Kids, let this be a lesson to you. Jill Black could have easily saved 700,000 French Pacific Francs if she hadn't gotten so drunk at last night's rehearsal dinner. Now Adrian and Scott are headed off for a week in Bora Bora. As you'll remember, Scott wanted to have a local honeymoon, so no doubt, this is just one more attempt by Jill to sabotage their marriage. Now they just need to get their passports, drive to the airport, buy a ticket to Bora Bora, walk into the Four Seasons and hand them those really pretty vouchers that Jill made with her Crayola markers. Then, they can catch some water borne illness and spend the week throwing up over the railing of their hut.
Today's Full Strip
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I WAS RIGHT!!!
Didn't I predict yesterday in that day's comment page that the "gift" would be a trip to either Tahiti or Provence????
And talk about product placement. I am guessing Moy is enjoying her free week at the Four Seasons even as we speak...
What will happen to the deposit Scott placed for three nights in the honeymoon suite at the Bum Lodge, Santa Royale's premiere motel? Maybe Jeff and Mary can use the room.
Let me guess: second prize was two weeks at the resort, the time share resort that you had to find your own way to, and promise to sit and listen to only 4.9 days of the hard sell.
Scott seems okay with it. I guess he was just being cheap. Hope they can afford to take the time off!
good job phoebes! I can't believe I am envious of a cartoon character. The website is awesome.
She didn't spring for airline fare?
That's what, a 12,000-dollar present? I should've made Jill my wedding planner.
Why isn't there a bright shining wedding ring on Adrian's left hand?
@heydave: With how easily Adrian lost $50,000 to Ted Confey, she's a sucker to get duped by the timeshare salesmen. Should be a good story!
I imagine that Bora Bora was the result of Jill sitting at her computer that night and Google-searching the words "vacation ideas for a bore".
or better yet - "for a seasoned bore"!
If Jill was still drunk when she went online and doesn't "remember" buying the vouchers, does she still have to pay the credit card bill when it arrives?
@Anon 11:45 a.m. -- I was thinking the same thing! What if she did all that online trip planning while she was DRUNK and when the credit card bill arrives in the mail she's in for a really nasty surprise!?
"WTF is THIS!!!!!!???"
P.S. Does anyone know if this is a Clark Resort? Maybe she pulled a coupla' strings with dear Aunt *hic* Helen in Miami.
I hope Moy takes Giella with her on her free stay at the Four Seasons Bora Bora. It's the least she can do to thank him for creating the Orange Suit Gang.
Don't I get ANY Credit for being on-the-mark here????
I should be awarded at least one award at the upcoming ceremonies!!!
duckduckgoose said...WAY BACK before there was an envelope... on December 28, 2010 11:32 "I predict an exotic honeymoon as a gift and apology from Jill."
@phoebes 1:45 - Many of us have been brilliant in our predictions of Moy's storyline, only I'm afraid to know what that says about us.
@trixietrudy 1:33 - I was hoping the same thing. Giella deserves... heck, we all deserve an exotic vacation! We all deserve to spend some time in the salmon-colored landscapes of Bora Bora, AT LEAST as many days as were spent reading the apology.
What a great gift! A vacation to Bora Bora smack dab in the middle of its five-month monsoon season. That's awesome, Jill!!
I promise you that The Four Seasons will not be comping Ms. Moy for an ad placement in "Mary Worth". Much more likely that they will be filing suit for lost revenue.
"...and this showcase can be yours if The Price Is Right!"
Guess the newlweyweds (sp) have to drive there in A's steeringwheel-less car.
Oh my, here's a possible twist: Jill orders the tickets online after her 3rd or 4th box o'wine (not that there's anything wrong with that...)
Adrian and Orange Suit #2 think they're in rainy, don't-drink-the-water heaven, when the hotel police wake them up, announcing the charges were fraudulent.
The happy couple seeks romance while sleeping in the surf, like so much ocean liner detritus washed up on the island shores.
Hey, ya gotta have dreams!
Sadly in today's second panel it appears Adrian is about to throw up! (Oh, dear, let's hope she's not preggers already!) And naturally, Mary is looking ever so hopeful that maybe just MAYBE she can take her place!
Why is Adrian holding all of those things? Does the artist think we're stupid and will wonder where the vouchers came from? And even if we knew that the vouchers came with the letter, we will where the letter come from? Oh yeah, that envelope that said "Adrian and Scott". Duh...
I know it's stupid, but it just bugs me that Adrian is unnecessarily juggling the envelope and all it's contents.
In Sunday's episode, those other guests who gave crockpots (all in identically wrapped boxes) are starting to feel ignored and insignificant. What did Mary give the newlyweds, BTW?
kathyo: The greatest gift of all. The gift of free meddling for the rest of their lives. It may have come in coupon form.
