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October 7th, 2009 at 2:55 am
Non-sequitur attack! Sorry, false alarm. ***Penguin shavings*** Oh, a sneak attack!
October 7th, 2009 at 8:04 am
LOL. No fair using it against me! Welcome, btw, Spencey!
October 7th, 2009 at 8:11 am
LOL. I’ll need to remember that for when I have kids.
October 7th, 2009 at 9:13 am
Curious George strikes again!
October 7th, 2009 at 10:51 am
Hehe…. Nice.
October 7th, 2009 at 11:00 am
Hahaha! I like that. My answers to “Why?” always get goofy and inter-galactic, too. If you can’t supply a plethora of valid answers, just confound them.
October 7th, 2009 at 11:44 am
Thanks, folks
You have to have a variety of counter-attacks in your pocket. Over-explanation is another trick that sometimes works…
October 7th, 2009 at 1:40 pm
Wow, too close to home. The whys never stop do they? I don’t like it but my fall back increasingly seems to be “because!” This is the first time discovering your site. Your comic is sooo good, I may hate you, nothing personal.
October 7th, 2009 at 4:06 pm
I remember a “For Better or For Worse” comic where a little one was doing the same “why-game”, and the mother finally responded with “Because elephants have flat feet”, which sufficed. It was cute, but of course yours is funnier. Non-sequitar attack! LOL
October 7th, 2009 at 8:10 pm
But why?!
October 7th, 2009 at 8:18 pm
Thanks, Barry, and welcome! I’m flattered
I think the “whys” stop just in time for the “are we there yets” and “he hit me firsts” to start…
Thank you, too, dgriff13. Take that, Lynn Johnston!
SpilledInk: “It’s because elephants have flat feet.”
October 8th, 2009 at 7:29 am
The “Why” game never worked for me. I usually just thought the answer was the silent treatment. Nice one!
October 8th, 2009 at 8:17 am
You need to pop out another kid and let them pester each other.
October 8th, 2009 at 10:11 am
Nate: Thanks! There’s another technique for you
speearr: Hah! Well, we’ve got a 4yo and a 1.5 month old baby now, so in just a little more time, they’ll be all over each other
October 8th, 2009 at 8:59 pm
In my psych class, we were taught that the right response to the “Why” game is to ask them why they think it is. That’s what I plan to do.
October 8th, 2009 at 9:01 pm
Okay, maybe not “right” response but it’s a good way to stop the game. I’ve used it on a stranger on a subway before and it worked great. He asked why I had specific details in my costume (it was Halloween by the way) so I asked him why he thought they were there. I don’t remember his response but it worked.
October 8th, 2009 at 10:53 pm
I like to use the “why do you think” response, but to be honest, most of the time these days our Sprout just turns it into the “I don’t know” game (or as he’s been known to say: “I can’t even guess!”)
October 9th, 2009 at 5:42 am
Curious Geroge? That’s a full blown Mandy from Animaniacs!