For Better or For Worse by Lynn Johnston for July 20, 2016

Oh, I bet John won’t be informed, Mike. Elly on the other hand…

apparently, Pops dishes out the “justice” in their home.

This what was most important to the college kids caught shoplifting as a game back in the ‘60s. PLEASE don’t tell my dad!

Back then your parents punished you on top of the punishment you got on the outside. Today you see parents defending the kid instead….some ethics lesson that is.

When I was young, getting in trouble at school or even in the neighborhood was one thing…..having my parents find out about it was even worse.

this storyline originally appeared in July 1987

He just sold himself into slavery with that last line.

I would be afraid to make dad mad too…if he were a dentist!

It’s like Ron White sez—-

“Once you’ve seen one woman naked…you want to see the rest of them naked."

maybe he doesn’t want his father to know, because his father might take his spot in the tree.

Oh please, please don’t throw me in the briar patch!(Line from Uncle Remus – Brer Rabbit)A friend at another school related the following:Seems he had discovered a knothole between the boys and girls restrooms. One girl,on a hunch, jammed a pencil into the knothole. Boy had difficulty explaining his eye injury!SHE CAN NO LONGER SAY SHE IS NOT BEING NOTICED!

Check this out, this arc has made it to the Toronto Star… https://www.thestar.com/opinion/letters_to_the_editors/2016/07/19/this-comic-was-for-worse.html