It's a good thing Mr. Allora has Mary Worth around to tell him how to do his job. Wait... helping residents move in is his job, right? Or is he just the only vaguely ethnic resident living in Charterstone for Mary to rely on for all the heavy lifting?
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I guess we shouldn't be surprised that Mary's "helping" the Beedies move only extends to ordering around Mr. Allora. She'll probably add "and make it snappy!"
Moving has taken a toll on Iris's hair, which looks like she swiped it from a mop. Wait - is that actually Tommy's hair, or maybe Tommy's mop from Jerry's Sandwich Shop?
Question of the Day: When will Iris start calling her son Tom? "Tommy" should have been retired by age 11.
I hope there is a panel of Mr. Allora telling Mary, "Hey! You're NOT the boss of ME!" in which Mary looks suitably shocked. Because, of course, she is The Boss of everyone.
When Mary waves her hand, she creates vanilla rainbows! Another superpower we didn't know about. And I hope June gives Iris better hair on Sunday.
Mary is Alpha Dog of Charterstone. Next she will lay out the floor plan for Iris.
Why is Mary's right arm sticking straight out in P1? Is she the official hall monitor this month, directing the heavy traffic as residents seek out advice, different living quarters, or eternal co-eds to castigate for sucking up to their professors? Or maybe she's just pointing out the new apartment Iris is moving to, in case she forgot which direction it was in.
First, I was going to say that Mary is really no help at all. I mean, surely Iris has thought of getting hold of a hand truck? But then I realized that Mary is some sort of "manager" at Charterstone, so maybe delegating these minor duties is part of her "job."
On another note, I've been reading old MW strips at the official MW site . The ones from 2003 are really interesting, and compared to the strips nowadays, ACTION-PACKED! It's kind of a pain to navigate, but you can change the date in the address bar of your browser to move more quickly to the spot you want. ... I just thought some of us might need some relief from the current "plot."
FRIDAY
Okay everyone, let's all say it together: "Fra-gee-lay...must be Italian."
Any expectations that Tommy would adopt a professional, corporate look and demeanor have been dashed. I sure hope we get to see June's take on the Beedies on Sunday!
Tommy and Iris resemble each other so closely, they are almost Tweedlebeedies. Oh and good job, whoever put the box of books on top of the pile. Especially if they're the grey concrete books so common in the Worthiverse.
That box marked "papers"- do the papers involve a picture of Captain ZigZag?
@KitKat: Oh, look! It's a major award!
Why are the Beedies packing up everything so tightly and sealing it up with duct tape? They're only moving down the hall.
Saturday
Must be Mary Worth Replay Day - today's strip is essentially a repeat of yesterday's.
Look how smiley Mary is in panel 2. She's anticipating Tommy smashing all of Iris's treasures in one giant crash. She'll love seeing Iris in hysterics, and hearing Tommy's sheepish "Oops, sorry Ma." Then Mary can smile smugly and say, "Oh dear, you should have let Mr. Allora do it." That will make Mary's day!
Tommy drops the box containing His mother's collection of Precious Moments figurines, causing Iris to go ballistic. Mary, remembering her morning's bland advice to "Fuming", attempts to offer wise counsel. The resulting ugly melee causes Mary to doubt her own capabilities. There, that ties together nicely.
Tru Standish has asked the key question. All this preparation for such a short move is preposterous, and perhaps why Mary is grinning like a fool in P2 today. Can't wait to see that hand truck.
I bet Tommy will bump into Dawn in the hallway ... literally! And then Iris's precious fragile items--including sweet gray statuettes of animals created by the inimitable Toby Cameron--will come crashing to the ground in a wonderful shambles! Then both Tommy AND Dawn will face the wrath of Iris! This will be especially poignant, as Iris will be angry at both her own child and her soon-to-be stepchild, thereby cementing the pseudo-siblings' incestuous desires for one another!
Mary will look on in horror and mutter a platitude along the lines of, "There, there, dear Iris, there's no use crying over spilled figurines!"
I thought Carlos Alora had one n in the surname, not Allora. It was a ridiculous Hispanic surname to begin with anyway, but now it is downright surreal. Since "Llora" means to cry, he is like "Carlos the Llorona" with the double l. Tommy's bowl cut looks a lot like Dawn Weston. I keep hoping they hook up and Tommy gets her hooked on drugs.
Tommy looks disturbingly simian. Kind of like the Olsen twins in their Full House days.
SUNDAY
Gosh, something actually happened! Big, musclebound Tommy has thrown out his back lifting one of the "lighter" boxes. Given his history, we may be looking at a prescription drug addiction storyline. KM's stab at relevance.
Wow! Tommy really bulked up from Saturday to Sunday! Quite the hunk. Dawn will love him ... no, wait, she'll LURVE him!
"Owwww!" ... chronic back pain ensues. How mean of the strip creators!
@fauxprof: I hope you're wrong about the prescription drug addiction, but probably, you're right. Poor Tommy! Maybe Dawn could give him a massage and everything will be all better? Or Dr. Jeff could prescribe physical therapy? ... Or Mary could give him some ADVICE!!! That always works best!
One word, Tommy: YOGA
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