Frustration

"This toy is designed to hasten the child's adjustment to the world around him.  No matter how carefully he puts it together, it won't work."

 

(From The Complete Cartoons of the New Yorker.)

Happy Mother's Day!

"Whenever Mother's Day rolls around, I regret having eaten my young."

(From The Complete Cartoons of the New Yorker.)

There is No Cure

"We've had her declawed, but she's still impossible."

 

 

(From The Complete Cartoons of the New Yorker.)

Data is Fabulous!

(shouldn't that be "Data ARE fabulous!"?)

"Miss Peterson, may I go home?  I can't assimilate any more data today."

(from The Complete Cartoons of the New Yorker. This cartoon was published in 1969.)

They're Just Different

"I tell you, Mamma, the blood keeps going to my head."

"I don't care what you say — I'm cold!"

(From The Complete Cartoons of the New Yorker.)

Who's Qualified?

"We're planning on sending him away to be reared by experts."

(from The Complete Cartoons of the New Yorker.)

Old School

"It's always 'Sit', 'Stay', 'Heel' — never 'Think', 'Innovate', 'Be Yourself.'"

(from The Complete Cartoons of the New Yorker.)

... and we like her that way!

"Your daughter is a pain in the ass."

      
(from The Complete Cartoons of the New Yorker.)

catching up

from The Complete Cartoons of the New Yorker.  First published in 1958.