So much to comment on, in Sunday's strip! The opening panel features the much missed Talking Window, next to the door to Restaurant that seems to have the eyes (and nose) of a Building in Despair. Re panel 3: the TRUE people rendered "speechless" are the random and insignificant guests making cameos throughout today's strip to see where the bride and groom have been for the last week and a half, and why they aren't out on the dance floor doing the hokey-pokey with "Cast Off Your Cane and Boogie" Dr. Jeff. Then when Adrian says "she knew it was my dream to go away to an exotic faraway destination with you" (first off, who even SAYS phrases like "exotic faraway destination"?? And second, Adrian left off the second half of her sentence, which was "instead of stupidly acquiescing to your cheap and unromantic wish to 'stay local' and acting as though I didn't care, when clearly I did.") And lastly, there is Mary's twisted guilt trip at the end - I mean, we all grew to love Jill and all of the purple-booted excitement she provided to the banality that is Mary Worth, but realistically, some behavior really is unforgiveable.
Yes, SO MUCH going on, it's like a big Christmas gift all over again.
I was particularly excited by yesterday's face touching of all participants. Both Scott and Adrian did the single-handed version (although, granted, Adrian still looked like she was just trying not to throw up), while Mary went for the full dual-handed version. Artistry at the highest level once again!
Will a new story begin tomorrow or will we (and Mary) follow Scott and Adrian into married bliss/honeymoon? Will we see Jill again? Maybe she'll get involved with what's-his-name from Vietnam, although wouldn't that be "above her station?"
So much to look forward to!!!
Adrian is gone from Mountview for a week in Bora Bora? The recvery rate of patients has just doubled!
The blonde guest in the purple outfit is trying to sneak her gift out without being noticed, in panel 3. Don't worry, Blonde Lady, nobody is paying any attention to you---it's all about the guest who's not there and who is once again in the spotlight anyway.
I just love the vision of the newlyweds showing up at the Four Seasons (could they maybe use Jeff's boat to get there?) and presenting vouchers. "Vouchers?" asks check-in clerk Mr. McSnooty (who has a cousin in Santa Royale) with a raised eyebrow, "Really? I've never seen these before. Let me call my manager."
@Imogene-- haha, good points! I've never seen wedding guests so ignored and neglected as this! From beginning to end, it's been nothing but Jill, Jill, Jill.
THIS is a surprise...apparently Scott and Adrian have turned down Jill's gift and decided instead to honeymoon in Adrian's driveway.
Ah, Phoebes, as Jesus said when he returned to Nazareth for a visit and was basically ignored: "A prophet is never appreciated in his own home [town]."
I predicted early on what Jill's problem was (being jilted), buuut I didn't get any congrats for that.
Perhaps 'tis the price we must pay for being right...
@kathyo 10:46: Yes, a honeymoon in the driveway! Now that's local. I am sure they thanked Jill profusely but couldn't accept such an expensive gift after deciding she probably WAS drunk when she clicked on "Order Vouchers" (!) on the Four Seasons web site.
On another subject--has Scott been WORKING OUT? His physique didn't show in the orange suit.
Wow, I'm certainly gobsmacked at THIS turn of events!! Didn't see it coming! Now of course, Jill WILL think they don't forgive her, teehee.
And Scott. My dear Scott...for the rest of your married life, GUARANTEED... you will hear ad nauseum during all arguments with Adrian: "We had FREE vouchers from what's-her-name at the Four Seasons in Bora Bora! But noooo, YOU didn't want to go! No, YOU said (in mocking tone) 'let's stay local'!! oooo, I hate you for that!!! You NEVER let me do what I want to! Blah, blah, blah. Then she'll go crying to Mary.
I have a bad feeling about this. Scott's talk about how ''busy'' work has been makes me suspect we're in for another glimpse at the seedy underbelly of Santa Royale.
Well, Jill doesn't say they have to go to Bora Bora for their honeymoon. Perhaps they could go to celebrate the anniversary of their first buzzy feeling.
When I read the strip this morning, I just could NOT believe that they aren't going to Bora Bora. It's a good thing they are only comic strip characters because they are too stupid to live!
Jill was right the first time. HA HA HA HA!
Staying Local? We had better call the Motel 6 out on New Country Road and alert them to watch out for a car with no steering wheel.
Or is this a subtle transtion into another plotline?
I think it is rude to accept a wedding gift, even if it is hand colored on index cards.
How many bags are they going to load into that trunk? Since they're "staying local," couldn't they just drive home to pick up anything they forgot?
False alarm. Scott must have just been pumped up yesterday at the thought of staying local for the honeymoon. Today his muscles have all deflated, as evidenced by his now-baggy t-shirt. Dang!
Maybe money really is an issue between Scott and Adrian? Surely Adrian isn't earning any. As for Scott, first he cheaps out on the honeymoon. And his wife is still ringless. Future plotline.
Oh look at this--my word verification: "unsag." Def: what should happen to Scott's shoulder in today's strip.
Wanders took off for Bora Bora.
Shmoopie, you beat me to that comment by about the same amount of time it took me to scroll to the bottom of this page.
I think Wanders has finally gotten sick of Mary Worth. Better to start a new blog: Marmaduke and Me
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