Here’s a riddle: When is a croquet mallet like a billy club? I’ll tell you: Whenever you want it to be! Cheshire Cat, Alice’s Adventures In Wonderland Lewis Carroll.
Rule #0: No one (especially Hammie) is to select a ball and mallet until all the other rules, including such house rules as “Don’t whack the ball over the house,” have been read, understood and acknowledged by every player (especially Hammie). Make it clear that penalties will be enforced.
If that ball had connected, Darryl would either have a broken nose or a concussion. At what age do kids start looking ahead to see the potential consequences of their actions?
blah_duh 4 months ago
And a new game is born … croquet-golf-time out.
Yakety Sax 4 months ago
Rule #1 should be don’t leave Hammie alone with a mallet.
9thCapricorn 4 months ago
Hammie is a terror no parent wants to have. Thank God he lives in the comics.
JoeStoppinghem Premium Member 4 months ago
OK, time to put the game away for about two years.
jmworacle 4 months ago
And the “crash” you hear is either a breaking window or a car windscreen.
aflhc1984 4 months ago
Hammie should be playing in the PGA!
iggyman 4 months ago
Hammie was too impatient to worry about rules!
iggyman 4 months ago
NOW he takes the mallet off of him!
sbenton7684 4 months ago
The ball’s trajectory wasn’t high enough to clear a dog house roof…
steveh64 4 months ago
Combine it with Calvinball. There supposedly was a Calvinball game involving hitting badminton birdies against trees using a croquet mallet.
eced52 4 months ago
Should have kept in the closet for a few more years.
ddl297 4 months ago
Well, Dad won’t have to clip any nose hairs this week!
ddl297 4 months ago
Well, Dad won’t have to clip any nose hairs this week!
Pet 4 months ago
Ahhh, boys ;-))
Huckleberry Hiroshima 4 months ago
But it didn’t clear dad’s nose. Try again.
Webby_dog 4 months ago
Golf anyone?
Just_Karl 4 months ago
There’s a “Happy Gilmore” sequel in the works. This kid could have a small role, or least be an extra.
Jhony-Yermo 4 months ago
In croquet it is good Hammie added some excitement to that game. It is even more boring than baseball or golf or fishing.
ʲᔆ 4 months ago
FORE!!
SquidGamerGal 4 months ago
Stupid kid! This is NOT golf!
Just-me 4 months ago
Here’s a riddle: When is a croquet mallet like a billy club? I’ll tell you: Whenever you want it to be! Cheshire Cat, Alice’s Adventures In Wonderland Lewis Carroll.
Daltongang Premium Member 4 months ago
Rules? RULES!!! We don’t need no stinking rules.
ctolson 4 months ago
Darryl – “This is croquet not golf and you’re not Happy Gilmore.” Better hope the ball doesn;’t make it to a window on the house across the street!
Chris 4 months ago
nice dodge! :D
windjammers 4 months ago
Is Wren licking the croquet ball?
oish 4 months ago
That’s gonna be a sticky wicket
Strawberry King 4 months ago
Off to a rough start already.
J-Yoshi64 4 months ago
Rule #1: Anyone who does that has to wear pink for a week.
Sherlock5 4 months ago
Rule #0: No one (especially Hammie) is to select a ball and mallet until all the other rules, including such house rules as “Don’t whack the ball over the house,” have been read, understood and acknowledged by every player (especially Hammie). Make it clear that penalties will be enforced.
bigplayray 4 months ago
Nice form HammieGet him into golf!
TimothyP23 4 months ago
Best detail: Wren tasting the croquet ball.
IndyW 4 months ago
That’s a heck of drive to pull off with a heavy croquet ball and mallet.
DKHenderson 4 months ago
If that ball had connected, Darryl would either have a broken nose or a concussion. At what age do kids start looking ahead to see the potential consequences of their actions?
tammyspeakslife Premium Member 4 months ago
Does the kid know the concept of consequences for his actions? No dad=loss and pain?
j.l.farmer 4 months ago
You had to know he was going to try that…kids are kids!!!
John Jorgensen 4 months ago
I know I’ve played croquet at least twice but I couldn’t tell you the rules to save my life.
brick10 4 months ago
Penalty Box – 5 minutes for Hammie
The Quiet One 4 months ago
Maybe you should have discussed the rules before setting up the game.
funnypenguins 4 months ago
As the car alarm goes off in the distance.
EXCALABUR 4 months ago
Can he hit a baseball like that??
fuzz3942 4 months ago
Wow, could you imagine having a kid like that.
sincavage05 4 months ago
Get him a set of golf clubs, he can hit like that, he may have potential.
[Unnamed Reader - 14b4ce] 3 months ago
oKAY—-IF YU DIDN’T SEE THAT COMING,YOU’RE PRETTY DUMB….