For Better or For Worse by Lynn Johnston for November 09, 2021

Good news, Elly could answer you that one and put you out of your misery, John. Just give her a few minutes to come up with an answer if she remembers the contents of the fridge and the cupboards. She might need to go downstairs the take a peek so that might be more than a few minutes…

What seems nice for lunch when you have a sore back and you’re in bed for it?

SPOILERS AHEAD!!

In the future, whenever Elly sees the sheets on her bed, she will remember John’s face as it appears above. “Hilarity” will ensue.

What a mess he’d be if he ever learned what it’s like to actually be seriously ill, geez.

Poor guy

A sign of recovery if he’s thinking of eating.

Hey! Even philosophers gotta eat. :D

Sounds pretty philosophical to me.

If he is eating lunch. He must be able to get up and use the ‘loo’. Unless he is using a bedpan.

And just how is John going to the bathroom, actually?

Funny how contemplation of the great, empty cosmos and the thought of endless nothingness beyond death, can make me hungry. Come on, being bored makes most of us think of getting a candy bar, at least.

There is wisdom in having at least one manageable thing on your list. ;-)

Those questions are too deep for lunch.

Time is an illusion. Lunchtime doublely so.

Who’s managing the bed pan?

Every one of his questions have answers, some of them he may not like and some won’t be answered soon. Since my loving wife died in March I have many many questions without answers.

“What’s it like to die?”If you find out you won’t have time to write it down anyway.

Tylenol Soup for lunch,parsley permitted.

Wouldn’t doctors now days tell patients to begin standing and other light exercise earlier???

I spent 2 weeks doing that in the hospital, fighting Lymphoma cancer. That was 11 years ago. Still contemplating it all.

John you are making your back worse by being in bed, you need muscle relaxers as a icy hot.

I asked all those questions in my 20s. Now I ask “What chords should I use” or “How can I get depth in my painting”

Elly’s response “Lunch?” tells us just how much lunch John can expect.