For Better or For Worse by Lynn Johnston for December 18, 2024

Why on earth did they bring her? Couldn’t they get a babysitter? Maybe Edgar??

Harold always shows up with Round John Virgin.

Sally Brown in Peanuts once had the same question.

Now for fun, can you spot which one in the choir is Elizabeth?

It seems Ms. Johnston didn’t know that punchline had already been used in Peanuts years earlier.

Harold was defeated by William of Normandy at Hastings in 1066. Harald of Norway was defeated by Harold at Stamford Bridge about three weeks prior.

Harold is the H in Jesus H. Christ.

God’s mercy is so NOT mild !!!

Ugh… Please tell me she isn’t like this in movie theaters.

Considering the attitude of many of God’s followers, mercy is in short supply.

So nice to see Praise of God in a comic strip and popular culture in general.

Let’s all work to ensure that we praise God daily in our lives and spread the good news of Jesus Christ everywhere!

Harold is a cousin of Richard Stands in the US Pledge of Allegiance.

April is pre-school age and ready to learn how to behave in public. Not every kid that age can handle it. Most kids that behave badly in public simply have parents that won’t say no to them or teach them any manners. In our family kids went everywhere. Weddings, funerals, restaurants, movies, etc – but if they acted up, parents would tell them to knock it off or the kid would get a whack on the behind, sometimes from more than one relative. Fortunately the warning was usually sufficient because we kids knew our parents meant what they said and they would follow through if we didn’t listen.

Harold = God. The prayer says “Harold be thy name”

What’s the name of the song about Holy Cows? The one that goes Heavenly Holsteins sing Allalueiaa

I grew up hearing the old saw, “a stitch in time saves nine” which my Dad said had something to do with Einstein’s Theory of Relativity but when I much later took a course in relativity the prof said, “no you’re thinking of Benjamin Franklin.”

Hark Harold, the angels are singing!

Harold was a good guy.

Harald the singing Viking that was one of the first converts. They renamed the Angel Chorus for him. The Harald Angels.

Today’s comments are comic gold.

He’s the guy who hangs out at White Castle with Kumar

When Arthur C. Clarke, who wrote 2001: A Space Odyessy was asked about HAL, he answered “It was not my decision to name the computer HAL, that was Stanley’s! My idea was to call the computer Athena, and it would have a feminine voice and personality. I don’t know why Mr. Kubrick made it HAL, but I have been apologizing to all men I ever met named Harold since then.”

I still remember the words, even though I haven’t sung it in years

I knew Harold Angels. I went to school with him.

Hark … Harold the angel sings!

It was my favorite song one year, thanks entirely to Charlie Brown.

A lot of songs have been my favorite at one time or another.

Maybe there’s a Bad Moon on the Rise! Or a bathroom on the right, it’s all perspective, right ??? ;-)

He’s the same guy who’s name is in heaven.

Wow! I haven’t heard that question since I asked my Mom about it when I was 4. “Whose Harold?” :-)

He’s a insufferable high school band director with a intense yet fragile ego from ohio

Harold is the brother of Round John Virgin.

LOL… Harold ?? Too funny.

Wait till she asks about Round John Virgin…

Harold is the singing angel.

How come she can see “there” but not “that”?

It took me a little while to figure out what she meant by “Elivabeff”

She means Elizabeth.

Did anyone else notice the guy with the smiling eyes behind April when she asked that question? There is probably more tolerance of kids at a school concert than some suggest.

Worked for a boss named Harold years ago. One Christmas, we started calling him Hark. Lasted a while, as I recall.

It’s a bit like the old “Our Lord, who art in heaven, Howard be thy name…”

Round John Virgin’s big brother…

if Liz is there,she’s lost in the crowd