Wednesday, January 23, 2013

Mary Worth 1,515

This story keeps getting better and better... the plot has deftly evolved from two old people entering a cake decorating contest for youngsters, to two old people who have to carry a cake on local television, thus building dramatic tension and probable comedy high jinx all at the same time!

Today's Full Strip

24 comments:

Anonymous said...

The cakes have eyes!

fauxprof said...

Pinkcake is growing and morphing before our eyes! I sense a "Little Shop of Horrors" vibe as pinkcake develops a voice: "Feeeed Meeee!"

Hey, do you suppose the color denotes a salmon-based lifeform? Or maybe salmonella?

Tony said...

Is there any chance they could actually PRACTICE carrying the cake, with one of the practice cakes they're making?

Dave in Parma said...

Maybe they can get 'Bonnie, Bonnie Johnson?' to help carry the cake. She looked pretty burly.

heydave said...

Can there be possibly anyone who does not want to see pinkcake crash into bits and provide us a look of horror and panic on creepy John Dill's face?

No, I think not.

Uncle Joe is working out some issues with a cranky neighbor on this one, for sure.

Nance said...

@Tony--I know, right? Plus, how hard is it to, oh, I don't know, PRACTICE CARRYING ANYTHING APPROXIMATING THE WEIGHT OF A BIG CAKE!?

Has Mary ever mentioned having a problem with weakness? She and Toby are pictured "working out" on the trails at Charterstone. Her boo is a doctor.

I notice, however, that Mary's decoration in Panel Two is crooked. Is she having some problems with control? Some tremors? Uh Oh. Cue the dramatic music. Mary is a liability. CUT HER LOOSE! SHE'S A DREAMCRUSHER!

Yahoonski said...

Mary appears to have her hands on the pointer for a Ouija board in panel 2. And why does she think she will HAVE to be strong enough to carry the cake? John just told her he was pretty strong.

Thorpnotized said...

Hey Wanders - The "Today's Full Strip" links have been off by a day the past two days.

Doodle Bean said...

John and Mary have put the pink fuzzy slipper on top of a small pink ottoman. By doing so, the roses have turned from pink to white.

kathyo said...

Extra points for Team DillWorth if John and Mary transport their cake to music! I'm thinking "Bop to the Top" from High School Musical.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7kdIOHR-p3o

Anonymous said...

The top tier is strangely disproportionate to the bottom tier. I hope the competition is hideous because this isn't shaping up too well.

Salmonella Jackson said...

Do they know the competition is being held at the Santa Royale Ice Skating Rink? Break a hip Mary!

meg said...

Please, somebody, talk me down. I am terrified that this is going to be another PSA type story- this time for osteoporosis. There will be no pathetic entry for a cake competition; there will be no dropped cake at the worst possible moment; there will be no angry recriminations between John and Mary.

No, there will just be a visit to Mary's doctor, and recommendations to drink milk and exercise, etc.

Our only hope is that she will start to lift weights, and then get really into it, becoming grotesquely brawny and buff, wearing bikinis and oiling her 132-year-old skin.

Sigh.

meg said...

On the other hand, I do love the mad scientist look that John is evincing today!

Maude Findlay said...

All I keep thinking about, because of this strip, is the old Sesame Street bit with the clumsy baker dropping the cakes down the stairs! I wonder if Mr. Dill will warble out ''One... Nature Themed... Cake!'' before dropping like a ton of bricks?

http://youtu.be/E3yOnr2cl3c

Perry Mason said...

Hmmm....I wonder if Mary's cryptic "I'll have to" suggests that she plans to bump the old gent off and take all the credit for creating that magnificent confection herself.

KitKat said...

When John declares, "I'm pretty strong. What about you?" is he contemplating challenging Mary to an arm-wrestling contest? Or, the heck with only arms, a wrestling contest? Mind-boggling...

Dave in Parma said...

@Nance: on the 'her boo is a doctor' comment...

How would Dr. Jeff know if she has an issue with weakness? If he isn't even allowed up for coffee, I'm guessing he hasn't given her a physical (sorry for the visual folks).

r u ok? said...

Too bad Dawn's one-armed friend Jim would never be allowed to enter the Santa Royale cake contest - you can't carry a cake? Too bad for you!

meg said...

Yes, Mary will have to. The Rules clearly state that no substitutions may be made to the cake design team roster after September 1. (Big Time Cake Design has based its rules on those of Major League Baseball.)

birdie said...

I think the problem is that Mary is supposed to carry the cake while wearing a Mother Nature costume (or lack thereof) designed by Dill. She's never mentioned weakness before, and she carried all the ingredients into the apartment in a bag.

I do like the idea of them doing this on skates, as part of some kind of ice follies. Joe, maybe you could just draw it that way, despite whatever Moy tells you to do.

Anonymous said...

No one in this strip can even hold a fork or a spoon - I'm not surprised the focus of this cake contest will be on maneuvering their entry from one table to another. My bet is that John drops his side and somehow Mary is able to instantly produce a few of the extra digits that frequent this strip and save the day!

Anonymous said...

John is up to something evil. He has that Confey-esque mustache, after all, and his name is quite close to "John Doe". I think he's in some kind of witness protection program.

Meanwhile, I also believe that Mary might be having a stroke. Weakness, unequal hand mobility...she needs to get to the hospital stat!

We need a Hospital Hi-Fi fix!

--Beagle Vet

Doodle Bean said...

Exactly how heavy is this cake? Are they planning on showing the beauty of nature in the form of heavy metals or something?