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1. about 10 hours ago on For Better or For Worse

   Since when are you John Patterson’s accountant?

2. 5 days ago on For Better or For Worse

   There was one of those strips that got Michael in hot water:

   Elly is indoors

   Michael{heard from outdoors}: Pass the ball, man. Pass the $%^%$ ball!

   Elly goes outside and grabs Michael by the scruff of his neck

   Michael: What’s the big deal? All kids talk like that.

   Elly: NOT MINE!!

3. 5 days ago on For Better or For Worse

   There was a sitcom called Roomies which almost every episode showed class time. It starred Burt Young as a 40-something who had been a drill instructor for the Marine Corps. Now retired from the USMC, he used the GI Bill to attend a college, where he was assigned a teenage genius as a roommate. He thought it awkward at first, but then saw this kid had the same devotion to his schoolwork akin to the discipline he instilled in his recruits. He was also glad to steer clear of the inanity of “frat boy” behavior.

4. 6 days ago on For Better or For Worse

   Scene in The Last King of Scotland:

   Idi Amin gives speech telling Asians they have three months to get out of the country. The protagonist, Dr. Garrigan, speaks to him in private

   Nicholas Garrigan: Sir, I am begging you not to do this. Asian residents are business owners and do key middle class jobs. Banishment would result in a brain drain. Uganda is not ready to achieve autarky.

   Idi Amin: Is that why you came to see me. To plead for your dumb old tailor from Pakistan? You are not Ugandan and have no business commenting on our policies. Get out!

   Later, people are outraged at this racist course of action and economic reports show Uganda has tailspinned

   Idi Amin: Why didn’t you tell me that this would happen?

   Nicholas: I did tell you not to kick out the Asians!

   Idi Amin: But you did not PERSUADE me!!

5. 6 days ago on For Better or For Worse

   That did happen to two guys who broke into another’s dorm room to pour water on him while he was asleep. In the process they damaged his computer. The school administration did not buy the excuse of “lighten up, it was just a prank”. The two guys faced disciplinary probation and were made to pay restitution for the victim’s computer.

6. 6 days ago on For Better or For Worse

   The camp director dealt with it right then and there, no karma. He had punished Michael by making him work in the kitchens and that was it.

7. 8 days ago on For Better or For Worse

   That is nothing. Check out the “blanket party” scene in Full Metal Jacket.

8. 13 days ago on For Better or For Worse

   There would come a time for Becky – or anyone else – when any food would look good.

9. 13 days ago on For Better or For Worse

   Sounds like a strip in the B.A. era (Before April). The Pattersons are all at the farm.

   Beverly Cruikshank: Hey everybody, Lizzie harvested these beets all by herself!

   Elizabeth: Yay!

   Beverly: Lizzie helped me cook these beets.

   Elizabeth: Yay!

   Dinner table. Aunt Beverly is serving everyone. She puts some vegetables on Elizabeth’s plate

   Beverly: This is a serving of the beets that Lizzie did all by herself!

   Elizabeth: I hate beets.

10. 13 days ago on For Better or For Worse

    Original ideas to keep this strip fresh, such as:

    *Magical powers.

    *Michael’s long lost triplets.

    *Wedding after wedding after wedding.

    *A green space creature named the Great Gazoo that only Elly can see!