Thursday, October 31, 2019

Mary Worth 3220

Liquid Courage is PURPLE?

25 comments:

MDMaryTed said...

Wine for liquid courage? Lightweight.

KitKat said...

When did Welch’s start marketing scotch? Is this a Halloween special?

Nance said...

Today's Boldface Haiku is titled

"Wilbur Finally Lands On His Pre-Existing Condition".

(Why break up?
Work travel?
Something else?
Stupidity before?)

Regina Wolfe-Parks said...

I had to go and look up Macallan 12. It's a top shelf scotch for starters. (Someone must have given it to Wilbur as a gift. I doubt he'd spring 60 bucks for a bottle.) Number two, when is scotch purple? Did he mix it with Welch's grape juice to dilute the taste?

No Wilbur, it wasn't work or any of the other things you mentioned. You're a conceited jerk who hit pause on your relationship with Iris and ran off with Fabian and planned to live a life of inland beaches in Bogota and salsa dancing until "cousin" Pedro came along and spoiled your plans. You came back $30,000 poorer, but not any wiser. You figured that Iris was sitting by the phone, pining away for you. When she wasn't you became a crazed stalker and then drowned yourself (literally and figuratively) with karaoke.

To put it bluntly: Wilbur, you're a drunken jerk.

Regina Wolfe-Parks said...

@kitkat, you beat me to the punch about Welch's. (No pun intended, Wilbur.)

Regina Wolfe-Parks said...

One more thing: I'd like to think that Wilbur will say this line from Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy: "I love scotch. Scotchy, scotch, scotch. Here it goes down, down into my belly..."

RogerBW said...

Grape juice? No, this is Wilbur. Methylated spirits.

Anonymous said...


"Why did Iris and I break up anyway?"!!! Did he really ask that?????

IT'S BECAUSE YOU DUMPED HER FOR A HOT EMPANADA, THAT'S WHY, YOU TORPID IMBECILE!

Jeez, this guy's cluelessness is incredible.

It's too bad McCallan's doesn't bottle self-awareness.

-- Scottie McW.

Chester the Dog said...

He is going to go all Jill Black on us. (An old reference, hope you get it)

Richard Koloda said...

you know --something positive might come out of this --the whiskey might make Wilbur tolerable and likeable. So Iris takes him back.

richard Koloda said...

just realkized that around this time ALdo Kelrast did the Thelma and louise (Sept 27th is Aldo Kelrast day) --wonder if the Schotch was taken by Wilbur when they cleaned out Kelrast's condo --anyway let us hope for the pufferfish sushi.

Anonymous said...

I don't really want to stick up for Wilbur here, but wasn't it actually Iris who broke up with him? I just went back to Nov. 11, 2016 (via Wander's archives under the label: Blah Blah Bench) and Iris is telling Wilbur that she wants to live separate lives while he's traveling for the next year. Just saying that I'm sort of confused as to which one of these dopes broke up with the other one first.

Chester the Dog said...

Moy is confused too.

r u ok? said...

HA! Jill Black, but with singing. That would be awesome.

LouiseF said...

Sounds like it's time for Estelle to learn "I'm Gonna Wash that Man Right Outta My Hair" on the piano.

Anonymous said...

I hear that train a'rollin'
It's rollin' down the track
I hear that Wilbur fallin' down
Oh, wait... was that a splat?!

Grumpy Ole Doc

Garnet said...

This is getting kind of good.

I do believe Wilbur is going to pull a "Jill Black" on us. I hope he makes a huge spectacle of himself in front of Zack.

He really deserved to be dumped. He ditched Iris for a younger lady who was clearly a scammer.

Anonymous said...

I suppose purple scotch makes about as much sense as anything else in this strip.

HelenClark

r u ok? said...

@Garnet - I agree. Depending on how this plays out today's panel might vie for panel of the year - "Purple Courage" TM by The Macallan

Michael Beaumier said...

Now I’m gonna be worried that Wilbur will be too drunk to drive himself up to Suicide Point after dinner. With any luck, Mary can drive him.

TimP said...

Pretty sure that if Wilbur's planning to pick up Estelle with Scotch on his breath, he should switch his panel two monologue into the present tense.

Steve said...

Wilbur will wind up in a Purple Haze.

Ehrrin said...

He just liked the scotch bottle. He used it to pour his leftover wine coolers into.

Otismaximus said...

Time Hop- 11/5/2016
Wilbur: I don’t want to regret living a life without adventure! I have a chance to do it now!
Iris: I see. But twelve months? We’d be separated again for a whole year!
Wilbur: Time goes quickly. I’ll be back after that! Try to see it my way...

Ham Gravy said...

Purple Drank yo.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Purple_drank