Life — August 28, 1931 — page 9: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

# Sonny and Patricia This comic strip shows two children eating meals together at a table with a toaster visible on the left. The caption reads: "Patricia, do you hear as much noise as I bear?" The joke depicts the boy (Sonny) making noise while eating—shown by the radiating lines and scattered food particles in the final panels—while the girl (Patricia) eats quietly. The humor contrasts their table manners: he creates considerable noise and mess during eating, while she eats neatly and silently. This appears to be a gentle domestic humor piece about children's behavior at mealtime, likely poking fun at common complaints parents have about noisy eaters. The strip uses three sequential panels to build the comedic observation about table etiquette differences between the two children.