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   ComicDetectiveDA said, about 18 hours ago

   Not anymore!

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   OpenWings said, about 18 hours ago

   John should have known better than that! What example is that setting for the children?!?

   Instant gratification! Don’t wanna wait, must have NOW. Ooh, just wait until they’re teenagers! xD

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   GEE1A said, about 18 hours ago

   Hey what’s for dessert?

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   SchmoozeMinkey said, about 15 hours ago

   Dessert? John’s head on a platter.

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   ComicDetectiveDA said, about 12 hours ago

   Happy Thanksgiving to all! I’m sure that Turkey Claus will visit all of our houses this year!

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   Mitstan said, about 11 hours ago

   HAPPY THANKSGIVING to my American family and friends!

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   howtheduck said, about 11 hours ago

   I don’t blame John. When your salad is so toxic it turns the salad bowl black, I would prefer cookies.

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   BlitzMcD said, about 11 hours ago

   Nothing like having two Thanksgiving Days per year. The For Better Or For Worse clan and everyone across their home and native land celebrated in October, while folks in the land south of the border do likewise today. A happy and blessed Thanksgiving to one and all!

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   missrobi said, about 10 hours ago

   Story of my familly.Happy Thanksgiving!

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    Macushlalondra said, about 10 hours ago

    This could’ve been just any dinner, it didn’t say thanksgiving. But they should’ve waited. In punishment I’d give them the same thing tomorrow.

    Happy Thanksgiving everyone!

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    Burgundy2 said, about 9 hours ago

    Kinda reaching to find criticism in Ellie today, eh how?

12. 

    kfaatz925 said, about 9 hours ago

    Happy TG day, all!

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    masnadies said, about 9 hours ago

    My kids try that, but my husband has been trained not to encourage it. I never thought that in making them wait without I was teaching them to defer gratification. Woo-hoo!

    Seems to me this can be a Thanksgiving strip or a normal dinner. Works either way!

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    sugie63 said, about 8 hours ago

    HAPPY THANKSGIVING:-D

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    lightenup said, about 8 hours ago

    20 minutes would have been perfect to go outside for a game of catch or tag.

    Happy Thanksgiving! I’m thankful for the comics and everyone who posts here!

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    bald 716 said, about 8 hours ago

    happy thanksgiving everyone

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    kab2rb said, about 7 hours ago

    Everyone have a wonderful and bountyful Thanksgiving with the trimmings and I made my own type of pumkin pie less sugar. The parade is colorful and weather in Kansas in nice a little cool. News states Space Shuttle can be seen here in Kansas this evening and I want to see Christmas lights in the neighborhood or tomorrow night.

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    howtheduck said, about 7 hours ago

    WRT Burgundy2’s comment: Kinda reaching to find criticism in Ellie today, eh how?

    What you call “criticism” I call “understanding.” One explanation for this story is that John is like a child with no patience or self-control. Another explanation is that John actively seeks to oppose Elly’s goals. Another explanation is that John and the kids are pure evil. I kind of like that one.

    However, another possible explanation is that John has seen the food, does not find it to his liking, and seeks the cookie alternative. Lynn Johnston has given me 2 clues for this last explanation: (1) She changed the salad bowl colour to black, where we could see it used to be white and (2) The only thing we saw Elly put into that slow cooker was carrot coins and now we see a big bowl of yellow mush on the table for dinner. Lynn Johnston is a subtle artist. She doesn’t change a salad bowl colour for no reason.

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    summerdog said, about 6 hours ago

    I have a feeling that Lynn didn’t color this strip. Her “daylies” are in black and white for the newspapers. She only colors the Sunday strip which is traditional.

    I’m pretty sure that some team at GoComics does the colorization. Or some other group. Anyone know for sure?

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    Just plain Steve said, about 6 hours ago

    She also turned the salad from green to white – unless it’s a different course in a different bowl? And since the theme of both yesterday’s and today’s strips is that the food smells too good to wait for… I know, “don’t feed the trolls.”

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    harmgb said, about 6 hours ago

    Good Lord, my parents would have forbidden COOKIES
    before dinner….chips, if anything….John should know
    better, as everyone says.Happy Thanksgiving,
    everyone.

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    comixavier said, about 6 hours ago

    [sigh] And yesterday Elly had impatience with that slow cooker. Of all that hard work, John and the kids spoil their appetite.

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    Susan001 said, about 5 hours ago

    If both parents really want to set an example, they wouldn’t have any junk food in the house at all.

    Happy Thanksgiving.

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    howtheduck said, about 5 hours ago

    summerdog,

    Lynn didn’t colour the strip, but she did blacken the salad bowl. In the black-and-white version of the strip, it goes from white to black. You can see the black-and-white version at http://www.fborfw.com/

    My understanding is that GoComics or Lynn’s syndicate hire American Color colorists to colour the daily strips. The Sunday strips are coloured by Kevin Strang, who works directly for Lynn Johnston.

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    Wildmustang1262 said, about 5 hours ago

    Boy, they should have something like appetizer to eat lightly, not junky foods. Sigh!

26. 

    OpenWings said, about 2 hours ago

    Hey Wildmustang1262 haven’t seen you on here for a few days :o)

    Happy Thanksgiving everyone :o)

27. 

    rricchhterr said, about 1 hour ago

    here’s to the gift of thanks…
    and to redeeming that gift…