Since its debut in 1979, For Better or For Worse has touched comic strip readers as few cartoons ever do. Cartoonist Lynn Johnston’s eye for detail and her uncanny sense of what real parents and children struggle with daily are a big part of her success. The world has watched the Patterson family grow up in real time, and to many readers, the Pattersons feel like family!
Parents and children alike will relate to the obstacles that the Patterson family faces. Curfews, parent date nights, babysitting, pets and distractions are all hurdles that the Pattersons must overcome in order to enjoy each other as a family. They face the same obstacles that real life families do, which is what makes them so loveable.
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templo SUD said, 7 months ago
no, Elly, they managed to get eight pumpkins (mmmmm… plenty of salted, roasted seeds)
legaleagle48 said, 7 months ago
@templo SUD
To say nothing of enough pumpkin pie to last until New Year’s Day! :-9
howtheduck said, 7 months ago
This one looks like my family doing pumpkin-shopping, except without the dumbfounded look on the mother’s face at the end. In my family, the mother is usually the main culprit in using pumpkins for Hallowe’en decorating.
Night-Gaunt49 said, 7 months ago
Things don’t go as planned. Too many generals in the mix.
pouncingtiger said, 7 months ago
John and Elly have their work cut out for them.
psychlady said, 7 months ago
Where will they put them all? I hope they all like home made pumpkin pie!
Night-Gaunt49 said, 7 months ago
Lynn’s Notes:
A couple of years ago, I did this same thing. But instead of coming home with a pile of pumpkins, I came home with bushels of apples and peppers — I just couldn’t resist!
cdward said, 7 months ago
We got our pile of pumpkins this year, but it looks like we’ll have them inside at least through Tuesday – and maybe on Halloween itself. Ah, hurricanes.
SUSAN NEWMAN
said, 7 months ago
They can always sell the excess pumpkins to the neighbors.
At least they have a big enough cat to hold them all.
Jean said, 7 months ago
@cdward
you all stay safe up there. Being from Texas i have been through more than one hurricane and it can be rough. If I put a pumpkin out at my house the neighbors cat would just come pee on it and make it smell so I don’t bother…….darn cat.
NightShade09 said, 7 months ago
Pumpkins are great – if you keep them cool, they’ll last for months.
About 15 years ago, as an experiment, we kept one to see how long it would last. It made it through the winter, and all the way to St. Patrick’s Day!
No wonder farmers’ grew them – fresh squash until spring! Yum!
sjsczurek said, 7 months ago
I actually used to grow pumpkins when I was a kid. Would plant seeds (along with corn, peas) in the Spring. My dad explained about putting stakes for the pumpkin vine to grab onto so the pumpkins could grow.
The only thing I had any trouble growing was watermelons.
ewalnut said, 7 months ago
The day after Halloween, we always find a lot of pumpkin “road kill” in the streets, due to some sort of celebration I guess.
IndyMan said, 7 months ago
Only problem—I’ve been told by people who raise pumpkins that ‘decorative pumpkins’ ar not good for making pumpkin pies. For that you need ‘field pumpkins’ whose flesh is paler and more favorful.
snakemama said, 7 months ago
we eat our jack o’lanterns skin to seeds after halloween. the seeds we do roasted and salted. we also do a sugar roasted version that is like brittle, so chewy and nice!!