Lets Be Teetotalers

 

So this is where we are currently - it's been a rough time with this preschooler, getting her that last stretch to potty trained. Also, fun fact, I'm a big fan of tea and I don't drink alcohol. I should order more tea. Specifically, bergamot tea. 

Explanation: Teetotalers are those who don't drink alcohol - they can also be described as dry. When you're potty training a kid, you want them to keep their pants (and really everything they're wearing) dry. 

Text:
L: Not to be a teetotaler but, like, *world weary sigh* could we have at least one dry day this week???
R: Liiiiiiiittle bit wet - new undies please.

Dragon Waiting

 

My husband plays DOTA2 and I keep thinking up comics based on the lines I hear the characters say. In the game, the character is not waiting for his library hold to come in but I now think of this when I hear the line. The librarian is Libby, the app that many libraries use for digital access to their stacks. I recommend checking if your local library has this app - it's free and you can get all sorts of digital and audio books!

Text:
Title: DOTA2: A Day in the Life - Dragon Knight
Libby: You are fourth in line.
Dragon Knight: The dragon waits.

Pork Fried Rice Pudding

 

Happy Birthday to my Mom!
I believe the rices were Afghani, India, and Chinese. We had a bit of takeout that week, and that's not always easier than home cooking when you have toddlers. I did not end up combining them - I did not see a version where that could end well. As a side note, I had to look up if "pork fried" had a hyphen in it and it does not so now you know! Also I had to look up if that's a hyphen or a dash. So much research!

Text:
L2: I have 3 kinds of leftover rice in my fridge.
L1: Make rice pudding!
L2: ... Pork fried rice pudding?

Plebe vs Proletariat

 

The truest of stories would have these characters in a car, but that's no fun to draw. Do I know what plebeians or proletariats are? Vaguely. I do know they go together like princes and paupers. No one was injured in the running of this stop sign, but you still shouldn't run stop signs (no matter your social class).

Explanation: Saying something is for plebes (the slang for plebeians) is to say only the lowly need to do it and if you're of a higher standing then you can ignore it. Proletariats were a higher standing than plebeians in the old order.

M: There was a stop sign - why didn't he stop?!?
L: Stop signs are for plebes - he seemed more proletariat. 

Bergamot Tea

 

True story from a grocery store run. She was in a shopping car with her brother but I wasn't gonna try to draw that - even if it was a sweet two-seater car cart. Whoever thought to weld a Little Tikes car to the front of a shopping cart was a very smart person. An even smarter person made the Wegman's style car carts though - it has the kids in the regular spot of the cart cart (in grabbing range for the parent) but facing away from the parent (out of kicking range of the kid)  and has steering wheels for the kids (that do NOT steer the cart for obvious reasons). But yeah I'm not going to draw a grocery cart. 

Explanation: Earl Grey tea is a black tea with bergamot (a type of citrus fruit). Sadly, bergamot sounds like something else to a toddler.

Text:
L: We are looking for bergamot tea.
R: Booger snot?? Looking for booger snot tea!?!
L: ... Don't make me dislike the Earl. 

Raindrops Keep Falling on My Phone

I wasn't sure which way was better so here's the bonus version:

Happy September! It's the most wonderful time of the year. So this comic was sparked when we were at the Fire House Food Truck Fridays (a wonderful local tradition) and we had one of the outside tables in beautiful weather but then a light summer storm rolled through. 

Text:
L: My phone says it's raining.
M: Oh, you have weather alerts set up?
L: No, there are water droplets on the screen.
Bonus:
M: They look so real!

Fairness

Speak truthfully but maybe not that truthfully. I don't recall what prompted this conversation but I think my reply derailed it. 

WHAT this is the last comic before the best month???? Yay September! 

Text:
M: Well, to be fair -
L: Why would we be fair?

