For Better or For Worse by Lynn Johnston for April 27, 2016

I see Paula is one step ahead of Lizzie in fashion. What’s next: the training bra?

Have to keep up with the Joneses.

But Lizzie, you’re “the blonde!”

Who wears nylons any more?

I told my mom she was on her way to becoming a tramp when she got her ears pierced at 60-something. Told her that next she’d probably be wearing an ankle bracelet. She pulled up her pants leg to show me she already had one. I knew enough not to tell her about belly button studs!

TEMPLO S.U.D.—-gotta have something to train first!!

Liz didn’t used to be light blonde, wasn’t she drawn as like a dirty blonde?

I think they’re still a little too young to be wearing the brown nylons. I remember how bad I wanted them as a kid. I got my grandma to get me a pair when I was staying with her but my mom wouldn’t let me wear them for years.

Hate nylons, always did, always will. pierced ears….luv it. Poor Lizzy. The good thing is that she’ll learn to be satisfied with who she is and what she has. Sometimes, people never learn. It is sad to witness grown folk playing the “we’re even” game better known as keeping up with the Jones. There will always be Paula’s.

Nylons – yuck. You’ll have to do better than that Paula.

Nylons/pantyhose died a quick death once models and actresses started going bare-legged on the red carpet. The late Mr. Blackwell hated the bare leg trend. And when I was still working full time in medical communications companies, I remember our younger female team members being irritated when they were told to wear pantyhose or nylon knee highs to pitches and presentations. We did one pitch and they were told this was absolute because one woman in the particular pharma company was extremely conservative about how her potential marketing team should look. We got there and said exec showed up wearing a sparkly gold sheer blouse, gold leather pants, and strappy sandals. She looked liked a trashy Oscar statue…

and now you understand the Cold War

Nylons? All I every see are colored tights or bare legs! I remember my first pair of nylons….Easter church, 7th grade, 1960. Loved them….garter belt to hold them up…not so much.

that is like little girls wanting to carry purses. I try to tell them to wait as long as possible. They’ll be attached to one soon enough.

I remember the girls in my school patching the holes in their (first?) nylons with nail polish. Most were more polish than nylon!

I bet Paula swiped those from her mother’s drawer and her mother has no idea she’s wearing them.I didn’t have nylons until I was in 6th grade. And I paid for them myself. Try buying L’EGGS on a $3 a week allowance.

TEMPLO S.U.D.As George Carlin asked, “What does a training bra train?” The only thing I can see it trains is the girl to wear bras (it has been shown they have no effect on future sag, that’s genetic).

I am reminded of King of the HillBobby: Hey Dad, I need a new pair of jeans. $100 should cover it.Hank looks in disgust at a picture of preripped jeansHank: No way! Those things look like they have been used for twenty years.Bobby: So that’s it? I have no say in what I get to wear?Hank: Not when I am paying for it.

Who can see them?

I wear dresses most days to work, and I love me some tights with them, but who would wear them with pants? That just sounds sweaty.