For Better or For Worse by Lynn Johnston for August 03, 2014

Oh, the irony.

No, It’s not the design. That chair is like almost all the others – it is stable when it is fully extended pushed backwards and to fold easily when pulled forwards.

John slid forward as he sat down and (deservedly), got his comeuppance.

I remember electric lawn mowers from back in the late 60s / early 70s: do they still make them or have they become a thing of the past?

Karma!

John you need to get down to the gym and get in shape.You have no definition. Don’t you want to look good for Ted

Love it.Lynn’s stuff is so good because it’s real life.

I think Snoopy got chomped by a lawn chair once. Lawn chairs can be vicious! ; )

Exactly. People here are saying that John “had it coming,” apparently for being a constant buzz-kill for the kids with his nagging, but suppose he had said nothing and one or more of the kids had gotten hurt as a result? John was just doing what any responsible parent would do under the circumstances — although I do agree that he should have put the lawn mower away (unless the kids decided to get it out and plug it in!).

Of course it is! If you swing that hose around, you’ll poke your eye out and you’ll DIE!

If you go fooling around with sticks, you’ll poke your eye out and you’ll DIE!

If you put somebody’s head under water, you’ll poke your eye out and you’ll DIE!

If you sit in a lawn chair and it collapses on you, you’ll poke your eye out and you’ll DIE!

Don’t you remember your mom and dad telling you that?

Lawrence can’t drown. That’s Farley’s job.

I remember this chair perfectly. It has to click loudly, when it is extended properly, to lock in. He just sat in it, without checking it if was locked in. We still have one. They are really compact and perfect for the beach..Karma works in mysterious ways. That’s the reply to the punch for today.

Are we assuming the kids lack the motor skills to plug in the lawnmower themselves?

Compare this strip with today’s “Pearls Before Swine”(Sorry, too hard to paste links on an Android tablet)

Exit one butt… =-O

I know it’s a “family” strip, but I’m weirded out by John’s lack of nipples and belly button.

Summer got tired of him dumping on the fun stuff.