For Better or For Worse by Lynn Johnston for October 13, 2019

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    howtheduck  about 5 years ago

    It takes a very special level of sulking to go on about what a pain trees are. Michael is a unique kid.

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    Templo S.U.D.  about 5 years ago

    what a comparison

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    paranormal  about 5 years ago

    Yo Patterson’s! Your not supposed to rake leaves. They take up space and break down into greenhouse gasses. Leaves should be mowed with a mulching mower. It chops them up and they break don into nutrients for the yard. It helps to hold in moisture.

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    GirlGeek Premium Member about 5 years ago

    Once leaves start falling in my house I have to wait three to six weeks for my landlord to take them.

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    dlkrueger33  about 5 years ago

    Ellie doesn’t look pregnant in the Sunday comic. I guess they don’t run these chronologically.

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    Charlie Fogwhistle  about 5 years ago

    And if you have a lot of Crepe Myrtles, draught and a giant Oak Tree, plus a swimming pool, the rake looks a lot like a fishing net on a long pole, and the leafs are soggy. Ugh!

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    moosemin  about 5 years ago

    Farley’s got the right idea!

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    masnadies  about 5 years ago

    Lynn’s Comments:

    We had a small piece of property near our house in North Bay. Friends who were involved with a tree planting program gave us two dozen evergreen seedlings to plant—which we did, hoping to see at least some of them survive. All of the seedlings grew, and today, there is a forest on that land. Hard to believe I have lived long enough to see a forest grow!

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    rebelstrike0  about 5 years ago

    Yesterday Elly had a pot belly, now she is in better shape today. Hope she knows that yo-yo dieting is unhealthy.

    She’s fat, she’s thin, she’s thin, she’s thin.

    The Oprah of Canada!

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    chuck_sa  about 5 years ago

    The technical term for that stuff around here is Kid Crud.

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    Asharah  about 5 years ago

    I guess the trees have reached their teen years.

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    codedaddy  about 5 years ago

    An odd method, filling a basket with leaves and then transferring them into a bag. Eliminate the middle. Bring the bag to the leaf pile.

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    BlitzMcD  about 5 years ago

    Falling leaves are fun when you are a kid and can jump in piles of them. In later years, they become an annual nuisance. I for one am more than grateful for the mower / mulching option rather than the tedium of raking and raking and raking and raking.

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    Ginny Premium Member about 5 years ago

    Elly should learn to leave stuff lying around, and when the kids ask "where’s my (whatever), she can point to it lying on the stairs, banister or in the middle of the floor. That might be a good lesson for them to learn. A friend did something with his kids which worked – when he spotted clothes on the floor he’d wipe his feet on them. The girls learned quickly..

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    hk Premium Member about 5 years ago

    Only because you let them live like pigs.

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    Jan C  about 5 years ago

    When children leave a mess like that in the entry way/hall, it is the fault of the parents who did not make them clean it up the first time it happened. Although I do like @Ginny’s solution.

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    meowlin  about 5 years ago

    That (in the last panel) was pretty much how I felt about having to get the old oak in the front yard here – older than I am – cut down.

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    The_Great_Black President  about 5 years ago

    Another eco-friendly idea is to put some Ex-Lax in Michael’s dinner, then send him to the Enjos’ backyard. He will sure fertilize their pumpkin!

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