PreTeena by Allison Barrows for March 10, 2012

Suddenly the mother looks a lot like her eldest daughter, scary thought!

Suddenly Mom is really, really hot !!!

Gawd, I’m going to burn in …….. for these thoughts.

My heart’s on fire-a for Elvira. (Look! She found a place where she could rent a costume AND a body.)

She’s Elvira, Mistress of the Dark!

Once I saw Cassandra Petersen without her Elvira make-up. You’d never know it was her, not in a million years.

It’s not quite a misquotation, but the extra comma in the Shakespeare line reinforces a very common misunderstanding of the line, that usually comes from quoting only the first clause.

The actual meaning is perhaps best understood by postponing the IS: “NOW the winter of our discontent IS MADE glorious summer by this son [sun] of York.” You could even put HAS BEEN MADE for IS MADE to fit the modern ear a little more.

That can be understood as answering “What just happened?” and the answer is paraphrased as “Winter has been made summer”. If all you quote is “Now is the winter of our discontent” — or as here set it off with a pause — you’re in effect answering the mere chronological question “What season is it now?” .

I fear for jojba2!

I was going to comment on the Elvira/Vampira question, but I found the discourse on the Shakespearean quote to be much more fascinating.

I wondered why Jeri looked like neither of her parents now i can see some resemblance

@JoanHelenI never noticed in the regular strips but that is what Jeri will look like in 20 years.

Good for you, Jojoba…thanks, you just explained something KI can and will use…you gave me a tool. Thanks.