For Better or For Worse by Lynn Johnston for October 26, 2022

Why go back outside after complaining over miserable weather?

Don’t try to understand teenagers

Since I do not see anything in the first panel that would attract Elizabeth to going back outside, I must draw the conclusion that there is something inside we have been shown for Elizabeth to think it is even worse than this terrible weather. The answer is obvious. Yes, it is Elly’s cooking. She popped the lid on that pot and Elizabeth is ready to head back outdoors. Simple cause and effect.

Youth is attracted to dangerous situations.

“Where are you going”?

“Wind surfing!”

We’re dealing with a pre-teenage female, no one can understand their ‘pathways’ of thinking ! ! ! !

Nice pins.

“The answer, my friend, is blowing in the wind. The answer is blowing in the wind.”

Panel 1: There flies away the last of her science notes..

she’s enjoying the danger. :)

Ah kids!LOL

It’s the Hurricane phenomenon in action. ’’Let’s go to the beach and see the waves.’’

Hey, Mary Poppins, you forgot your umbrella.

Teenage logic.. sometimes don’t even try to understand.

I sort of like the winter weather, if only to prove I have a warm house.

Well when you have no bridge to bungie jump off of, go headlong into a driving wind after all it is the thrill of the potential danger that makes it fun.

Did Ellie borrow The Pot from Flo?

You’re warned there’s a big tropical storm coming and you shouldstay indoors.

That’s the cue to head for the beach with your surfboard and “take your chances”.

Hey when you guys figure out why kids do the things they do, let me know…smh

Ah, the exhilaration of incipient frostbite.

Farley might need a walk. If he’s picky, he won’t go. Mine will go anywhere I go. Snow, ice, heavy rains, new places, hospital rooms. She’s up for it.

Hopefully after bundling up a bit more.

It kind of looks like that here today. Windy, cold, leaves flying all over the place. Icky. I walked in it this morning with my dog and will again later.

Cheap thrills

Maybe she’s going outside so the rest of her homework can blow away.

Stupid is as stupid does…

Going out in wild weather humbles me, and makes me appreciate and respect the unfathomable power of nature. Unlike some, however, I won’t take stupid chances with my safety. Mother Nature cares nothing for my existence, and will wipe me out in a heartbeat.