Pearls Before Swine by Stephan Pastis for January 05, 2016
Transcript:
Goat: Have you ever heard of 'helicopter' parents? Rat: No, what are they? Goat: They're these parents nowadays who hover constantly over their children and swoop in quickly whenever there's a problem. Rat: My parents were more like a derailed train. Goat: I see. Rat: But the crashes were spectacular.
BE THIS GUY almost 9 years ago
My sister-in-law has a pilot’s license.
AGED_ENGINEER Premium Member almost 9 years ago
Mrs. Agedengineer is gonna like this one!
Sherlock Watson almost 9 years ago
Helicopter parents tend to drone on a lot.
gzbomber almost 9 years ago
That explains a lot.
LuvThemPluggers almost 9 years ago
The rat family sounds more interesting.
knight1192a almost 9 years ago
I’m wondering if my sister is going to end up a helicopter parent. Her BF already sounds like it (well, sounds like 1984, which is a bit worse).
Bilan almost 9 years ago
Forget drones. The FAA should restrict helicopter parents.
juicebruce almost 9 years ago
In order to learn some must burn…………………..sad but true.
DrDavy2000 almost 9 years ago
Autogyro — like helicopter, but without power
AtariDragon almost 9 years ago
There’s a lot going on in these panels!
Sisyphos almost 9 years ago
One might feel sorry for Rat’s family situation, if he weren’t Rat….
harryrandolph almost 9 years ago
Isn’t there always an helicopter hovering over a train wreak?
Packratjohn Premium Member almost 9 years ago
I was a helicopter parent from time to time…. it was cyclic.
finale almost 9 years ago
A buddy of mine’s Dad set a land speed record in a 1940 Army tank. It would have been even faster but that Bank building at the bottom of the hill in Louisville, KY prevented that!
angelfiredragon almost 9 years ago
My ex was the titanic
Number Three almost 9 years ago
Yep. That’s a very good way of describing Rat’s family.
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cdgar almost 9 years ago
Mine were submarine parents. If we got out of line, we werequickly torpedoed.
nosirrom almost 9 years ago
I guess you could say that my mother was a helicopter parent. Especially whenever she got mad at me. Like the blades of a helicopter she would have taken my head off if I didn’t duck.
dadoctah almost 9 years ago
Back in the old days, we had zeppelin parents.