For Better or For Worse by Lynn Johnston for December 05, 2024

I like this!

The only “prize” that brat deserves is a number of whacks on the backside!

I remember a similar discussion with my mom when I was five. She said, “I’m not buying you anything. Keep quiet.” “But I’ll be sad,” I said. “So be sad,” she said. “You’re gonna regret this,” I said, “because I’ll still remember when I’m 80.” And guess what?

Careful someone might be sued.

From Lynn’s Comments: Now and then we put notes on the patients’ charts to let us know something personal about them for the next visit. TG might mean, “tends to gag.” PTIN could mean: “periodontal treatment for inflammation necessary,” but in reality, it meant, “pain in the neck!”

Shoulda wired that jaw shut!!

And this is why I love dogs….

Violet Beauregard, the early years.

A Christmas memory: I was working in retail. A small child (around 4 or 5 years old) was being a complete and total brat in the checkout line, swinging on the corral bars and annoying other customers. His mother said to him, in a sickly-sweet voice, “If you aren’t nice, Santa won’t bring you any presents.” The child looked up at his mother and said, “I don’t care; I know I’m getting stuff from Gramma & Grampa.” That child would be in his 40s now; I sometimes wonder what kind of adult he became.

Classic case of spare the rod, spoil the child

Another ‘entitled brat’ created by an entiteld mother. I wonder if her alias is “Karen”?

Jon, don’t EVER let her in your dental office again!

That’s a classic depiction of the cause of many of the things wrong in our society today—no consequences but rewards instead.

In Minnesota, they eat brats.

Ha. The dentist I went to as a child was upstairs from a toy store. I swear he got kickbacks. He was an awful dentist. Never used Novocaine for cavities. No prizes. I can’t imagine how many kids got a little something at the toy store on the way home.

I had a great dentist growing up. I remember he had gray nasal hairs

Yes, that child is definitely spoiled rotten!

And now—Laurel&Hardy in LEAVE EM’ LAUGHING—1928

Wow, again, a lot of real life adventures this week ! ;-)

The problem is that everyone acts for their own self-interest and hardly anyone contributes to the greater good.

Anyone got $20 million to spare? Beyonce? Lynn Johnston? Tay-Tay?

A good strip for tomorrow:

Bethany’s Mom: Well, you certainly were a terror in the dentist’s office.

Bethany: I fended him off with his own tartar scraper. That was why I did not get any of my teeth pulled.

Bethany’s Mom: Tooth removal was not prescribed. Your behavior is inexcusable.

Arriving home

Bethany’s Mom{glowering}: Someday I hope you have a kid who will put you through what I have gone through.

Bethany{also glowering}: Yeah. Grandma said that is what she used to tell you.

Hot flash, mom: Bethany is going to be a horrible teenager and a worse adult if you keep that up.

I never get prizes from my Dentist…. And, I am a model patient.

Chances you will win Mega Millions: 1 in 302,575,350

Chances you will get elected President of the United States: 1 in 300,000,000

Chances you will get signed by a big league sports team or a Hollywood studio: 1 in 175,000,000

Chances an enlisted man has to bring a hot date to the Marine Corps ball: 1 in 23

Chances you will be a dropout: 1 in 11

Chances you will be bald (or have feminine alopecia) by age 50: 1 in 2

Chances you will be toothless by age 74: 3 in 4.

Chances average person pays more attention to their hair than their teeth: 4 in 5.

In retail and hospitality, I ran into this numerous times. Parents rewarding bad behavior, regardless how it effects everyone else.

I hope the dentist charged mom for the office visit.

Truth!!!