I love that Wallace’s final comment is a short periodic sentence. (That is, unless we count the long chant of mom mom mom mom….) Usually they are long and complex. But their principal characteristic is that the main point is withheld till the end. Winston Churchill, John Milton, and Walt Whitman are seen to have used them to great effect. In this case, the very last word, “yesterday” flash-crystalizes the annoying/hilarious nature of the whole rant. Love it.
I remember the Hanna-Barbera cartoon character Atom Ant and the 1980s singer Adam Ant. I also remember a 1970s strip in Hotspur Comic called “Charley’s Ant” which I later learned was a play on the title of the play “Charley’s Aunt”.
Just a little soap destroys their scent trails—and also them, since they breathe through their skeletons. You can’t drown them in water but you can in soapy water, clogging them up.
I know how that is—when you want to share something but know you’ll forget if you don’t blurt it out now. It’s a fine feature of email as opposed to writing or phoning: it’s easy and acceptable to jot another missive with one more tiny remark that you didn’t include in your previous note.
angelolady Premium Member 5 months ago
Does an upside-down grak sound just like a right-side-up grak? In Wallace world.
Ida No 5 months ago
“His name was Adam!”
jimmjonzz Premium Member 5 months ago
I love that Wallace’s final comment is a short periodic sentence. (That is, unless we count the long chant of mom mom mom mom….) Usually they are long and complex. But their principal characteristic is that the main point is withheld till the end. Winston Churchill, John Milton, and Walt Whitman are seen to have used them to great effect. In this case, the very last word, “yesterday” flash-crystalizes the annoying/hilarious nature of the whole rant. Love it.
conuly 5 months ago
I love that first panel.
Calvinist1966 5 months ago
I remember the Hanna-Barbera cartoon character Atom Ant and the 1980s singer Adam Ant. I also remember a 1970s strip in Hotspur Comic called “Charley’s Ant” which I later learned was a play on the title of the play “Charley’s Aunt”.
VanLaser 5 months ago
Wallace putting the ant in antecedent
Pigs_Will_Fly 5 months ago
Ants are amazing!
crookedwolf Premium Member 5 months ago
Was it in the kitchen? The little boogers keep sending out scouts in mine..
Steverino Premium Member 5 months ago
I wonder what he would call if he saw an uncle?
jschumaker 5 months ago
Sterling, rushing in- “AND I ATE IT.”
rockyridge1977 5 months ago
……..everything is not 911!!!!!
mousefumanchu Premium Member 5 months ago
Why I stayed single.
DM2860 5 months ago
Who heard that in Stewie’s voice?
Ack_Blech_Thbbft! 5 months ago
‘grak’
scyphi26 5 months ago
Hee-hee, yup! Both been on the receiving and the giving side of that before. :P
Mike Baldwin creator 5 months ago
Aunt are everywhere.
FireAnt_Hater 5 months ago
Untypical Wallace behavior.
Faustus Mitternacht 5 months ago
Was it….. “THEM!”
raybarb44 5 months ago
That Is so far the worst reason l have ever heard for getting your Mother’s attention…..
zeediva 5 months ago
Two things: (1) Yes, parenthood is like this, and (2) priorities are an individual state of mind.
PoodleGroomer 5 months ago
We took a cinnamon breakfast loaf to sister in law’s house. We found all of her ant colonies the next morning.
amaryllis2 Premium Member 5 months ago
Just a little soap destroys their scent trails—and also them, since they breathe through their skeletons. You can’t drown them in water but you can in soapy water, clogging them up.
mistercatworks 5 months ago
“It was your Aunt Margaret. I saw her, too.”
goboboyd 5 months ago
Mahm!
StephenRice 5 months ago
Now Wallace is just out to bug Mom.
tvstevie 5 months ago
Talk about a delayed reaction!
Charlie Fogwhistle 5 months ago
Wallace is not very brave today.
JH&Cats 5 months ago
I know how that is—when you want to share something but know you’ll forget if you don’t blurt it out now. It’s a fine feature of email as opposed to writing or phoning: it’s easy and acceptable to jot another missive with one more tiny remark that you didn’t include in your previous note.
JH&Cats 5 months ago
“Did you see the moon last night??” Or “the clouds today were fantastic.”
moondog42 Premium Member 5 months ago
Darnell Coles did a version of this joke back when he was doing standup comedy
wordsmeet 5 months ago
Seagull wants a mom too.
Lord Pantsalot the Wise 4 months ago
I love how the seagull also makes a sound, so it goes“Mom Mom Mom Mom Mom Mom Mom Mom Mom Grek Mom Mom Mom Mom”
wordsmeet about 2 months ago
“Want to see an antelope?“