Saturday, June 20, 2015

Mary Worth 2082

The hardest part of the Restaurant Dump is timing. Do you start the breakup before the food arrives, like Terry did yesterday, or do you wait until after the food is served, timing each bite so as not to have too much pity time before dessert. Thankfully, Marina Royale seems to have incredibly quick food service, the food being brought out before guests have even closed their menus. Still, boorish Adam looks like he's gone right into pity time, so this may get even more awkward.

16 comments:

Monica said...

Adam must have realized the news was bad when she changed from her purple shirt to that black one.

Muscato said...

"Marina Royale" sounds less like an upscale restaurant than the nom de danse of a one-noted and now forgotten Burlesque queen. Who would be a character far more interesting than any we've seen in a very, very long while in these parts...

fauxprof said...

Oh, that's the best lower-lip protruding pouty face we've seen since Dawn Weston went through her"life is brutal" phase. And on a man in his fifties, yet!

Shmoopie said...

The question is and will always be, "Who in the world talks like this?"

tkraft said...

Don't you just love it when your girlfriend wears her low-cut, little black dress to tell you, "We can still be friends!"

Anonymous said...

While Terry, between courses, somehow manages to slip out of her violet spaghetti strap dress and into a slinky black halter top number, Adam once again shows up in his only (orange) suit. I hope somehow Terry brings that up in her breakup speech.

Petunia said...

The stripes in Adam's tie have gotten farther apart. He must be about to Hulk Out. Look out, Terry!

Sandi Ego said...

I've been dearly hoping for a breakup segueing into stalking, but I have the sinking feeling this inauspicious start to dinner is merely a tease. I think Adam is going to salvage this sappy disaster and seal the deal. Don Draper with a cane, folks. There will be a diamond ring with the creme brulee.

Maxwell Bacon said...

*Sigh!* Isn't this romantic?

Dawn Weston's Evil Twin said...

Hm ... Adam? Wacky? Now, there's a connection I hadn't made!

KitKat said...

Sunday
What, no Sunday quotation from Karen Moy's Big Bag o' Quotations? Maybe KM herself realizes this sorry plot is going nowhere, hence the repetition of "awakening," "awakened." The rest of us are doing the opposite - zzzzzzzzzzzzzzz etc.

Shmoopie said...

Yes, nothing new is happening, but we now heard "It's not you, it's me" for the third time in this tired old non-story. Every time I hear it, the George Costanza scene plays in my head for about 15 minutes in a continuous loop and make me giggle. Talk about brilliant writing ... by the Seinfeld team, not Karen Moy - in case anyone is confused ;-)

Peggy Olson said...

What did the robot say to her boyfriend? "It's not you. It's Windows ME."

LouiseF said...

You can tell Mary Worth started as a comic strip during the Depression. The number of characters who act out of fear (or don't act out of fear) would make FDR apoplectic. . . Witness the past two weeks of Terry declaring the paralyzing fear she lives with... Terry COULD be hip and modern and go to a psychotherapist to deal with her fears, but, no, cue MW with comfort muffins and a pot of coffee, ready to channel FDR for Terry. . . .

Maxwell Bacon said...

@ LouiseF: I could really go for some comfort muffins and a pot of coffee in this strip! Plus, I really dig Mary!

meg said...

Terry appears to be a very hip and modern girl in Monday's strip. She is growing her armpit hair even as she sits in the restaurant with Adam. Or could it be- o frabjous day- that this strip is taking a turn to the horror side and she will be a werewolf before the dessert arrives? If they can sit there another 10 days, there'll be a full moon. Adam, better ask for a silver knife to cut your pie with.