It’s Family Circus, so we’re expecting cuteness, not a knee-slapper joke. Any of us who are parents or who were kids remember leaving a project until the last minute and requesting parental help. But why did this comic, appearing on a Thursday, specify Saturday night? Wouldn’t Sunday night have been a more appropriate caption?
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Well — catch them Saturday , so that Sunday remains available for “writing” and mounting the report in form to be turned in.
As if Billy could plan like that.