For Better or For Worse by Lynn Johnston for July 16, 2019

Go swimming or a movie. You have a summer job, you got the money.

Well, Canada IS in the north; it’s always bound to be hot in the summer.

Sorry Elly, but if the boys need to hydrate in the summer, they should be allowed to hydrate. You don’t want to deal with heatstroke, heat exhaustion or dehydration.

Must be all of 25 C. That IS what Canadian’s think as “hot”, right?

Does it ever really get hot in Canada? I mean; Dallas or Houston or Phoenix Hot?

Nonsense, Mike and Gordon. You don’t know what hot is. Up in Canada, hot is like 70 degrees or something. 70 is the average winter degree here in Phoenix and it is the perfect degree – not cold or hot. I had a friend who was in the process of moving to Phoenix in the summer and I told them not to – wait until winter. They moved anyway and got sick in our 115-degree summer climate. Implants need time to acclimate to the summer season from winter season.

Is it humid in Canada in their summer?

They never fixed yesterday

Perfect timing that they showed this strip today, this summer heat has been draining the life out of me!

When I moved to Canada people who knew me said “Oh now you live in Canada you won’t have to worry about the summer heat!” But it does get hot and humid here, just slightly less than where I lived before (Michigan). We do not live in igloos, we do have air conditioning and swimming pools and people love a good barbecue, many things just like in the states.

Time passes slowly when you are bored and have nothing to do. It’s the only way to make summer vacation feel longer. ;-)

I have an early memory. My siblings & I were walking to get some ice cream. I was complaining about how hot it was. My older brother said to me, “Yeah, and in the winter you’ll be complaining about how cold it is.” I’ve never complained about the heat since.

Lemonade was heavenly when there was no air conditioning.

I’ve often heard that “It’s not the heat, it’s the humanity” but I meet more folks with a lukewarm IQ than I’d like to admit.

I LOOOVE the summer heat!

At least when you’re cold you don’t feel greasy. When the weather is hot and humid like it is now, I don’t sweat so much as get greasy, and hot and greasy is… ugh.

I agree. Nature is endless fascinating to people with A/C and TV. Those out in it are more interested in SPF and DDT.

On the flip side, the coldest I’ve ever been was at Carnival in Quebec in February. You didn’t dare leave an inch of skin exposed. But people actually stayed at the Ice Hotel. Braver souls than I.

Was there no yesterday ?

I went out to get my mail and was only bitten by two deerflies, my shorts are wet with sweat, and my glasses covered in sweat, a couple slivers in my feet from dried grass because I tried barefeeting, and then just junk in the box! I can’t believe there are any people that don’t love this…

Here it’s winter – which means that I’ve switched from tank-tops and shorts to polo shirts and jeans.

Right not it’s 25 degrees Celsius ( 77 Fahrenheit ) brrr!

I read a story recently about an Alaska resident who was complaining about the heat. It was 70 degrees.

If it gets hot, humid and unpleasant in Detroit, Buffalo and Rochester, it can get hot, humid and unpleasant in Toronto as well.

How hot does it get in Canada? Here in Texas it’s supposed to get up to 96 today, and that’s not a record high.

What heat? Has not reached 80F all month so far!

Elly looks like she got impaled by two high-heeled boots in 3rd panel!