For Better or For Worse by Lynn Johnston for November 05, 2017

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    Templo S.U.D.  about 7 years ago

    time for Elly to buy a new umbrella (when did the wind-proof umbrella first get introduced anyway?)

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    howtheduck  about 7 years ago

    Elly’s comment to Lizzie in the panel after the final panel, “I am tired of un-piring you and your brother when you destroy your things. I have told you for the un-pteenth time not to do that. It fills me with such unbrage I am going to put you in umimaginable pain. Start writing your assignment in German and don’t leave out the un-lauts.”

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    Carole Athena Costa  about 7 years ago

    When I was a little girl, I went rollerskating on a windy day and I discovered that if I opened my coat and held my hands out with them still in my pockets with my back to the wind, my coat acted like sails and the wind pushed me along the sidewalk.

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    Rosette  about 7 years ago

    Elly looks more shocked than mad. I expected her to be furious.

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    Harumph  about 7 years ago

    Hmmm. Towels off the hair and leaves her in soaked clothes?

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    mkd_1218  about 7 years ago

    Another use of wind power!

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    Stuart Donaldson Premium Member about 7 years ago

    See “Un Lun Dun” for further development of the concept.

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    ladykat  about 7 years ago

    And Elizabeth is off to change her clothes, after the wind turned the umbrella into an unbrella.

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    USN1977  about 7 years ago

    I saw a good cartoon about supply and demand. A street peddler is selling umbrellas and a lady asks how much. He responds “Three dollars…” when suddenly there is the roar of a thunderclap and rain starts pouring, to which the peddler finishes his statement with “…and 75 cents”.

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    fuzzbucket Premium Member about 7 years ago

    Buy Lizzie a small parasail and a raincoat.

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    summerdog86  about 7 years ago

    Man, I would have been spanked for that if I tried it at home when I was her age.

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    JPuzzleWhiz  about 7 years ago

    I think this would be appropriate:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bPYT9Vyu62A

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    Herb L 1954  about 7 years ago

    A bumbershoot?

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    hooglah  about 7 years ago

    Put the umbrella in the trash and leave it there. She can go without from now on. that’s what is wrong with kids nowadays….when they break something or loose something, the parents just buy them more. Heck with that. Make them go with out.

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    Night-Gaunt49[Bozo is Boffo]  about 7 years ago

    Lynn’s Notes:

    Wordplay like this made my work difficult to translate, so it was not seen in foreign language newspapers. This problem was pointed out to me on several occasions. Still, I couldn’t resist having fun with English.

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    endromis  about 7 years ago

    There are windproof (storm) umbrella’s. It’s a Dutch product, developed some decades ago by a Dutch student. Have a look: https://www.senz.com/en/#

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