Grandpa Jim – Touching, Poignant, and Stupid Beyond Belief
It is during strip sequences like we have had this week, where I really wonder if Lynn Johnston is unaware of her older fan base. It struck me as I read one thing after another from persons on the FOOBiverse’s Journal, where they had older relatives who got sick, that part of this week were pretty true to life, particularly in the bizarre things that Iris was saying all week. The usual claim was that this is sort of thing some who is having difficulty handling the situation would say. On the other side of this is the extraordinary inaccuracies in describing how the Canadian medical care works for persons who are stroke victims. There were just a many persons saying it was not the way things are done. So, one on hand, you have emotional potency and on the other hand you have gross medical malpractice. The difference between the two is the same difference that comes up again and again in the strip. If Lynn Johnston is truly writing the strip, she has not taken the time to pick up a phone and ask what the actual medical procedures are, by someone who would know.
posted by howard at 1:54 AM
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Thanks for the April adventure last night, Howtheduck! We had a great time at the potluck--our boy took one look at all the other children and the toys, shrugged out of his jacket, and said, "Bye-bye Mama and Dada!"
He was having way too much fun to notice or care about food for most of the night, and when he did decide to eat something, he dug into a bowl of tortilla chips. :)
There were a couple of guys playing guitar and singing, and this was a huge hit with our boy, who loves music and couldn't believe he got to see real guitars being played!
One of the things I really like about having kids is that ability to blend into a completely new set of kids they have never met. I remember just taking my kids to a Burger King Playland and if there were other children there, they would start playing with them, as if they were the closest friends ever.
Now my kids are older, that instantaneous friend stuff is pretty well gone, although not to the level that adults achieve. Enjoy it while you can.
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