The best Lynn Johnston strips are like the ones today where the humour is very subtle. While the obvious joke in the final panel is that Connie considers Elly to be like her parent, there is also another darker joke lying there in the first three panels. Look at that dialogue. Elly starts off by saying Molly and Gayle will appreciate Connie, but follows that up with our kids (plural) will know what great parents we (plural) were and the next panel’s speech is also all plural, and then in the third panel the child is a he. Very cleverly worded.
I thought it was just an English grammar rule that, because kid is singular, the pronoun and verb is singular. Of course she could have said …he or she could go to for moral support
Why is it being so hard on Connie and Greg, yet there is no censure of the deadbeat dad who sired Lawrence and couldn’t be bothered with Lawrence’s upbringing?
howtheduck over 6 years ago
The best Lynn Johnston strips are like the ones today where the humour is very subtle. While the obvious joke in the final panel is that Connie considers Elly to be like her parent, there is also another darker joke lying there in the first three panels. Look at that dialogue. Elly starts off by saying Molly and Gayle will appreciate Connie, but follows that up with our kids (plural) will know what great parents we (plural) were and the next panel’s speech is also all plural, and then in the third panel the child is a he. Very cleverly worded.
Tyge Premium Member over 6 years ago
I agree with VALKA.
ladykat over 6 years ago
I know how Connie feels.
smokysilver.so Premium Member over 6 years ago
I thought it was just an English grammar rule that, because kid is singular, the pronoun and verb is singular. Of course she could have said …he or she could go to for moral support
USN1977 over 6 years ago
Why is it being so hard on Connie and Greg, yet there is no censure of the deadbeat dad who sired Lawrence and couldn’t be bothered with Lawrence’s upbringing?
Happy, happy, happy!!! Premium Member over 6 years ago
People, its a funny.
All that other stuff was just a set up for a punchline.
summerdog86 over 6 years ago
Elly forgot to mention “money”.