Baby Blues by Rick Kirkman and Jerry Scott for October 29, 2024

Better luck in two more days.

Nice try, Hammie!

May as well get used to it. It’s your mom now. In 20 years, it will be your wife.

Change clothes on the school bus.

Time to pull a Superman, Hammie!

Mid 60’s, 1st and 2nd grade we were to wear our costumes to school and the teacher would take us to the 5th and 6th grades to show them.

That’s pretty hard Hammie. I was 57 when my mother passed away and I don’t think I ever won any arguement with her. After all, she had a 28 year head start of knowledge over me.

Hammie, get used to it. You will never win an argument with a woman and usually you won’t want to. They are smarter.

I’m the rooster on my front yard. I do anything I want as long as it’s ok with my wife.

Yesterday

A Pirate is all I wanted to play

But my mother was there to say nay nay

Oh, I believe in yesterday

[Verse 2]

Suddenly

I’m not half the boy I used to be

My sister’s shadow hanging over me

Oh, yesterday came suddenly

[Bridge]

Why’d I have to go

To school dressed the same old way

My timing was all wrong

Now I long for yesterday

[Verse 3]

Yesterday

Pirates was such an easy game to play

But my mother was there to say nay nay

Oh, I believe in yesterday

[Bridge]

Why’d I have to go

To school dressed the same old way

My timing was all wrong

Now I long for yesterday

[Verse 3]

Yesterday

A Pirate is all I wanted to play

But my mother was there to say nay nay

Oh, I believe in yesterday

[Outro]

Mmm-mmm-mmm-mmm-mmm, hmm-hmm

Yesterday, she did not say you can’t wear that costume “today,” meaning only on that particular day. It was a permanent injunction.

She should’ve told Hammie that he could wear his costume to school tomorrow.

Today is National Oatmeal Day

Last season of LEAVE IT TO BEAVER had the junior highers betting who’d have the nerve to violate the dress code and wear a “Monster Sweatshirt” to school

Forget it Hammie, you will never win.

I loved those Beatles songs especially the ballads, Yesterday, And I love her, For No One, Something and Here Comes the Sun to name a few.

Mom needs to state each school day until Halloween.

Mom: You can wear the pirate costume tomorrow. Next day…Kid: But Mom, you said I could wear the costume!Mom: I said “you can wear it tomorrow;” it’s not tomorrow, it’s today!

Third time’s the charm?

Halloween is October 31st, Hambone. Your school will have costume day then.

Implications and extensions are sometimes hard to grasp.