Girls Are Weird
After Deanna Sobinski’s odd and unprovoked raspberrying of Michael in yesterday's For Better or For Worse, we might expect in today’s new-run of For Better or For Worse, some kind of explanation. And for once, we got one and it is actually a well-argued point for a change.
Michael states his belief: “Girls are weird.”
Lawrence counters with: “Maybe not all girls!” Lawrence is admitting that some girls are weird, and possibly he is admitting that Deanna Sobinki’s behaviour on the school bus was weird.
Michael responds with: “Yeah… all girls.”
Then he begins his proof. Aside from Deanna Sobinski, Michael has a sister. Elizabeth qualifies as a girl, and one that both Lawrence and Michael know. In fact, Elizabeth is weird enough that Lawrence does not even argue the point. All Michael has to do is point out that he has a sister. To be honest, this is the weakest part of Michael’s argument. Elizabeth does not do much more than show up in silhouette in Panel 3. However, I could grant that a girl,who can appear as a silhouette when everything else around is clearly defined, has a little weirdness to her.
Lawrence counters with the question: What about mothers? Both Lawrence and Michael have one of those. Is Connie Poirier weird? Is Elly Patterson weird? We don’t get to see this part of the argument, because our next scene is Elly Patterson shrieking at Michael who has not taken off his shoes and has put some dirt on the floor. We know that Elly Patterson is a shrieker, but in times past when she shrieked over dirt, there was more dirt. Also, Elly has shown a reluctance to scream at her kids in front of people who are not family. I would hard-pressed to find another time when Elly shrieked at Michael in front of one of his friends. To me, Elly’s behaviour here is not so much weird, but out-of-character.
After this we see Lawrence’s argument defeated, as he admits, “You’re right. Girls are weird.” Of course Lawrence did not cede the entire point. He didn’t say, “All girls are weird.” Maybe Lawrence does not count his mom…yet. Wait until she chases after Phil Richards in Montreal to come to that conclusion. Nevertheless, the sight of Michael’s mother shrieking at him and pointing at the minimal amount of dirt coming off his feet is enough for Lawrence to come to the conclusion that Elly Patterson is weird.
I think Michael has made his point. Girls are weird. And that may be as good an explanation as we will get for Deanna Sobinski’s spitting.
Michael states his belief: “Girls are weird.”
Lawrence counters with: “Maybe not all girls!” Lawrence is admitting that some girls are weird, and possibly he is admitting that Deanna Sobinki’s behaviour on the school bus was weird.
Michael responds with: “Yeah… all girls.”
Then he begins his proof. Aside from Deanna Sobinski, Michael has a sister. Elizabeth qualifies as a girl, and one that both Lawrence and Michael know. In fact, Elizabeth is weird enough that Lawrence does not even argue the point. All Michael has to do is point out that he has a sister. To be honest, this is the weakest part of Michael’s argument. Elizabeth does not do much more than show up in silhouette in Panel 3. However, I could grant that a girl,who can appear as a silhouette when everything else around is clearly defined, has a little weirdness to her.
Lawrence counters with the question: What about mothers? Both Lawrence and Michael have one of those. Is Connie Poirier weird? Is Elly Patterson weird? We don’t get to see this part of the argument, because our next scene is Elly Patterson shrieking at Michael who has not taken off his shoes and has put some dirt on the floor. We know that Elly Patterson is a shrieker, but in times past when she shrieked over dirt, there was more dirt. Also, Elly has shown a reluctance to scream at her kids in front of people who are not family. I would hard-pressed to find another time when Elly shrieked at Michael in front of one of his friends. To me, Elly’s behaviour here is not so much weird, but out-of-character.
After this we see Lawrence’s argument defeated, as he admits, “You’re right. Girls are weird.” Of course Lawrence did not cede the entire point. He didn’t say, “All girls are weird.” Maybe Lawrence does not count his mom…yet. Wait until she chases after Phil Richards in Montreal to come to that conclusion. Nevertheless, the sight of Michael’s mother shrieking at him and pointing at the minimal amount of dirt coming off his feet is enough for Lawrence to come to the conclusion that Elly Patterson is weird.
I think Michael has made his point. Girls are weird. And that may be as good an explanation as we will get for Deanna Sobinski’s spitting.
posted by howard at 10:34 PM
4 Comments:
Mike and Lawrence cannot trample in as much dirt as they once did because their feet have shrunk to abnormal sizes. I'm sure that's why Elly is screaming and not because of the dirt. She thinks Mike has done it on purpose to force her to take him shopping for new shoes and that means she will have to spend time with her kids again.
LOL--forworse, those teeny-tiny feet are the first thing my eyes focused on when I looked at the strip today. I don't know what it is with Lynn and the itty-bitty doll feet.
Let's not forget why girls are weird; as jjamele said, girls are weird because they can't read the tiny mind of a Delicate Genius and bask in his reflected glory.
Lynn Johnston either draws feet as itty-bitty or she draws them as cartoon duck bills. Lynn is terrible with appendages. As bad as she is drawing feet, she is even worse drawing hands.
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