| 1 | * The first strip shows Thelma looking tired talking to somebody at the door who asks, "Any Children?". The floor is ''covered'' in toys. |
| 2 | * One strip before the introduction of P.J. has Bil coming home from taking Billy and Dolly to a sports game. [[ChildrenAreInnocent Billy]] happily tells Thel, "And we each had a bottle of soda. [[INeedAFreakingDrink Daddy brought his own in his pocket]]." |
| 3 | * A strip from the 1960s had Dolly answering the phone and saying "Mommy can't come to the phone; she's in the bathtub with the plumber." In the background, Thel is seen standing in the bathtub helping the plumber install a shower-curtain rod with a look of helpless despair on her face. |
| 4 | * One strip has Billy telling a friend that they aren't going to the beach because "Mom went to see ''Film/{{Jaws}}''." |
| 5 | * A 1970s strip shows Thel running through the toilet section of a hardware store. "No, Jeffy! It's not connected!" |
| 6 | * From 1981, Dolly waking Thel up by asking, "Did you know you can't toast marshmallows in a toaster?" |
| 7 | ** There was another strip earlier wherein Thel is looking into a smoking toaster while Dolly is saying how she didn't know she wasn't supposed to put peanut butter on the toast ''before'' toasting it. |
| 8 | * From 1982, Billy has swimming flippers on and ponders to Dolly, "I can see why frogs don't dance much." |
| 9 | * The 2012 Halloween strip with an [[http://familycircus.com/comics/october-31-2012/ accurate shout out to]], of all things, ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}}'' |
| 10 | * June 18, 2014: Billy stands at the door in a baseball uniform and holding a bat. He says, "If anyone needs me, I'll be outside working on my bat flip and home run trot." |
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