For Better or For Worse by Lynn Johnston for September 19, 2008

I never thought Connie was that attractive.

The grass is always greener …

Is it really possible to have it all?

Even if you are ‘filthy stinkin rich’ you still may not be happy. Happiness is from deep within; no amount of material goods or services can make you feel fulfilled if you are not happy to begin with.

I agree with Silverpearl. The grass is always greener… or seems so until you see that the other person has burdens too.

Ssusan 001: AND a politician who can get away with it, no matter what IT is!!

The grass is always greener on the other side because it’s usually full of fertilizer.

Susan001: “Richard Corey went home last night and put a bullet in his head”. Richard Corey, Simon and Garfunkle

wndrwrthg: by Edwin Arlington Robinson, actually. (I didn’t even know that S&G had sung it, but I’m not surprised.) http://www.bartleby.com/104/45.html

I know we didn’t know any better back then, but shouldn’t that baby be on its back?

tobybartels and I… I worked in his factory and I cursed the life I’m living and I cursed my poverty and I wished that I could be, oh, I wished that I could be, Richard Corey Boy, haven’t heard that one since I was young, my mom loved S&G And yes, the baby should be on its back!!

howlindawgs: Yeah, I found the S&G version on YouTube. They wrote a bunch of new words, but wndrwrthg quoted the couplet that ends both of them.