Stone Soup by Jan Eliot for October 13, 2024

There’s nothing so deaf as a teenager.

Oh, she heard every word. She just wasn’t listening since she’d heard it all before.

it’s a good thing she didn’t ask holly any questions

If I have told you once, I have told you a million times, don’t exaggerate.

After a while, it’s all white noise.

sure hope it wasn’t important or you’re gonna be in a world of hurt when it comes down to doing what brought that lecture on in the first place.

It doesn’t matter because Mom got all that off her chest even if the brat didn’t listen.

Mine is 58 and still deaf!!!!!

We gave speeches to but they always ended with “Your grounded, or you loose all electronic privileges, or no friend contact for a week or two, no driving, to bed by 9 each night and lights out, etc.” That always got their little minds to pay attention and start begging. We laughed and turned around and walked, “Can’t hear you.”

There was a similar Calvin and Hobbes strip. In that, his thought bubble in the second-to-last panel was something, “Looks like she’s wrapping up, better start nodding.” The final has mom saying, “Good, I’m glad we had this talk.”