For Better or For Worse by Lynn Johnston for June 19, 2024

And the reason why April was never very good at the maths.

Wow, Elly—you really missed your calling! You should be on the Broadway stage!

Spock, to captain Kirk: Captain, I hear you dated a Brazilian woman when you were in South America.

Kirk responds: Yes. Yes I did!

Kirk to Scotty: How many is a Brazilian?

I was going to say I think she made that number up, but then I realized: Since numbers continue ad infinitum, eventually all existing names for them will run out, and we’ll have to use all possible made-up names like this. And that still won’t be enough.

When my niece was little she would often respond to my “I love you” with “I love you more!” and I would tell her “Love is infinite! There is always more!” Probably because I’m a mathematician and that’s how my mind works.

My love for you is into the Brazilians.

Love is deeds not just a word we say

Only the love of a mom.

Sweet.

Elly telling April what she wants to hear

Nice… Of course, if Calvin were to say something like that to his mom, she would say something like “What did you do this time, you little hooligan?”

Quick, everybody go get your scissors and clear a spot on the refrigerator!

Awe. Been there, done that.

You are loved, April.

Teach her about googolplex.

Elly is teaching April about the national debt.

Who said she wasn’t? She grew up and became a DVM (Doctor Of Veterinary Medicine). Math is definitely a necessity.

10 duotrigintillion!

SPOILERS*** Too bad Lynn Johnston had to pull a “Cousin Oliver” once Mike and Liz got a bit older….. but it will come around again once Mike and Dee have kids..

If you’re curious as to how much that is, it’s 10 to the power of 218

Boost the kid’s moraLE, eLLY

Happy Juneteenth.

Woo woo woo, oh Africa!

I was wondering how howtheduck would manage to make a negative comment out of this strip. I was shown how.

I’m a retired math prof, and I remember getting mail from a girl who wanted an answer to the question “Is a gazillion a real number?” She wanted it to be, but the boys in her class were making fun of her for that…

Good for April. I knew that if kept going, she would eventually wear Elly down and get the affection she has been desperately seeking for the last few weeks. The squeaky wheel gets the grease and the clingy daughter gets the hug.

Aypo is adorable

Mommy loves you so much she will let you wander down to the creek during a rainstorm, causing the family dog to rescue you and die of a heart attack.

If we could only remember these when loving our kids. “Daddy tell me a story, one from you, no book one.”I don’t remember what it was about, but she still thinks of it from time to time. You can never overuse, I Love You.

It is truly sad that some people can take such a sweet loving thing between a mother and her daughter and turn it bad and make dumb jokes about it.

Aw, cute =)