For Better or For Worse by Lynn Johnston for September 21, 2024

Always let the dog have first dibs.

Other parents teach with words. Elly teaches through sound effects. Elly removes her mouth so she cannot explain in language. Instead, she goes, “SCRAPE SCRAPE SCRAPE” and April goes, “SCRAPE SCRAPE SCRAPE”. Elly goes “CLiCK!” But April leaves out the “CLiCK!” And that is April’s downfall. She has no “CLiCK!” Admittedly that “CLiCK!” might be difficult with the mixed uppercase and lowercase letters and an exclamation point in the sound effect. It may be a too advanced sound effect for someone as young as April.

A door that Edgar didn’t need to ring a bell to help himself in!

Was this deliberate, or did April just forget to close the cupboard door? And why is she allowed to handle a knife and Dennis the Menace (who’s two years older) isn’t??

Dog will now barf everywhere…

My son has a huge dog who kept getting into the garbage so he sprinkles hot pepper on it to keep him away.

Tsk! Didn’t you see mommy CLOSE the door, April?

Rockin’ Edgar in his element!

It’s amazing how Aypo was able to tilt the plate and the food didn’t fall off…..

Apparently Edgar likes Liz’s cooking!

Since the plates are going to be washed anyways, might as well let Edgar do the pre-cleaning.

Yep. Edgar’s a Patterson.

she may have missed a step… :j

Which is why doing the whole job is much more important than doing part of the job.

That’s a dog for you!

Why were they putting the dog dinner in the trash

Smart dog. Bad dog but a smart dog…..

Edgar the Eternal Opportunist!

Best Laid Plans…

Someone get the Swiffer WetJet.

Ah, so April is copying the scraping of food into the garbage but missed the part where you close the cabinet afterward.

This raises two questions: How was a toddler able to open the cabinet door when that “click” presumably meant a child safe lock catching? And why did Elly shut the cabinet and apparently walk away with the job of clearing the table half done?

A long time ago we had crab legs for dinner. Our trash can is in a closet with magnet closures. The next morning we found sucked-dry crab legs strewn around the kitchen floor. We figured it took BOTH cats working together to pry that door open. Funny they avoided the kitchen all day.

It’s a Dogs life ! ;-)