As Giant Computer Monitor drones on and on about the failings of humanity, Mary Worth drifts quietly to sleep. Perhaps working at a computer two hours a day is not for her.
There was some confusion about yesterday's post, so I've rewritten in for clarity. Sorry about that.
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Yesterday, Birdie suggested that it's Dawn writing to "Ask Wendy", and she could be right. After reading today's strip, the letter-writer sounds just like Dawn. In turn, Dawn is so totally self-centered that she probably doesn't know what Wilbur does for a living. To her, he's just the chunky, sandwich-eating provider of her room, board, clothing, tuition, internet and cellphone, and unwanted trips to Italy.
Uh oh, after only one day of being Wendy, Mary is looking haggard. Note the facial creases and drooping mouth. Turning that frown upside down won't help! Giving advice to faceless people online can't compare with dishing advice to real live waitresses. Becoming Wendy may be the bullet that Mary did NOT dodge.
Design note to Mary: Pink flowers do not look their best in an orange vase. Egad.
Mary uses her keyboard like a Ouija board. Does she just have to think at it to get it to work?
Then again the heavy use of the number pad in an advice column makes me suspicious.
No, that can't be Dawn writing to Dear Wendy. Nowhere is it mentioned that life is brutal.
Why are Mary's hands all over the keyboard, when she's only reading, anyway? If the Dear Wendy letter ends with ''Life is brutal!'', we'll know for sure that it's Dawn. Oh no! If Dawn is in Italy, how will she ever even read the answer, considering that it wasn't possible for Wilbur to keep up with his column while abroad? If only there was some way, for people to read newspapers from other countries!
BTW- I'd post here a lot more often, if it weren't for these crazy word verifications. I feel like I need a field of vision test, even after I read one successfully!
I love Mary's little pouffe hat! And the all-purpose embroidered "So am I" is a whimsical touch.
What is with Mary's lip? To borrow a line from the move Uncle Buck: "Take this quarter, go downtown, and have a rat gnaw that thing off your face!"
Surly Captain, I thought it looked like that too. I wonder what advice the Ouija spirits will give, while Mary is in her trance?
It would be funny if they told her to avoid Italy.
Just got back from Apartment 3-G. My god, Nina is an absolute moron. I certainly hope her child is more intelligent than she is.
--Beagle Vet
Mary's not asleep, she's having visions, praying to Big Computer for inspiration!
Plus, c'mon people, no one else thinks Dawn is pregnant? Sure, she's self-absorbed and whiny, but she's with Child...
@heydave- An unwed mother, in Mary Worth? Where people don't even wear swimsuits at the Charterstone pool party? I don't know... unless they're revamping the strip, to be more ''edgy & hip''. Then again, Wilbur got around back in college, so I guess anything's possible.
@HeyDave, I've got to admit that it would explain her extreme reaction to the situation, and we'd have a lot more sympathy for her if that is the case. Still it seems to be a much more nuanced plot line than we're used to in Mary Worth.
Did it ever occur to Wilbur he could have saved a ton of money had he followed the example of Chinbeard and Toby and just ordered up a travel DVD?? I'm sure Giorgio could have hooked him up with an exciting one for Italy!
Meanwhile, back in Santa Royale at the Charterstone condos---ANOTHER wet blanket and some domestic drama...
Italy, it seems, being shaped like a BOOT, has caught the fancy of B?BJ? as being THE perfect dream vacation!! A shopper's paradise! Ernie, however, refuses to go after Bonnie insisted people do NOT wear sombreros in Italy and that he would look SILLY doing so.
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