I don’t base the characters in the comic on myself or anything… but I must admit, were I in Fred’s position I probably would have arrived at the same decision. Because pizza is awesome.
No, seriously. Give me one good reason why I shouldn’t order a pizza right now.
And when “so you don’t want any?” stops working, all she has to do is remind him how huge an earned income tax credit he is getting off of having 6 dependents every year on his 1040. That’s assuming he’s not getting a welfare check from social security on TOP of that. I really think I dislike this guy. He feeds the kids he’s legally agreed to be taking care of popcorn for dinner and tries to get one of them to pay for it when she orders a pizza? What a dick, it’s not like she tried to spend money on fashion accessories or something. He’s as every bit as competent foster father as Jon Arbuckle is a competent pet owner.
I only just started reading this strip, but it seems like a major point that much of the humor (at least so far) hinges on the fact that he *IS* inexperienced and inept (though well-meaning) as a parent. It seems silly to complain that he is a bad parent when that is the point of the joke.
My daughter and I differ on what we call good pizza. I like sausage, onions, mushrooms, and anchovies. She likes cheese.
And I say yes, please to all of the above. Except the anchovies.
Was the soup bad because of Skye perchance?
That’s a fair assumption…
She plays him like a violin.
which “she” are you talking about?
Seems to me he has a different player for each of the ‘strings’ on his ‘violin’