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, 2 months ago
Where’s the Canadian branch of the PETA?
loves raising duncan said, 2 months ago
Run hamster Run! And I don’t mean on the wheel!
kfccanada said, 2 months ago
Don’t you have to put a blanket over their cage if you want them to be quiet at night?
NightShade09 said, 2 months ago
I’m sure this scene has been played out in every house that’s had a hamster.
AKHenderson
said, 2 months ago
Too bad they don’t have a cat.
Night-Gaunt49 said, 2 months ago
Cover the cage with a blanket to muffle the sound.
trekman58 said, 2 months ago
Poor Humphrey! Just gettin’ a little excercise in!!
Tog said, 2 months ago
Is hammy in their bedroom then? Otherwise the walls and floors at chez Ellie must be very thin.
IndyMan said, 2 months ago
I knew there was a reason(other than my wife detests the little rodents)that we never allowed our children to have a hamster.
David Henderson said, 2 months ago
Maybe some WD-40 on the wheel will help.
lightenup
said, 2 months ago
Put him in the bathroom on another floor.
Night-Gaunt49 said, 2 months ago
Lynn’s Notes:
After the chameleons, we were allowed turtles and frogs, and when our charges could survive our “care and feeding,” Mom let us have a budgie. This came about when I found a blue budgie on our back lawn. Mom borrowed a cage and tried to find the owner. She put an ad in the newspaper and called the radio station, but no luck. By this time, we had bought seed and a mirror and the bird was ours. We called him Robbie and he was great fun. He made a lot of noise during the day, but unlike the hamster in the strip, he was very quiet at night.
dkram said, 2 months ago
My hanster had a large plastic cage, and the wheel was rather quiet, just a low whap-whaping sound.
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gmforde said, 2 months ago
The squeaky wheel gets the grease. It just needs a dab of WD-40. lol
ewalnut said, 2 months ago
Just oil the wheel. Or put the cage in a remote part of the house.