2025 02: Elly and John Go To Mexico: Browse The Strips

Saturday March 1, 2025

Lynn's Comments: At the time I wrote this, I was taking Spanish lessons. I got pretty good at it. On vacation one day, I wanted some pepper for the table and happily asked for “pepino.” The waiter asked if I was sure. I was showing off to friends and said, “Absolutely!” Smiling, he brought me a beautifully cut up cucumber, which I ate. The word for pepper is “pimiento.”

Saturday March 8, 2025

Lynn's Comments: This is a story that covered some painful territory. Like so many others, we fell prey to a fancy sales pitch and wound up with a timeshare we didn’t want. The salesman here was as close to the real guy as I could remember—and he did recognize himself.

Tuesday March 11, 2025

Lynn's Comments: There is an art to the timeshare sales pitch and there are several layers to the “sell.” No matter how hard you try to argue against it, you can be coerced into believing you are making an investment.

Thursday March 13, 2025

Lynn's Comments: In exchange for a dry sandwich, we were being pushed into making a $30,000 “investment.” One of the many things they don’t tell you is that the pitch is for a one-week timeshare. They make it sound like two. You will also pay an exorbitant maintenance fee.

Saturday March 15, 2025

Lynn's Comments: I didn’t let on here that we actually did buy a timeshare and we used it for many years—until the maintenance fee was more than the price of a round trip flight plus a week at an all-inclusive in Cancun! In all the years we went to Cabo San Lucas, we rarely saw evidence that the unit had been maintained.

Tuesday March 18, 2025

Lynn's Comments: When writing for the strip, I looked at every word in the dialogue hoping to find something on which to build a punch line. Here, the word “pretty,” used in everyday speech, was something I thought I could work with. This isn’t the best gag, but it gives you an idea how some ideas evolve.

Monday March 24, 2025

Lynn's Comments: Our dog, Willy, stayed at a great kennel. The owners often kept the easy-going animals in their house with them, so Willy’s stay was a lot of fun. They had kennels, of course, in their “dogominium,” and their feline guests stayed in the “kitty-condo.” It was quite the comfy place.