OK, Michael, you’ve just learned a lesson about visiting guests…They get the bed, best chair, whatever, and You get the air mattress, the 3-legged stool or worse… ;)
Not sure about current society either in the US or Elsewhere since I am almost never a guest anywhere anymore. But, at about the time this originally took place ORMouseworks’ comments applied in just about any society where guests received preferred treatment.
my daughters kids have a fluffy mattress topper they call “the Marshmallow” that they put down when they have friends over and they all camp out on the floor or they put it on the big couch and all sleep there. Kids are adaptable.
I remember once when I was a very young child having to give up my bed for a guest. I got to sleep on a folding cot. I thought it was SO cool! As for an air mattress, my husband and my bed when we first got married was an air mattress. It wasn’t a very good quality one, however; it was usually mostly deflated by morning.
When I was a kid, I slept on the floor with just a blanket under me, to accustom myself to less-than-ideal bedding. At camp, the other girls complained about their cots. Not me. (Of course, I wouldn’t exactly do that now!)
I just went back and read duck’s “proof” of Lynn’s life and relationships. All I see is one man’s interpretation of a few comic strips. To try to divine the reality of a cartoonist’s life from her work is silly. Elly’s life has never been an absolute duplicate of Lynn’s, people just assumed so. To try to state with absolute certainty that Lynn was estranged from her brother on the basis of these strips is the worst kind of projection. For instance, I have a wonderful relationship with my brother, but we live on opposite sides of the country and rarely speak. That does NOT mean that I am estranged from him, it means we have separate lives to live.
This strip reminds me of when I was staying over at a relative’s house along with two cousins, a brother and sister who were goddamn brats. There were only two beds and my uncle decided to divy it up by putting names in a hat. As it turned out, he said “Sally and Jeffrey get the beds” whereas I slept on the floor in a sleeping bag. While they gloated, I actually enjoyed spending the night in a sleeping bag, which later became my love of camping.
Templo S.U.D. almost 10 years ago
Serves you right, Mikey.
ORMouseworks almost 10 years ago
OK, Michael, you’ve just learned a lesson about visiting guests…They get the bed, best chair, whatever, and You get the air mattress, the 3-legged stool or worse… ;)
KenTheCoffinDweller almost 10 years ago
Not sure about current society either in the US or Elsewhere since I am almost never a guest anywhere anymore. But, at about the time this originally took place ORMouseworks’ comments applied in just about any society where guests received preferred treatment.
tqnism almost 10 years ago
Sleeping on air mattress is fun!
thirdguy almost 10 years ago
It’s a 4 frame strip, not a half hour sitcom.Lynn assumes you are smart enough to figure some things out.
punmeister almost 10 years ago
I agree. I was completely unsure what caused his change of heart.
RoseHawke almost 10 years ago
@punmeister , basically what caused Michael’s change of heart was Mom.
jeanie5448 almost 10 years ago
my daughters kids have a fluffy mattress topper they call “the Marshmallow” that they put down when they have friends over and they all camp out on the floor or they put it on the big couch and all sleep there. Kids are adaptable.
sleeepy2 almost 10 years ago
Air mattress’ are awesome! They’re super comfortable, I don’t know what Mike’s problem is!
Wren Fahel almost 10 years ago
I remember once when I was a very young child having to give up my bed for a guest. I got to sleep on a folding cot. I thought it was SO cool! As for an air mattress, my husband and my bed when we first got married was an air mattress. It wasn’t a very good quality one, however; it was usually mostly deflated by morning.
athomas917 almost 10 years ago
Just share the bed Mike, I don’t think Lawrence would mind.
Gokie5 almost 10 years ago
When I was a kid, I slept on the floor with just a blanket under me, to accustom myself to less-than-ideal bedding. At camp, the other girls complained about their cots. Not me. (Of course, I wouldn’t exactly do that now!)
Guilty Bystander almost 10 years ago
“This was something even I didn’t know until Lawrence was in his late teens.”
Uhhh, these are YOUR characters, Lynn. Chances are Lawrence didn’t “know” about being gay either until you added that to the strip.
JanLC almost 10 years ago
I just went back and read duck’s “proof” of Lynn’s life and relationships. All I see is one man’s interpretation of a few comic strips. To try to divine the reality of a cartoonist’s life from her work is silly. Elly’s life has never been an absolute duplicate of Lynn’s, people just assumed so. To try to state with absolute certainty that Lynn was estranged from her brother on the basis of these strips is the worst kind of projection. For instance, I have a wonderful relationship with my brother, but we live on opposite sides of the country and rarely speak. That does NOT mean that I am estranged from him, it means we have separate lives to live.
OldestandWisest almost 10 years ago
My mother asked me one of those questions once and I replied, “Do you want me to be honest or do you want me to be polite?”
Didn’t go over well.
sjsczurek almost 10 years ago
I’ve slept on an air mattress, on the floor – it was danged near impossible to get out of!
Never again if I can help it!
USN1977 almost 10 years ago
This strip reminds me of when I was staying over at a relative’s house along with two cousins, a brother and sister who were goddamn brats. There were only two beds and my uncle decided to divy it up by putting names in a hat. As it turned out, he said “Sally and Jeffrey get the beds” whereas I slept on the floor in a sleeping bag. While they gloated, I actually enjoyed spending the night in a sleeping bag, which later became my love of camping.