Tuesday, January 26, 2010

A Few Questions

With respect to today’s reprint of For Better or For Worse, I have a few questions:

Here’s a question for you: If you were taking care of a 6-year-old kid and your own 6-year-old kid said that other kid had an accident; would you finish feeding your dog, and then dress your 1-year-old daughter to go outside and then carry her over to where the accident occurred?

Here’s another question for you: If your best friend was in an accident on your bicycle would you be more concerned about your friend being hurt or your bicycle being hurt?

Here’s another question for you: If your dog was born in October 2008 and it is January 2010, should you still be feeding him Puppy Lunch? This question really doesn’t work. In the original printed order, Farley would only be 4 months old by this strip, so Puppy Lunch makes sense in that context.

Here’s another question for you: Are there hills in Milborough? Everytime I see the outdoor settings, the place appears to be flat. Assuming there are hills, then why a bicycle? Wouldn’t a sled be more fun? Going through the Comic Strip Catalog, it appears the Pattersons go to a ski resort to go skiing. However, they do go sledding at what appears to be a local location.

Here’s another question for you: If you saw last Sunday’s strip and your mother was wearing black pants with a loose sweater over it, and she was carrying you around her waist; would you be worried your mom was going to pop a seam running to an accident, and as a result, drop you?

Here's another question for you: If you are erasing the original publication date of 2-10 from the bottom of the final panel of your strip, are you going to do a good job or will you consider erasing 2-1 to be good enough, so that the 0 remains as a decoration for Michael's coat?

10 Comments:

Blogger DreadedCandiru2 said...

NO, I would not finish feeding the dog nor would I carry a one-year old to the scene; I'd get Anne Nichols to look after things while I took care of business. I'd also be more worried about my friend than a bicycle; if the Pattersons don't nip this being concerned with material possessions than people in the bud, Mike might grow up to do something strange like rush into a burning building to rescue a laptop while leaving his wife and children on a rickety fire escape.

9:39 PM  
Blogger DreadedCandiru2 said...

don't nip this being concerned with material possessions

That's 'being more concerned'. I wish we could edit these posts.

9:41 PM  
Blogger Holly said...

will you consider erasing 2-1 to be good enough, so that the 0 remains as a decoration for Michael's coat?

Excellent catch!

11:43 PM  
Blogger Clio said...

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12:48 AM  
Blogger Clio said...

I didn't even notice that last part! Wow. New heights of laziness from Lynn.

The above deleted comment was mine, btw. It was a typo-fest.

12:49 AM  
Blogger April Patterson said...

Here’s a question for you: If you were taking care of a 6-year-old kid and your own 6-year-old kid said that other kid had an accident; would you finish feeding your dog, and then dress your 1-year-old daughter to go outside and then carry her over to where the accident occurred?

Good point! And later, she'll pat herself on the back for how well and how calmly she handled the crisis.

If you are erasing the original publication date of 2-10 from the bottom of the final panel of your strip, are you going to do a good job or will you consider erasing 2-1 to be good enough, so that the 0 remains as a decoration for Michael's coat?

To make matters worse, she partially erased the line that defined Michael's right arm.

4:03 AM  
Blogger howard said...

DreadedCandiru2,

if the Pattersons don't nip this being more concerned with material possessions than people in the bud, Mike might grow up to do something strange like rush into a burning building to rescue a laptop while leaving his wife and children on a rickety fire escape.

Or being concerned more about the burnt butt of a casserole instead of about nearly being raped. Or being more concerned about knowing how their daughter is escaping through a fence than for what happens to the daughter in the ravine after she’s out of the fence. Or…well, there’s a long list.

5:22 AM  
Blogger howard said...

forworse,

Excellent catch!

Thanks.

5:22 AM  
Blogger howard said...

Clio,

I didn't even notice that last part! Wow. New heights of laziness from Lynn.

Lynn has virtually no experience when it comes to erasing, so it’s easy to see why she would be sloppy.

5:22 AM  
Blogger howard said...

aprilp_katje,

And later, she'll pat herself on the back for how well and how calmly she handled the crisis.

Actually, I think in the strips coming up, Elly does her “I feel guilty even though everyone else is telling me it’s not my fault” business.

5:23 AM  

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