For Better or For Worse by Lynn Johnston for November 23, 2024

You better check with your landlady first.

Can we say, “Hey, Mike—bad roommate choice!”?

Lynn’s drawing of Weed is rather sloppy. I wonder if that’s deliberate—to make him look like a clown-buffoon.

So much for studying…

Mike insists on rooming with this stupid stoner, even though it never leads to anything good.

Cool! Was this strip written in the 1960’s (1990 Canadian Time)?

Lynn has always had great art. The House in the first panel. Fingering through files in the file cabinets. Facial expressions caught in mid surprise (I really like who people stop in the middle of chewing their food when someone lands a punchline or a surprise on them).

“Haul some marks”?

“haul some marks”??

You know he’s bad if his nickname is weed.. the only thing worse was Mikes Seavers friend Bonierrr.

“Haul some marks!”?? I am not familiar with that phrase. Given the context I assume he means get better grades.

Who didn’t see THAT coming? ;-)

If they didn’t read the fine print in the lease about limitations on guests, quiet hours, alcohol, etc. it might be a quick return to the dorm chaos.

I was very lucky with my flatmate in college. We not only were compatible temperamentally but knew instinctively how to give each other space and privacy when needed.

I shared an apartment in New York with the ideal flatmate. We were rarely in the place at the same time! He was a professional actor and often was either on the road with a touring company or working in a regional theatre somewhere in the States. When he was in New York, I was usually working on location elsewhere.

Don’t think that Weed quite gets the idea.

I went to a college which at the time was all-male. By edict in the dorms, every weekday night from 7 to 9 were “quiet hours”. It was self-policed and worked really well. One might hear an occasional noise at other times. But during those times, tombs were noisier.

No, Weed! Let Mike study if he wants to.

Door to door off campus keg parties – that’s what I remember of my college days.

There is nothing wrong with Weed that getting a job couldn’t fix.

But now they party on their own schedule.

TEDDY!

Haul some marks? Anyone know what that means?

What does Mike mean by “haul some marks”? Does he mean earn high grades, or is he referring to something else? (I’m hoping he doesn’t mean “score with some chicks…”)

I hated living one summer in dorms, and in apartments before and after. Almost three decades ago, I moved into a house, and I don’t miss the noise. I paid off the mortgage in 2017.

Celebrate after you’ve earned it.

let’s NOT

Every college apartment I knew was a party zone

“Haul some marks”?

Heh. This is where Mike’s real education starts.

Kick him out or move, again.

And there is the world famous easter egg teddy bear!

Yeah, weed was a problem for me too, once upon a time ! ;-)

I believe talking about marks means grades. It is an old term.

Should be “Let’s go Party” as parties are less hassle and more fun at someone else’s house

“Haul some marks!” ????

Good luck partying with THAT landlady—her hearing is probably %200 better than the average person’s