After a long cry in the ladies room, Gina the Waitress has returned to take Mary's order. It's nice that the other servers honored the Waitress Code ("Never Take Someone Else's Table") so that Gina can collect the really large tip she's got coming after keeping Mary waiting 47 minutes. Today's Full Strip
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Mary doesn't look sorry. She seems downright ecstatic to have a new tortured soul to counsel.
Hey, is this the first instance of Face Touching with Pencil?
I always find that particular phrasing amusing. "I lost my mother... I put her down in the hospital and she wandered off..."
I think we all know what's on the menu, A bowl of Sorrow and a platter of lukewarm advice.
Meanwhile, Alice, Flo & Mel are up to their usual hi-jinks at Generic Diner inc. while another customer (and us) waits & waits & waits.....
While hospitalized at Mountview Hospital, Gina's mother had a nurse assigned to her--LiZa.
@kathyo - do we smell a lawsuit in the air? Where is a good lawyer when we need one?
"I'm so sorry, dear. Now, are you going to get me a cup of coffee, or shall I pour it myself?"
Yes, face touching with pencil is the universal sign of grieving.
"I'm so sorry. Are you interestd in meeting a young Doctor whose intrests include walking around with a stethascope and reading Gentleman's Health Quarterly. Jumping immediately into a relationship after an emotional trauma is the right thing to do after all."
Do you think the notepad is glued to Gina's fingers? It's been in her hand since Mary arrived at the diner.
She lost her mother. Well of course Dear; nobody here has a mother.
You know what I love about this strip? How careful they are to name everyone for us. Liza, Gina...that really helps a sister out. I don't have to waste time wondering about the name of the minor character who we will never see again after this story arc. I just look and BOOM! There it is.
That was a really long crying jag - look how much Gina aged!
"Gina, dear, I couldn't help noticing that you have blue hair.
Would you be interested in meeting a nice young man who also has blue hair?"
Question for the fans here: At what age does wearing your hair in a pony tail not work for women? I think it looks nice and perky, but either for younger women/girls or for those "I'm getting down to work, go away" moments.
Is it kinda like long hair on angry young men, but cut your damn hair when you're an out fuddy?
Mary says "I'm so SORRY dear," as she prepares to draw poor Gina into her inescapable web.
maybe gina will stalk mary and then end up having a affair with dr jeff that would be interesting .
I wonder who Gina's mother's doctor was and if he/she was guilty of negligence.
The plot will thicken when it turns out that Dr. Drew performed open heart surgery when he was supposed to remove her appendix and it was Nurse Liza who mixed up the charts.
@heydave
re long hair and older women: dominique browning had a column on the subject in the nyt last fall that generated a lot of mail and comments.
it's here
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/24/fashion/24Mirror.html?_r=1
meanwhile, i want to know why there is another booth floating over Mary's table!
I'm just glad the waitress wasn't vomiting. We all "dodged a bullet" there. Mary's napkin dispenser doesn't hold enough napkins to clean up a mess like that!
Ol' Joe fooled us good with the shock rays around Gina's face yesterday--we ALL thought she was about to lose her cookies. Shame on you, Joe!
Syndi, actually the notepad flew OUT of Ginas hand when she ran to the ;adies room to barf, cry, fix her hair, look older.
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