When one wangles an invite from the Wyffels for a weekday confab, it’s best to make sure you don’t muff the acknowledgment. In other words, don’t whiff it by calling the family “the Waffles”:

Hey, maybe he was just hungry … Seriously, though, check out the pallets loaded up behind him. It looks like the name ‘WYFFELS HYBRIDS” is stamped on every stationary object in the venue.

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Illustrations by Chris Muir of Day by Day. Be sure to read the adventures of Sam, Zed, Damon, and Jan every day!