Have to chime in about yesterday, cos I couldn’t get to GoComics…
I just read those comments, where everybody seemed to be agreeing that Betty was nasty and Bub should leave her…
I couldn’t believe it!
That’s the strip where she said she did settle for ordinary once, but she “was kind of in love.”
She had a sly expression on her face… and to me, she was obviously joking!
Betty is funny.
Bub knows that… he gets her humor, and they seem to get along very well.
Yes, she can be pushy and sometimes lectures him… real people do that.
But he tends to ignore it, and she’s OK with that.
She rolls her eyes at his foibles, too.
The comics, and the comments, as many have noted over the years, are bad at expressing sarcasm or facetiousness.
If you listened to the way many couples tease each other, you might realise that it would look horrible in print, but in actual speech, with a twinkle in the eye, it’s funny.
Commenters do the same thing on “Pickles”, another strip where a couple teases each other.
These are comic strips… the default reaction should be to think it’s meant to be humorous.
Do you and a close friend or spouse never say horrid things, but obviously in jest?
I know I do!
It’s just hard to represent in print… but Bub knows Betty loves him.
I think my comment from the other day was read. The leak WAS coming from the waste drain. He fixed it for less than $10. He could have done it for less than $1 if he just wrapped the pipe with duct tape.
“Oh no! Someone’s about to say something mean about Betty – sweet Betty! This is an all out Happy Trails alert! To your stations! Repel those that think she’s an awful character!”
stillfickled Premium Member almost 3 years ago
Bye
LastRoseOfSummer 1 Premium Member almost 3 years ago
I have an itchy buy finger too….
C almost 3 years ago
Addicted to shopping?
whahoppened almost 3 years ago
But, you HAVEN’T pushed ‘buy’ yet and the reason to do so is now very different! Time to talk it over, including WHEN/WHERE you’re going to stop!
Sanspareil almost 3 years ago
Why many get divorced!
The Reader Premium Member almost 3 years ago
For lack of a drip, a renovation was lost!
lagoulou almost 3 years ago
Way to go Bub!
SusanSunshine Premium Member almost 3 years ago
I just read those comments, where everybody seemed to be agreeing that Betty was nasty and Bub should leave her…
I couldn’t believe it!
That’s the strip where she said she did settle for ordinary once, but she “was kind of in love.”
She had a sly expression on her face… and to me, she was obviously joking!
Betty is funny.
Bub knows that… he gets her humor, and they seem to get along very well.
Yes, she can be pushy and sometimes lectures him… real people do that.
But he tends to ignore it, and she’s OK with that.
She rolls her eyes at his foibles, too.
The comics, and the comments, as many have noted over the years, are bad at expressing sarcasm or facetiousness.
If you listened to the way many couples tease each other, you might realise that it would look horrible in print, but in actual speech, with a twinkle in the eye, it’s funny.
Commenters do the same thing on “Pickles”, another strip where a couple teases each other.
These are comic strips… the default reaction should be to think it’s meant to be humorous.
Do you and a close friend or spouse never say horrid things, but obviously in jest?
I know I do!
It’s just hard to represent in print… but Bub knows Betty loves him.
mourdac Premium Member almost 3 years ago
Step away from the computer ….
Alberta Oil Premium Member almost 3 years ago
Those baskets are impossible to empty.. you think you did.. but it’s like a bad dream it keeps coming back.. full again.
ChessPirate almost 3 years ago
“Must. Control. Buy Finger… of Death!”
rodney almost 3 years ago
I think my comment from the other day was read. The leak WAS coming from the waste drain. He fixed it for less than $10. He could have done it for less than $1 if he just wrapped the pipe with duct tape.
up2trixx almost 3 years ago
If it was the P-trap that was leaking they didn’t need a new faucet to begin with
Bwahahaha! almost 3 years ago
“Oh no! Someone’s about to say something mean about Betty – sweet Betty! This is an all out Happy Trails alert! To your stations! Repel those that think she’s an awful character!”