For Better or For Worse by Lynn Johnston for December 21, 2012

At least she didn’t ask the kids to exhale to know if it’s on their breath.

BUSTED!

We never hung wrapped candy canes on the tree.

My dog once grabbed the cheese off a cheese and baloney sandwhich. My mom accused me because she knew I didn’t like baloney. When we realized it was our dog we found her behind the toilet bowl shivering like a monkey at the north pole with a piece of cheese hanging from her mouth.

Not Me. Ida Know.

I don’t like the taste of candy canes. We use them only for decoration and then give them away.

Run Farley!

I was wondering what happened to Farley, now I know, he’s been in hiding just waiting for the chance to snitch the candy canes. Who knew Farley liked peppermint?

Different season but once when we hid Easter Eggs outsides, about 6 of them couldn’t be found. Mystery solved when our boxer came running up with colored egg shells stuck to his jowels

Consider yourself caught Farley!

At least Farley only chewed; our cat Charlie Brown thinks Christmas tree pine needles (real or artificial) are a food group, despite the fact that he throws them up later. He never learns. This year, the tree is in the dining room which has “pocket doors” we can close when we can’t keep an eye on him. Merry Christmas, Lynn, and everyone!

I’m surprised it wasn’t “JOHN!!”

@thebird55Is Bob your uncle?

Farley is doomed. Running and hiding won’t work. Any dog with minty fresh breath is guilty as charged.

We use to have a cat that loved to climb the Christmas tree. She’d go under, get close to the trunk, and start making her way up the tree. It was hard to see her because she was inside the tree. Yes, Duchess liked to get into trouble.

Candy canes always cut the daylights out of my tongue.

How much crow did Elly have to eat when she accused the children of doing something they didn’t do?

Good thing it wasn’t chocolate!

Never had a candycane problem, but I stopped putting popcorn strings on trees years ago … dogs LOVE popcorn! lol!

That and the sugar water for the tree.

Farley is so cute!!!

Kids aren’t always the culprit . . . and the same goes for pets too! Of course, if you’ve only got one or the other in your house, then it’s a pretty safe assumption regarding “who’s to blame” at that point!

;-)

You are projecting again. Nothing in this strip suggested that Elly will start complaining about anything.

a sure cure for doggy breath