tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1370484496614447605.post4443252596348943340..comments2024-03-27T21:28:52.343-04:00Comments on Mary Worth and Me: Mary Worth 1,440Wandershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11411177284399969610noreply@blogger.comBlogger22125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1370484496614447605.post-641818247854053612012-10-25T08:46:04.359-04:002012-10-25T08:46:04.359-04:00"Jim...let go of my arm! I realize you miss y..."Jim...let go of my arm! I realize you miss your left arm, but you can't have mine!"<br /><br />Continuing the saga of the morphing pink milk cartons -> glasses, today's strip features a glass containing a suspicious brown liquid and a bendy straw. So appetizing! KitKatnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1370484496614447605.post-36821672814846069242012-10-24T22:42:57.553-04:002012-10-24T22:42:57.553-04:00Did Jim just crush Dawn's wrist, causing her h...Did Jim just crush Dawn's wrist, causing her hand to stand straight up?? Gee, I hope so!ethel mertzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00880656196371743292noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1370484496614447605.post-86955539135977019242012-10-24T20:44:06.734-04:002012-10-24T20:44:06.734-04:00I just realized with horror that we have been read...I just realized with horror that we have been reading about whiny Dawn for FIVE ENTIRE MONTHS. She got dumped by Dave back in MAY, setting in motion this entire train wreck (OK, cruise ship wreck/ferry wreck). To quote Karen Moy from her Q&A: "My predecessor sometimes wrote stories that lasted 18 months apiece. But that's too long in today's world. The pacing was too glacial. I Punkynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1370484496614447605.post-54160169799622959062012-10-24T18:41:07.793-04:002012-10-24T18:41:07.793-04:00Sorry. I'd coded the secret message wrong. It&...Sorry. I'd coded the secret message wrong. It's up now.Wandershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11411177284399969610noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1370484496614447605.post-29132108133986335642012-10-24T17:24:44.800-04:002012-10-24T17:24:44.800-04:00No secret message? I suspect foul play. Any vigi...No secret message? I suspect foul play. Any vigilantes around?Bennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1370484496614447605.post-87866935885124922522012-10-24T16:33:17.126-04:002012-10-24T16:33:17.126-04:00@Mike in Cleveland at 2:17
Whether standing at the...@Mike in Cleveland at 2:17<br />Whether standing at the rail of the new ferry or on THE PIER, Jim's final panel should include his left sleeve, unpinned, flying free in the ocean breeze.bricknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1370484496614447605.post-73887220098149502392012-10-24T15:56:25.463-04:002012-10-24T15:56:25.463-04:00God help us, is this going to regress into a "...God help us, is this going to regress into a "Flowers in the Attic" kind of plot? I thought this was a family oriented strip.Carlyenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1370484496614447605.post-421003673411944772012-10-24T15:44:50.097-04:002012-10-24T15:44:50.097-04:00Well, in the real world, we would know that roman...Well, in the real world, we would know that romance is not in the cards because men aren't attracted to women who look like their sister. But with Moy, you never know. This could get creepier than it already is. Not Moynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1370484496614447605.post-25647575168952324562012-10-24T15:00:45.940-04:002012-10-24T15:00:45.940-04:00You know, we - and Dawn - have assumed that Jim is...You know, we - and Dawn - have assumed that Jim is hanging around Mountview for some unspecified post-arm-loss reason.<br /><br />But I wonder if Fauxprof isn't on to something, and he's actually just wandered away from the psych unit...<br /><br />But more importantly, now that we've worked through an ocean liner and are in the middle of a ferry - what's the next Santa Muscatohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04657061324487851341noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1370484496614447605.post-42379144797923236572012-10-24T14:17:12.987-04:002012-10-24T14:17:12.987-04:00Jim appears to be sliding in and out of reality. N...Jim appears to be sliding in and out of reality. Now he's confusing Dawn with his helmet-haired sister, and he has to "protect" her. (And in a true MW tradition, the trivial comparisons march on.)