For Better or For Worse by Lynn Johnston for March 07, 2023

You talked your way into it

Mice can live just fine with snow on the ground. They make little tunnels through the snow.

Liz should have stayed warm by putting on her green and pink coat she wore two days ago on Sunday. Then, she could lean into a bitterly cold wind with her coat even unzipped with no feelings of discomfort.

Pontificating hippie mom. Pontificating hippie daughter. It’s textbook.

Get out…. O-U-W-T ooouuwwt!

Liz is trying to sound like a 90’s Greta Thunberg….. (how dare you!)

Somebody said this to me when I was looking for rat bait and this woman thought I was terrible for wanting to get rid of them itold her come to my house you can have them!!! They were rats and destroying everything!!!

Someone had been raising 4-5 rabbits in their backyard, must have decided they were tired of it and decided to let them go free…using their neighbors landscaping as their new environment for hiding, for eating….

Needless to say, but it did not go well. Some were hit by cars. Others may have been picked off by dogs, cats, hawks. Two got a free ride out into the country after finding their way into my cage traps. They got a chance to live in a more appropriate environment about ten miles outside the city, just a nice patch of small woods & pastures.

wow, such hostile responses to a typical mother/daughter exchange. I hope the commenters are childless.

I understand the urge to save the mouse but if she had to pay the $$$ to repair the damage they can do, they are no longer cute and innocent. Avoid poison stations if possible. Recently watched a female eagle die from 2nd hand poisoning.

You complained TOO MUCH, Elizabeth ! ! !

Well in this case the mouse is much quieter than the teenager, so keep the mouse and put the teenager out.

I can relate. One particular nasty winter morning I was about to head out to work as a letter carrier. My wife said to me…. “On your way out,let the dog in. I don’t want him out in weather like this.”

Owls and other predators are hungry this winter. Mice would make a perfect meal to keep starvation at bay. think of the baby owls that need dinner.

This looks a lot like a strip where they were at the farm. Michael had to sleep in the hall in a sleeping bag due to overcrowding. He gets stepped on by someone going to the bathroom.

Michael{enraged}: “I am fed up. I hate that you are so poor you can’t afford a TV. I hate that it is freezing and I hate this dump you live in!”

Michael is then wearing his hat and coat, standing outside standing there, ready to turn into a Creamsicle

Michael{talking to himself}: “Who said honesty is the best policy?”

You asked for it, Elizabeth!

People often think they have a mouse but in reality they have an infestation.

It’s better than a conventional mousetrap.

Seems to me keeping it in a cage would be the cruel thing to do.

Oh, noooo… .Liz has gone total woke liberal.

That should teach you to keep your mouth shut!!!

“My name is Mickey…where the heck am I?”

Fine, it can live in your dresser!

The best verbal answer to Liz would be to explain that by that logic, you’d have to invite every single mouse in the world to live in your home. It’s not Elly’s responsibility to give mice free housing.

Panel 3: Elizabeth certainly has her mother’s MOUTH..

Which ever parent I talked to that disrespectfully would have disciplined me. I knew to be respectful to both my parents. Doesn’t mean I didn’t think some bad things sometimes.

Tempest in a teapot.

Liz, have you MET your mother? CRUEL and MEAN are her deffault settings!

I realize you were the favorite growing up, but now she will punish you severely for the crime of living past the age of 12!

Geez…this kid sure is a pain in the butt …mice are called “pests” for a reason

Holy Cow, save the gas, save the time, but above all save the wind…Burial at sea…one quick flush!If Liz wants to, let her blow a few notes on her trumpet!

let April bring it to preschool

The kids need this type of assignments often, where they build their character.