For Better or For Worse by Lynn Johnston for August 27, 2019

I see Michael is cold (and I don’t mean shivering cold, mind y’all).

that would be great if her family weren’t there.

hmmmmm!! Ive see everything !!!!Ican remember a guy using the old story about running out of gasinhis carwith his girlfriend , but running out of gas ona boat?

The women are snuggling by themselves without the men really for no other reason than to keep Michael from snuggling against Martha. The message is, “We have met you Michael and we don’t trust you to behave with Martha, even while we are right here looking at you.”

Yes I have something else in mind….pushing a certain obnoxious big brother into the water to get him out of the way. :/

Of course, the ‘rents wouldn’t let the lovebirds snuggle up at that age.

I think they need to dump the obnoxious a-h and they all snuggle together, Mike then Martha then the ‘rents. The parent on Martha’s side will be able to monitor for any stray hands or fingers.

What did you expect, Mike?

Looks like big brother is also taking quite a liking to Michael too wanting to snuggle up with him and all.

The family that snuggles together, stays together but I don’t think that is the case here.

No life jackets either. Striving for those Darwin Awards.

The least Dad can do is put that @#=$% cigarette out.

Yesterday Mike was wearing a sweatshirt. If he’s cold, where did it go?

They are on a lake, and nobody has a cell phone to call the marina they left from and ask for someone to bring them some gas?

This is…Magic Mike!

That boy is a natural born A-hole! ;o{

Love the look on Mike’s face in panel 2.

Lynn’s Comments:

Whenever I had a crush on a boy, my imagination would lead me to a scenario much like this…but, minus the other people.

Still with the cigarette? You’d think he would have learned something when he got burned.

We all know what Michael was hoping for.

’bout time a reader mentioned the creepiness of this family. Torture being cooped up on a small boat with dad & brother.

They were lucky; in that, Daddy nor anybody else, was injured when set off the gasoline vapors. A severe injury in this situation would be a disaster.

Michael get out of there! Swim swim swim! Don’t look back. Write off the g-friend as a lesson learned. Check out the next girl’s family first.

So when’s the Darwin Awards judging going to take place?

Seeing the mentality of Big Brother, it is not surprising!

I never had one, but are all big brothers so obnoxious?

That’s it. Time to push Big Brother overboard and into the water.

These are before the days of easy access cell phones.

And, again — old Fred’s shirt is clean and intact. Hat, too.

And his face is clean, too.

I’m beginning to like Martha’s brother. :-)

Lawrence would have had exactly that in mind