Sand is not Dirt
It is a curious habit with the younger set of Pattersons that they do not seem to mind their children tearing up part of their lawn in order to dig in the dirt. Back in 2007, when Meredith fooled Robin into eating dirt, the ground was similarly torn up. As I now live in Arizona where the yards are made up of different kinds of rock and not grass, it is less a concern if my kids start digging in the yard; but when I lived in Texas, and the quality of the lawn added value to the property, we would not have let our kids dig up part of the yard to play in the dirt. Instead we had a sandbox for that purpose. I can't speak for Milborough or Canada in general, but today's For Better or For Worse, with Robin digging up a good part of the yard strikes me as a little odd.
There are some other obvious questions like:
a. Does Deanna know the difference between sand and dirt, or do Canadians consider the words to be interchangeable?
b. Why does Robin appear to be almost 8 years old?
c. Why does Deanna think such a stupid thought to herself, when she walks out and finds her son sitting in the dirt with no shoes on?
On the plus side, it is nice to see a solo Robin strip. I don't think he has ever had one before. It is also nice to see Robin acting like a regular kid for a change, instead of just existing to fight his sister and torture his parents. It's good Lynn is showing this side of Robin, so we will not be as much in fear of him as a ring bearer for the wedding. Now that Lynn has finished all the wedding preparation strips (or at least that's the way it looks), then we can get onto a few other topics which have been left unresolved until we get to the wedding day events. So, I look forward to Lynn addressing these topics:
a. Grandpa Jim goes to the Sunset Manor.
b. Michael is officially declared as so successful an author he can support his family with the money he makes from writing.
c. Elly is frustrated as she hunts for a mother-of-the-bride dress.
d. Thérèse reappears and is smacked down for throwing away a perfectly good husband and child.
e. Elly and Connie reminisce about 1979.
There are some other obvious questions like:
a. Does Deanna know the difference between sand and dirt, or do Canadians consider the words to be interchangeable?
b. Why does Robin appear to be almost 8 years old?
c. Why does Deanna think such a stupid thought to herself, when she walks out and finds her son sitting in the dirt with no shoes on?
On the plus side, it is nice to see a solo Robin strip. I don't think he has ever had one before. It is also nice to see Robin acting like a regular kid for a change, instead of just existing to fight his sister and torture his parents. It's good Lynn is showing this side of Robin, so we will not be as much in fear of him as a ring bearer for the wedding. Now that Lynn has finished all the wedding preparation strips (or at least that's the way it looks), then we can get onto a few other topics which have been left unresolved until we get to the wedding day events. So, I look forward to Lynn addressing these topics:
a. Grandpa Jim goes to the Sunset Manor.
b. Michael is officially declared as so successful an author he can support his family with the money he makes from writing.
c. Elly is frustrated as she hunts for a mother-of-the-bride dress.
d. Thérèse reappears and is smacked down for throwing away a perfectly good husband and child.
e. Elly and Connie reminisce about 1979.
posted by howard at 11:01 PM
9 Comments:
Oh, see, I assumed that Dee had dumped one bag of play sand onto the ground so Robin could play in it. I figured that the reason that there isn't an actual sandbox is, as we know, Mike and Dee are soooooo poor!
But yeah, it looks like dirt.
howard,
Does Deanna know the difference between sand and dirt, or do Canadians consider the words to be interchangeable?
No and no. Not only does she confuse sandy soil with sand, she also fails to realize that the surface area of that handful of dirt is enough to cover a thousand three year olds.
Why does Deanna think such a stupid thought to herself, when she walks out and finds her son sitting in the dirt with no shoes on?
Because she's a Patterson woman, born to express shock and dismay at a thing that's predictable to everyone but her. Lynn seems to think that being woefully unprepared is a good thing. Planning is for bad people like Therese and Becky.
As for us getting the wedding preparation out of the way, I was surprised we got the week and a half we did. After all, Lynn has to waste time telling us how big a creep John was.
There is a sandbox in the yard, though--it's been established, and I believe it's been shown in the time that the Pattersons Junior have been living there.
april_patterson,
There is a sandbox in the yard, though--it's been established, and I believe it's been shown in the time that the Pattersons Junior have been living there.
Leave it to Lynn to forget that for the sake of a "Children-are-an-unbearable-nuisance" strip.
qnjones,
Oh, see, I assumed that Dee had dumped one bag of play sand onto the ground so Robin could play in it.
I could go with that, if there weren't the prior strip of Meredith getting Robin to eat dirt she had dug up.
dreadedcandiru2,
Not only does she confuse sandy soil with sand, she also fails to realize that the surface area of that handful of dirt is enough to cover a thousand three year olds.
At least I am encouraged that intelligent Canadians do not get confused on the differences between dirt and sand.
Because she's a Patterson woman, born to express shock and dismay at a thing that's predictable to everyone but her.
That is the bread and butter of most of Lynn's humour, especially if the shock and dismay is sufficient to cause someone to clip out the strip and put it on the refrigerator.
aprilp_katje,
There is a sandbox in the yard, though--it's been established, and I believe it's been shown in the time that the Pattersons Junior have been living there.
Oh my continuity goddess, you are going to have to prove this one to me. I have only seen a blowup outdoor kiddie pool, both in this yard and when they were living in Toronto.
Found the sandbox strip.
aprilp_katje,
Completely missed that one. You are the continuity goddess. So, at least while Elly is still living in the house, there is a sandbox for the grandkids. Now the only question is whether she left it behind, or took it to the new house. You wouldn't think Elly would move it, but that sandbox has not been seen since Elly moved, and we have Robin and Merrie in the dirt 2 times. The implication is that the sandbox is no longer available.
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