tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1370484496614447605.post8937570180850578332..comments2024-03-28T09:34:54.259-04:00Comments on Mary Worth and Me: Mary Worth 1,346Wandershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11411177284399969610noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1370484496614447605.post-33939808749012958052012-07-10T21:32:14.017-04:002012-07-10T21:32:14.017-04:00KitKat stole my keenly observant comment. I guess ...KitKat stole my keenly observant comment. I guess it must be An Age Thing: Mary is elderly, thus she has to bundle up whilst Toby can cavort about in a sleeveless number with a plunging neckline.<br /><br />That sort of outfit got her the attentions of the professor. And look what it did for her intellect! She perceptively offered a very appropriate cliche in panel two. <br /><br />Nancehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17627214346956206283noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1370484496614447605.post-36859064652993379592012-07-10T21:11:22.982-04:002012-07-10T21:11:22.982-04:00Mary's one shoulder is bugging me. It's w...Mary's one shoulder is bugging me. It's way bigger than the other one and looks painful. Quite frankly, Mary looks pretty miserable all over. I don't think this "Ask Wendy" gig is going too well for her.Vickinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1370484496614447605.post-28521409665478827532012-07-10T20:01:47.259-04:002012-07-10T20:01:47.259-04:00I'll make a pact with you Wanders - if you don...I'll make a pact with you Wanders - if you don't give up hope and don't give up on yourself then I won't give up hope or give up on myself. Thank's for helping me see, literally, the bigger picture.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1370484496614447605.post-365888169553879852012-07-10T15:10:43.887-04:002012-07-10T15:10:43.887-04:00Mary is holding a grasshopper in her cupped hands....Mary is holding a grasshopper in her cupped hands. If Toby can snatch it away from her, she'll inherit the Ask Wendy column.Shmoopienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1370484496614447605.post-78182969441520168742012-07-10T11:40:35.750-04:002012-07-10T11:40:35.750-04:00I found that you do not need to type in the number...I found that you do not need to type in the numbers to prove you're not a bot, just the letters.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1370484496614447605.post-4426007143510323772012-07-10T11:38:42.969-04:002012-07-10T11:38:42.969-04:00Yeah, well there is no silver lining to the cloud ...Yeah, well there is no silver lining to the cloud that is this story.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1370484496614447605.post-77531131553073884722012-07-10T10:30:35.833-04:002012-07-10T10:30:35.833-04:00Bring me a pregnant Dawn and I'll reconsider m...Bring me a pregnant Dawn and I'll reconsider my despair.<br /><br />But thanks for the larger pictures. Love the fine lawn details!heydavehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15509102502417886790noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1370484496614447605.post-8821749306766828302012-07-10T09:44:05.734-04:002012-07-10T09:44:05.734-04:00Are the Charterstone landscapers on strike? That&#...Are the Charterstone landscapers on strike? That's quite a jungle that's growing - looks more like the forests of the Deep South than California.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1370484496614447605.post-59434470781263065072012-07-10T09:12:41.226-04:002012-07-10T09:12:41.226-04:00OK, so Moy aims for three stories per year, or an ...OK, so Moy aims for three stories per year, or an average of four months per story. The Nola Wolvenson story lasted approximately 2.75 months. The Gina/Bobby wedding arc ran for about 3/4 of a months The total for those two stories is only three and a half months. This leaves us a potential of more than eight months for the current Dawn and Wilbur Weston story to play out. As of today, we Thorpnotizednoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1370484496614447605.post-21806777694382198732012-07-10T08:57:39.477-04:002012-07-10T08:57:39.477-04:00"Something good can come from everything that..."Something good can come from everything that happens...." Mary is channeling Professor Pangloss, apparently. Note to Karen Moy: "Candide" is a satire.<br /><br />What's the temperature in Santa Royale? Toby is wearing a tank top while Mary is bundled up (in joyless black and purple yet - yeesh).<br /><br />Wanders, thanks for the larger panel. I can hardly wait to see KitKatnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1370484496614447605.post-61751400193340083032012-07-10T08:56:48.103-04:002012-07-10T08:56:48.103-04:00Mary, if you don't stop trying to cheer me up,...Mary, if you don't stop trying to cheer me up, I may fling myself off a ledge. Seriously, this woman's attempts at being uplifting are the most depressing thing I've ever seen.Ginahttp://dickensblog.typepad.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1370484496614447605.post-43259107849041037542012-07-10T08:32:22.443-04:002012-07-10T08:32:22.443-04:00If the letters to "Ask Wendy" reflect th...If the letters to "Ask Wendy" reflect the despair and hopelessness of the community, perhaps Dawn is simply the product of her environment. Maybe Wilbur's instincts were correct in removing his daughter from the hellhole that is Santa Royale.<br /><br />Speaking of which, I prefer droopy Dawn in Italy to droopy Mary in California. Let's have the cruise, Moy! I'm eager to fauxprofnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1370484496614447605.post-58678521833520305292012-07-10T07:39:51.536-04:002012-07-10T07:39:51.536-04:00I came back from vacation filled with so much opti...I came back from vacation filled with so much optimism and hope (yes, I wrote to Ask Wendy about it), only to find a Mary Worth story that's stuck on the repeat cycle, whether it's in Santa Royale or (all over) Italy. I feel tuffenuf's pain - this storyline has taken all the fun out of commenting. <br /><br />For those who have mentioned the glacial pacing, I quote to you from The Punkynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1370484496614447605.post-43646736342648712142012-07-10T07:15:35.542-04:002012-07-10T07:15:35.542-04:00And Wanders, thanks for the larger panels.
More ...And Wanders, thanks for the larger panels. <br /><br />More color! More green stuff in the background!Peggy Olsonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1370484496614447605.post-77345621630623595212012-07-10T07:13:47.176-04:002012-07-10T07:13:47.176-04:00Toby's expressions in today's strip are pr...Toby's expressions in today's strip are priceless! Such resignation when she says, "Ah yes, the silver lining. Every cloud has one."<br /><br />Has Toby finally realized that she settled for a pompous, older, insufferable professor - and she's desperately trying to spin her life with a silver lining? <br /><br />I suspect that one of Ask Wendy's letters was signed by TC Peggy Olsonnoreply@blogger.com