Friday, November 25, 2022

Mary Worth 4099

Wait, Iris is over 50 already?? Where has the time gone? Zak and Tommy are the same age, and when Iris first met Zak, he was 25. I figured that Iris probably had Tommy young, perhaps 23 or even younger, placing her at late forties, but that was six years ago. Six years ago. So Iris is now in her early fifties.

So how does it look? I'd say Zak is a gold-digger, but in your case, he's probably just a grave-digger.

11 comments:

KitKat said...

Responding to your secret message, Wanders, take your pick regarding how time works in the Worthiverse:
A. In fits and starts
B. It’s flexible.
C. Not at all
D. It depends on KM’s fancy

Iris is taking classes “at will,” otherwise known as the Dawn Weston Plan: skip declaring a major, take unrelated classes here and there, and spend decades with no progress. Iris will be doing this at 60-something before we know it.

Anonymous said...

It’s the dream of any university dean to have students who continue to pay full tuition while taking classes indefinitely. Who says college needs to be a 4-year experience?

Yahoonski said...

Today's the day Iris gets pulled over and ticketed for driving with obstructed view. Mercy, how could anybody see anything from behind that windshield? She wonders how everything outside looks because she can't see any of it.

Garnet said...

It would be interesting if Zak sold his company and gave the money to internet scammers. I wonder if she'd be so interested in him then?

I also thought she was in her 40s. She really is robbing the cradle.

Ian Cameron, PhD said...

It looks almost as unlikely as the geometry of your minivan, Iris.

trebuchet said...

I've been figuring for a while that Zak's company is actually in the toilet and he wants to marry Iris in order to loot her substantial assets.

Anonymous said...

I’m sure you’ve all see this already — but just in case, life is imitating Wilbur:

https://apple.news/A8lY5pzWYSBWb6x-Q_iwMRg

Chester the Dog said...

Here I am, in my 60's, reading Mary Worth and Me. Am I crazy or just love a great laugh every day?

Yea, Iris, no one is FORCING you to take classes at Local University.

Downpuppy said...

I can get an 84 year old thinking they're 80-something. Years start to run together.
A 54 year old about to be married? Nope. Iris knows her age to the minute.
Comics time is breaking down all over. Gil Thorp is suddenly 60 or older with a 12 year old son, facing a rookie coach who's about 52. Crankshaft/Funky got so disoriented one of them had to die.
And Gasoline Alley..

MissScarlet said...

Apparently, Iris is taking classes at "50 something" or "at will". No wonder she hasn't graduated. She's not even at a school.

@Anonymous: Thanks! I hadn't seen that Wilbur-wanna-be article. Amazing!

Anonymous said...


Yes, thanks for the Wilbur wannabe story, Anon. Boy, he and Sis must have been hitting the sauce hard -- really hard.

-- Scottie McW.

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