Friday, January 10, 2020

Mary Worth 3265

Despite Iris's hyperbole, I'm gratified to know her misery is rooted in her condition, rather than her relationship.

Also, another spectacular medical exam room in Santa Royale, California!

26 comments:

Yahoonski said...

Yesterday: "Did he test your thyroid?"
Today: "Was your thyroid tested?"
Tomorrow: "Maybe a thyroid test is in order here."

ratswan said...

there faces sure got bloated from yesterday

KitKat said...

Dr. Howard should undergo tests as well because he looks awfully unlike the guy behind the desk yesterday. Also, isn’t he going to examine Iris before ordering tests? At this rate, she could have phoned in. And, Iris, seeing an uninterested guy who dismisses your symptoms and then shows you the door at one visit doesn’t make him “my doctor.” Sheesh.

Iris and Zak look like they’re sitting in a booth at a restaurant. Medical offices in the Worthiverse are peculiar.

Anonymous said...

Dr. Thorough-Good:

"Oh Zak, I see you've found the hypodermic needle I misplaced after seeing my HIV positive patient this morning."

HelenClark

Nance said...

Today's Boldface Haiku is titled

"And Now KM's Medical Expenses Are Tax Deductible".

Thyroid?
No. Aging.
Not. Symptoms.
Fine. Can't!

Tim said...

The reason Zak looks so freaked out is that he can actually feel Iris swelling.

Garnet said...

Iris looks like she's starting to melt in the second panel.

She needs to get a new sweater too. She's been wearing the same one for days - it must smell pretty awful.

Anonymous said...


(Apropos of Helen's comment)

Iris: "Zak, you don't have HIV, do you?"

Zak: "No, of course not."

Iris: "Good, because I don't want to catch it again."

-- Scottie McW.

Downpuppy said...

Sunday : "So this thyroid condition is treatable, but we'll need to coordinate it with your obstetrician."

Chester the Dog said...

Iris is looking (and smelling) pretty ripe in panel 2.

Anonymous said...

Please, nobody poke Iris with a pin, or BOOM!

Michael Beaumier said...

In fairness, nobody looks good in lavender — maybe the doctor can prescribe a different sweater.

Michael Beaumier said...

P.S. — my hometown Mary Worth/Wilbur when he’s not on vacation has a new column out:

https://www.grandforksherald.com/lifestyle/food/4859799-Eat-Beat-Kentucky-Fried-Chicken-offers-warm-Southern-touches-when-the-air-gets-cold

KitKat said...

Saturday
Iris has “a lot going on”? Other than blowing up like a giant balloon and staring at her hairbrush, what’s occupying her time? We haven’t seen her attending classes and studying for well over a year, so how is her schedule overwhelming? And how about Dr. Howard’s non-helpful advice? “You may want to cut back...sit on the sofa and binge watch the Food Network for the next three months.”

TimP said...

Apropos of little else, my spam filters have been rather ineffective lately and one phishing e-mail that I just zapped was ostensibly from 'SilverSingles'.

LouiseF said...

He doesn't even know what's wrong with her, and he's suggesting she "cut back"?! Clearly today's strip is a filler. Bet KM looked up "Top Things Doctors Say in Comic Strips". I looked up favorite doctor cartoons and like this one, which could to apply to both Iris and Wilbur, "No, it's not water. You seem to be retaining food."

Garnet said...

Heh, that's the lady whose Olive Garden review went viral. I've always thought that Olive Garden is the perfect restaurant to take your 80+ year old grandparents to.

She's likely a much better columnist than Wilbur. At least she doesn't pester disaster victims.

Chester the Dog said...

Cut back? On what? Whining? Avoiding real medical treatment? Ignoring your son? Iris is a real mess.

Carlye said...

My only 80+ friend is Italian, and she would cuss me out in that language if I suggested Olive Garden.

LouiseF said...

I love KM's pointed use of a Henny Youngman joke about doctors followed by some mild criticism of Iris' doctor by Doc. Howard. Iris may NOT be thanking him if the blood tests turn up something like latent syphilis.

KitKat said...

“Frankly, I’m surprised your doctor didn’t do the test. Let me guess, was he that quack Dick Dismissive, in the Santa Royale Quickie Med Mart building?”

Garnet said...

OK, maybe not your old Italian friends. I'm thinking more of midwestern or prairie folks (I'm from the prairies in Canada).

Iris appears to be rapidly evolving into a gigantic blobfish.

Chester the Dog said...

Well, that solves that!

Regina Wolfe-Parks said...

MONDAY: I hope Dr. Howard gives her the treatment immediately because Iris is starting look like a blob fish. Also, is she sitting on Zak's lap in panel two.

At least this doctor did some tests. (which he got back really quick. My tests never came back this fast!)

Next time Iris, don't get a doctor from Craig's List.

Bill the Butcher said...

I’m afraid that the doctor is wrong: Irish is obviously fast turning into a Deep One, and it’ll need something approaching a change of species to fix her.

Islamorada Girl said...

And tomorrow, Iris will have shed those 75 pounds she gained overnight and be back to a size 6. I wanted her to be pregnant. This is such a cop out, I want my money back. Shame on both of you. Moy and Brigman! Shame, I say!