For Better or For Worse by Lynn Johnston for March 13, 2024

And have to do it when you get back?

They aren’t worried about the weather, its the smell of their laundry that’s killing them.

Mike’s ’stache has become bushier than it was during the Christmas break.

“Home is where the washing machine is…”

All college dorms should supply their students with gas masks.

Peeeeeew! Or as my late father in law would say “Fwah!”

From Lynn’s Comments: The river rising “foreshadows” the serious events yet to come.

Because taking your mess to a laundromat is out of the question?

My dorm had washers and dryers.

Why is he wearing sunglasses at night and in the rain? Does he think he’s one of the Blues Brothers?

A couple of large garbage bags would not only reduce “the stink,” but made it more convenient to carry.

I’ve never known any college kid that let their dirty laundry pile up.

The smell of dirty laundry will be the death of them, long before Mike gets home

If he gets into an accident they’ll assume fatalities because of the stench

LOL… Some things never change. Boys come home from college so Mom can do their laundry.

Mom, Michael isn’t even the one who’s driving.

Uh Oh. Is this where it happens?

I know this is a trope for this comic strip, but when I was bumming rides with people from college, I never took giant piles of laundry and I did not know anyone else who did this. When you are asking someone else to drive, you need to limit your luggage.

Uh-oh…

The kids bringing home more laundry than luggage on Holiday breaks from school was a running joke for the entire history of the strip

Actually one of the best things she ever did.

Tying the laundry to the car roof would have solved both the washing and stink problem.

Oh man… you know what is coming soon.

Michael has been home since Sunday. Or is he returning to school?

Michael and Stinkweed!

They must be horribly stinky people if their laundry is that bad.