Baby Blues by Rick Kirkman and Jerry Scott for September 24, 2024

Well done Hammie, Mom is being difficult

Quick, to the water colors and paint them both purple.

Look, I’ve never had any kids of my own but I’m wondering why kids make such simple things as finding and putting on shoes so complicated? Is it their way of wielding power?

If the shoe fits, find its mate, then wear both of them.

“Stink to high heaven”, they have to be Hammier!

have they checked the roof?

If Hammie wears shoes that don’t match, he’ll be considered a dork. If a famous person does the same thing, it’ll start a fashion trend.

Search again, only to discover Mom’s old Cha-Cha pumps!!

Everyone takes their shoes off at the door. How hard is this?

This is a crappy mother.

Why are you being so unreasonably picky, Wanda? You’re not even the one wearing the shoes!

If he wants to wear mismatched shoes, let him wear mismatched shoes. This is not a real problem, and I’m sure that, as a mom, Wanda has enough real problems to deal with that she shouldn’t need to make up more.

But they’re both left foot shoes.

it sounded like Wanda keeps saying his shoes smell to high Heaven

Oh, Hammie, don’t you know? It’s easier to ask forgiveness than permission. ;)

Tell her it’s 80s day at school and try to pitch it as a fashion statement.

Use Febreze for them if ya have to.

My eldest granddaughter and I wear mismatched socks occasionally. She called it “Odd Sock Day”. Being “Gramps”, I immediately adopted the practice with her.

Argyle socks,where are you?

♪♫ "You got your…

One shoe in the middle of his room.

One shoe in the middle of his room.

One shoe in the middle of his room.

And it’s stinkin’ to high, high heaven." ♪♫

The Return of the Short Young Man with One Black Sneaker?

I’d wear them just to show your classmates how unique you are!!!

The two shoes in his hand don’t match each other any better than either one matches the one shoe he’s wearing. So why didn’t he just grab the right shoe and leave the left one behind?

Checks all the boxes.

In the 1990s, there was a short-lived fad, where you would buy two pairs of the shoe, but in different colours.

Then you’d wear one of each colour, at the same time.

Unreasonable demands. But we forgive her.

Kirkman and Scott use a lot of imagination to turn an ordinary kid moment into a joke.

If they are comfortable then no worries. If they are uncomfortable Hammie will learn…..or make an excuse to go shoeless.

I say go ahead Hammie.

This is what spray paint is for…