The Buckets by Greg Cravens for April 14, 2012

It’s not what you say to kids, it’s how you say it that gets them to respond. They look for the not so subtle clues, that you really mean it.The volume and tone of your voice and the throbbing vein on your forehead, make them move.

I’ve made my kids grab them, carry them out, and put their shoes on in the car. They get very baffled looks the first time. Unfortunately, the NEXT time, they have a loophole. “Let’s just go! I’ll put them on in the car!”

I remember the days when I’d walk down the street without shoes, during summer. Le sigh … the generations of kids from 1990-present have no care for the world, and most just throw garbage and trash everywhere. When I was a kid, if I threw garbage on the ground, I got a spanking.

Oog. I recall the early early 70s when trash on the street was a huge issue. That was when the Native American guy cried and everything. It got better, but no one remembers Iron Eyes Cody no more, and the young’ns throw trash out in the street again. Gotta go back to that lesson for the new generations.

I love Toby’s expression in the last panel.

He looks extremely bored.

LOL xxx

Mom would say “Let’s go.” Dad & I would always hear – we have time to make a snack and watch our tv program before leaving..Dad & I drove mom crazy when I was growing up.

Well get going boys!

From this week’s strips, you’d think Greg Cravens has kids. Scratch that, from reading this week’s strips, you’d think Greg Cravens has my kid.