Wednesday, August 17, 2011

Mary Worth 1,094

Dad looked like he had seen a ghost. But his alleged reflection was grinning from ear to ear. We all knew how Dad's reflection loved ghosts.

Dear readers, thank you for watching Maggie's video of the Katy Perry song yesterday. She really appreciated everyone's encouragement.

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23 comments:

Mary said...

Did Dear Old Dad run over a blue-haired kid on an over-sized skateboard? That would be a cruel blow of fate, indeed, dealt cruelly and fatefully.

Gina said...

Is one's reaction to seeing Gina's dad "pale as a sheet" supposed to be hysterical laughter?

Chester the Dog said...

Mary called it!!!!

tuffenuf said...

Mary... my thoughts exactly.

Now we'll have to wait a month or two to see why dad is as white as a ghost.

heydave said...

Sorry, honey, the first time I hit him with my car wasn't all that terrible, but backing up over him really did him in!

Syndi said...

Gina's dad looks remarkably like Dr. Mike.

KitKat said...

Perhaps dad is pale as a sheet (huh?) because his hand is glued to his head, just as the basketball had been stuck to Bobby's hand. Also, it looks like Gina just returned from auditioning for the part of a Siamese girl in a community theater production of "The King and I."

meg said...

I think he just found out he overpaid for his Members Only jacket.

James in North Dakota said...

And we shall spend the next week as Gina describes how her father was white as a sheet. She'll wax lyrical about the many different shades of pale that Mister Gina's Dad was.

Shmoopie said...

My gut instinct almost made me yell "Stop drawing reflections! The inaccuracies are just embarrassing!" today. But then I thought how boring it would be if the mirror images matched the various Ken and Barbie dolls in the Worthiverse. I'm just amazed at the tenacity of Giella (or his intern) to keep on trying.

KitKat said...

James in North Dakota, thank you! A soundtrack with Procol Harum can only improve these bizarre goings-on.

Dave in Parma said...

I think you hit it on the head @Mary. Will Bobby be buried with his basketball and remanants of his skateboard?

Gina's Dad is so scary even his reflection can't look at him!

And Wanders, your're on a streak with with your secret messages!

Chester the Dog said...

When Gina hears why dad is pale as a ghost, i bet her pony tail is going to stand straight up! AND, I bet there is a skakeboard involved...

Dave in Parma said...

At least Gina won't have to roam the streets like a vigilante looking for the killer of HER companion....

Vicki said...

I see Gina's still wearing the same yellow tee she wore when she was twelve!

"Now Gina", says Mary.."which is it, dear? Was your Dad 'pale as a ghost' or 'white as a sheet' - OR - was he 'white as a ghost', and 'pale as a sheet'?? Maybe your ponytail is a wee bit tight, sweetie."

(personally, MY sheets aren't pale. I have some red-striped ones, and some orange and yellow ones and some green striped ones, but no pale ones.)

Vicki said...

OH! I almost forgot! I kid you not...a local community college in my area (Owens Comm. College)is having an art exhibit and the title of the show is "Diners"!!

Being that we live in Ohio and Mary supposedly graduated from Dennison U. (which is a REAL school elsewhere in the state, btw!) I'm hoping, of course, she will grace this gallery with her presence. After all, the topic of Diners IS near and dear to her heart!

Tony said...

I hate to admit that I'm hooked, and I may die of old age before I find out, but I really want to know what frightened Gina's dad. Am I the only one who turns to the day's "Mary Worth" immediately after turning on my computer each morning? (Well, sometimes I do the Sploofus trivia question first.)

heydave said...

Tony,no, my life is also a crushing void without my daily fix of MWandM!

James in North Dakota said...

And the bets are in! Bookies in Las Vegas are all a-buzz as thousands flock to Sin City to place their bets.

What caused Gina's dad to look as pale as a white ghost that was the same color as a sheet????

10:1 - Bobby Black was skateboarding, tried to maneuver a sweet move off a railing, and fell to his death, which Gina's dad witnessed.

20:1 - Bobby Black dropped his basketball, he ran into the street to fetch it and Gina's dad hit him with a car.

50:1 - Gina's dad discovered that Bobby Black's mother was his secret mistress and, instead of a scandal being leaked out, he decided to send Bobby on "a little trip." To Peace Village.

100:1 - Gina's dad built a time machine, went into the future and saw that Gina and Bobby Black married and had a family. However, when he saw that they had nine daughters, all with laser-precision ponytails, he decided to alter the course of the future by bribing Mr. and Mrs. Black into moving to Schenectady.

The things that fill my mind when I'm at work. Or in bed. Mary Worth has rocked my world! Incidentally, my word is "pastleff," which I'm going to mistake for past life. And in my past life, I was Bobby Black's basketball.

Dave in Parma said...

@James in ND:

You forgot the 1000:1 option--Gina's dad turned as pale as a white ghost in sheet after mistakenly hearing that his daughter was in a relationship (innocent, pure, etc., etc.) with Bobby Brown, and not Bobby Black.

Look what that did to Whitney Houston after all!

Anonymous said...

How can poor Dad tell Gena that her innocent 10 yr. old love is gone forever? Even though it wasn't his fault...that skateboard came out of nowhere...he will be tortured until he turns to drink and ultimately suicide. Gena has been dealt a cruel blow indeed, the details of which we may know by year's end.

Anonymous said...

Stupid blue-haired kid skateboarding in the street...now look what you went and did. Got yourself run over by your girlfriend's daddy. Way to screw up everybody's life.

James in North Dakota said...

Dave, I almost forgot!!! And funny you say that because I accidentally said Bobby Brown, but then went back and changed it to Bobby Black.

I guess every little step Bobby Brown takes, Gina won't be there.