<br /><br />Now, the "you seem almost...familiar" comments have a more ominous meaning. Jim is starting to blank out the memory of his sister and the events of her death, and is Mike in Clevelandnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1370484496614447605.post-15168160656794326532012-10-24T14:13:06.246-04:002012-10-24T14:13:06.246-04:00No secret message today?No secret message today?Thorpnotizednoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1370484496614447605.post-9060000624926531472012-10-24T11:08:30.320-04:002012-10-24T11:08:30.320-04:00Nance@9.06a - very astute reasoning, there. But wh...Nance@9.06a - very astute reasoning, there. But what if it's Moy with a touch of autism?phoebes in santa fehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10083814964836187823noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1370484496614447605.post-31135146472149291222012-10-24T10:44:03.382-04:002012-10-24T10:44:03.382-04:00Welcome back, Wanders! I've missed my daily M...Welcome back, Wanders! I've missed my daily MW riff fix.Delilahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04305544600791569495noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1370484496614447605.post-64131417173686466862012-10-24T10:43:14.223-04:002012-10-24T10:43:14.223-04:00Take your stinking paw off me, you damned dirty ap...Take your stinking paw off me, you damned dirty ape.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1370484496614447605.post-39537239285789181912012-10-24T10:28:58.910-04:002012-10-24T10:28:58.910-04:00@heydave: Love the Haiku. On a related note, I p...@heydave: Love the Haiku. On a related note, I propose a new rule that anyone who uses Twitter MUST compose all their tweets in the form of Haiku. That ought to reduce the traffic.fauxprofhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06517754643773601799noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1370484496614447605.post-21946259114917344342012-10-24T09:09:04.711-04:002012-10-24T09:09:04.711-04:00For all the time she spends in the cafeteria, is D...For all the time she spends in the cafeteria, is Dawn consider a 'resident?'Dave in Parmanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1370484496614447605.post-66918642638300444082012-10-24T09:08:25.948-04:002012-10-24T09:08:25.948-04:00How does Jim defense the slap that is inevitably c...How does Jim defense the slap that is inevitably coming from Dawn's right hand as he holds her left?Dave in Parmanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1370484496614447605.post-781850464050040402012-10-24T09:06:39.033-04:002012-10-24T09:06:39.033-04:00@KitKat--Remember, Jim is a teacher. Unless he is ...@KitKat--Remember, Jim is a teacher. Unless he is on medical leave, he's missing a lot of school as well.<br /><br />Dawn is the most insensitive, narcissistic individual ever. She is completely tone-deaf to anyone else's emotions. I think she has a type of autism.<br /><br />But, of course, since Dawn learned the valuable lesson that Life Goes On when she got over Dave due to the Crisis Nancehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17627214346956206283noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1370484496614447605.post-83152211734490025492012-10-24T08:50:10.030-04:002012-10-24T08:50:10.030-04:00Welcome back, Wanders!
@fauxprof at 7:54 AM, I di...Welcome back, Wanders!<br /><br />@fauxprof at 7:54 AM, I did not know about Dawn's pre-Dr. Drew romances, so thank you. I missed the boyfriend who had to be institutionalized, but Jim is quickly tilting to psycho, so we may have a reboot. <br /><br />Two questions: (1) Does Dawn EVER go to class? (2) Would Jim qualify for Wilbur's "I'm Alive" column?KitKatnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1370484496614447605.post-81154991870182435332012-10-24T08:48:26.913-04:002012-10-24T08:48:26.913-04:00Dawn is a magnet
The weirdness inside of her
Attra...Dawn is a magnet<br />The weirdness inside of her<br />Attracts all that's dumb.heydavehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15509102502417886790noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1370484496614447605.post-36591310813989687992012-10-24T07:54:54.511-04:002012-10-24T07:54:54.511-04:00I'm searching my memory banks, which ain't...I'm searching my memory banks, which ain't what they used to be, for clues to Dawn's checkered love life. Having read Mary Worth for thirty-odd years (some of them very odd, indeed), this is a little sketchy, but...<br /><br />Dawn had a sort of boyfriend several years ago, close to her own age, whatever that is or was. He developed a psychological problem that was severe enough to fauxprofhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06517754643773601799noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1370484496614447605.post-47432427570415692952012-10-24T07:47:47.006-04:002012-10-24T07:47:47.006-04:00The plot should advance tomorrow. We can tell by D...The plot should advance tomorrow. We can tell by Dawn's "!" and the rays of fear emitting from her in panel 2. mrvyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16491878061407709835noreply@blogger.com