Adrian may feel calm and happy, but Jill is still looking for that strange buzzy feeling, which she hopes to find in a second Long Island Iced Tea. After all, she's got two hands. It would be a shame for one not to have a drink in it.Today's Full Strip
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So we went from dress shopping to invitation picking to practice-waltzing to a quick aw, Mary, you old crone, won't you marry me already to TOMORROW IS ADRIAN'S WEDDING? Am I Rip van Winkle or what just happened? Jill, only you can get us out of this mess. Do something nasty or at least say something snarky. Please?
Despite my total and utter confusion, I do love the hard-boiled ostrich egg the lady at the left is eating. Next big party I'm having, that's what I'll serve too.
Is Mary holding that... oval... between her ring and pinkie fingers? Must be the arthritis.
And seriously, the wedding is tomorrow?? I'm surprised the characters aren't nauseated from moving forward through time so quickly.
@ Ted Confey
"Tomorrow" in Mary Worth days could be years for us here outside the Worthoverse.
Several issues here.
1. Is Adrian picking her teeth in front of Mary? Why's the napkin there, too?
2. As noted, Jill is standing at the bar, I'm sure swilling the hard stuff. Adrian's comment about "reveling" is certainly foreshadowing Jill getting so drunk that she lets loose with some humdingers about the bride and groom, the wedding, the dresses, etc. Should be great fun for the readers.
3. Shmoopie@8.40a - don't complain about the seeming rush of Moy to take us to the wedding. I assume we were saved from months of agonising detail and silliness. I predicted when the story started that it would be over in June, traditional month for weddings. I've rarely been so glad to be wrong about something.
Oh, and my word is "tringl". "I hope Adrian is feeling a 'tringl' about becoming 'Mrs Scott Whatever-his-name-is'"
The wedding? already!?!
All I can assume is over the weekend I slipped into a coma and it's really November 2011...maybe it was a turkey overdose or something.
Finally, a character I can relate to: the lady on the left, chugging cheap white wine and viewing the proceedings with overt distaste.
@phoebes - how right you are, in how much agony we've been spared. Of course, it could be a month between tonight and the wedding tomorrow.
Did anyone notice how inappropriately friendly Jill has already gotten with the bartender? That gal can make friends anywhere. I'm voting for hearing her drunk revelations as well. Otherwise, what's the point of having included her as a character? There needs to be a payoff to this premise (hoping Karen Moy is reading).
And check out the look of alarm on Mary's face as she realizes Adrian is about to notice that her neck is missing... the necklace we saw in the first panel. Ol' Sticky Fingers Mary, at it again...
Will there be anyone at the wedding? They haven't mailed out any of the invitations yet, they're still at the printers! Maybe we're all overthinking this thing?
I think Adrian has gotten "rehearsal dinner" mixed up with "reception." The wedding itself ought to be fun for all those people who are going to have whopping hangovers tomorrow. Especially if potato chips are the only food served at the dinner.
I wonder if the blonde on the left is one of the bridesmaids, wearing the classic lilac nightgown style dress Adrian chose, having gone with Jill's opinion at least that once. It would explain the disturbed look on her face.
This is how I imagine Jill's conversation with the bartender-
''Ha ha ha, you're kinda cute! Isn't this whole rehearsal dinner thing just stupid and old fashioned? Speaking of old fashioned, have you seen what the bride's wearing tomorrow? HA! These people have no imagination! Say, is that a tattoo peeking out from under your sleeve? Oooh, what is it? Lemme see! Ah, party pooper! Well, there's plenty of other guys here that would show me their tattoo, PLENTY! Grumble... Adrian and Scott think they're so great...Oooh...Ergh...Maybe I shouldn't have had that ostrich egg and salmon square appetiz...BLARGH!''
"Mrs. Scott Hewlett"??? Do women still talk like that? I have a doctorate myself (not in medicine though) and didn't take my husband's last name and would NEVER refer to myself as Mrs. Jeff so and so.*
Oh wait, I forgot...this is Mary Worthiverse and they are still getting used to the idea of women wearing pants.
*Whenever I say this, someone inevitably gets offended!!1!!11!! at the semi-feminist comment. Please don't. There's no judgment against you, personally.
What is going on with the hands in this strip?
There is a strangely reversed hand (thumbs facing a face point outward!) in front of Mary's face.
Adrian's plate holding hand appears to have chopped off fingers.
And the man in the background looks as if he has one of those giant "We're No. 1" foam thingies on his arm.
At least Jill is with the program. Finger up in the air. Oh wait, wrong one. ;)
In all her excited anticipation, Adrian apparently just dumped her plate on the floor between frames one and two.
Apparently Adrian planned her rehearsal dinner to take place during happy hour at the local TGIFridays. All drinks 2 4 1! It seems the girl on the left is so snockered, she broke the stem right off her wine glass.
I wish I was there...
Jill likes her booze. Maybe we'll get lucky and this will turn into a "bridesmaid gets drunk and sleeps with the groom the night before the wedding" story...YES!
Are we in a time warp? One day we're buying wedding invitations and practicinig our dance steps and now the wedding is tomorrow. This is very unsettling and totally out of character in the Worthiverse. Next thing you know, Jeff will be putting his birthing skills to work considering his fondness for sharing his daughter's big days.
@katyb: Thank goodness I'm not the only one who noticed Mary's backward hand. Also, Adrian's chopped-off fingers are either backwards or her thumb has been chopped off, too.
The combination of fast forward timing and backward hands is making my head hurt. But I know this for sure: Jill WILL ruin the wedding AND Mary will save the day.
It is with delicious anticipation I'm awaiting tipsy Jill's unfiltered opinion of this shindig! You just KNOW she's about to let loose on Adrian!
The bartender is definitely not amused. (Or maybe he's just weirded out by all the backwards hands!)
BIG question -- has anyone seen Adrian's brother Drew at this rehearsal dinner? Wouldn't it be awesome if had and Jill hooked up!?
Adrian has a brother?
Just got a sneak peek at tomorrow's strip. Can't....wait....till...morning....
OK, I love Jill! You can see how evil she is all the way across the room!
Wow, have just found my new catchphrase: "My name is Jill... and I want to dance!"
Oops! Have to get my new catchphrase exactly right! I mean "The name's Jill... and I want to dance!"
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