My comment to an entry 'Wednesday, 27 July 2022' by dreadedcandiru2 in binky_betsy

[dreadedcandiru2]

She can't even realize that if she put Jim and Connie in the same room, they would eventually compare notes about Elly. Realizing that her parents and brother are a package deal is asking too much of a very limited imagination.

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[josephusrex]

That's actually one of Lynn's most relatable strips. Rhetta's parents probably were TV western fans, naming Lorne after Lorne Greene (who was Canadian after all) and Rhetta after the sister of the legendary Younger brothers who terrorized the Midwestern U.S. in the 1970s.

[dreadedcandiru2]

It fits with her using the hoser name Gordon for Mike's high school best friend.