For Better or For Worse by Lynn Johnston for June 18, 2012

there’s always a catch Michael

GO for it, Michael. That Whoopee bar is only delicious poison.

Hey! Get your own Whoopee bar, Gordon! (What are those things made of anyway, and can that be found only in Canada?)

Kid’s gonna grow up and be a banker, or have one of those check-cashing joints. Or become a CEO and get a few hundred mores time money than he’s worth.

ouch… nothing called free lunch, eh?

Definitely – a Sales Rep in the making…

Or you can have what’s behind door number three where Carol Merril is standing.

It’s little enough for the money…you would probably have shared anyway.

At least he got his $4 back.

And yes, he did buy a car dealership, too.

There’s nothing wrong with sharing his candy bar with Gordon. It’s only fair.

If it comes with a catch, no way.

There is a London company called Montezuma’s that makes (or made…it may have been discontinued) a Whoopee Bar. See http://www.comparestoreprices.co.uk/chocolate-bars/montezuma%60s-case-of-16-whoopee-bar-45g.asp and http://www.chocolatemission.net/2008/05/may-5th-montezumas-whoopee.html.

As for Stateside availability, in ancient times (i.e. when I was a kid) you had to go to Canada to get Cadbury’s, so if the Whoopee is or ever was available in North America it may never have made to the United States.

I have never heard of a Whoopee Bar in 32 years! We have most of the same things as in the US, with a few ‘regional’ things… we have Mars Bar and Snickers (nearly identical, but one has nuts.)We have Smarties that are similar to M&M’s but the Smarties melt in your hands.(What US calls smarties, we call Rockets.) Oh, we were one of very few countries who’s smarties came in boxes as well.There’s more but not enough space here! L

I’ve noticed that people with alcohol-dependent fathers often wind up in social-work-type jobs. They have become peacemakers, and seem to want to “fix” the world. Include me in that group.

You rarely ever get something for nothing in this world. Somewhere along the line, it’s going to cost you . . . you just have to decide whether or not the “price” is worth it. I think that’s the lesson Elly wanted Michael to learn the other day when he confessed to her that he had paid Gordon $4.00 out of his hard-earned $12.00 to “rent” his skates for a little while . . . and hopefully, he did!

I think they’re actually called Whoopie Pies, and they started out in America! Unless the Whoopee Bar is a candy indigenous to Canada…;)

Gordon is smart. While his mother said that he could not charge money to rent his skates, she did not specifically prohibit bartering.