Friday, February 20, 2009

Well, SOMEONE has to try to have some continuity

10 comments:

DreadedCandiru2 said...

So, does this mean Annie remembers the past too? The only reason I can think of her to want to have affairs herself is because she knew what's going to happen and remembers she didn't have as much fun the last time.

April Patterson said...

I really wasn't thinking of whether Annie remembers--just picking up on the thread of the suggestion that the ONLY thing keeping her away from being a swinger is the 20 lbs.

What cracks me up is that the strip I used as a reference for this FOOBAR is probably the one that Lynn will run tomorrow. Ha, I scooped you, Lynn! ;)

Anonymous said...

Love it! Question: how does Elly get a "free hour"? Does she lock Mike and Liz in a closet? If so, I guess Anne is too responsible to do the same? :P

I think I would like the Nichols family story a whole lot better if, say, when Steve retired, he discovered that Anne had a whole secret swinger lifestyle and was actually getting more on the side than he was! "Of course I didn't divorce you dear; if I had to work, I couldn't go out with my 'friends' so often!"

April Patterson said...

Love it! Question: how does Elly get a "free hour"? Does she lock Mike and Liz in a closet? If so, I guess Anne is too responsible to do the same? :P

At the "Coffee Talk" site, they've been doing a weekly "letter from Elly." This week's had her saying she had an hour/day available for exercise while Mike was in school and Liz was in daycare. :)

John F Jamele said...

This "free hour" crap just shows you how out of touch Elly is-- there is simply no reason why she can't have herself more "down time" than an hour a day- her husband can afford more than an hour of daycare. Mike can be baby-sat for two hours after school, etc. This is all about Lynn again trying to impress us by telling us what a martyr Elly was/is.

howard said...

I wonder if Lynn Johnston even remotely comprehends that by putting those 2 strips back-to-back, what it makes it look like Anne's motivation for jogging is. Or is she just thinking, "Oh, Anne talks about losing weight. I can put that with the jogging strips."

April Patterson said...

howtheduck--it's hard to guess with LJ. At times, she does seem oblivious enough to think, "Oh, a weigh-loss reference. I'll use that to lead into the jogging strips.

At least I have these things spelled out in my version, eh? :)

April Patterson said...

This is all about Lynn again trying to impress us by telling us what a martyr Elly was/is.

True--and as usual, these efforts backfire. 0_o

Anonymous said...

A weekly letter from Elly? That's way more than I could stomach! I didn't even read her monthly letters toward the end.

April Patterson said...

Tell me about it--and it's extra creepy because it's as if Young!Elly is reaching across space and time--to ask for advice from the people on the internet that doesn't exist yet (at least in its current form). ;)