Lynn Johnston's husband is a modeler in real life, having built a large-scale outdoor layout (featured in Model Railroader). He also makes & sells supplies for said large-scale (the ride-on stuff). There are areas for nitpicking, but I'm not gonna do it. Thanks for sharing it with us!
The cartoonist and her husband are the nicest people you will ever meet. I lived in North Bay Ontario Canada a few years ago. I was a member of the Model Railroad club there. Our club had a barbeque at their property one summer afternoon. Not only did he have a garden railway; he had riding trains as well. A real impressive display of HARD work. I have a great picture ( hanging at my workbench ) of my wife riding one of the cars. Ahhhh...... great model railroading memories.....
Thanks for that again. I saw it in this mornings Miwaukee paper. I've always enjoyed that cartoon. Those last couple frames are so true.
Darren, There is a Kenny Chesney song which says "girls are a mystery we still can't explain". This cartoon also appeared in the Houston Chronicle this weekend. My wife is going to laminate it for me so I can post it in my layout room.
I complied this...and posted it...over at the RPG Family I belong to...the thread was entitled: Why Women always have(And Always will) What I have found out is that the older men respond with the old "nod nod wink wink, I know what you mean," the young teens heckle it, and the women love it...so why not...we have probably seen it in other forms...but I wrote this out from memory...Common Sense always is easiest to write from memory! The reasons why Women Win all the Time. 1) Man likes to sleep in the bed, not on the Couch. 2) Man does not like food that leaves a bad taste at dinner and then discomfort all through the night and another discomfort into the early morning. 3) Man likes a clean house, but not if all the dirt has been put on the couch he now has to sleep on. 4) Cats are genetically Smarter then Dogs. Actually, they simply know how best to strategically use their nails, if necessary, to wither maim or seek sympathy. 5) If their brains don't get us, their biology will. 6) They cannot hold they liquor, so they stop drinking earlier, expell the liquer from their bodies earlier, and are sober again sooner. 7) They get breaks on their car insurance, so they always have more money left over for special little gifts that require serious retribution. 8) Martha Stewart. 9) Man will run out of words first. 10) Woman Always gets last word. 11) Smart man shuts ups. See number 9. Unfortunately, see number 10. Woman wins Again. 12) Man knows that if he does not shut up, woman will sleep little and get up on the wrong side of the bed...even if he sleeps on couch. 13) Woman carrys offspring for Nine Months. In otherwords, the man is Over the Barrel if he has anything that resembles a heart.. 14) Man be big, fast, and strong. Woman be smart, nimble, and quick. 15) Physical deficiencies in certian areas are made more painful for man then woman. 16) Man would rather stop car then have soiled seats (long trips, who determines number of stops) Upon reaching the destination, Also See number 1. 17) Woman lives longer. 18) Years of experimenting with perfumes and makeup means she knows which one's aren't hers. Man's years of experimenting with model glues means he cannot smell in the first place. 19) Father controls with belt, mother controls with dessert. Which happy memory lives on: Razor strap, or Mom's homeade Apple Pie? 20) Those who wake "sleeping giants" in turn wake up to "Enola Gay." 21) Man does win, but he rarely lives to tell about it. 22) Winning make woman's happy. She wins, she's happy. If she is happy, then man wins too, but She's asleep and waking her...well...see number 20...and then...Number 1!
