Monday, October 5, 2020

Mary Worth 3473

So, I go away for a week, and this happens? People are wearing food again, ala muffin hats? You know how we love when Mary Worth characters wear food!

It's good to be home. Mrs. Wanders and I had a very enjoyable week in the mountains, and I'm really glad she forced me to come with her. We had not realized that we were arriving in time for peak autumn colors. We had lots of rain and wind, but it seemed to come at mostly convenient times. We were still able to enjoy nightly campfires and cooking outdoors. And there were loons and it was just like On Golden Pond, if they lived in a tent. Would you like to see some pictures? I was hoping you'd say that.

18 comments:

fauxprof said...

I love the hot dog statue. Trust Wanders to find such a thing, and to share it with us. (Mustard on hot dogs, not ketchup. Chili is good, too, but not ketchup.)

Regina Wolfe-Parks said...

Glad you and Mrs. Wanders had a great time! Great pictures and looks like you had a blast, which is more than I can say for us. Between Toby and Mary snarking about Tommy and Iris over muffins, it was a total dull fest.

This is definitely a candidate for panel of the year.

My guess is "Babe" is sees that Tommie is a complete dork that is going nowhere with his stock boy job and is going to say no, sending our Tommi9e on a downward spiral in the hamfisted way that KM can do.

MDMaryTed said...

Glad you had a nice vacation Wanders. Nice pictures! As to the new story: Let's not get our hopes up here. Remember how Dawn and the French guy broke up and remember the just finished Maddie story? KM's idea of conflict is to avoid conflict. Tommy will think about doing drugs, go to Mary because his mom is too busy with her boy toy, he'll eat muffins, see the error of his ways, apologize to Brandy and agree to a 10 year engagement to give Brandy the time she needs.

Anonymous said...

Nice photos, Wanders. I hear Gorton's is looking for a new fisherman.

Yes, I think Tommy is looking at the famous: "I love you, but..."

Hope he kept the name of his dealer in his contact list.

HelenClark

Anonymous said...


Looks and sounds like you had a fabulous time, Wandering Wanders. Thanks for the pix.

Only a Communist would put ketchup on a hot dog.

"Babe, will you marry me." Show of hands, ladies -- Who could resist a romantic proposal like that? Hmm, that would be everybody. Just as I thought.

Brandy replies, "Um, that depends on what the meaning of 'yes' is."

Yeah, it looks Tommy will be checking into Heartbreak Hotel. Right after he visits a "pharmacy without walls."

-- Scottie McW.

KitKat said...

Welcome back, Mr. and Mrs. W! I'm so glad that you had an enjoyable time, and that even the wind and rain cooperated. Thanks for sharing the photos. If that Hot Dog Guy were a real person (maybe a mascot?), it would be boffo if he officiated at the Beedie-Babe nuptials. "Repeat after me: With this onion ring, I thee wed." I suppose it's safe to assume that the reception will not be catered by Jerry's Sandwich Shop.

Agreed, mustard on hot dogs! And make it Bertman's Ball Park Mustard, not Stadium Mustard!

Nance said...

Today's Boldface Haiku is titled

"Even A Week-Long Recap Can't Make Me Care About This".

Marry?
Tommy...
Love...
Yes?

Nance said...

Wanders, these are great photos (and captions). If anyone can find a smirking hotdog statue for a photo-op, it's you.

Garnet said...

That looks like a nice area to camp!

A proposal in a diner with an onion ring? How could Brandy say no to such a romantic proposal!

MissScarlet said...

Welcome back Wanders! We missed you!

Anonymous said...

Repost

Tommy, that's been done. Homer Simpson asked Marge to marry him with an onion ring. She took it off because the oil was burning her finger, then Homer ate it.

Eat it Tommy! EAT IT!

Anonymous said...


"Tommy, I love you too. But, um, you're kind of a loser. I mean, marriage? Like for the rest of our lives? Nothing personal, but I don't want to live paycheck to paycheck and hand to mouth. Let's just keep it casual, okay?"

"But Baaaaaabe . . ."

"Finish your onion rings, Tommy. I've got to get home and wash my hair tonight."

-- S. McW.

Anonymous said...

Tommy learned a $30,000 lesson from Wilbur: don't spend a ring until it's locked down.

LouiseF said...

Lovely, M. Wanders! Autumn! So glad you got to see leaves. Considering how messed up the rest of 2020 has been, I love stories of trips gone well. In MW news, I think it's time to add "I Got You, Babe" to the Charterstone jukebox, especially that line about not having "a pot".

Anonymous said...


“When I give food to the poor, they call me a saint. When I put ketchup on my hot dog, they call me a communist.” Slightly tainted version of a quote by Helder Camara; Essential Writings.

Having been a vegetarian for the last 40 years or so, I haven’t eaten any real hot dogs since. Ethical reasons; not health. But should I ever find myself on death row and asked what I’d like for my last meal, it might well be a hot dog. With KETCHUP, not mustard. And… it would have to be Heinz; not Hunts. Then again, it might also be a bologna sandwich on Wonder Bread with American cheese and yellow mustard.

HelenClark

Anonymous said...


Helen, on behalf of all non-Communists everywhere, we wish you a healthy and non-death row life.

But I agree with you about Heinz. Best stuff out there. I love it on turkey sandwiches.

-- S. McW.

Anonymous said...

Thank you, S.McW... Heinz on a turkey sandwich... a man after my own heart...

HC

katyb said...

Wanders, the pix are wonderful! and that smirking hot dog would work well over at Funky Winkerbean. That said, mustard and onions, maybe a bit of pickle relish, at PNC Park watching the usually unsatisfying Pittsburgh Pirates. If you are ever in Pgh, best dogs are here:

D's Six Pax and Dogz