Catching up is something you do with a friend you haven't see in a while. Not the illegitimate son you've never met. Also, you're not supposed to connect with him on many levels, or use that phrase in a sentence. Any sentence. Ever. It's just weird.But I'm glad it was nice. I thought it was nice too. It was a great conversation, and I'm happy that you decided to buy some fish on the way home.
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ReplyDeleteAren't most of those fish people catch carried in ice-containers? Or, do people really walk around with fish on hooks?
ReplyDeleteOh, and I agree with your point about "connect". And, has ANYBODY checked this guy out before letting him stay indefinitely in the apartment?
Dawn, how about cleaning and cooking these fish that another fisherman gave us?
ReplyDeleteArt is looking unusually cartoony.
ReplyDeletelev-el (noun)
ReplyDelete1. a position on a real or imaginary scale
2. a social, moral, or intellectual standard
3. a position in a real or notional hierarchy
4. a height or distance from the ground or another base
I choose #4. Wilbur and Kurt connected on many heights and distances from the water... or pier post?
Wanders, you crack me up! You are RIGHT, of course, about Wilbur and Kurt's many "levels" of "connection". (And about Dawn's boiling blouse, the poor dear.)
ReplyDeleteI see no need for Wilbur to clean that fish--just plop it into Dawn's boiling pot and see what floats to the top. Or cut it into squares and send it down to Mary's place.
It seems that Dawn is making dog food for dinner.
ReplyDeleteWhere is Kurt staying, anyway? Is ths a three bedroom condo?
Like Moy, Wilbur doesn't have many levels. They are the same on the depth chart.
ReplyDeleteHow can a character have many "levels" in a story with none?
ReplyDeleteAnd, ok, I don't normally post word verification letter combos, but mine literally says "ballsac" and I have to type it now to get this to post. Sheesh.
This whole storyline just gives me an uneasy restlessness, not to mention being totally creeped out.
ReplyDeleteI think Wilbur got so into being a dad to a boy that he tried to re-enact the opening title scene of "The Andy Griffith" show, where he was Andy, Kurt was Opie, and it was the last time anyone ever saw somebody carrying their catch-o'-the-day home on a line. It doesn't look like it in either panel, but I betcha Wilbur's whistling!
ReplyDeleteDawn IS standing dangerously close to that kettle; did Mary teach her to cook?
Where's Wilbur? That man has a passing resemblance to someone. Can't put my finger on it.
ReplyDeleteDawn is sporting a particularly strained expression today... an expression that seems to say, "Hey Dad! It's not like I was hating on you and your great new 'son' during the entire duration of your fishing trip! More canned peas?"
ReplyDeleteI'm sorry. Old Wilbur is looking a little too "Brokeback Mountain"-ish, wandering into the kitchen with a limp fish, all pretending like he was really "fishing."
ReplyDeleteHe and Kurt, wearing women's shoes, connected on many "levels."
I guess he's explaining the unsettling movements of Kurt and Wilbur forward, backward, left and right, on laps, on the tackle box, etc, etc.
All over the damn pier. And of course, he and Kurt will be going fishing, and connecting on so many levels, again.