For Better or For Worse by Lynn Johnston for June 25, 2020

shadup mom !

Guess again, Daniel’s nephew. (Dad called me of planning to visit my brother’s family in New Jersey — brother himself, sister-in-law, and two nephews; second nephew was born just this recent Tuesday — this coming September until he called again later he heard the news that NJ will have to two-week quarantine out-of-state visitors.)

LOL! I guess 4 weeks WOULD be the entire summer in Canada.

Longtime readers will remember that the whole reason Michael worked that hot dog stand last summer was so that he was not at home trying to murderize his sister. Working at Uncle Dan’s farm is a replacement activity for the hot dog stand. Michael’s parents don’t want to have to deal with him all summer so there is no way he is staying.

Say so long to a summer Romance

Being a proofreader by occupation, I frown at the phrasing “4 weeks.” It should be written with letters: “four weeks.”

Va-va, put-put-put.

Let’s milk some cows!

Don’t worry everybody, Elly’s just confirming a trip without her son’s consent. No harm done.

Famous last words, Mike!

It’s referred to as being farmed out.

I got tired of people going to others, like my parents, to get me to do something for them(being volunforced). I had to put my foot down and finally say that if you want me to do something for you, YOU ask ME. I still got asked and I still did, or did not, but it was direct communications. Doesn’t count at work though, that’s just the way it is.

My 2 older brothers spend just about the whole summer in North Carolina, grandpa Sam had a fairly large pig farm. Guess that’s why I love bacon, ribs …Mmmm :^)

Lynn’s Comments:

My son never did go alone to work on the family farm…we all went!

summer is longer than four weeks he should say. for weeks

If he goes, Martha is gone.

Four weeks without Martha would seem like an eternity.

When did this strip end?

The last famous words.

Elly, you just shipped out your live-in babysitter. You just might regret this when you just want to get out of the house and away from the baby for a couple of hours.

Uh-oh Spaghettios!

They might have a moonshine still at the farm. If Michael is going to be a writer, he is going to very familiar with hooch.

And no comma after money

The situation in the strip is one I experienced in High School. My girlfriend became very upset when i informed her that my extended family had a job each summer that allowed us to earn spending money for the school year. She saw no reason for me to leave her alone for mere money. The job was about 200 miles away. Anyway she mailed me the ugliest letter I’d ever received. I hitch hiked home, got my car, drove over to her house and got my ring.

The lesson I learned was, “Never give a girl a ring unless you are will to wear it in your nose.”

RUH ROH

ONE of my pet peeves is when reciting a phone number they say the letter “O” instead of the number “0.”

An explosion is imminent…

…there are always mistakes…

If it weren’t for coronavirus would we even be here?