Nan: “Oh Zakkie, you have chest hair - how cute! And if you don’t stop introducing me as your former babysitter, I’m going to pull it out strand by strand as you scream.”
Going by Zak’s sloppy introductions, Nan has no surname, and he’s forgotten that Iris’s is Beedie.
Anyway... As we all know, in the Worthiverse, you can tell everything about a woman by the type of earrings she wears. I'm thinking that Nan's cheesy plastic puka shell bangles indicates that she is not going to be a very nice person.
HelenClark
p.s. Unknown @ 9:58 a.m. - When Zak and Iris first met, he was 25. She told him about Tommy, her 25-year-old son, that she had after dropping out of college. So, I think the assumption is that she's about 20 years older than Zak.
I always figured Iris was in her 40s, because she apparently had to drop out of college to raise Tommy. Tommy was 25-ish when this was revealed so I figured that Iris was 20 when she had Tommy and would be 45.
However, it was recently revealed that she is actually in her 50s, making the age gap quite a bit bigger.
Anyway, this whole story line has become creepy and bizarre. Why would a grown woman be willing to stay in town for the wedding of some kid she babysat well over a decade ago? Why is a grown man so fixated on his babysitter? Is Iris going to grow a brain and run for the hills upon realizing Zak sees her as a surrogate babysitter?
Homer Simpson: hamma hamma Ralph Kramden: homina homina Iris Beedie: H-H-HI Cab Calloway: Hi-de hi-de hi-de-ho Big bad wolf: H-h-h-huff Harry von Zell: H-hoobert H-heever
Okay... Nan has the same blonde hair, but longer and lusher... the same blue eyes, but darker and more brilliant... she's younger and can afford to live on Hawaii. BUT Zak... Think! Does Nan have a thyroid condition, no paying job buy endless tuitions fees, and a 25-year-old drug addicted son that she continues (somehow) to pay the rent for? Well, then... No contest, I would say. IRIS... for sure!
If only Zak’s mother can show up looking exactly like the other two ladies. This reminds me of when unidexter Jim was attracted to Dawn, who looked exactly like his tragically deceased sister. Once again, Oedipus wrecks young love.
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H-h-hi, Toby! H-h-have you and Ian been enjoying H-h-Hawaii?
Nan: “Oh Zakkie, you have chest hair - how cute! And if you don’t stop introducing me as your former babysitter, I’m going to pull it out strand by strand as you scream.”
Going by Zak’s sloppy introductions, Nan has no surname, and he’s forgotten that Iris’s is Beedie.
Just curious, what is suppose to be the age difference between Zak and Iris?
Because Zak always adds that Nan was his "former babysitter", I wonder if when he speaks to someone about Iris, he refers to her as: "Iris, my 20-year-older than me, fiancée."
Anyway... As we all know, in the Worthiverse, you can tell everything about a woman by the type of earrings she wears. I'm thinking that Nan's cheesy plastic puka shell bangles indicates that she is not going to be a very nice person.
HelenClark
p.s. Unknown @ 9:58 a.m. - When Zak and Iris first met, he was 25. She told him about Tommy, her 25-year-old son, that she had after dropping out of college. So, I think the assumption is that she's about 20 years older than Zak.
I always figured Iris was in her 40s, because she apparently had to drop out of college to raise Tommy. Tommy was 25-ish when this was revealed so I figured that Iris was 20 when she had Tommy and would be 45.
However, it was recently revealed that she is actually in her 50s, making the age gap quite a bit bigger.
Anyway, this whole story line has become creepy and bizarre. Why would a grown woman be willing to stay in town for the wedding of some kid she babysat well over a decade ago? Why is a grown man so fixated on his babysitter? Is Iris going to grow a brain and run for the hills upon realizing Zak sees her as a surrogate babysitter?
How do you even stutter on the letter H? It probably ends up sounding like that bit from "My Fair Lady" where H-urricanes H-ardly ever H-appen.
Homer Simpson: hamma hamma
Ralph Kramden: homina homina
Iris Beedie: H-H-HI
Cab Calloway: Hi-de hi-de hi-de-ho
Big bad wolf: H-h-h-huff
Harry von Zell: H-hoobert H-heever
Okay... Nan has the same blonde hair, but longer and lusher... the same blue eyes, but darker and more brilliant... she's younger and can afford to live on Hawaii. BUT Zak... Think! Does Nan have a thyroid condition, no paying job buy endless tuitions fees, and a 25-year-old drug addicted son that she continues (somehow) to pay the rent for? Well, then... No contest, I would say. IRIS... for sure!
If only Zak’s mother can show up looking exactly like the other two ladies. This reminds me of when unidexter Jim was attracted to Dawn, who looked exactly like his tragically deceased sister. Once again, Oedipus wrecks young love.
All the tiresome noodling and mindless repetition this strip puts me through is worth it for moments like this.
H-h-hi. W-w-what t-t-the . . ..
-- S-S-Scottie McW.
Great observation, Wanders! There's a LOT of Goop going on here. (BTW, the Mary Worth and I contributors have each hit it OUT of the park today!)
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