For Better or For Worse by Lynn Johnston for September 13, 1998
September 12, 1998
September 14, 1998
Transcript:
Noise: Brush, brush, brush. Thump, thump, thump. Elizabeth: Mom, can I have some money for lunch? Elly: Why don't you just make yourself something, Liz? Elizabeth: Like what? Elly: ...A sandwich? Elizabeth: Where's the bread? Elly: In the cupboard! Elizabeth: Do we have any cheese? Elly: It's in the fridge. Elizabeth: What else could I have? Elly: Celery sticks? Elizabeth: Celery stick?! - That means I have to wash an' cut them up!! Elly: How about an apple, then? Elizabeth: I don't like that kind. Elly: A granola bar? Elizabeth: They've got raisins in them. Elly: A pudding cup? Elizabeth: There's no vanilla. Don't we have anything that's fast and easy and something I like?! Elly: Here. Elizabeth: What is it? Elly: ...Some money for lunch.
Carito over 3 years ago
Liz is in Grade 13 - and she doesn’t know where the bread is kept in her own home, or that cheese would be in the fridge? And she can’t handle cutting up a stalk of celery? Good luck in university next year - she’ll need it.
sparklite over 3 years ago
She seems a little old to be dressing like April.
RKY84 over 3 years ago
Elizabeth talks big with her ‘adult’ plans, but then can’t make her own lunch without asking and complaining. As usual, mom and dad didn’t properly set the tone early enough for these kids.
doctorwho29 about 3 years ago
I think some of y’all take this a little too seriously. Yeah, it’s real to life but also a comic strip. It needs its gags.
FrostbiteFalls about 1 year ago
Even when she was 11 or 12, Liz was depicted as knowing her way around the kitchen pretty well, so why is she so clueless now?