For Better or For Worse by Lynn Johnston for February 01, 2011

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    legaleagle48  almost 14 years ago

    It’s called payback, John. Someday you’ll get to humiliate Michael and Elizabeth in a similar fashion.

    And yes, Michael, if you value your life, you will never, ever reveal this information to another living soul – in fact, you might do well to forget that your grandmother even mentioned it!

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    pouncingtiger  almost 14 years ago

    John scares him with his evil eye stare.

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    WebSpider  almost 14 years ago

    Remember, Johnny recalls all the ways that grandma and grandpa used to punish him for being bad when he was a kid, so there is an archive of punishments available should Michael’s lip slip…

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    lightenup Premium Member almost 14 years ago

    Where is that darned airport anyway?!!? (Johnny Jump-up! LOL!!)

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    Dkram  almost 14 years ago

    Eyes on the road, Johnny jump up.

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    Zanere  almost 14 years ago

    smart kid, catches on fast

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    collieflower  almost 14 years ago

    My son’s name is Shaun, and his dad used to call him “Shauner”–until one day in front of his friends he mutterted-“forget the ‘er’, Dad” –ah-childhood is so fleeting!

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    Allan CB Premium Member almost 14 years ago

    Doc Toon oh, please, share the diddy with us here!

    collie - out of the mouth of babes eh? :D

    my first name is “Brad” and my nickname was always “Brat” :(

    My sister’s name is Carrie and she was just “idiot” to me. L

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    summerdog86  almost 14 years ago

    Just a bit for those who don’t know it….

    “Johnny Jump Up” is the name around my neck of the woods for a flower. It comes up in the spring and is like a very small violet. Mom could be using this, or not…..

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    SillyStuff  almost 14 years ago

    Johnny JumpUps are small flowers of the pansy family, smaller than the pad of your thumb. Upper petals are yellow, and lower ones are purple. There’s one that is all purple, and it has another name.

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    BuzzDog  almost 14 years ago

    Over the years I’ve known people who have entered the workforce with names such as Bobby, Tommy and Kathy…and after several years on the job, they one day start insisting that we call them Robert, Tom and Kathryn.

    Makes me glad that my mother insisted we not use nicknames…

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    annamargaret1866  almost 14 years ago

    To hold over my daughter’s head, there’s the tale of the dog house.

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    Wildmustang1262  almost 14 years ago

    My mum used to call my Pop “Johnny.” And also, Pop gave Mum the picture of him with a navy sailor and wrote “To the one I love, Johnny” What was wrong with that? :-)

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    Seed_drill  almost 14 years ago

    Johnny Jump-Up? Does that mean he was a little pansy?

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    summerdog86  almost 14 years ago

    Good one, seed-drill.

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    Gretchen's Mom  almost 14 years ago

    Poor Michael! Dad’s evil eye stare is scaring *me* a little bit too!

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    andymeijers  almost 14 years ago

    Buzz Dog Said- ‘Over the years I’ve known people who have entered the workforce with names such as Bobby, Tommy and Kathy…and after several years on the job, they one day start insisting that we call them Robert, Tom and Kathryn.’ A young lady I knew back in the day (when young ladies had any use for me) was actually named Kathy, right on her birth certificate. She had a blank of a time all through school from teachers that didn’t believe her, and wanted to ‘correct’ her records.

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    legaleagle48  almost 14 years ago

    Wildmustang1262 said, about 9 hours ago

    My mum used to call my Pop “Johnny.” And also, Pop gave Mum the picture of him with a navy sailor and wrote “To the one I love, Johnny” What was wrong with that? :-)

    Nothing at all, Wildmustang, if that’s what he actually preferred to be called. Most men, however, outgrow the nicknames of childhood when they become adults, and they consider it an insult to use those names once they’ve outgrown them.

    John sees “Johnny” and even worse, “Johnny Jump-Up” as insulting because his mother is in essence treating him like a little boy instead of like the grown man that he actually is. Moreover, he sees it as undermining his authority over Michael because she’s not treating John as an adult in front of Michael. That’s the reason for John’s dirty look in the last panel.

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