Wednesday, June 12, 2019

Mary Worth 3140

Ha ha ha ha ha!

Hey, didn't we estimate Fabiana's emerald ring to be about 10 grand as well? They both like music and laughing, and they've both been scammed out of $10,000. So much in common.

15 comments:

Nance said...

Today's Boldface Haiku is titled

"I'd Like To Paraphrase Benjamin Franklin When I Say That This Plot, Like Fish, Begins To Stink After Three Days".

Catfish! I'll. You?
Er...Quiche.
Pass. Bad!

mr_darcy said...

Wilbur ordered fish, but passed on the chips. Bad experience with salsa.

Anonymous said...


"I had a bad past experience with it."

"What do you mean?"

"I was conned out of ten thousand dollars. I'm so embarrassed. I was so incredibly stupid. Anything like that ever happen to you?"

"Uh . . . no . . . heh-heh. . . . Uh . . . you know, I've changed my mind. I think I'll have the Triple Mayo Burger instead."

-- Scottie McW.

BTW, "past experience" is redundant.

KitKat said...

Maybe Estelle’s “bad past experience” (and @Scottie McW. is correct - redundant!) was at Aileen’s House o’ Fish, where the “catfish” is Fancy Feast Cod & Shrimp, molded into the shape of a cat.

I expect Mary has moved to an adjacent table and is hiding behind one of those peculiar menus (huge pictures and tiny text) to more closely monitor the Silverdaters.

@Nance, you’ve done it again - bravo!

Regina Wolfe-Parks said...

Nance, your BFH title had me do a spit take. Bravo!

I've been to burger joints that have fish on the menu (I live in Maine, so fish is ALWAYS on the menu) but catfish, no.

I wish KM would stop using Google Translate with the dialog. "Bad past experience" is something no one would say, ever.

Estelle: "Wilbur have you ever seen the movie "The Wizard of Oz"?"

Wilbur: "Not recently. I've had a bad past experience with anything emerald".

LouiseF said...

I don't entirely get the point of KM's spending a whole day on Wilbur and Estelle's menu choices unless it's to show how totally different they are. Kind of like Patty Duke and her Identical Cousin. I can actually SEE a hot dog making Wilbur lose control...

r u ok? said...

I actually researched minimum ages on senior dating sites. Minimum age ranges all the way from 45 to 70 (45 is a senior?!?) so I guess Wilbur qualifies.

What will Wilbur talk about, his survivor trips? Almost dying on a cruise ship? Or will it be something incredibly boring?

Martin said...

I can't wait for their honeymoon, when they are both in the shower together, singing love songs, with strategically-placed clouds of steam covering all their adult bits.

Anonymous said...

@LouiseF - I think KM was just looking for a way to cleverly work the word "catfish" into the conversation so we could all sigh "Oh, geesh", accompanied by a unison dramatic eye roll.

Steve G said...

KM sneaking in a reference to "Catfishing" - a person creating a fake personality a running a scam, often dating related.

From the movie, then an MTV show.

Nance said...

@KitKat, @Regina Wolfe-Parks—Thank you! I had a few ideas; glad I went with that one.

LouiseF said...

Thanks, Steve G for the lead on the definition of "catfishing" in reference to a dating scam. Leave it to KM to seize on the most esoteric and probably least useful piece of information one could pick up about dating scams..Apparently Estelle's love of cats does not extend to being fished for as one.

Garnet said...

Dumb and Dumber.

I'm not sure who is "Dumb" and who is "Dumber."

Bill the Butcher said...
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KitKat said...

Thursday
Looks like Estelle and Wilbur opted for small plates and jigsaw-puzzle beverages. They’re also unaware that a UFO is RIGHT BEHIND them!