I have no idea who Mister Optimist is, but let this be a lesson to us all. Just because two middle-aged people embrace at the hospital is no reason to be happy for them. Although they may look like they've got it made with their fancy clothes, expensive haircuts, and passionate kissing, what Mister Optimist clearly doesn't realize is that the Johnsons are still saddled with tens of thousands of dollars worth of consumer debt; their emotional states fluctuate from one extreme ("I can't go on like this") to the other ("I love you so much!"); and Mr. Johnson insists on wearing his sombrero in the house. No, you just can't judge a book by its cover.Today's Full Strip
This has to be one of the lamest story lines ever...I keep waiting for SOMETHING to happen.
ReplyDeleteSyndi, I hope this blog can help ease your pain. And perhaps one day you will look back on the bonny Bonnie Johnson story with as much sentiment as I look back on Toby's identity theft story.
ReplyDeleteMister/Doctor Optimist thinks with his mouth open.
ReplyDeleteIs that guy supposed to be Dr. Roberts? Or is he the next victim -- I mean, focus of the next storyline?
ReplyDeleteStory line? You call what Moy writes a story line? What flows from Moy's pen is not unlike what flows from a bear in the woods. If Allen Saunders weren't dead, Moy's writing would kill him.
ReplyDeleteDr. Optimist is thinking about how lucky Bonnie and Ernie are, but he's looking at Mary. I mean, he's really LOOKING at Mary!
ReplyDeleteDoes he think they are so lucky because they have her as a neighbor?
What else could he possibly think makes them so lucky: A man on the verge of financial ruin, married to a woman who becomes masculine on weekdays, presumably because her weekly dose of hormones is taken on Fridays and wears off completely by Monday.
Doctor optimist must be looking elsewhere to see anything pleasant about their lives.
Please, oh please, let him be another Aldo Kelrast! We've endured so many lame storylines, always in the hope of another Aldo. We deserve this!
Mary and the mystery optimist (or a bungled representation of Jeff Cory) are communicating, and speaking - but only thought clouds are emitted!
ReplyDeleteI think there's another case of Dr. Jeff's jealousy looming, as Dr. Optimist inquires of Mary what she did to cause the Johnsons to be so fortunate, and can she do that for him, too.
ReplyDeleteBut Mary DOES judge a book by its cover! All is on the surface in Mary's world.
ReplyDeleteMeanwhile, the nurses upstairs are having a discussion with the Mountview Hospital volunteer coordinator regarding Mary Worth's very poor job performance!
ReplyDelete"We sent her off thirty minutes ago with files to be delivered pre-surgery to Dr. Good, and he just called to say he hasn't gotten them! This stuff happens FAR too frequently with Ms. Worth!! It seems she only wants to yap and flirt with doctors! Something must be done!"
I wondered if the guy is Dr Drew, returned from Vietnam. He kinda looks like him, a little, anyway. I hated Dr Drew with a passion, but I can't remember why.
ReplyDeleteShouldn't Jeff's daughter be getting married, soon? Maybe she'll have a neurotic bridesmaid- or maybe one of the ushers has a daddy complex?
ReplyDeleteI would like to know if that is Mary's man-thumb, tickling Mr. Optimist under the chin.
ReplyDeleteMaybe that's why his mouth fell open...
Vicki: I totally agree. MW's job must be on the line. She spends more time yapping with her friends than doing any real work.
ReplyDeleteMaybe she thinks that "MountvieW" really means MW as in Mary Worth (given her poor eyesight).
Mary is moving in for the kill (aka Dr. Roberts). She really can't live without meddling. Maybe Dr. Roberts will able to stop her ... naw, not likely.
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