In those days, or perhaps before, Sally could go around the beach picking up empty pop bottles, turn them in for the deposit, and buy herself a brand new beach ball .. all with little effort. Turning in empty pop bottles was my chief source of pocket change as a kid, since I got no ‘allowance’.
The problem is not that people living in those countries are communists, it’s that their governments are communists. Let’s try to remember which system of government has massacred hundreds of millions of its own citizens over the years, OK??
Good comic for reminding us of how ridiculous any generalized name calling is and how children repeat what they hear adults say. I don’t like to over think cartoons but some people are. Let’s just enjoy the joke and leave it at that.
Many toys and swim stuff come right back to the ocean beach where they were lost, particularly if there are underwater obstructions, essentially underwater dunes. When my dog and I visited my mom on the beach, I would figure out where the tide pushed toward the beach when the tide came back in, and I’d usually find that Frisbee or tennis ball that my golden failed to retrieve. Sadly, Sally’s huge beach ball is like a giant sail so the wind will take it out of the current so it will be in the shipping lanes before you know it.
mccollunsky over 5 years ago
Great, now the ball has caused a cold war flare up.
Templo S.U.D. over 5 years ago
keep yelling, Sally, and you’ll end up with laryngitis
wonka291 over 5 years ago
Rare political reference.
Renatus Profuturus Frigeridus Premium Member over 5 years ago
Maybe could be a poor African boy , or girl . (Honestly I don’t know if they live on the West or East cost) .
mrcooncat over 5 years ago
In those days, or perhaps before, Sally could go around the beach picking up empty pop bottles, turn them in for the deposit, and buy herself a brand new beach ball .. all with little effort. Turning in empty pop bottles was my chief source of pocket change as a kid, since I got no ‘allowance’.
Troglodyte over 5 years ago
Maybe the kid is having a ball with it, Sally. Let it go.
jagedlo over 5 years ago
Like the kid could hear you, Sally!
jpayne4040 over 5 years ago
You’ll just have to get a new ball, Sally!
DanFlak over 5 years ago
How quick we are to judge.
uniquename over 5 years ago
Clearly Sally’s not familiar with the old, “Finders keepers…” rules.
rs over 5 years ago
The problem is not that people living in those countries are communists, it’s that their governments are communists. Let’s try to remember which system of government has massacred hundreds of millions of its own citizens over the years, OK??
summerdog over 5 years ago
Sally’s little girl suit is darling.
joefearsnothing over 5 years ago
If she’s in Alaska, it could ,very easily, be a Russian communist! ;o}
RobinHood over 5 years ago
Arthur Curry Jr
SunflowerGirl100 over 5 years ago
Good comic for reminding us of how ridiculous any generalized name calling is and how children repeat what they hear adults say. I don’t like to over think cartoons but some people are. Let’s just enjoy the joke and leave it at that.
stillfickled Premium Member over 5 years ago
Some people take these comics so literally.
marilynnbyerly over 5 years ago
Many toys and swim stuff come right back to the ocean beach where they were lost, particularly if there are underwater obstructions, essentially underwater dunes. When my dog and I visited my mom on the beach, I would figure out where the tide pushed toward the beach when the tide came back in, and I’d usually find that Frisbee or tennis ball that my golden failed to retrieve. Sadly, Sally’s huge beach ball is like a giant sail so the wind will take it out of the current so it will be in the shipping lanes before you know it.
Dippy over 5 years ago
Other side of the world, probably WAS a communist. He could send back half a ball for equal distribution.
jeepster1214 over 5 years ago
Everyone knows this comic is syndicated from 1972 right? You’re all freaking out about politics in a strip that’s probably older than you. Lol!