For Better or For Worse by Lynn Johnston for September 17, 2018

Quit overreacting, Gordon, over acne. ’Twill come.

I like the way Gordon “cleans” his glasses with his fingers in Panel 2. No wonder he can’t see.

By the way, if you are foaming, that’s not hormones. Go see a doctor, Gordon.

Well, Mike, Lawrence and Brian are as cool as cucumber, Gordon. They saw Allyson Creemore and did not have hormone attack. Are you certain you had a hormone attack? Well, Lawrence is excused. You need to reconsider your claims. Know what I think, Gordy? I think you are merely dramatic in hopes of getting Allyson Creemore’s attention. Epic failure – girls don’t like that. Lesson learned. No more hormone attack drama.

Girls seem to hide their hormone attacks a lot better.

I don’t know what Gordo was doing but I never did that in my teens. And I’ve been bisexual since high school.

Last word in third panel should have the ‘m’ removed. Fits the story line better.

Probably due to a sudden drop in blood pressure. Puberty induced.

You are SUCH a drama queen, Gordon!

Gordon should be happy he doesn’t have to change his pants.

Your wish is granted!

Sex hormones are not that big a deal, but at work we have had people come apart from endocrine exhaustion. A year ago one of our top admin assistants suddenly started screaming and cursing and throwing things, sobbing hysterically – she never came back. One of my friends suffered adrenal collapse, the result of gross overwork in a high stress job, was carried out on a stretcher and was on short term disability for a year. When he came back he barely spoke and spent another year gradually getting a grip. Watch out for those hormones!

Seems to me (and my teaching 7th grade ‘teen health and development’ classes) that could have been another physiological response — perhaps even more embarrassing than fainting — involved (well, depending on how tightly one’s fly is zipped…)

Obviously the spandex caused the attack.

was he orgasming?

The years of Jr. high school and first 2 years of high school are really confusing. Wouldn’t want to go through them again without my adult perspective and knowledge.

I never had a hormone attack like that, just my pants becoming a lot tighter….

Today, in many U.S.A. school districts Allyson would be sent home to change and be given detention for dressing in a manner that might distract males.

That isn’t what breaks out or goes BLAM!, not the way I recall it.

I don’t recall it ever happening this way.

Yeah. This act will really get you far with the ladies. Keep doing it.