Mary, your work is done here. Why don't we all just take a moment to ponder what we've learned in this story. You can leave your thoughts by clicking "comments" below. I'd also like to know what your second brain thinks as well.
Now it is time for Olive to get in the car with her parents and head home ... wait, where'd they go?
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Is Olive standing on a box, and Mary in a trench? Or is Olive floating slightly above the pavement, lofted by the Flower Fairies?
We were SO CLOSE! The suitcases were being loaded into the car!
Now, Mary and Olive just ZZzzzzzzzz
zzzzzzzzz....oh, I'm sorry. Wake me when they hit the highway. Hee hee, as they say.
All of my brains are begging for this story to end.
Yummy, yummy, yummy, I've got brains in my tummy.
"There's no 'should' or 'should not' when it comes to having feelings. They're part of who we are and their origins are beyond our control. When we can believe that, we may find it easier to make constructive choices about what to do with those feelings."
Mr. Rogers
What I learned is that this quote from Mr. Rogers doesn't apply to special people like Olive (and Mary, it would seem). They are part of an advanced form of the human species born with a native, partially omniscient intelligence in their enteric nervous system that is clairvoyant and infallible. They get to skip that part of being human that Mr. Rogers refers to as making "constructive choices" because they know in their hearts that they can't be wrong when they react to a feeling or emotion arising from their gut.
When Mary recognizes a young human sharing this same power as her, it is important for her to step in an establish a clearer road map of social development in such a way that a nascent gut brains like Olive does not waste her time learning to examine her emotions before acting on them, but to do the opposite.
Its like the X-Men, hee hee!
Partially omniscent? That doesn't sound possible. I listened to my gut on my word choices.
We're witnessing a psychic break here between Evy "tee hee" mother and Olive "hee hee" child, as Mary insinuates herself into the relationship.
My second brain predicts that Mary will launch into her own version of "Dem Bones" tomorrow, where the "inner compass is connected to the torso-bone...."
The only explanations I can conjure for this excruciatingly long good-bye are these: 1. Karen Moy is on vacation, leaving the strip on "repeat". 2. Joe G is on vacation, leaving the stirp on "repeat", or 3. We are spoiling for a big finish with the Flower Fairies and Mary waving Olive and family out of the driveway of the condo. . .
Mary Worth has been infected by the dreaded Apartment 3G virus, wherein two characters talk endlessly about the same thing for days, sometimes weeks, on end.
Olive, how can we miss you if you won't go?
Do we now see Evy beating Olive with a wire hanger, shouting "it's Tee hee, do you hear me?"
With that brain in Olive's tummy, I certainly hope that she never throws up.
Hmmmm... my second brain is telling me I should have gone easy on the hot sauce for my tacos at lunch today and not asked for extra grilled onions. I wonder if any of my co-workers second brains tried to warn them before they suggested Mexican for lunch?
My first brain says, "End this dreck already! Aiiiiiieeeeeeeeeee!!"
My second brain says, "Feed me! Feed me!."
Then my first brain says, "We're an item of clothing. They don't have brains at all! What exactly is going on here?!?!????""
Then my second brain says, "Feed me! Feed me!"
Thank you.
Oh come on, this is STILL going????
While Mary and Olive discuss their 'two brains', Moy and Giella must believe that their readers have none. Mary Worth has always been known for its interminable story lines, but this one is starting to take the cake (that's my second brain talking).
Fauxprof: re the comparison to Apt3-G, never mind days or weeks on end; Carol and Tommie have been yapping for months now, and years is not out of the realm of possibility.
Toots McGee: Thanks for your thoughtful discussion of Mr. Rogers' quote. Reminds me of Davy Crockett advising us "Be sure you're right, then go ahead." Ah, but how do you gain that assurance? Do you perform extensive research, or do you just listen to Tummy Brain?
And Olive goes on to be a mass murderer of people her gut tells her are evil. Mary remains her friend for 50 years to life.
Remember the nurse who looked like Mary but with glasses and a bigger nose? Remember when they erased Kahput's mustache? Remember the angel? Remember the flower fairies? Remember the yellow duck at the pool? Remember Mary diving into the pool? Remember the pool party where they all met? Remember the laughter? So much laughter--tee hee, hee hee...I will remember the laughter the most when I remember this story.
I'd like to brain Karen, Joe, Evy, Ed, Olive and most especially, Mary. Thank you.
seriously, what happens now to the flower fairies? We all saw them, they're there. What if Mr. Alorra chops them up with his lawnmower? Or sprays them with pesticide. What if Wilbur absentmindedly steps on one? Doesn't anyone care about the flower fairies, hmmmm?
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