For Better or For Worse by Lynn Johnston for June 21, 2013

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    legaleagle48  over 11 years ago

    There’s your answer, Mike!

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    hsawlrae  over 11 years ago

    What a MARVELOUS IDEA. I’m sure it would sell.

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    arye uygur  over 11 years ago

    I think they look pretty tall for their age.

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    psychlady  over 11 years ago

    That’s exactly why you don’t have a key, Michael!!

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    emilychloestella   over 11 years ago

    For the black smudges, I think that happened because there are no smudges on the back of their clothes but there are on the front.

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    Manhunter808  over 11 years ago

    In panel 4, the blonde kid is holding a baseball bat… methinks between panels 3 & 4 they played some baseball and got dirty… perfect for going in and “looking after” Mike’s house.

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    Manhunter808  over 11 years ago

    Oops… the kid next to the blonde kid is holding the bat. (Can’t tell the players without a program .. and better glasses)

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    legaleagle48  over 11 years ago

    Not the key, howtheduck, the house to which the key belongs. You aren’t really that much of a literalist, are you?

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    yankeetexan  over 11 years ago

    a) you only see the BACK of them in panel 1b) your rightc) it’s his shirt and in all panels it’s drooping. NO breastsbecause of the conversation Ellie & Anne had the other day about how Anne missed their times together now that Ellie is working & missed the kids too… I’m betting this is Ellie’s way of solving all problems. JMO

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    dsom8  over 11 years ago

    You really have to wonder about people who have nothing better to do than criticize a comic strip. You would think that if a person doesn’t like a strip they just wouldn’t read it. People who do that in real life are obnoxious and are not fun to have around. They’re no fun here either.

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    legaleagle48  over 11 years ago

    Don’t be so literal. Lynn was actually referring to the fact that so few of the kids in her neighborhood were “latch-key kids” who didn’t need that much supervision because her small town was relatively safe. Notice that she says that not all of them had their own house keys — and there was no doubt a good reason that they didn’t!

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    JanLC  over 11 years ago

    You must be reading a different comment than I do. While she mentions keys, the inference in the strip is still the house, not the key.

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    gobblingup Premium Member over 11 years ago

    Happy Birthday, Susan!!

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    LV1951  over 11 years ago

    When I was growing up, we didn’t have to lock the house or car!

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    rekam Premium Member over 11 years ago

    It’s not the key she’s worried about, it’s the house.

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    Gokie5  over 11 years ago

    " it’s m’birthday"Happy Birthday, Susan! Many happy returns. Tomorrow’s my younger daughter’s birthday.Her husband is having valve replacement surgery in Milwaukee as we speak.It’s the first day of summer.Lots of things going on!http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-d6yQg1UJYsw/UD7RILgvpzI/AAAAAAAAA_w/tJTAljMezSE/s1600/happy+birthday+7.jpg

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    Gokie5  over 11 years ago

    I lived in Dormont, PIttsburgh 1940-44. It was super-safe for us then. I’d run all over the place, walk to school (between the two rows of streetcar tracks), walk two blocks to the park, play with neighborhood kids till dark, at ages 5 – almost 9.

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    danlarios  over 11 years ago

    with friends like that who needs enemys?

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    samfran6-0  over 11 years ago

    HAPPY BIRTHDAY, SUSAN. Hope you are having a great day. Back in the 50’s in grade school, I had my own key on a chain around my neck. The ribbons were to keep my braided hair from coming loose.

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    kittyblue71  over 11 years ago

    c. Whatever happened between panels 3 and 4 caused Michael to grow breasts and put his butt on backwards. Maybe someone put a curse on him for calling Annie “dumb”.

    that made me laugh!

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    Asharah  over 11 years ago

    Where does Lawrence go after school? Connie was a working single mom.

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