For Better or For Worse by Lynn Johnston for December 27, 2020

except for Michael’s Manitoba Martha-less misadventure, I’m not sure I remember those other events

I enjoyed the first two panels- funny

The important things

I notice that as John is listing the major expenses of the year, he seems to be leaving out the part where he spent money on Fiona Brass’ apartment in order to get her out of the house. Maybe he doesn’t want Elizabeth to know that’s how he got he got Fiona to leave.

Might as well get something useful out of it…

Maybe next year they will have some better cents then they had in last year’s cents.

That’s the #1 reason most people have kids—the tax deduction.

Collingwood? Did they visit Barnabas Collins?

Eaves troughs? Are those gutters?

Looking back on all I did this year, I have noticed a distinct lack of receipts. I wonder if masks are tax deductible?

The Pattersons live in Taxada.

Speaking of bills, we are having the house painted, and a new metal roof put on, next summer. We still have our last stimulus checks, and will use the new, forthcoming, (when they make up their minds about it) stimulus checks, to do it.

Grammatically, that should either be, “Is that Bill’s dad?” or “Are those Bill’s dads?”. Hopefully, Elizabeth doesn’t decide to grow up to be a teacher. I don’t think she’s got the skills.

Who could Uncle Tony be? There was a wedding where Uncle Phil married, but that was long ago, not within the scope of this year.

Sounds like one joke I remember from MAD, where they are filming a commercial encouraging people to switch to electric power.

MC: “You see folks, the Adamses use propane to heat their home, and last year their heating bill was $2,048! The Sanchezes on the other hand, use electricity, and they only paid $232 for the year!”

Crew member{offstage}: “Sure hope no one finds out that the Adamses lives in Northfield, Vermont, and the Sanchezes in Yuma, Arizona!”

Who is Uncle Tony? I only remember Uncle Phil! ??

Our 2020 events calendar: Got up, watched the news, ate, did a jigsaw puzzle, went to bed. Same entry nearly every day. :P

My wife’s sister was born on New Years Eve. While they were little, their father often referred to the sister as ‘My little tax deduction’.

Dad: …we sent Michael to Winnipeg…"

Liz: “Unfortunately, he came back.”

Wealthy family by my standards.

He’s a little wrong. When he sells the house he can add the cost of the air conditioning, the the gutters, and the roof to the cost of the house thereby reducing the taxable profit.

Life is something we all live and learn from but little of it is tax deductible. Lesson learned…..

OK, really. How many of us are working on our taxes today?

A baby? Guess it’s been awhile since I visited.

Just like me, I was a tax deductible on New Years Eve. Parent’s gone and I official by then Medicare age. Matter of days.

So a COVID-free year wherever this is located?

I always find it amusing when people say the baby will come when it’s ready. Because I had no say in my birth. I was a C-section because my older brother was an emergency one and the doc said it’d be safer if all the rest of her babies were too. My C-section was on a Mon. because that’s when the doc liked to do them. And it was the last Monday in Dec. because my dad wanted the tax deduction.

She’s not a deduction. She’s an exemption.

There’s an old joke about a salesman who was so good he could sell a freezer to an Eskimo. Apparently John met that saleman.