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“With your father it’s different! Thirteen is entirely too young to be unwinding!”
Perry Barlow
September 10, 1966

 

 

“What’s so super about a boy who never calls his mother?”
Charles Barsotti
August 13, 1966

 

“Sharon, darling, this is only a mother talking. But why don’t you forget the fellowship and just marry a Guggenheim?”
April 23, 1966

 

“What’s a mother for unless it’s to see that they’ve checked your retros, packed your drogue chute, checked your oxygen…?”
Henry Martin
January 29, 1966

 

“Will you please stop yelling ‘Oh goodie! While I’m trying to explain to you about men?”
Roland Michaud
November 21, 1963

 

“Gosh, you’re beautiful when you’re angry.”
Sylvia Getsler
April 9, 1966

 

“Mom, how do you know so much ’bout me? Have you been reading my diary?”
Jack Tippit
October 8, 1966

 

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Comments

  1. At age 13 (referring to the first comic), I was never able to come home and unwind. I had chores to complete and homework to do before even thinking of unwinding. If I tried anything like that my Dad would either wear my @$$ out with a belt or build a shoe factory up my @$$.

  2. My own favorite here is number 5 down by Roland Michaud. Mom’s not having any of it from this daughter, and dare I say a face slap may be forthcoming here?

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