For Better or For Worse by Lynn Johnston for November 10, 2024

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    howtheduck  16 days ago

    Elly may be wondering why John has a lack of interest in anything but those girls’ dental health. A more regular guy would be looking at whatever skin they had exposed in the magazine pictures. However, Elly should be grateful John is not more interested in those types of things because it takes the pressure off her for any kind of physical affection. Instead, it puts pressure on her to brush and floss regularly and knowing that every time John gives her a “romantic” look, he is actually checking out her gums.

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    wallylm  16 days ago

    Reminds me of an early Friends episode where Rachel was flirting with a cute gynaecologist until she learned a problem with his job as he described by relating it to her’s at the coffee shop: “Don’t you say to yourself after the end of a long day at work that if I ever see another cup of coffee..!”

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    snsurone76  16 days ago

    Mister—believe me when I say John is not noticing “gums”. He’s merely trying to placate his wife so she doesn’t see what he IS noticing.

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    snsurone76  16 days ago

    Looks like Elly picked up a few more items than bread and milk. I believe that always happens when people grocery shop—they suddenly discover they “need” this or that.

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    Uncle Kenny  16 days ago

    I once had a colleague whose father was a dentist. At one point, she was describing a new student and she began with talking about his teeth. I thought that was strange and said so. She said that her family had once talked abut this and discovered that the first thing they all noticed about anyone was their teeth.

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    Baslim the Beggar Premium Member 16 days ago

    And now, he’ll be checking out the gums for the next few issues…

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    Enter.Name.Here  16 days ago

    John, I asked that you not talk"shop" when we are out running errands.

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    LindavV  16 days ago

    periodontal=parodontal

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    GirlGeek Premium Member 15 days ago

    He might have saved himself from sleeping downstairs on the couch

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    dcdete.  15 days ago

    Shouldn’t the better grammar be, “I’m going in to get bread AND milk AND honey.”

    By the way, I’ve never seen honey for sale in green bottles before. Green ketchup I had seen maybe some twenty years ago for sale, but never have I seen green ketchup since then.

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    Gizmo Cat  15 days ago

    From Lynn’s Comments: I usually do my research before I go to work, but I didn’t this time. After I drew up this Sunday page, I went and looked at some “steamy” magazines. None of the women in the sensuous photos were smiling. It made me wonder how much joy was in this business—for them

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    Atewl  15 days ago

    “Whoa! Check out the size of the incisors on this one! Those are so obviously fake!”

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    Lady loves a joke  15 days ago

    “Busted” has a few meanings, here.

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    g04922  15 days ago

    John is very, very good at distracting Elle from what he is REALLY interested in regarding those photo’s…. Using his profession as the rationale was genius. However, panel 6 shows she is not quite buying his ploy.

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    French Persons Premium Member 15 days ago

    Oh, Elly, stop it. Just stop with your side-eye BS. You don’t understand men who are dedicated to their careers. Not everything is about you.

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    gozirra2 Premium Member 15 days ago

    The clerk probably doesn’t notice the products being sold as well during commercials.

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    BJDucer  15 days ago

    I dunno…..I think John got away with one there….lol

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    KageKat  15 days ago

    I figure it’s a “both-and” situation – John IS getting an eyeful of the young ladies’ “charms”, but he also can’t turn off his professional vision!

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    rshive  15 days ago

    And we thought that the camera concentrated on something else.

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    win.45mag  15 days ago

    That’s ‘cuz that’s not the gum rack, it’s the rack rack.

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    joe piglet Premium Member 15 days ago

    LOL, I just corrected dcdete, I believe “Honey” was a term of endearment, the … after was ‘and feel free to check out the girly mags’

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    ctolson  15 days ago

    Hmmm, never heard of milk honey. Must be a Canadian thing, like gravy on french fries.

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    Frank Salem Premium Member 15 days ago

    What gums?

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    baskate_2000  15 days ago

    Gums are the last thing men look at in any magazine with girls.

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    The Great_Black President  15 days ago

    Surprising choice of publications for a family strip. Wouldn’t a better choice in this to show newspapers? But it depends if the strip is 1995:

    O.J. SIMPSON ACQUITTED

    If the strip is set in 2024 (as Elizabeth recently told Candace and Dawn) then the headline would be this:

    VOTERS EMBARRASS HARRIS

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    MuddyUSA  Premium Member 15 days ago

    Holy…….whatever…..?

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    Daltongang Premium Member 15 days ago

    John, as a salesman you suck, better stick to dentistry.

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    pheets  15 days ago

    Sure, Darryl. Elly’s not even buying it.

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    mindjob  15 days ago

    Not breath mints but maybe silicone injections would help those gums

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    pearlquake  15 days ago

    I notice that John thinks pretty quickly on his feet!

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    [Unnamed Reader - 83d506]  15 days ago

    What a riot! Was John covering for “getting busted?” Or was he truly bring his dentist culture to the fore? Elly has those “suspicious eyes” both at the beginning and the end! She’s not sure… and neither are we on this side of the 4th wall… good comic!

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    paul brians  15 days ago

    Just gams?

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    delennwen  15 days ago

    Well, I think they met when she was his patient while he was a student dentist, and he liked her teeth?

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    lnrokr55  14 days ago

    Smooth move Pop! Dodged a bullet ! ;-)

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    gmu328  11 days ago

    I never noticed the gums either … too busy reading the articles.

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