tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1370484496614447605.post7199000963437479744..comments2024-03-29T09:38:25.351-04:00Comments on Mary Worth and Me: Mary Worth 2073Wandershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11411177284399969610noreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1370484496614447605.post-46661731231683615062015-06-14T17:26:20.250-04:002015-06-14T17:26:20.250-04:00Thanks for the correction Anonymous Bible Scholar....Thanks for the correction Anonymous Bible Scholar. I did get that confused with the Benjaminite story. Pretty awful stuff either way. Which makes me wonder what the song writer for "Seven Brides" was thinking. marhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12844387673013680999noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1370484496614447605.post-91125817892172391132015-06-14T17:26:07.122-04:002015-06-14T17:26:07.122-04:00Thanks for the correction Anonymous Bible Scholar....Thanks for the correction Anonymous Bible Scholar. I did get that confused with the Benjaminite story. Pretty awful stuff either way. Which makes me wonder what the song writer for "Seven Brides" was thinking. marhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12844387673013680999noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1370484496614447605.post-10277624806229428872015-06-11T11:42:53.608-04:002015-06-11T11:42:53.608-04:00BIBLE SCHOLAR says: Sabine women is from ancient L...BIBLE SCHOLAR says: Sabine women is from ancient Latin mythology, not the Bible. However, there is a similar tale from the book of Judges, where the Benjaminites kidnap wives after most of their tribe is slaughtered. If Adam wants to reenact that he'll have to do some pretty heinous things to a Levite's Concubine.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1370484496614447605.post-91425538521413336142015-06-11T02:28:31.727-04:002015-06-11T02:28:31.727-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.marhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12844387673013680999noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1370484496614447605.post-29783226418103546762015-06-11T02:27:57.518-04:002015-06-11T02:27:57.518-04:00Let's see, romantic Bible stories Adam could u...Let's see, romantic Bible stories Adam could use for inspiration: Noah, but he'd have to book a 40 day cruise on a floating zoo, Ester, but he'd have to threaten to kill all of Terry's peeps, Sabine Women, but he'd have to pull off some serious "Seven Brides for Seven Brothers" dance moves - not so easy with the cane, ah ha Rachel and Leah, I'll have to marry marhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12844387673013680999noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1370484496614447605.post-79985609642742166312015-06-10T18:03:15.655-04:002015-06-10T18:03:15.655-04:00Reminded of Sunday School, when I thought, "1...Reminded of Sunday School, when I thought, "14 years to get married? Wow, they must have been old." They never mentioned the handmaids in Sunday School either.Laura Canonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16574566234310522696noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1370484496614447605.post-15466006261366146422015-06-10T17:26:18.257-04:002015-06-10T17:26:18.257-04:00"My brother Esau is an hairy man," and I..."My brother Esau is an hairy man," and I, Adam, am also an hairy man.<br /><br />Terry: Want some picnic lunch? There's pottage.meghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16157625283959847611noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1370484496614447605.post-14848113738199378892015-06-10T13:52:45.000-04:002015-06-10T13:52:45.000-04:00Tomorrow's strip show show the same scene but ...Tomorrow's strip show show the same scene but with skeletons covered with spider webs sitting on the blanket - Adam's skeleton saying, "I'm still waiting . . ."r u ok?noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1370484496614447605.post-52051968948731185542015-06-10T13:45:08.561-04:002015-06-10T13:45:08.561-04:00@fauxprof: I totally agree! It seems I was wrong y...@fauxprof: I totally agree! It seems I was wrong yesterday when I suggested that Terry's response to Adam would be ... karate CHOP!<br /><br />Instead, Terry's response is ... judo FLIP!<br /><br />@LouiseF: I totally agree! I am totally jonesing for another dose of Toby, my favorite Santa Royalean!