Saturday, 24 August 2024
The one where John forgets that Elly can't laugh at her own folly any more than he can.
Synopsis: It's another one of those things where it runs a panel too long. That's because John is a damn communist who can't not ruin a nice moment with a withering put-down.
Summary: Johnny Jumped-Up doesn't think that Elly's hurt feelings are funny....they're ( Read more... )
He also had to get used to reading the strip to see what 'nothing' was. The reason Elly/Lynn never told her husband to his face what he'd done wrong
is the sneaking fear that it actually was nothing. You might think that a woman who threw a tantrum about buying eyeglasses in bulk without calming down, apologizing or asking forgiveness has no shame but she's trying to suppress the ultimate fungus person: herself:
One would expect that her conscience is telling her that Rod might have any idea what he did and might not even have done it.....but she can't back down or she'll just get bulldozed.
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He also had to get used to reading the strip to see what 'nothing' was.
The classic part of Rod Johnston's Suddenly Silver essay was that bit. He was a man in fear of his wife.
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