I had a boss that stacked all his important papers, ID book, passport, driving licence etc in a garbage bag and left them on his desk overnight. The office cleaner assumed they were garbage and chucked the whole lot out. Needless to say, the boss was in a very BAD mood for days and we all crept around like terrified mice.
Like they were going to fit this year, anyway. Don’t have that problem at work. The cleaners won’t touch anything not labeled “BASURA.” (I think that says something for the state of our workspaces, that we have to label the trash.)
Why is everyone giving Ellie a hard time? It’s John’s fault for not looking in the bag. It’s not like he pulled the bag out of the garbage can. He found it lying around the house. It was foolish of him to assume Ellie would leave a bag of trash around, and it must not have smelled like garbage. Who doesn’t realize trash bags are multipurpose items?
This is a cartoon strip—one that effectively captures typical moments in marriage and child rearing and makes them funny. People who don’t like the strip might as well go elsewhere. For what it’s worth—I have used trash bags to store clothes in and it’s pretty effective as long as the other people in the house take notice of the contents before assuming it’s trash. Poor John—my husband once threw out the branches to a Christmas tree because he didn’t think to ask why the bag was sitting by the door (along with the boxes containing the ornaments) and I hadn’t yet marked it. I wasn’t happy either. Life happens. It might as well make someone laugh.
While I do feel for him, it sounds like something my dad would do. Waaay back when I still lived at home, he had annoyingly thrown out a number of my things without asking (one was a nice waste bin I had accidentally left next to the trash can, I came to retrieve the next day and it was gone. Grrr).Elly’s revenge would be to make him take the kids out clothes shopping ;b
Elly has to go check the trash dump now. Or she could just take a trip to the nearby department store (did Canada have Wal-Marts then?). She can buy the kids all new clothes.
Why does Elly always seem like she’s in a constant state of P.M.S.?!? She needs to take a chill-pill today. It was a simple accident. John didn’t mean to throw the clothes away and given this reaction, he sure wouldn’t have done it on purpose for anything in the world! Guaranteed, last summer’s clothes wouldn’t have fit this summer anyhow. She should just chock this one up to experience . . . then tell John to fork over his credit card because the kids now need a whole new summer wardrobe!
Give it a rest, beeyatch. It’s not like they clothes from last summer would still fit the next summer, especially in Canada (unlike here, where summer seems to last from April until October).
I think she’s as mad at herself and the situation as much as she is at John. Her question to him isn’t necessarly blame, but more of a ‘what the heck happened’ kind of thing. And not an unreasonable question, really.
thisisretarded over 12 years ago
She’s a moody thing, isn’t she?
pouncingtiger over 12 years ago
After yesterday’s strip, I didn’t think John could be blamed. I should have guessed that Elly would find a way.
TURTLE over 12 years ago
Damned if you do and damned if you don’t. Married life. Love it!!!!
dugharry over 12 years ago
Been there! done that! got perfect silence for 2 days it was great!!
arye uygur over 12 years ago
Quick! Chase the garbage truck!
Tog over 12 years ago
I really must get up earlier. All the points I was going to make have already been made. Ho hum.
The Old Wolf over 12 years ago
Elly doesn’t need to find a way to blame John, she just does it – as I intimated yesterday. And yes, she’s a moody thing.
Harryfan over 12 years ago
Oh no, I just check the bag of clothes in the back of the closet and I found out it was the trash I was supposed to have thrown out.
Whew, so that’s where that bad smell was coming from.cdward over 12 years ago
Welcome to my world.
JoanHelen over 12 years ago
I had a boss that stacked all his important papers, ID book, passport, driving licence etc in a garbage bag and left them on his desk overnight. The office cleaner assumed they were garbage and chucked the whole lot out. Needless to say, the boss was in a very BAD mood for days and we all crept around like terrified mice.
716PMedGuy over 12 years ago
been there
psychlady over 12 years ago
Why didn’t she put it in a different place? She better get a paying job so she can buy the kids new summer clothes.
gobblingup Premium Member over 12 years ago
Aren’t they just the old clothes that the kids have grown out of? It’s not like Lizzie is going to wear Michael’s old clothes anyway. No worries.
tripwire45 over 12 years ago
Those clothes aren’t the only thing that went out with the garbage.
rmacprivate over 12 years ago
You can’ win, period. As a man the sooner you understand that the easier your life will be.
mwest over 12 years ago
I’ve come to hate this strip because of story lines like these. It’s not funny – it’s just stupid.
