For Better or For Worse by Lynn Johnston for March 01, 2025

Lynn Johnston’s artwork got better and better…

That’s John all over—go on vacation to a foreign country and wait until you get there to bother to learn a single word of its language.

“Por favor, donde esta el bano?” comes in quite handy as well.

When you vacation in Mexico and have to ask if it’s too early to start drinking, then you are an amateur and we can’t be friends!

They just got there, and Elly is sulking already!

A beer is just a beer. The company you share it with is what’s important…

“Dos cerveza por favor”

No sprechen die Deutsche.

From Lynn’s Comments: At the time I wrote this, I was taking Spanish lessons. I got pretty good at it. On vacation one day, I wanted some pepper for the table and happily asked for “pepino.” The waiter asked if I was sure. I was showing off to friends and said, “Absolutely!” Smiling, he brought me a beautifully cut up cucumber, which I ate. The word for pepper is “pimiento.”

DOS EQUIS

Esta meno in la cabeza!

Was tending bar for a large party of deaf people. Learned the signing for beer. They knew how to party.

Who’s the fat bald guy with no neck sitting with Elly in the third panel?

depends

They might as well be in Miami, Florida. Spanish is the first language there.

Since this is Mexico, their names are “Juan” and “El E”. :P

Practice by reading Peanuts comic every morning – first in English and then en Espanol. Then move onto other comics that Go Comics offers both in English & Spanish.

The first thing I learned while living in Sao Paulo was how to order a beer. :)

Must have been before the U. S. geoengineered hurricanes blew the crap out of the Mexico’s coast.

Dos cervezas, por favor!