For Better or For Worse by Lynn Johnston for December 12, 2013

He probably dropped a sledgehammer on his foot.

I am a woman who LOVES going to a hardware store or home improvement store! If I go with my husband, we call it a date!

This cartoon must be before John got into his model railroad. Otherwise, she would suspect him of being in the hobby store.

I have been known to think the same thing about my husband. (of course, I would be the same if I could go there alone :-). Now he takes the kids with him, and he’s never longer than 45 minutes. Ellie isn’t thinking straight— a hardware store with a kid Lizzie’s age (we have one, bright, joyful and into everything) is NOT a fun/long trip!

See how much more interesting life was before everybody carried a phone and reported their every movement? These days, John would have already reported his injured foot on Facebook, and would have at least 27 “likes” and 14 “shares” by now.

My dad hated shopping. But if you said “hardware store”, he’d be there in a minute. lol

Yes a man store !!!!!! 8^)

Different H place Elly – Hospital.

Wellll, that turkey wasn’t exactly a pillow when it dropped on his foot so, yeah, a hard ware store. ;-)

Hardware and sporting goods stores are pretty much all guys had before God created mancaves.

you break it you buy it

Lizzie will have a ball in the ER waiting room, she can tell everyone about her awesome ambulance ride and her Daddy’s unfortunate accident!!

LOL!! That’s where I get lost and lose track of time!!! It’s not just men that do that.

Thank you, Lynn for wishing your readers and fans a Merry Christmas on your website.

There was an incident one time that a man was in an accident, taken to a hospital and died. The wife had no idea where he was until the bill arrived!“Why didn’t someone call me?”“Couldn’t locate you!!”(So how’d they know where to send the bill?)

Ah well … that’s not an unreasonable evaluation of an ER .. lol!

Where would today’s punchline be if someone had called her?

I’m the opposite. I’m usually assuming the worst when it probably IS the hardware store.

You should be worried about your husband. What if he was hurt or in an accident..

Our favorite place is Home Depot. We have remodeled fora couple of years, and Home Depot is heaven for us. The home is now beautiful. :)

I would think that John might have called home and had Elly at least come and get Elizabeth — if not take him to the hospital instead of an ambulance. In the states that trip would cost a lot.