For Better or For Worse by Lynn Johnston for August 10, 2019

thinking about the boat than the girl, huh, Michael?

No Mike. You measure in “inches”, not horsepower… ;-)

Poor Michael. I think he is oblivious to the fact that Martha just gave him the “Meet My Family” invitation.

Wonder what horsepower you are?

Her dads boat will end up being a little dinghy and so will Mike!

Martha and Mike. Sitting in a boat.

All boy/man through and through.

Wow! He went from “gosh, I can’t take my eyes off her”", to “horsepower, the more the merrier”, in a flash. Varooommm, varooommm!

“Horsepower”? Lynn! This is a family strip.

Hey! It’s a start. Boy got hot dogs and pocket money. USDA Prime Beef!

Good on you Michael. Keep it real. ‘Action’ only happens when you go out in your own boat.

Similar to another story: Wife finds an old strip of negatives and has them printed. Turns out to be photos of him and her posing in front of his car on the first date. She shows them to husband:

WOW! Look at that! My old Ford!!

What happened to the hotdog?

Boat or no boat, starlight or daylight… it matters not, as long as Martha is there.

He’ll forget about the boat engine when he sees Martha’s long slender legs sticking out of her Yellow Polka-dot bikini!

Any guy more concerned with horsepower than making out is definitely okay in my book. There is no replacement for displacement.

I suspect he is thinking of a slow ride.

The worst thing for someone in Michael’s situation is when so-called “friends” are around when he is lining up his social calendar. They almost never contribute constructively to the conversation or his situation.