I am more worried that she complains about the mess, but doesn’t care about her kids (who are how old?) using a knife without adult supervision. And having carved a pumpkin myself today with my kids, i highly doubt this is a dull butter knife.
I agree that was my first thought . Those kids are using a long sharp knife. Pumpkins are very hard to cut. Poor Elizabeth is going to cut her fingers off. Then there will be blood all over the kitchen. John should be carving the pumpkin with the kids. That’s how we did it.
I grew up on this cartoon, until recently I never realized how much of a b**ch Elly can be, they are carving a pumpkin of course it’s going to make a mess, chill…sheesh.
The good old days. Pretty sure I was able to use our sharp knife by age 9 or so and would have used it by myself, though I would have aged them another year or 2 (11 or 12 and 7/8 sounds good) before they could/would do the whole process alone without asking.
Unexpected, huge mess can be traumatic for a parent, that’s for sure. It’s hard to understand, as a child!
It’s kind of sad that the kids are carving the pumpkins alone. It was such a family thing…creating the faces on paper…then the.card table set up outside (easy to hose off the mess)…and finally saving the pumpkins seeds to roast. Wouldn’t have missed the experience for a million dollars!
Like it was in Charlie & the Chocolate Factory (the original, not the remake), where Mike Teavee is asked about his cap gun.Mike Teavee: Yes, it is a model of a Colt 45. Pop will not let me have a real one.Mr. Teavee{chuckles}: Sorry son, not until you are 12!
goweeder GoComics PRO Member said, less than a minute ago
@suevanv
“It’s kind of sad that the kids are carving the pumpkins alone. It was such a family thing…”~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
It’s wonderful that you have so many fond memories of the way you and your family did the pumpkin thing.
Personally, I never had that kind of experience, but I’m sure it was a happy time.
But it never occurred to me that it might be kind of sad that they were doing it alone. To them, it might have been a great adventure, spoiled by a mom who, for all we know, was at her breaking point.
I carved the pumpkin as an older child with my younger cousins. We made a big mess but we had newspaper down and my aunt actually took a silly, embarrassing photo of me with pumpkin goo everywhere (even though she was known for yelling a lot like Elly). We saved the seeds for my uncle to roast.
Templo S.U.D. about 9 years ago
John would be miffed too if he found the kids used his newspaper to keep the pumpkin’s slop off the table.
Argythree about 9 years ago
Not nice, Michael….
legaleagle48 about 9 years ago
AUGH! They didn’t tell me they were going to KILL it!
Can't Sleep about 9 years ago
Ba-dum-bum!
kraftjeff about 9 years ago
No squash were squished in the making of this strip…
RCKJD about 9 years ago
I am more worried that she complains about the mess, but doesn’t care about her kids (who are how old?) using a knife without adult supervision. And having carved a pumpkin myself today with my kids, i highly doubt this is a dull butter knife.
crazyliberal about 9 years ago
I agree that was my first thought . Those kids are using a long sharp knife. Pumpkins are very hard to cut. Poor Elizabeth is going to cut her fingers off. Then there will be blood all over the kitchen. John should be carving the pumpkin with the kids. That’s how we did it.
pralston88 about 9 years ago
Totally agree with Rosanne -
pralston88 about 9 years ago
…AND Robert
dwdl21 about 9 years ago
I grew up on this cartoon, until recently I never realized how much of a b**ch Elly can be, they are carving a pumpkin of course it’s going to make a mess, chill…sheesh.
masnadies about 9 years ago
The good old days. Pretty sure I was able to use our sharp knife by age 9 or so and would have used it by myself, though I would have aged them another year or 2 (11 or 12 and 7/8 sounds good) before they could/would do the whole process alone without asking.
Unexpected, huge mess can be traumatic for a parent, that’s for sure. It’s hard to understand, as a child!
suevanv Premium Member about 9 years ago
It’s kind of sad that the kids are carving the pumpkins alone. It was such a family thing…creating the faces on paper…then the.card table set up outside (easy to hose off the mess)…and finally saving the pumpkins seeds to roast. Wouldn’t have missed the experience for a million dollars!
USN1977 about 9 years ago
Like it was in Charlie & the Chocolate Factory (the original, not the remake), where Mike Teavee is asked about his cap gun.Mike Teavee: Yes, it is a model of a Colt 45. Pop will not let me have a real one.Mr. Teavee{chuckles}: Sorry son, not until you are 12!
summerdog86 about 9 years ago
I know mothers that are like this. They suck the fun out of everything!
goweeder about 9 years ago
goweeder GoComics PRO Member said, less than a minute ago
@suevanv
“It’s kind of sad that the kids are carving the pumpkins alone. It was such a family thing…”~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
It’s wonderful that you have so many fond memories of the way you and your family did the pumpkin thing.
Personally, I never had that kind of experience, but I’m sure it was a happy time.
But it never occurred to me that it might be kind of sad that they were doing it alone. To them, it might have been a great adventure, spoiled by a mom who, for all we know, was at her breaking point.
Doug A4 about 9 years ago
Aaaahhh, yes……wonderful strip today. Great art is based on life.
the borg about 9 years ago
i like mikes way of thinking lol
QuietStorm27 about 9 years ago
I carved the pumpkin as an older child with my younger cousins. We made a big mess but we had newspaper down and my aunt actually took a silly, embarrassing photo of me with pumpkin goo everywhere (even though she was known for yelling a lot like Elly). We saved the seeds for my uncle to roast.