For Better or For Worse by Lynn Johnston for December 05, 2008

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    stpatme  almost 16 years ago

    So true. She hasn’t had nothing to do since before you were born.

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    TumblersBlue  almost 16 years ago

    LBC & LAC

    Life Before Children & Life After Children.

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    Wenthral  almost 16 years ago

    When I was a kid I NEVER told my mom I was bored. She always came up with something to do and it was always housework. Better to be bored silly.

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    Allan CB Premium Member almost 16 years ago

    My mom: Your bored? Go clean your bleeep room! Me: That’s more boring. Mom: Then get out of my hair.

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    mcveinot  almost 16 years ago

    Mothers only dream of having nothing to do!!

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    ninmas  almost 16 years ago

    Elly: i know what you can do, you can give me a foot rub!

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    kfaatz925  almost 16 years ago

    OK, Mike, here’s the vacuum. Go for it.

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    circuit7  almost 16 years ago

    ROFL I also learned by this age never to tell Mom or Dad that I was bored. But they could tell. They could tell…

    (disclaimer: I’m passing that work ethic off to my own kids now!)

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    Silverpearl  almost 16 years ago

    “hasn’t had nothing” I think someone needs to study grammer. Michael needs to read too.

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    Lunatic_fringe1  almost 16 years ago

    Life before video games and the internet, likely only had 2 or 3 TV stations that didn’t come in clear. Yep life was tuff back then.

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    KingRat  almost 16 years ago

    Silverpearl says: “hasn’t had nothing” I think someone needs to study grammer.

    “nothing to do” is being used as a replacement for “free time”.

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    TheWildSow  almost 16 years ago

    “hasn’t had nothing” I think someone needs to study grammer.

    The grammAr is fine – it’s the correct use of a double negative. “Hasn’t had nothing” = “Has had something!” Elly has always had “something” to do since she had kids.

    And isn’t he only 4 in this timeline? He may not be able to read yet (he could look at picture books though.)

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    stpatme  almost 16 years ago

    The double negative is correct! Having nothing to do is a state of being she has not experienced since she had him. She has always had something to do, ergo she has not had nothing to do.

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