Real Life Adventures by Gary Wise and Lance Aldrich for February 28, 2023

I guess i’m strange. I like toast bones.

Put them under your pillow and see what the tooth fairy can do.

The crust is not toast bones. Bones are part of an endoskeleton.

The crust is (more like) an exoskeleton (like what insects have). [Of course, that might bug him even more]

I don’t mind toast bones so much, pizza bones are another story, unless they are stuffed.

Ahem… toast exoskeleton actually.

so, it’s an exoskeleton?

Little kids taste buds are more sensitive to bitter. Bread crusts and most vegetables are bitter to little kids. Adults can’t taste it.

My mom pulled a fancy trick on us kids. She convinced us that, like darker brown whole wheat was healthier than white bread, the darker crusts were the healthiest part of the slice. Since crusts are the concern of only the fussiest of eaters, I accepted this with a nod while chewing.

Well, you learn something new everyday! Toast bones. Who knew?

Our dogs understand “toast bones” and “pizza bones”. They’re all in favor of them.

Whether or not I eat the bones depends on my mood and whether or not my teeth are in.

Hey kid haven’t you heard, the crust will give you curly hair. At least that’s what old wives say.

Mom was never a kid so how could she possibly understand?

“Okay, but I do not want to hear ’I’m hungry’ again until dinner time.”