Friday, January 15, 2016

Mary Worth 2231

Won't your friends be impressed with your new timepiece, Olive? Oh, wait. Sorry. You're too special for friends.

Today's full strip

25 comments:

Mikey said...

Auughh! When this panel is expanded it's obvious that Mary needs to save the money for cosmetic nose surgery!

Laura Canon said...

I don't remember Macy's being that gray.

Chin Napkin Groupie said...

Maybe Olive will like those new watch styles designed to be worn around the neck.

Toots McGee said...

You can say what you want about timepieces, but Mary has her eye on that super fancy keyboard in the upper display cabinet!

fauxprof said...

What a shame we didn't get to Macy's a month ago. Then we could have done a "Miracle on 34th Street" takeoff with Ken Kensington in the Edmund Gwenn role. Olive's no Natalie Wood, though.

KitKat said...

More product placement by KM. Did she got a lot of Macy's Star Rewards in exchange? Then again, having Mary Worth plug your business may be counterproductive.

Maybe they can find one of those timepieces that has grains of sand running through it.

Toots McGee said...

I didn't know Macy's existed in the Worthiverse. I thought people shopped for fine goods at Maisy's.

carlnepa said...

Wouldn't it be funny if Macy's security thought Mary had shoplifted her knock off scarf and she couldn't produce a receipt for it? I've resisted saying this up to today's strip, Olive is weird. She looks weird, she dresses weird, she talks weird. But, that's normal in the Worthiverse. Will she look at her new "timepiece" and say "Oh my, it's 1/2 past January. I must get back to school".

Peggy Olson said...

All of Olive's classmates have iPhones and have no idea what a timepiece is. Thanks, Mary. You've made Olive look even weirder. She can dedicate the next playground beating to you.

Really, their quick stroll is taking weeks. Bring back Toby's hissy fits! More clown portraits!

Chester the Dog said...

It is called a watch, Mary.

Yahoonski said...

One of the Mary Worth comments on the Comics Kingdom today mentioned tattoos, which prompted me to ask "If Mary had a tattoo, where would it be and what would it depict?" To which some wag immediately responded "Eat at Joe's." Didn't say where it was located. Anyway, I'd love to hear some other family-friendly answers to those questions from my family of friends here at MW&M.

meg said...

Mary's tattoos are on the soles of her feet: Moy+ on the right, Giella on the left. Never to be seen until Mary is rolled into the operating room to have a soul transplant.

Muscato said...

I have a nomination for the jukebox: "How Long Has This Been Going On?". This story line is starting to make some previous marathons - Dawn and Jim, the Shining aka Pax Wellness Spa - look like haiku...

fauxprof said...

Mary has a tasteful tramp stamp of Dr. Jeff with the fish through his head.

Nance said...

I didn't know that *Macy's had a Flava Flav Timepiece Collection. Those are some Big Watches.

toytuba said...

Saturday - I love the salesclerk's expression in the first panel.

KitKat said...

I could think for the next two decades but not come up with a better suggestion for Mary's tattoo than @fauxprof's. Hilariously apt!

Why does this Macy's have "Macy's" plastered everywhere?

Petunia said...

What happened to Mary's nose?

Chester the Dog said...

Tatoo: I "heart" meddling.

mrvy said...

Tattoo: Clam down at the Bum Boat, of course!

KitKat said...

Sunday
Both Mary and Olive strapped those timepieces onto their right wrists. Are they both left handed? I haven't paid attention to that. Yet another weird bond for this uber-weird pair.

Macy's should terminate this inattentive sales associate. And what happened to the other blonde who was there yesterday?

Captain Obvious said...

Sunday
Where's the scarf Olive gave Mary? And Mary's pocketbook that she had on her left shoulder. I bet the other blonde stole them.

Yahoonski said...

The saleslady should be/would be calling the Special Victims Unit immediately.

Chester: Excellent tattoo suggestion. Somebody on CK also suggested "Born to Meddle."

Dawn Weston's Evil Twin said...

SUNDAY:
DWET thinks, "Ooh, a HUG!"
Mary thinks, "I'm taking you with me to Santa Royale, you adorable little tyke!"
Olive thinks, "Back off, Mary! Get your paws off me!"
Comics readers think, "This is kinda boring."

MONDAY:
Yay! We're off to visit John Dill after all! Will he still be topping his cakes with pink spun-sugar statuettes of Mary Worth, the supreme goddess? Is Mary planning to induct (abduct?) Olive into the secret cult of Mary? I can't wait to find out!

richardmoderate said...

@yahoonski-Mary has a portrait of Groucho on her back-with a speech balloon that says "this sure aint Lydia"