Saturday, July 7, 2012

Mary Worth 1,343

Ah, yes. A cruise. The perfect diversion for a family not on a budget. I'm glad to see the economy hasn't had an impact on the world traveling residents of Santa Royale, California. Especially, the lowly local newspaper columnists.

It's nice to see Dawn back in purple. That should lift her spirits.

Today's Full Strip

23 comments:

fauxprof said...

Dawn's facial expression is priceless! The combination of Giella's drawing and Moy's writing (Yay. Yippee.) have made this storyline a true wonder. They've managed to drive us commentators, normally a gentle, if snarky bunch, into a near homicidal frenzy against Dawn Weston. Let me be the first to say that I hope the cruise is on a ship even worse run than the Costa Concordia.

Anonymous said...

Dawn's attitude makes me want to slap her face, and tell her to "wake up to reality and get on with your life".
She is doing the "poor me" act, and her dad needs to send her to a doctor for anti-depressants and therapy.
She is taking advantage of her dad, and the more he enables her, she will continue the "poor me" act. She makes me sick.

heydave said...

I am still stunned, nay, torqued into a maelstrom of annoyance at dear Dawn for not being pregnant.

Whiny little goofball, going from an unsightly Twitter dependence to a moping, dumb (DUMB!) dumbitude over an imaginary beautiful boyfriend, to an ingrate we see today...

Yeah,Wilbur, brilliant! A free trip to Italy didn't do the trick so why not take a cruise while your there? Moy sure has her finger on the pulse of human angst with this one!

I wonder if Ask Mary is still air-typing a single long-winded response to some other whiny boob.

heydave said...

your - you're, of course....

Amanda Kate said...

Geez, maybe I should become incredibly depressed, if it results in me getting vacations and cruises thrown at me from all directions.

kathyo said...

If she plays her cards right, Dawn could parlay this pity party into a new Honda Accord, Chanel ring, Luis Vuitton purse, cashmere sneakers, a mountain bike, and her own reality TV show.

Anonymous said...

Time for comb-over dad to have Giorgio make cement galoshes for his twit and take her sailing!

Anonymous said...

So Wilbur's original plan did not include any FUN things then? What was his plan then, to make the trip so painfully boring that Dawn would think her life in Santa Royale wasn't so bad after all? And are there no FUN things to do on land in Italy (besides looking at David's little brother)?

Anonymous said...

Yes, something FUN, because seeing Florence, Rome, Tuscany, the Amalfi coast, is not FUN enough? Good lord.

Hope the whiny little brat falls overboard. However, I am REALLY looking forward to the depictions of the other passengers. And the inevitable handsome Italian officer, dressed all in white, with his top button undone, who just can't wait to get together with a whiny American brat.

--Beagle Vet

phoebes in santa fe said...

This latest plot development has me in mind of the recent Costa ship grounding off the Tuscan Coast.

Wasn't the captain trying to impress his girlfriend by some derring-do? Maybe Dawn will be the catalyst for another maritime disaster.

Syndi said...

I hate to say it, but I kinda feel for dawn -- stuck on a two-month vacation where he never leaves her side. How could that be fun unless, as kathyo suggest, dawn turns this into an opportunity to get lots of stuff from Wilbur's apparently bottomless pit of a wallet. Plus, how is the poor girl supposed to meet handsome Italian men for meaningless flings to get Dave off her mind with Wilbur as a instant chaperone? This is not a vacation I would want to go on either. She has just traded her lonely brutal life with Wilbur to a lonely brutal life with Wilbur in another location. Yuck!

Syndi said...

I meant to say "with Wilbur as a constant" chaperone. Unfortunately, my iPad always thinks it know best.

brick said...

I agree with you, Syndi. Looks to me like Wilbur is sitting on Dawn's lap today. If space is this tight in Giorgio's villa, it's only gonna get worse in a cruise ship cabin.

Vicki said...

suddenly today I'm trying to decide who is MORE annoying, Dawn or Wilbur?

Sandi Ego said...

Is it even possible to simply go hop on a cruise ship without advance planning? Of course, nobody seems to show any signs of jet lag, either, after that epic flight from California to Italy. Are they going to share a cabin? When my hubby & I cruised the Mediterranean there was a young couple who was sharing a room with the guy's mom. And the guy asked the girl to marry him while on the cruise. Alas, she did not heed the giant red flag and she accepted the proposal. I'm sure the three of them are living happily ever after.

fauxprof said...

@Sandi Ego,3:49 PM: You know, You're right! Speaking from experience, cruises are usually booked months ahead. And, unless you're willing to spring for a suite, the cabins tend to be smaller than a standard hotel room. Two separate cabins would entail paying single supplement rates. Wilbur must have amazing resources!

(Love your mother-daughter-boyfriend story! Sounds like a good MW storyline.)

phoebes in santa fe said...

Sandi and faux, speaking as an ex-travel agent, I can say with confidence that there are always last minute cabins on cruises. I also bet the Italian coast cruises aren't heavily booked right now, anyway. And this could be a two night cruise from Livorno to Corsica.

Whatever it is, the cabins are small. But have Wilbur and Dawn been sharing a hotel room all along? I ask because the thought of that is vomit making.

Nance said...

If Dawn plays her cards right, she could grump her way right into an all-expenses-paid trip around the whole effing world the way Wilbur is flogging his wallet for her.

How old is this chick supposed to be, anyway, chronologically? I mean, clearly, she's emotionally and intellectually and socially stunted/stuck at about 12, but really, isn't she technically a bit beyond this petulance and having her daddy cater to her so solicitously? It's...icky.

Chester the Dog said...

A cruise? Wilbur should have thought of that months ago, before he left his "job" koff koff, to drag his snot of a daughter off to Italy.

Wilbur, heres a bit of advice. Drive your rented car down to the docks of Rome and toss Dawn right in with all the seafood scampi living there.

Jill Black, help us!!

Chester the Dog said...

Does anyone remember Lucy Visits Italy, where she stomps grapes? Too bad Dawn is not in that vat, to be stomped senseless.

Elaine said...

@Chester the Dog - that was a great Lucy, maybe even a classic!! And so much better than Dawn and her brutal tales of woe. Perhaps a little stomping will knock some sense into her.

Dawn Weston said...

Life is brutal.

MerryBerry said...

To be on the serious side, Wilbur should go by himself to the ports of call and let Dawn do what she wants. She might not be interested in Italian men but might meet an
American passenger on board. If their chemicals click, am sure they will be fine.