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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Trilobyte said, 4 months ago
Choose a little pain on your own schedule now and have some strength and flexibility or have get weaker and weaker and have a lot of pain later…
Nabuquduriuzhur said, 4 months ago
Exercise. Blech!
From 1982- 2000 I bicycled outdoors as much as 26 miles/day . Then indoors until 2002. Then running since then.
IndyMan said, 4 months ago
Why does Elle’s friend look all ‘bright-eyed and bushy-tailed’ and Elle look like ‘such a lump’?
jim12345 said, 4 months ago
No pain no gain ??? 8^(
NightShade09 said, 4 months ago
@IndyMan
Connie has been doing aerobics for some time, so she’s used to it.
Elly is just plain worn out, and is slumping into her seat. (All things considered, Elly’s doing pretty well; I’d have left by ambulance.)
icky mudd said, 4 months ago
I try and get some exercise every day or i do NOT sleep well. 60+yrs have passed
Got a X trainer,can do my walk anytime i want,w or w/out getting dressed. :)
Mary McDaniel said, 4 months ago
@IndyMan
The friend is used to it, Elle’s not used to it. Remember the first day of gym class, or should say the second day.
Macushlalondra said, 4 months ago
You have to build up to these things slowly. Looks like Elly overdid it for her first day.
DAZZ
said, 4 months ago
@Macushlalondra
Yes, I don’t have my weights here while traveling (just using his huge treadmill) but when I return, I may do lighter weights or fewer reps for a few days before getting back to my routine. Every kind of exercise is different.
Night-Gaunt49 said, 4 months ago
Lynn’s Notes:
These cartoons were done after we moved from Lynn Lake to North Bay, Ontario. After being part of a regularly scheduled exercise group in a space I could walk to, I was now 20 minutes away from a gym and had no friends to work out with. In an effort to guilt myself into exercising again, I drew these and published them knowing full well I was doing nothing at all!
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You have got to start out easy. Otherwise you end up pulling those muscles you wish to exercise! Pain does mean eventual gain. Once you are recovered.
SUSAN NEWMAN
said, 4 months ago
On December 21 (a Friday), I tripped and took a header on the sidewalk.
The following Sunday, my upper body felt as though I bench-pressed 100 lb. for 24 hours!
Thunderdog said, 4 months ago
@Night-Gaunt49
Also, take glutamine right after exercising. It helps muscles recover.
loves raising duncan said, 4 months ago
Give me walking any day of the week!
GretchensMom said, 4 months ago
Why do people who haven’t exercised in years — if ever — always insist on going full steam ahead the very first day instead of starting out slowly and working their way up to full steam ahead? How can they not realize how taxing something like that can be on every bone/muscle in their body at best and on their heart at worst when it comes to doing something that their bodies just aren’t used to?
Tin Can Twidget said, 4 months ago
@jim12345
Not true. Pain is usually a sign that something is damaged, over-stretched or torn which must then repair before it can improve.