Baby Blues by Rick Kirkman and Jerry Scott for June 05, 2024

So familiar

Better right now than later, at a more awkward, less convenient time when the need is immediate and the rest stops nonexistent.

Three feet, a new record.

That happened to me yesterday at the hospital. The nurse was prepping me for a procedure and asked me if I needed to pee and I said no. But a minute later, I had to go.

The nice thing about GPS these days is you can search for gas stations/restaurants/rest stops along the way. We did that recently (no kids) and planning our stops made the 6 hour trip more enjoyable.

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Every summer we would drive from Everett to San Diego to visit my mom’s family. My dad would say “you better pee and you’d better eat, I’m not stopping till we get to Portland!”

Is Wren potty trained or just learning the word? Cuz she sure is drawn as a diapered toddler.

Leslie Gore’s song, remember? “It’s my potty snd I’ll cry if I want to”!

To pee or not to pee, that is the question.

Darryl, you might as well use the bushes while they’re gone.

Ah, fond memories from past family vacations.

I’d go too if I were you, Daryl.

My Mom always made us pee before we left to go in the car,so now at 70 I still do the same thing.

I’ve taken road trips alone and with my wife. When I’m by myself I shave an hour every 4 hours off my trip time because of the Starbucks/snacks/bathroom stops.

Oh, god! It’s already starting and they’re not even out the driveway yet!

Darryl said it was an eight hour drive but the distance is only 250 miles. It takes eight hours because of all the potty stops.

Are we there yet?

Now dad’s pi**sed.

You tell kids to go, don’t ask.

you tell kids to go, don’t ask.

The famous chorus from the back seat choir, “Daddy I gotta go! Daddy I gotta go!”

Remind them to go, but we also had them wear protection for the just in case. Even a little bit older kids can have accidents (I know as a parent). Especially if they knock out and then wake up to go and wouldn’t you know it that you just left the last town about 5-10 miles back.

In real life, they’d have gotten a mile down the road, then everyone would have screamed “I gotta go!”

Daryll, might as well go in and grab a beer. Gonna be a long trip

Can we step away from the bathroom humor?

First potty stop and head slap by Wanda and they’re not even out of the driveway yet. Yep, it’s going to be a long trip.

It’s going to be a long eight hours :) safe travels

Better now than if it was a winter trip and all the kids had snowsuits on.

Why is Wren still in the baby backwards seat instead of a car seat?

I always go “one more time” before I head out the door!

Two word Wren!

Rules of the road: go before you go.

I can hardly remember a road trip without either seeing or experiencing at least one roadside pee stop. Four door cars would open both the front and back roadside doors for privacy for dad or son. Moms and sisters seemed immune to the problem.

Coin operated toilets and the lessons in “crawling under undetected”

At least they’re not on the road when they decide they have to go!

This is why you feed peanuts to everyone before a road trip – despite the car load of people with peanut breath, it should help reduce the urge to go on the go.

Why do family road trips always start like this?

Story of my life.

In real life, We travelled about 250 miles to see our parents practically every long weekend, so in our family’s case, we stopped every 100 miles, no matter what. The kids and us would play a short game of running around, just to get in some stretching. Over the years we found new places to see in every little town on the way there. Life changes and kids grow up. We have lots of pictures from those days.

Should just wear a depends…like Darryl does

Three things my Father instilled in me to never pass up a chance to do: Pee, kiss a pretty girl, take a nap. YMMV of course.

Might as well check to see if the oven’s turned off while you’re at it.

Well you may eventually get out of the driveway ………… maybe.

Now, I have to go!

Doesn’t matter, Darryl. An hour from now you’ll be hearing the dreaded, “Daddy, I have to pee…”

…when you’re stuck in construction traffic on the interstate ten miles from the nearest rest stop.

Better now than right when you get on the road. It’s always the last thing I do before a long drive.

It could be worse – you could be on the highway.

Better now than in half an hour. Trust me, I know.

If it is an 8 hour drive with 3 kids they are going to need to stop at least 2 times unless it is a no drinks trip to prevent the stopping. I know when I have traveled I always had to go about every 2 hours no matter how much I drank.