Friday, April 2, 2010

You'd think there'd be a "trains" pun here

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6 comments:

DreadedCandiru2 said...

Once again, he's dead on about "Nelly"'s flawed priorities; he's also inviting another screaming match wherein she defends her right to be an irrational, lazy idiot.

howard said...

The priorities of Lynn Johnston are pretty straight, even if Elly's aren't. The non-training of Farley the dog I believe is Lynn's answer to her own guilt in getting rid of the real-life Farley the dog because of her opinion that the dog couldn't be controlled around her son. As for cutting down a husband, that's been priority #1 on this strip for 30 years.

Now that the title mentions it, why wasn't there a "trains" pun there?

April Patterson said...

Once again, he's dead on about "Nelly"'s flawed priorities; he's also inviting another screaming match wherein she defends her right to be an irrational, lazy idiot.

You just know she'll shriek (or "shreik") like a banshee when she reads this strip. ;)

April Patterson said...

The non-training of Farley the dog I believe is Lynn's answer to her own guilt in getting rid of the real-life Farley the dog because of her opinion that the dog couldn't be controlled around her son.

I hadn't thought of that, but it makes sense. "He wasn't trainable! If he'd been trainable, I would have trained him and not given him away! I'm NOT an irresponsible pet owner! Buy my plushie and my children's book!"

As for cutting down a husband, that's been priority #1 on this strip for 30 years.

Sad but true.

Now that the title mentions it, why wasn't there a "trains" pun there?

The real reason is that I didn't actually think of it until I was uploading the strip. My made-up, in-strip rationale is that John hadn't yet started his train obsession, so HE didn't think of it. ;)

Destroyer of Worlds said...

Wow, this is shaping up to be a really passive-aggressive "War of the Roses" here...unless they haven't graduated to killing each other by sabotage proxy yet.

Huh...my verification word is 'antny', only two letters away from the Patterson's favorite son-in-law, *shudders*

April Patterson said...

Wow, this is shaping up to be a really passive-aggressive "War of the Roses" here...unless they haven't graduated to killing each other by sabotage proxy yet.

New levels in passive-aggressiveness, for sure.

Huh...my verification word is 'antny', only two letters away from the Patterson's favorite son-in-law, *shudders*

Not only that, but in some parts, that's how his name is pronounced.