One of my favorite newspaper comic strips (and one of the last remaining reasons why I actually still subscribe to a daily newspaper) is Baby Blues. It features the adventures of Darryl and Wanda as they try to raise their three children, Zoe, Hamish (yes, seriously) and Wren. It’s almost like the strip’s creators, Rick Kirkman and Jerry Scott, dumpster dive into my head, rip out stuff that bugs me and then make them funny and illustrated.
Take, for instance, the strip that ran on Tuesday.
This one is more true than I really wanted to believe. I can’t tell you the number of times I’ve been showering and been interrupted by a little hand throwing back the shower curtain and a high-pitched voice squealing out some inane question. Seriously. I can’t tell you the number of times because I can’t count that high.
I’d start locking the door to the bathroom, but then I’d have to put up with whining and banging against the door and shouting over both the shower and the door. Trust me. I’ve tried. It doesn’t work. Little dudes have no concept of daddy time. If it’s something they need, or think they need, or have a passing interest in, it’s something that must be brought to my attention. Immediately.
The good thing is that, even after 16 years of interrupted showers, I’m still able to laugh about it, dude. Well. Some of the time. When it’s happening to other people.
– Richard
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I thought EXACTLY the same thing when I read Tuesday’s strip. So true!!!