John Patterson, Master Schemer
We have an interesting sequence in For Better or For Worse, where Elly Patterson thinks she is going into George Stibbs’ house to satisfy her curiosity about how it looks on the inside, only to find out that George and John have been scheming to get Elly to buy George’s house, despite the fact John was suggesting “Add ons” to Mike yesterday, and Elly had declared that 2-bedrooms was too small for Mike and Deanna last week.
If Elly didn’t think Mike and Deanna would buy George Stibbs’ place, and John had arranged for George to meet Elly to convince her to trade houses, just what did she think was going to happen? It was yet another one of those situations where Lynn Johnston knows the outcome and drive the story that direction, despite the fact it doesn’t make a lot of sense
If Elly didn’t think Mike and Deanna would buy George Stibbs’ place, and John had arranged for George to meet Elly to convince her to trade houses, just what did she think was going to happen? It was yet another one of those situations where Lynn Johnston knows the outcome and drive the story that direction, despite the fact it doesn’t make a lot of sense
posted by howard at 12:14 AM
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She must have been what David Byrne had in mind when he sang, with Talking Heads, "As we get older, and stop making sense--stop making sense--stop making sense." ;)
BTW please see this post on the meta about where I will be during April's absence. :)
Yes, now when I think of David Byrne and his big suit, I will also think of Elly Patterson and her frumpy dress.
Sorry to have short-circuited the Corbeil trip--I didn't realize until after I drafted my big entry that you were going into real-time mode. I had to do a quick edit to switch from April being home to still being at the JIFBL
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