Milk, Turkey, and Neurosis: or, How Mother (Almost) Ruined My Life

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Milk, Turkey, and Neurosis: or, How Mother (Almost) Ruined My Life

Poor pseudo-turkey.

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gp
gp
9 years ago

“Oh dear, it seems I’ve ruined Thanksgiving dinner again this year.”
“Ugh! Mom, you ruined my life! Thanks a lot! I just can’t take anymore of this.”
“Don’t worry, honey. Here, have a glass of milk. It will calm you down.”

Tia
Tia
9 years ago

It would seem the artist has never seen a Thanksgiving turkey in any state but cooked and on a the carver platter.

Kris
Kris
9 years ago

And doesn’t know how to punctuate a book title. Does NOT bode well for the interior text… O_o

Axolotl
Axolotl
9 years ago
Reply to  Kris

What’s wrong with the punctuation? Asides from its being in a revolting font?

Naaman Brown
Naaman Brown
9 years ago
Reply to  Axolotl

Maybe it’s the comma before and in a list of three or more things.

Or the
Title
or, subtitle
thing.

On comma before and in a list, Strunk and White say:
“In a series of three or more terms with a single conjunction, use a comma after each term
except the last.

“Thus write,
red, white, and blue
honest, energetic, but headstrong
He opened the letter, read it, and made a note of its contents.”

The gods have spoken. Mortals must obey. Except the “Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.”

Axolotl
Axolotl
9 years ago
Reply to  Naaman Brown

There are two main different styles: the Oxford Style Guide http://www.ox.ac.uk/public_affairs/services_and_resources/style_guide/ and equivalents in USA, which are intended as most appropriate for applications such as technical writing, where clarity, precision, and unambiguity are the most important factors; and then there is ‘Cambridge Style’ or ‘Associated Press’ https://www.apstylebook.com/ which is more appropriate for applications like journalism where fitting as much as possible into the smallest space is a higher priority. Either is correct, if used consistently.

The pitfalls of Strunk & White http://chronicle.com/article/50-Years-of-Stupid-Grammar/25497

LydiaFCG
LydiaFCG
9 years ago

Oh that’s scary bad. Nothing good to say about this.

Karl
Karl
9 years ago

Meh. I’d call this one not-too-bad. Get a real cartoon artist to do the same drawing and I think it would be just fine and appropriate to its genre.

Kris
Kris
9 years ago
Reply to  Karl

Mom’s got no legs.

James F. Brown
James F. Brown
9 years ago

La, la, la, la, la… I can’t hear you. So STFU, Mom.

Ebony McKenna
9 years ago

Counselling must be really expensive wherever she’s from.

Sue
Sue
9 years ago

The stripes really make this cover.

john e. . .
9 years ago

Mother “almost” ruined my life.

Grace Ann felt compelled to finish the job

Tuula
Tuula
9 years ago

I think she is in denial. Her father is not only either a short person, or has legs amputated below the knee, but also a cross-dresser.
Maybe she is just mad for not inheriting her dad’s normal sized mouth. She would like to east some turkey, but alas! Can only drink things through a straw.
I think I wrote a better plot for the book that it probably has…

DED
DED
9 years ago
Reply to  Tuula

Yeah, “Mom” looks like she has a five o’clock shadow.