Gotta say here, like others have said, I don’t like the rude jokes he makes about her. That is one thing that my wife and I have never done in over 24 years of marriage, is make disparaging comments about each other, not even as a “joke”. It’s just not funny. It’s incredibly rude and disrespectful.
Everyone has their limits and I have reached mine with John. I now thoroughly hate him. First he refers to Elly as “the” wife. Men who do this are insensitive boors. You never hear women referring to their husbands as “the” husband. Then he’s implying again that she’s fat. She has a pretty good figure from where I sit. Even if she weighed 600 lbs. her waistline could never be as huge as his fat head!
Unless going really artistic, kitchen cabinets are not that hard to make. I made ours back in the 70s for one house. However, the cost of birch plywood was a lot less then. Plus, I turned the doors over to a carpentry shop to have the edges shaped – didn’t have a tool for that.
John’s a jerk. I despise the strips when Eli’s the butt of his jokes. It’s never the other way around, either. I guess I’m done with this strip. And I’m not the party-pooper type, either.
howtheduck over 7 years ago
This is not the first time John has turned measuring for home improvement into an Elly fat joke and sadly, it won’t be the last.
Templo S.U.D. over 7 years ago
oh, har-dee-har-har, John (Elly may want to take that tape and tie John AND Greg with it to some chairs or to a tree)
Mr. Peterson over 7 years ago
Walking away with his hands in his pocket, naturally.
oddhumor over 7 years ago
You better be creating measurements for a new dog house, John, since that’s where you’ll be sleeping for the next several months.
Cincoflex over 7 years ago
I know it’s supposed to be funny . . . but it isn’t.
William Taylor over 7 years ago
When did John become suicidal?
NeedaChuckle Premium Member over 7 years ago
The idiot doesn’t even have a tape measure? How the heck is he gonna do a remodel?
sandpiper over 7 years ago
I agree. Depicts what likely was one of a series of similar events in their marriage. Hubby must have been a dork. Apologies to dorks.
ladykat Premium Member over 7 years ago
John, that was just plain mean.
RonnieAThompson Premium Member over 7 years ago
John will regret saying those words.
A R V reader over 7 years ago
Elly should save John the trouble of remodeling the kitchen by not cooking for that jerk.
Veni Vidi Vici over 7 years ago
They’re in Canada. Shouldn’t the tape be in meters?
Alphaomega over 7 years ago
Elly should turn that around and ask Greg for a tape that measures in millimetres!
lostone0069 over 7 years ago
Gotta say here, like others have said, I don’t like the rude jokes he makes about her. That is one thing that my wife and I have never done in over 24 years of marriage, is make disparaging comments about each other, not even as a “joke”. It’s just not funny. It’s incredibly rude and disrespectful.
joefearsnothing over 7 years ago
John definitely has a death wish!
alondra over 7 years ago
Everyone has their limits and I have reached mine with John. I now thoroughly hate him. First he refers to Elly as “the” wife. Men who do this are insensitive boors. You never hear women referring to their husbands as “the” husband. Then he’s implying again that she’s fat. She has a pretty good figure from where I sit. Even if she weighed 600 lbs. her waistline could never be as huge as his fat head!
Linguist over 7 years ago
In marriage, there’s usually some good natured ribbing and teasing that goes on, but it shouldn’t be unilateral.
One partner’s constant teasing or cracking jokes at the other’s expense, borders on spousal abuse.
Although, John’s quip, in the final panel, is funny, it also appears to be retaliatory, for Eli’s honest inquiry about his remodeling project.
tuslog1964 over 7 years ago
Unless going really artistic, kitchen cabinets are not that hard to make. I made ours back in the 70s for one house. However, the cost of birch plywood was a lot less then. Plus, I turned the doors over to a carpentry shop to have the edges shaped – didn’t have a tool for that.
ComicsR4Fun Premium Member over 7 years ago
John’s a jerk. I despise the strips when Eli’s the butt of his jokes. It’s never the other way around, either. I guess I’m done with this strip. And I’m not the party-pooper type, either.
Petemejia77 over 7 years ago
Oh I get it! It’s cause she’s FAT! :I
Night-Gaunt49[Bozo is Boffo] over 7 years ago
If Ellie is fat then John is an Olympic decathlon champion.
Kind&Kinder over 7 years ago
This is ’50’s humor. We’d better be long past it.
Train 1911 over 7 years ago
John my man
DukeDiamond over 7 years ago
I think it’s very obvious, reading these all again after so many years, why Lynn and her husband are divorced.