For Better or For Worse by Lynn Johnston for March 22, 2009

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    billydub  over 15 years ago

    Why is daddy placing his hand over Elizabeth’s face like that in the fourth panel? Or is he looking at his watch?

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    Manhunter808  over 15 years ago

    Bill, I think you’ve got it .. he’s looking at his watch, altho until you mentioned it, I thought he was shielding Lizzie’s eyes from something like the apparent violence on the previous panel. Thanks for figuring it out.

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    dead-eye-bill  over 15 years ago

    the electronic babysitter just wasted another evening perhaps a bedtime story so its not a total loss powerboy to the rescue

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    alondra  over 15 years ago

    That was communicating?

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    bald  over 15 years ago

    well at least the family is in the same room at the same time. i suppose that couts

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    BigGrouch  over 15 years ago

    Elly turned the TV on manually? I didn’t know you could do that.

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    Silverpearl  over 15 years ago

    Yes, we old-timers used to do lots of things by hand. Before the lazy people discovered remote controls. Like turning pages in a book.

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    dcguys  over 15 years ago

    How about turning up the volume on the radio, Silverperal? “The Shadow Knows”

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    cleokaya  over 15 years ago

    My wife raised both of her kids without a TV. They have grown up earning high academic honors and with the love of reading.

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    Radical-Knight  over 15 years ago

    In my sister’s family, communication is yelling at each other OVER the sound of TV. XD

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    js305  over 15 years ago

    When I was a kid I WAS the remote control…

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    Allan CB Premium Member over 15 years ago

    Bill - defiantly looking at his watch … BigGrouch - this is early 80’s … we didn’t GET remote controlled TV’s till around 1986 :D …

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    TheWildSow  over 15 years ago

    We had a “Zenith Space Commander” remote in the mid-60s.

    http://www.wired.com/gadgets/displays/magazine/test2007/vg_greatestgadget

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    bluetopazcrystal  over 15 years ago

    TheWildSow, That must have been cool! The pride of the neighbourhood.

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    arceedee  over 15 years ago

    The only communication I ever get from family TV addicts is when I walk in to say something and everybody goes ‘shhhuuush’

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    Wildmustang1262  over 15 years ago

    BigGrouch says: Elly turned the TV on manually? I didn’t know you could do that. That was old TV without remote to change the channels and power to turn off and on way back in 1960s-1970s. Nowadays, we have fancy TVs with remotes.

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    123ocean  over 15 years ago

    i luv for better or for worse its the best comics ever

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    amaugsburger  over 15 years ago

    Relax people. Obviously we know the kids turned out okay. TV isn’t completely evil. The family is at least spending time together, so it’s not like the TV is actually babysitting while Elle and John go off to do their own thing. Sheesh. I grew up with a TV in the house and still managed to love books.

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    coffeeturtle  over 15 years ago

    sign of the times, sadly…. :(

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