<br /><br />Also, Terry assures Adam that he won't have to wait seven years. WE are theDawn Weston's Evil Twinnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1370484496614447605.post-36525947057353235062015-06-10T12:47:02.828-04:002015-06-10T12:47:02.828-04:00Adam subtly suggests that he hopes Terry will die ...Adam subtly suggests that he hopes Terry will die in childbirth.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1370484496614447605.post-52396124201157404442015-06-10T11:26:38.811-04:002015-06-10T11:26:38.811-04:00And on and on the "Will she or won't she&...And on and on the "Will she or won't she" goes. In Moy's world where every woman's salvation is the love of a good man, are we really expected to believe that there is a chance that Terry will say no? If Moy is going to reference scripture, I think it would be more appropriate for her readers if she quoted from the Book of Job.Chin Napkin Groupienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1370484496614447605.post-79033977304914842572015-06-10T10:32:06.499-04:002015-06-10T10:32:06.499-04:00In panel two, Terry is clearly gripping Adam's...In panel two, Terry is clearly gripping Adam's wrist, not affectionately, but defensively. "Move it or lose it, Mister!" After all, he appeared to be shaking her yesterday. It may not be Moy's intended plot, but Uncle Joe is drawing this guy as a dangerous creep.fauxprofhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06517754643773601799noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1370484496614447605.post-74948989727590307432015-06-10T10:09:15.875-04:002015-06-10T10:09:15.875-04:00The anticipated dread I feel for that moment when ...The anticipated dread I feel for that moment when Terry says "YES!" to Adam has me feeling nauseous. I just know it's coming. Could we please have a few more shots of Mary pruning her roses? Or maybe it's time for coffee and muffins and circumspect analysis of Adam and Terry's (non) relationship by Mary and Toby. Anything but these two...Please! LouiseFhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15129421107614192042noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1370484496614447605.post-38864307712741558802015-06-10T09:44:57.293-04:002015-06-10T09:44:57.293-04:00I think Uncle Joe should have told Moy that she di...I think Uncle Joe should have told Moy that she didn't need to check out today's strip before he sent it to press. He could have had some fun (and amused the rest of us) by drawing a "WTH are you talking about?" expression on Terry's face.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1370484496614447605.post-32027538050248693282015-06-10T09:29:58.739-04:002015-06-10T09:29:58.739-04:00I forgot to mention this in my previous post: one ...I forgot to mention this in my previous post: one of the featured items this week at the grocery store I patronize is (rimshot!) "Mary's Gone Crackers." (With the Adam-Terry plot, we can agree that Moy's Gone Crackers as well.)KitKatnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1370484496614447605.post-17290519201526392972015-06-10T09:20:00.626-04:002015-06-10T09:20:00.626-04:00ZZZZZZZZZZzzzzzzzzzzzzz...Oh brother.ZZZZZZZZZZzzzzzzzzzzzzz...Oh brother.Nancehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17627214346956206283noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1370484496614447605.post-31823006889439024882015-06-10T09:00:56.661-04:002015-06-10T09:00:56.661-04:00Wanders, you hit the nail on the head. I wonder if...Wanders, you hit the nail on the head. I wonder if Jacob had grey racing stripes on his head.<br /><br />The hand grabbing Adam's wrist in the second panel belongs to Wilbur Weston, not to Terry. Wilbur's reaching for a sandwich was inadvertently blocked by Adam.KitKatnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1370484496614447605.post-50422857545943704992015-06-10T08:22:19.662-04:002015-06-10T08:22:19.662-04:00You say rapture, I say Armageddon or more likely G...You say rapture, I say Armageddon or more likely Gotterdammerung. Ohhh...I think I hear the fat lady singing. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1370484496614447605.post-36046575229929291312015-06-10T08:17:16.724-04:002015-06-10T08:17:16.724-04:00This is truly insane. Bible references? I'm ...This is truly insane. Bible references? I'm afraid that this lame story line is going to go on until the end of days. <br /><br />Can we not all pray that Adam is raptured ahead of time?smoothhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11528178738335034404noreply@blogger.com