Ignatz Premium Member about 4 years ago
I’m with Brad. Put them all in the machine, and push “Warm.”
Ellis97 about 4 years ago
I could’ve sworn they were gearing up for something.
kingbrlee Premium Member about 4 years ago
Maybe the sheets and his tee shirt were white.
submachine about 4 years ago
Too much schmaltz
CreativeChef about 4 years ago
When my son went to college he thanked us for making him do his laundry. He was one of the few guys in his room that didn’t have pink underwear
artheaded1 about 4 years ago
Cute!
AtheisticallyYours1 about 4 years ago
The only way for a man to INSURE that the woman does all of these “household chores” CORRECTLY, is to do them so badly that he is NEVER “requested” (i.e. ORDERED!) to do them again! ;) Example-the clean towels should be wadded up (or tied into a know! ;), and stuffed into a hallway closet! ;)
The Pro from Dover about 4 years ago
You’re dead meat! That’s right!
Grey Forest about 4 years ago
As a Husband of 36 years I know what this is about! I found out along time ago.
kenwarnerfordictator about 4 years ago
I really love this strip because it perfectly illustrates one of the very few things that my wife and I get on each others nerves about. You see, she just doesn’t understand that there are four different approaches one can take to a given household chore. They are as follows: 1. The Right Way. 2. The Wrong Way. 3. The Husband Way. 4. My Way. She likes to do things the Right Way, and I like to do things MY Way. Her narrow minded view on this issue has caused some friction between us sometimes.
rickmac1937 Premium Member about 4 years ago
Someone’s getting lucky tonite
timzsixty9 about 4 years ago
It won’t matter what color ANY of the laundry, is…in a moment! It’ll all be on the floor, on the dresser, on the mirror,, on the headboard, etc….
comic reader 22 about 4 years ago
Now we know the real reason they haven’t had children. They have the wrong discussions in bed.
roblox_ruby about 4 years ago
maybe you guys are juts so sad that you can"t see the new one
Wubbie about 4 years ago
I’ve done our laundry for 44 years and my wife rarely complains. Until I retired, I never washed our clothes together simply because of the work I did. I taught my son to do his own washing.
Lou about 4 years ago
Rule #1 for a happy wife. Don’t make her look like an unobservant idiot.
Ozzman25 about 4 years ago
As lame as that was,,,Toni’s looking smoking
locake about 4 years ago
I do all the laundry in our house so I never have to criticize how my husband does it. I also do all the cooking, bill paying, housework and yard work for the same reason.
Cminuscomics&stories Premium Member about 4 years ago
Do not ever wash and dry your wife’s clothing!
w16521 about 4 years ago
This is why some couples do their own laundry.
Troglodyte about 4 years ago
Some nights, it gets verse…
tcayer about 4 years ago
I did the laundry once. ONCE. She never asked me to do it again!
slifkagrjr about 4 years ago
I’m observant, but did Brad get a new look?
syzygy47 about 4 years ago
Actually, in a way, it reminds me of the “I’ll never tell” song from the Buffy episode “Once More with Feeling”. Great one IMHO
Super Fly about 4 years ago
He makes a good point.
brick10 about 4 years ago
With household tasks: you accept the results of your partner’s efforts, or you take on the task yourself.
Back to Big Mike about 4 years ago
This is one way to ensure he doesn’t have to do laundry again…
the dorf about 4 years ago
Is this Luann or Dr Seuss?
Purple People Eater about 4 years ago
Are we supposed to read the end of the poem as:
Then you haven’t noticed, right?… Not quite… G’night.
Which would mean that she did notice, but he doesn’t want to talk about it, or is it rather:
Then you haven’t noticed, right?… G’night… Not quite.
Which would mean that Brad wants to go to sleep, satisfied that she did’t notice, but she’s not ready to go to sleep yet.
leejohnbumphus about 4 years ago
Tell her to shut her pie hole. Doing laundry is humiliating enough for a man to begin with. Hire a laundry service if you aren’t happy.
corpcasselbury about 4 years ago
Judging from Toni’s expression in the last two panels, as well as her words in panel three, there is going to be a good deal more discussion of this topic.
Airman about 4 years ago
After all these years, Nancy is still ten times more seductive than Toni. I’ll bet that Bernice is the one who would provide a wild ride.
djorgens about 4 years ago
Toni’s got a comment hereand Brad’s just not that bright.
For when she’s talking laundryshe’s really talking shyte.
The kind that comes from wee small bumsand how brown diapers wash out white.
The laundry’s just a metaphor and Toni plainly sees,Brad just needs some laundry tutoring
on how a baby really pees.
rhpii about 4 years ago
At their age they have other things to do in bed.
Roy G Biv about 4 years ago
Brad built a whole ‘nother bedroom so he wouldn’t have to sleep on the couch when Shannon came over.
Looks like he’s gonna have to build a another whole ‘nother bedroom so he won’t have to sleep on the couch permanently.
Schrodinger's Dog about 4 years ago
Tomorrow: TJ cooks veggies !!!
ACTIVIST1234 about 4 years ago
Marriage… pure poetry
When avoidance of fight, Supercedes need to be right.
DaveQuinn about 4 years ago
I do the laundry and my wife says nothing. If she does …SHE has to do the laundry and that is something she hates.
mywifeslover about 4 years ago
I was interested in the separate her from the polyester tights line. I think I may try to use that on my next suggestive text to wifey
bakana about 4 years ago
No, she’s asking these questions to set you up for the Next part of the Discussion.
Droptma Styx about 4 years ago
Oooh … pretty racy pillow talk, huh?
buer about 4 years ago
Anyway, no mater how we understand this dialogue, she is saying she wears polyester tights. Therefore Brad should leave her. What’s the next horror? She puts ice cubes in her wine? She gets mayonnaise from a jar? Run man, run !
Sisyphos about 4 years ago
’T were better for both Toni and Brad to go to sleep happy and satisfied—not dismayed or even angry….
olmon about 4 years ago
Lol – - My wife is the one with no clue how to properly do laundry, but she insists on doing it anyway. I sometimes sort things out in the laundry baskets, but if they’re not sorted for her, they don’t get sorted.
Ceeg22 Premium Member about 4 years ago
It’s a training exercise