The only thing that makes the remotest sense is her working there as part of some sort of charity drive and taking a joke job offer at face value.

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Would were it that simple. First, she must be revealed to be selfish. Next, John must hit her with a deepity about really needing things. Finally, a reminder that they get their money habits from their dizzy good of a mother.

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Idiot parents in comic strips seem, as I hinted a week or so ago, to believe in an economic theory propounded by the surly idiot dad in the comic strip Curtis:

Inflation does not affect things I do not buy. Evidence to the contrary is a lie my devil child son tells to deny me the pleasure of my three-pack a day cigarette habit as I worry where all ( Read more... )

Thus the jarring means of saying dinner is ready.

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When she does see that, she thinks they're lying to make a fool of her. It is probably a lot like how the screechy weirdo on the comics page thinks that her parents are play acting being ashamed of her kid brother for living in sin.

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It's also not very surprising given how they give off the vibe of being as dumb as stumps.

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• Welcome to the Patterson Zone....where common sense and decency go to die.
• There will not be notes explaining why people read bad things into that.
• Briticisms are cool because Lynn is stewpid.
• Because there is no drama in taking a cancer ravaged dog to the vet.
• That's kind of how she's seen, I'm afraid.

It would have made more sense to explain why Elly is confused. Also, more snarkable.

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He would be happier as a weekend warrior, that's for sure.

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Stuck being the sort of pea brain who, having blocked a crosswalk like a jerk, huffs and puffs at the people who go around her because people should not walk on the street.

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