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   myhaircut said, 5 months ago

   I agree. I have two children and a cat. I am my children’s Mummy; I am not the cat’s. I did not give birth to the cat. We actually refer to ourselves (in relation to the cat) as “his guy” and “his lady.” Which makes us sound more like his servants than his parents, but that’s fine.

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   howtheduck said, 5 months ago

   Well, if John is going to speak so incomprehensibly, maybe Farley shouldn’t do everything he says.

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   wolfbyte36 said, 5 months ago

   Two cats five dogs and five birds and one daughter. ill let you guess which one calls me daddy.

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   yldchyld said, 5 months ago

   such a trivial thing to worry about. I am actually not liking these older FBOW comics.

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   bogeydog said, 5 months ago

   my “boys” call us “mommy and daddy”.
   whay’s wrong with that?

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   shades_is_here said, 5 months ago

   yldchyld if u don’t like them then don’t read it.

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   Avolunteer said, 5 months ago

   My sister-in-law refuses to be “mom” to their dog (What are mother dogs called??? .. Right …b!tches!) I don’t mind being “Mom” to my cats… (what are mother cats called??? queens!)

   I don’t see anything incomprehensible in what John says, he was speaking quite clearly. (much more clearly than baby talk!)

   These are not old FBFW strips. Go to Lynne’s website; she has started back in the beginning time wise and drawing wise to take some of the pressure of doing a too well drawn strip with too many story lines.

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   Macushlalondra said, 5 months ago

   I call myself my cats’ master and they are my loyal and devoted slaves. I know I’m a dreamer!

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   howtheduck said, 5 months ago

   Avolunteer. WRT your comment, “These are not old FBFW strips.” Today’s strip is a reprint from 1980 and can be found in the collection book called “Is This “One of Those Days,” Daddy?”. Since September, 2008, Lynn Johnston does about 50% new material and 50% reprints, with all the stories set during the time period of the reprints.

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    Deborah16 said, 5 months ago

    I have 2 cats that I affectionately call “My Boys”, lol…I swear the older one calls out for Mom, lol

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    sugie63 said, 5 months ago

    When my cat is screaming for her food it actually does sound like she is saying “mama”:)

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    bald 716 said, 5 months ago

    farly doesn’t realize it yet but they aremaking him go to obedience school
    
    trust me folks, that school doesn’t work for all dogs, my step daughter got a refund when they couldn’t train her rottie.

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    cleokaya said, 5 months ago

    wolfbyte - Would that perhaps be one of the birds?

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    lfribeiro said, 5 months ago

    Its great to see Farly as a youngster. Usually the furry friends are easier to train than their human companions… not something everyone realizes.

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    oldseadog said, 5 months ago

    I never let my dog call me daddy. It is so embarassing out in public. I insist he call me Mister.

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    Wildmustang1262 said, 5 months ago

    I used to call Gypsy, my dear beloved cat, “my baby!” If I get another cat, I will love to call new cat, “my baby!” :-)

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    howtheduck said, 5 months ago

    I think if John has Farley in his office, then Farley should call John by the term “Doctor” or “Doctor Patterson” or maybe “Dr. P”. However that last one may be too familiar.

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    wolfbyte36 said, 5 months ago

    lol cleokaya

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    Karen R said, 5 months ago

    Personally, I love FBoFW. Lynn shared her amazing talents when the strip unfolded originally…and is doing the same with the do-over’s.
    I do refer to myself as my dog & cat’s “mother”..however, I have enough common sense to know that I didn’t give birth to them—but I sure did care for them as youngsters & form an amazing human/animal bond.
    My pets are parts of our family.

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    serenasakitty said, 5 months ago

    NotNorman Tell me please. What strip are you reading?

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    eatteaphonenome said, 5 months ago

    In the past week we’ve had Elly decide her husband and her children are not humans and now John insists that the dog call him by his first name. Time for social services to take Michael and Liz away and send John and Elly to a special room with rubber wallpaper.

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    OpenWings said, 5 months ago

    NotNormanChubsyUbsy - yawn

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    lindz.coop said, 5 months ago

    If this is the worst thing that happens to Elly’s kids, I think they will probably survive.

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    Macushlalondra said, 5 months ago

    Not Norman Chubsy Ubsy it’s about time you stopped reading comics since all you do is pick them apart. You’re a worse whiner than Elly ever was.

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    serenasakitty said, 5 months ago

    NotNorman I was just wondering because sometimes your comments do not seem to have much connection to the strip I’m reading. I thought maybe your computer was showing something different. She is not whining about anything and she is seldom drawn screaming irrationally. Most of these strips are reprinted and there is not much difference from the original.

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    myhaircut said, 5 months ago

    I don’t remember the originals being nearly as bitter in tone as these re-runs.

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    bluetopazcrystal said, 5 months ago

    NotNormanChubsyUbsy

    NotNormanChubsyUbsy said, 2 days ago

    Time for Elly to scream irrationally at John.

    You are obsessed with that phrase. This is a comic. You need to get your own woman to scream at YOU. Maybe then you will feel better.