For Better or For Worse by Lynn Johnston for March 16, 2018

The son of a dentist father wants candy and cake? Is the lad TRYING to lose his dentures through cavities and gingivitis?

This is not the first time we have seen Pattersons resort to eating dog food and it will not be the last. The last time this sort of “humans eat dog food” story came up, Lynn Johnston told us the inspiration for the comic strip was her real life story about how she was pressured into hostessing a party. She thought it would be amusing to serve the guests dog food and it turned out she never got pressured to hostess a party again.

I won’t claim to eating dog food but I ate a few dog biscuits…and I can back up what Mike said – tasteless. I ate a biscuit mix of cheese, bacon, beef and turkey flavors…none of them taste as such – just bland, dry and crunchy – I suspect my dogs liked the crunchy part.

I was recently presented with Scooby Snacks as a snack food option. I wanted to try them, but I just couldn’t bring myself to. If I want to eat a Milkbone, I will eat a Milkbone – until then, anything that could be mistaken for a Milkbone will not be in my diet.

One time, as a prank, I made some gingerbread cookies in the shape of dog biscuits. My husband put them in a paper bag and brought them to work. He freaked a lot of people out. LOL

When I was his age (way before microwaves), I could make soup, canned stew, hot dogs, and such. When I was really little, I did once sample my dog’s “Gravy Train.” Not bad as I recall.

I think Mike is just too lazy to put forth the effort to make a sandwich—he wants IMMEDICATE gratification, doesn’t want to have to wait for it ! ! ! !

…and Mike will end up with a nice shinny coat.

He would rather eat dog biscuits than some healthy fruit or whatever healthy food is in the fridge. That’s crazy even for a teenage boy!

When I was a kid a zillion years ago, my Mother would get out the dog biscuit box and had to pull out two of them – one for the dog and one for me (she told me years later she thought it was weird, but the family Dr. told her it was ok, and I liked them, so……….)

When I’d go to my Mum with the “starving” line (wanting cake or cookies, of course) she’d say there’s lots of bread and butter. Never was that hungry.

Mike must be having a growth spurt.

I once tried a little canned cat food. It was AWFUL!

Poor Farley doesn’t get his deserved treat! He should leave a gift for Michael in his shoes.

Desperate times call for desperate measures! ☺

This sort of reminds me of a party I was at after graduating from high school, where I got into a poker game. It was predicated on the holder of the low hand having to eat a handful of dried cat food (washed down by homemade beer that was nowhere near ready to drink, if it ever would be). After one hand without incident, I lost two in a row before bowing out of the game to scratch some fleas. Not sure I’ve played poker since, now that I think about it.

Suddenly, I’m thinking… This would explain the Mother Hubbard nursery rhyme.

“Old Mother Hubbard went to her cupboard, to get her poor dog a bone. But when she got there, the cupboard was bare…, all thanks to her teenage son.”