Originally published 28 January, 1956, the first line seems very pleasant and typical… Then the second line creeps up behind you.
Once again, we have Thing watching over the family, they are up on the balcony.
Interesting or coincidence that they used the name Weems in this strip and in the Wednesday series as the name of the Principal.
Isn’t that Uncle Fester on the blackony?
No.
Once again, we have Thing watching over the family, they are up on the balcony.
I need a diagram, all I see is Kilroy

That is Thing.
Isn’t Thing the hand?
Since they didn’t offer more information, and you genuinely asked a valid question I’ll bite…
In the OG strip, Thing was a full body character that Iived in the walls. The hands version of “Thing” was developed for the TV show.
lel Pugsley is just starting to plan mischief.
Lel? Laugh Extra Loud?
Lel
Used instead of lol; when you’re too dank for lolI would assume it treats lol as a word, not an acronym, and then applies a vowel shift to the o for an accent, then writes it with an eye-dialect.
Etymology: lol, with the o replaced by an e.



