Something We Haven’t Seen Since 2002
As it cracks 100 degrees Fahrenheit here in Arizona, I have to remind myself that up in Canada, people are still putting on winter jackets before they go out to see a movie on Mother’s Day. Today’s new-run in For Better or For Worse is a surprising strip. It is a happy strip, where the mother wants to be with her children. You have to go back to 2002 to find another one close to that:
2008 Mother’s Day had Elly completely by herself, being treated by no one other than herself, after she slaved away all day.
2007 Mother’s Day had Deanna being tortured by her kids as she tried to take them to see some newborn puppies.
2006 Mother’s Day had Deanna ditching her kids with Elly, as she spent Mother’s Day with Mike.
2005 Mother’s Day showed John with a string of good luck as he showered Elly with gifts for Mother’s Day.
2004 Mother’s Day showed Deanna ditching a screaming Meredith with Elly as she spent Mother’s Day with Mike.
2003 Mother’s Day showed Deanna getting a gift for Mother’s Day as Meredith screams throughout.
2002 Mother’s Day showed all 3 kids getting Elly a gift certificate because they didn’t know what to get her for Mother’s Day. Then Elly goes shopping with the girls.
There you have it. It’s been 7 years and finally a mom is happy to be with her kids again!
2008 Mother’s Day had Elly completely by herself, being treated by no one other than herself, after she slaved away all day.
2007 Mother’s Day had Deanna being tortured by her kids as she tried to take them to see some newborn puppies.
2006 Mother’s Day had Deanna ditching her kids with Elly, as she spent Mother’s Day with Mike.
2005 Mother’s Day showed John with a string of good luck as he showered Elly with gifts for Mother’s Day.
2004 Mother’s Day showed Deanna ditching a screaming Meredith with Elly as she spent Mother’s Day with Mike.
2003 Mother’s Day showed Deanna getting a gift for Mother’s Day as Meredith screams throughout.
2002 Mother’s Day showed all 3 kids getting Elly a gift certificate because they didn’t know what to get her for Mother’s Day. Then Elly goes shopping with the girls.
There you have it. It’s been 7 years and finally a mom is happy to be with her kids again!
posted by howard at 11:41 PM
6 Comments:
It certainly has taken long enough, hasn't it? It's sort of too bad that we have had the preceding seven years of fail; that's because it males me expect that a Mother's Day strip will be a downer.
dreadedcandiru2,
it males me expect that a Mother's Day strip will be a downer.-
True enough. I would take it as a sign that perhaps the unending negative sentiment in the strip is finally over, but it will take more than a single Sunday strip to convince me of that.
Umm, actually, we don't have winter jackets on here. In most of Canada, it is not still winter. We wear light jackets when we go out at this time of year.
It looks like spring jackets in the comic. Maybe those south of the cornbelt just don't understand the various degrees of different kinds of jackets. Some people think they only need one jacket!
Esther,
It looks like spring jackets in the comic. In Arizona, those are winter jackets and you only need one. That's an exaggeration, of course (he's says as he is typing this in shorts).
Part of the 'jacket' issue might be how long ago Lynn actually wrote the strip - especially since she's been away (in France?). She doesn't seem to consider anything else these days, so why would she consider how the weather is going to be? I'm in Northern Ontario and there have been days warm enough to wear shorts already. Just the mornings and evenings require a jacket.
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