Ink Pen by Phil Dunlap for March 11, 2007

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Wife: I'm glad you're home, dear! Your precocious middle chlid has gotten herself into trouble again! Girl: I speak and act like a much older person! Husband: But honey, I"m just a put-upon inept dad stuck in a dead-end corporate job! I can't parent a willful child! Wife: Well, I'm a noble, long-suffering wife, and I'm tired of shrugging off her hijinks with wry dismissal! Son: Hey, don't look at me! I'm just a sullen, self-absorbed teenager unable to connect with anything outside of technological gadgets, which are inscrutable to you. Hamhock: What you need around here is a wisecracking pet to kep everyone on their toes! Husband: A talking animal? Wife: How unrealistic! Hamhock: Right, the comics page is no place for that...