MeGoNow Premium Member over 12 years ago
Like they were going to fit this year, anyway. Don’t have that problem at work. The cleaners won’t touch anything not labeled “BASURA.” (I think that says something for the state of our workspaces, that we have to label the trash.)
hcr1985 over 12 years ago
poor John..at least he tried!!!
lakita_lover over 12 years ago
Why is everyone giving Ellie a hard time? It’s John’s fault for not looking in the bag. It’s not like he pulled the bag out of the garbage can. He found it lying around the house. It was foolish of him to assume Ellie would leave a bag of trash around, and it must not have smelled like garbage. Who doesn’t realize trash bags are multipurpose items?
nwbluemoon over 12 years ago
now John will gripe about how much she spends on clothes for the kids this summer…
nwbluemoon over 12 years ago
There is a FEEL to a bag full of clothes btw, I don’t know how he could have thrown it out thinking it is just trash.
danlarios over 12 years ago
who let the trash out? oh! oh!
earthshoes over 12 years ago
This is a cartoon strip—one that effectively captures typical moments in marriage and child rearing and makes them funny. People who don’t like the strip might as well go elsewhere. For what it’s worth—I have used trash bags to store clothes in and it’s pretty effective as long as the other people in the house take notice of the contents before assuming it’s trash. Poor John—my husband once threw out the branches to a Christmas tree because he didn’t think to ask why the bag was sitting by the door (along with the boxes containing the ornaments) and I hadn’t yet marked it. I wasn’t happy either. Life happens. It might as well make someone laugh.
alan.gurka over 12 years ago
Maybe now Elly will buy some storage bins from Wally World to put the kids’ stuff in.
Allan CB Premium Member over 12 years ago
Johns Thought Bubble: “Women, can’t live with ‘em, can’t shoot the dang things either!”
massha over 12 years ago
Will it EVER occur to her that she is wrong here? Goodness, I hate this pissy nag.
KJCaufield over 12 years ago
While I do feel for him, it sounds like something my dad would do. Waaay back when I still lived at home, he had annoyingly thrown out a number of my things without asking (one was a nice waste bin I had accidentally left next to the trash can, I came to retrieve the next day and it was gone. Grrr).Elly’s revenge would be to make him take the kids out clothes shopping ;b
coffeeturtle over 12 years ago
New Summer Clothes for the Kids!!! Yay!
tuslog64 over 12 years ago
To cut clutter, when you do throw stuff out, itemize where the stuff came from in the first place. (Maybe that explains why I don’t go to WM any more)
iced tea over 12 years ago
Elly has to go check the trash dump now. Or she could just take a trip to the nearby department store (did Canada have Wal-Marts then?). She can buy the kids all new clothes.
Gretchen's Mom over 12 years ago
This is why I never keep anything but trash in trash bags!
Gretchen's Mom over 12 years ago
Why does Elly always seem like she’s in a constant state of P.M.S.?!? She needs to take a chill-pill today. It was a simple accident. John didn’t mean to throw the clothes away and given this reaction, he sure wouldn’t have done it on purpose for anything in the world! Guaranteed, last summer’s clothes wouldn’t have fit this summer anyhow. She should just chock this one up to experience . . . then tell John to fork over his credit card because the kids now need a whole new summer wardrobe!
iomoth over 12 years ago
a lot of perfect people like to comment on this strip.
Seed_drill over 12 years ago
Give it a rest, beeyatch. It’s not like they clothes from last summer would still fit the next summer, especially in Canada (unlike here, where summer seems to last from April until October).
soap12 over 12 years ago
Back in Illinois, we had a name for women that acted like that—and it started with a “B.”
rifframone over 12 years ago
I think she’s as mad at herself and the situation as much as she is at John. Her question to him isn’t necessarly blame, but more of a ‘what the heck happened’ kind of thing. And not an unreasonable question, really.
sswope over 12 years ago
I have never been fond of Elly, I’m sorry to say.
littleannoyingdog over 12 years ago
WOMEN Can’t live with them can’t live without them….Some times?