Saturday, February 13, 2010

And Another Thing

The joke for today’s new-run of For Better or For Worse depends on young Michael Patterson at age 6, having the strength and the quality of scissors necessary to cut through carpet. Professional adults use carpet shears. My kids would just pick the paper off the floor to cut it, because cutting against the carpet would be too hard for them. Maybe this is really a testimony to how incredibly cheap the Patterson carpet is that a 6-year-old can cut through it.

And another thing. My kids don’t like to draw or colour on paper sitting on carpet. The surface is not firm enough for them to put the pressure on the paper and draw proper lines.

And another thing. Given the startling ability of Michael to draw and cut a near-perfect heart, and then to colour it perfectly within the lines, why would Michael and Elizabeth then start marking randomly on the Valentine in Panel 5?

And another thing. Does the position of Farley in the last panel mean that he is somehow going to get blamed for all this? He’s not anywhere else in the whole story but the last panel.

And another thing. Would Elly Patterson, after seeing her carpet cut up, need to support her body by holding her knee and then putting another hand on her head? Does the sight of this carpet disaster make her faint?

And another thing. Is it possible for kids in this strip to create something without also destroying something? My kids make cute things all the time, and never once cut a shape in the carpet.

4 Comments:

Blogger DreadedCandiru2 said...

And one more thing: Does every strip that has Elly react to what her children do have to feature her making that hideous triangle of horror?

And yet another thing: Why do these people act as if this is the first time they've dealt with small children.

And yet one more thing: Why is Michael getting shorter by the day? At this rate, Lizzie will tower over him by the time Lynn gets to straight reprints.

10:07 PM  
Blogger Clio said...

I just tried to cut something while keeping the scissors in contact with what was underneath it the whole time. I got one snip and then couldn't move the scissors any more. I'd be seriously impressed at a kid who could cut that perfect heart in the carpet, without even trying! I can't even draw a heart that well freehand on a solid surface.

10:38 PM  
Blogger April Patterson said...

Does the position of Farley in the last panel mean that he is somehow going to get blamed for all this? He’s not anywhere else in the whole story but the last panel.

"Farley! You obviously were the instigator of all this! You're grounded for a week!"

Does the sight of this carpet disaster make her faint?

Of course it does! She loves that carpet! She tolerates her kids, husband, and dog, but she loves the carpet.

4:59 AM  
Anonymous Zara said...

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8:18 PM  

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