Baby Blues by Rick Kirkman and Jerry Scott for January 15, 2024

Hammie just keep trying. You’ll get the hang of it.

i find it hard to believe he doesn’t already know about spit balls. a fun way to annoy your siblings.

Before one knows something, one doesn’t know it.

There’s a reason it’s not called a suckwad.

If it gets stuck in the straw, suck real hard.

You know, the entire time I was in primary school, nobody ever threw a spitball. (By high school everyone knew better ways to play “torture the teacher” lol.)

Hope the teacher knows the Heimlich.

Hammie, stay away from poison blow darts!

When I was that age, I ate paper intentionally, all the time. Don’t know why, I just loved eating paper.

Uh-oh.

One junior high I went to the clock in the classroom was loaded with spitballs!

It’s okay. It’s okay. Make another one. You will succeed.

Good thing it wasn’t a poison pellet!

I can’t believe that’s Hammies first spit ball

Hammie, please don’t choke!

Thanks for a great laugh to start the day!! LOLOL!

Blow it at the board?? Nah, never did that. We always blew the spitwads at each other or other kids. My family doctor found one in my ear during a physical to go to Scout Camp. Had a big glob of earwax around it.

Paper won’t hurt you, Hammie.

Education 101…

We used disassembled Bic pens.

Wait until Hammie starts chewing tobacco.

They’re just spitballin’ spitballin’.

Guess who is going to get blamed

Amateur!

Spitballs seems to be the preferred term here. At my school it was spitwads.

Practice makes perfect!

Don’t you just hate it when your spitball or poison dart backfire?

Ooh, plot twist!

It’s just as well Hammie, I’m sure you’ll find another way to get in trouble.

I remember my third grade teacher Mrs. Triplett catching me throwing one and called me to her desk. She had me put my hands on her desk and bend over. A good hard hit with her board and I decided to never throw another one in her room. This was standard punishment in the 50’s and 60’s here.

Happy MLK day everybody :) .

IJBOL! Very funny kicker…

Being a kid is hard!

Good thing it was a spitball, and not a poison dart.

Guess who will be in trouble with the teacher?

Haha! (＾▽＾)

This was the start to the WORST Baby Blues arc (in my opinion).