Friday, May 9, 2014

Mary Worth 1810

This morning, when I saw Tommy's tattoo, I thought that Tommy might have gone to Azkaban prison, and perhaps he was a Death Eater.

So I did some research and came across this video recently posted by the kids of some friends and which is quickly going viral. I realize I need to get out more.

Today's Full Strip

18 comments:

Yahoonski said...

In the real world, Mary would have been wearing that casserole about 5 speech balloons ago.

Muscato said...

Based on panel one, it's clear that Tommy has become reclusive not from any disappointment over his failure to find employment, but because he's been recovering from the extensive plastic surgery - he now late-period-Michael-Jackson's nose and biceps that look suspiciously like implants.

Aldo K said...

I don't know what this video has to due with Mary, but my daughter and I thank you for posting it posting it! She must have watched it 6 or 7 times while eating her breakfast!

KitKat said...

Wanders, thank you for posting the terrific video (what clever young people!). I am going to have a cup of Earl Grey tea (hot) and post the link on my FB page so some of my equally nerdy relatives and friends can enjoy it.

Maybe Mary can get a gig doing her version of "Scared Straight" in prisons. Only five minutes of her platitudes ("If you make a GENUINE effort...you have the POWER...[etc. ad nauseum]" would make even the most hardened criminal beg for mercy.

Anonymous said...

So we are to believe that the obnoxious freeloading Tommy could be suddenly and so thoroughly cowed by Mary's words of encouragement...

So touching how the Worthiverse is rallying around Tommy's rehabilitation. The kind of "touching" that feels like at the back of one's throat right before they re-experience their lunch in reverse...

Anonymous said...

Mary says that drug dealers are not contributing members of society. She obviously doesn't know anyone who works at a luxury car dealership.

We Are Skrzypeks said...

Interesting line break...

Mary: If you make a GENUINE EFFORT to be a con-

Tommy: Been there, done that, Mrs. W.

Dave in Parma said...

genuine effort = get a haircut, and get a real job. Put on a shirt with sleeves too.

fauxprof said...

What a great video, Wanders. I am proud to be a 65-year-old nerd girl. Mary would be surprised to know that I am also a contributing member of society...I guess.

Anonymous said...

Welcome to day four (or is it five?)of the tuna casserole holding endurance challenge! Tommy seems to be in the lead.

TimP said...

@anonymous - I've been wondering about that. Just guessing that the casserole probably weighs something like five pounds, so at some point during the conversation, Tommy has to be wondering when he will get a chance to break in and say, 'hey, let me put this down while you platitudinate me'...

Anonymous said...

@TimP -LOL...platitudinate....I like that. I guess that makes Mary the Platitudinator.

Anonymous said...

I really love Tommy's "is this really happening?" look of complete shock that Mary is still going on Sunday.

KitKat said...

Monday
Somewhere between Jerry's and Charterstone, Iris changed from purple to pink clothes. That happens frequently in the Worthiverse.

Will Mary the Platitudinator (thanks, TimP!) still be yammering at the casserole-holding Tommy when Iris arrives at the door? Or will Iris be astonished when Tommy does a cartwheel at the prospect of applying for the janitor job at Jerry's? (A post-Mother's Day miracle!)

Dave in Parma said...

The Platitudinator sounds like a valuable mobile app: simply select the holiday, life event, or issue at hand, press a button, and you're provided with the perfect platitude for the occasion.

jerrybear said...

When Iris walks into her apartment she will be shocked that Tommy, inspired by Mary, has turned into a clean cut young WASP right out of the 1950s. Crew cut, clean shaven, sports jacket, etc. Also, those disgusting tattoos will be gone.
He'll be listening to the Kingston Trio, Pat Boone LPs on the three speed record player that Mary gave to him. Probably drinking 3.2 beer

fauxprof said...

@jerrybear. I like it! And since we've set the Waback time machine for the fifties, Tommy can get drafted and sent to Camp Swampy, mercifully removing him from the Worthiverse to the Beetlebaileyverse.

meg said...

Well, well, well. The identity of Tommy's real father has just been revealed. There's a picture of l'il Tommy with him in the background, and it's--Captain ZigZag!