Hide and Seek Champion

 

They seek him here... and there... but apparently not right where he is. This is a pimpernel flower, which is the nom de plume of Sir Percy in "The Scarlet Pimpernel." There's a rhyme used in the movie adaptation (recited by Sir Percy of course) which starts: "They seek him here, they seek him there, those Frenchies seek him everywhere." I enjoyed drawing this flower. Also inspired by this rhyme, a while ago I did a painting of some French bulldogs not looking at a pimpernel flower: 

Text:
Title: Hide-and-Seek Champion
*Image of a pimpernel flower*

Dozers

 

Ah yes, a dozer - one who is in a doze. I'm remembering a joke about a doctor saying he will deliver the baby and the parents responding that they want the baby to keep his liver. 

Explanation: A dozer is technically a bulldozer which is a type of heavy machinery. But if you break up the words to "bull" and "dozer" then you get a different idea.

Text:
Title: Wordle (or any word game, really)
M: "Dozer" - what kind of word is that?!?
L: It's a type of bull.

Breakfast Negotiations 2

 

Is my child a Swifty? Nope, just a lover of middle eastern fruit. There is so much potential miscommunication from this simple fruit. 

Explanation: A date is a rather sweet fruit but can also be a romantic outing so clearly parents are against their kids having those.

Text:
Title: Breakfast Negotiations
R: I wanna date!
L: You've had too many already.

Breakfast Negotiations 1

 

My older toddler likes dates, while my younger toddler prefers raisins (this might be influenced by me, a mom who doesn't feel like chopping up dried fruit when there's perfectly bite-sized ones available). But seriously, dates are packed with sweetness and my kid does not need to start her day with that - granted I'm fine with her having an apple or banana with her breakfast so that might just be hypocritical of me. 

Explanation: A date is a rather sweet fruit but can also be a romantic outing so clearly parents are against their kids having those.

Text:
Title: Breakfast Negotiations
R: I wanna date!
L: It's too early for dates. 

Mountain Moved

Maybe it was previously a molehill? 

"He said to them, “Because of your little faith. For truly, I say to you, if you have faith like a grain of mustard seed, you will say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it will move, and nothing will be impossible for you.”" - Matthew 17:20

Text:
Image: a mountain with "Matt. 17:20" up the side
A: I thought that was elsewhere yesterday.

Chocolate Sprinkle Bagel

 

True Story, there's a shop called Horseman Bagels in Sleepy Hollow, NY, (super tasty bagels!) and you can guess what their logo is (in case you can't, it's the headless horseman holding a bagel instead of a pumpkin). I redirected Robin to a rainbow bagel which she loved so yay no meltdown! Also, I feel like Bagelheads and Horseman Bagel (which I keep thinking of as "Headless Bagel") are opposites and I just realized when I looked them up that Bagelheads is only in Pensacola, which happens to be where I went to school but I didn't realize they're a totally local shop. So that's neat. 

Text:
L: We're getting bagels for breakfast.
R: I want a chocolate one with sprinkles.
L: ... that would not be a bagel. 

Vegetable Musicians

I have not thought up any songs this group would sing, but I'm sure there's plenty of puns to choose from. I don't feel like looking up the difference between chives, scallions, and spring onions but I feel like they're used interchangeably. 

Explanation: Chives and scallions are similar vegetables. A rapscallion is a mischievous person. I didn't realize no spelling change was needed for the band name pun. Also, with a letter swap, a "mischiveous" vegetable is a spring onion up to no good. 

Text:
B: You chives are making horrible music!
RS: We're the RapScallions. 

Wonton Destruction

 

This comic was spawned by me misspeaking a phrase. Whoops. The real phrase is "wanton destruction." A tasty treat from a Chinese restaurant's menu is wontons. You can see how these could merge to make this comic. Also, he's not pictured but the toddler mentioned is my Oriole (I feel like Robin has far more comics but then again she's older). 

Text:
N: Your toddler devoured his Chinese food quite messily.
M: Yeah, it was an act of wonton destruction.