For Better or For Worse by Lynn Johnston for May 29, 2019

LEGOS — albeit I rarely play with them anymore — are still pretty much my first childhood. My second childhood — in terms of food — would have to be ramen.

I ate peas as a kid and as an adult. I like peas. What do peas have to do with entering a second childhood?

Young peas are crisp and tasty. Older ones are mushy and not as good.

He still eats peas? Never mind then, false alarm!

All we are saying is give peas a chance.

you are post to mix them in your smashed taters

I haven’t had a good pea in ages, maybe I ought to see a doctor?

Not such a bad thing. Really. His new interest is a toy train. I am thinking that is better a the second adolescence where he discovers girls.

I had my second childhood a long time ago. I wonder what my THIRD will be like!

This perfectly illustrates how women don’t understand men. I have noticed a tendency for women to think men are being childish when they have fun…even men who live very responsible lives in almost every respect as a professional and as a parent. Might be a contributing reason why some middle aged men divorce their wives.

And just how do you get a ball of peas to stick to your fork like that? (no fair mixing them with your mashed potatoes)

Maybe he never left it?

Why does the sight of John drinking coffee, eating, and reading Model Train Digest warrants a “What’s with Dad?” Elizabeth see him reading while eating and drinking all the time. Could it really be that she has never seen him read something other than a newspaper?

I eat my peas with honey, I’ve done it all my life. It makes my peas taste funny, but at least they stick to my knife.

Just a little ditty my mama taught me years ago. ;)

I have loved those kinds of peas since I was little and still do.

I learned that same ditty back when my brother was in boy scouts. Slightly different wording, but it makes the scansion work better: I put honey on my peas, I’ve done it all my life. It makes the peas taste kinda funny, but it keeps them on my knife.

What would she prefer him to do? Hang out at the go-go bar instead?

Peas are delicious as long as you don’t overcook them.

He’s just giving peas a chance.