Tuesday, June 26, 2012

Mary Worth 1,334

Round trip last-minute airfare to Italy: $4,000

Two month rental car: $4,000

Nine weeks of unpaid leave: $4,000

The gratitude of a child: Priceless.

Today's Full Strip

21 comments:

Karen with a K said...

Yes, Dawn is being pouty and sulky, but I'm frankly creeped out by Wilbur. He comes across more as Dawn's husband than her dad. This whole storyline is just icky.

Elaine said...

Who ARE these people heading towards the gate with Wilbur and Dawn? Such happy campers, it looks more like the zombie apocalypse than folks heading to Italy. Poor Dawn, being dragged off for fun stuff while we all know that life is cruel.

Anonymous said...

I'm getting a much better idea as to why Dave dumped Dawn - what a total killjoy. Dating Dawn, even if is only online at FaceSpace or whatever, is brutal.

Elaine said...

Ooops, sorry, life is BRUTAL, not cruel. Poor poor Dawn, the brutality of a summer in sunny Italy...

Anonymous said...

Wilbur, please drop that ingrate daughter of yours off in Darfur or Syria so she can truly appreciate how "brutal" life can be. I hope someone plants cocaine in Dawn's bag so she gets arrested by the TSA.

phoebes in santa fe said...

Karen@8.59a- I'm with you. This whole story line is really creepy. It's like they're married....

And, I gotta say, I hate hot weather so I would not be thrilled either to spend three weeks in Italy in the summer. And particularly with a creep like Wilbur.

Anonymous said...

Let's have a little sympathy for Dawn. She has to spend two months in Italy with WILBUR! And where is Dr. Phil or even Mary when you need them?

Anonymous said...

Me thinks Mary will not be butting in to Dawn and Wilbur's situation as long as "Ask Wendy" beckons.

Anonymous said...

Why is Jesus in an airport? Does He need to fly commercial these days?

I hope someone plants something in Dawn's suitcase, and the plane gets diverted to Thailand.

--Beagle Vet

phoebes in santa fe said...

By the way, for anyone here to make fun of the inanities and ridiculousness of this storyline, go over and read Apt 3G.

The author and illustrator over there make Moy and Giella look like Tolstoy and Vermeer. The characters are truly the stupidest people in Christendom.

And as for the people in the MW strip today looking like they're trudging off to their own hangings, have you traveled lately? I do - a lot - and most of my fellow travelers look like that. Even in First Class.

Toots McGee said...

None of those background people are flying all the way to Italy. Wilbur booked this flight through Traveltrocity.com and there are several layovers.

Windbreaker McDoobiebrother is getting off in Boise. Truckerhat McVneck is getting off in Little Rock.
Mr. and Mrs. Airrage (who are already not speaking to each other) are getting of in Islip.

Air travel is brutal.

Nance said...

I'm back from my own week's vacation (NOT in Italy), and I missed...NOTHING in Worthiverse. Life is still brutal, Wilbur is still jollying Dawn along via pink stuff (which I thought was packed, but apparently she pulled out to wear), and Mary is still sipping a hot beverage, pondering.

All the same, Wilbur's advice is savvy. If Dawn looks back and sees those Airport Terminal Zombies and their Jesus-Clone leader, she might be trapped in their thrall. Remember the Manson Family. They were brutal, too.

Auntie Carlye said...

Actually, one of my coworkers just went to Italy for 2 weeks. I'll have to tell her to kick Dawn's keister if she sees her.

Tony said...

Dear Wendy,
I hope you can give me some advice.

My father thinks a two-month trip to Italy with him will help me get over a devastating personal loss.

We're going to one art museum after another. We haven't even had a decent meal, since all he wants to eat are ham panini. I had no idea how brutal life could be until I started this trip with him.


If you have any ideas about how I can break free, please reply in the Italian edition of "Person" magazine.

- Dawn

heydave said...

Uh oh! This is an alert!!1!

Dawn may get sick... because she's preggers!

Edgy!
Current!
Dawn!

I have no idea how she ever found the time to get impregnated by ol' Dave, but that is why "life is brutal" for unwed moms.

Cited this day, 26th of June, 2012.

or not, maybe...

KitKat said...

What, Moy and Giella didn't show us Wilbur and Dawn going through security? I wanted to see TSA confiscate the sandwiches that Wilbur had hidden in his underwear.

Looks like Santa Royale International Airport has only one gate, judging by the sign with the arrow.

Anonymous said...

Dawn Preggers??? Bwahahahahha.

Maude Findlay said...

It's nice to see that Bob Seger is also going to Italy, but I wish he'd get that suspicious mole looked at.

Dave in Parma said...

I heard the guy over Dawn's shoulder got whisked away by the TSA after yelling "More Cowbell" while going through his security screening.

James in North Dakota said...

I don't know who to despise more: Dawn for being ungrateful or Wilbur for being so clueless.

Anonymous said...

Windbreaker McDoobiebrother! Hahahahahahahaha!

Of COURSE there's just one Gate. This is the Worthiverse, and they're at Airport. Next they'll get on Airplane and take off on Runway. Hoping they won't hit Turbulence and have to use Barf Bag.

--Beagle Vet