I love when people use the phrase "with all due respect" to mean "you do not deserve my respect, so I'm going to say this now." And Mary Worth would be right to say it because Adrian is a moron. It's like her only defining character trait is that she's absolutely incapable of judging a person's character. Mary needs to dump that left over pasta on Adrian's head. It might wake her up, and at the very least it will cover that horrible case of ringworm on her scalp.Today's Full Strip
I want to know more about those work meetings where Jill stood up for Adrian when she needed it most.
ReplyDeleteBig Boss: "We need to let Adrian go. Now that we've discovered that her medical degree is from a correspondence school of culinary arts, I think we have complete justification to fire her."
Jill "HAHAHA I want to keep her here. She makes me laugh with all her stupid mistakes. Regular doctors are boring"
I know what Jill's problem is... it is so simple.
ReplyDeleteShe has a crush on Adrian. God knows why, but it is about time that Mary Worth dealt with some sort of minority issue.
Why not this one.
Mary moved her cookies from the bowl to the jar. I agree, Adrian is an idiot. The Mountview staff must play practical jokes on her all day.
ReplyDeleteINTERCOM: "Dr. Corey, please meet Dr. Pepper in the cafeteria."
ADRIAN: "Oh my, an emergency!"
After Adrian's declaration during dinner that she is happy with the wedding planning, Mary manages to convince her she has no business feeling so good. With a little effort, she'll get Scott down in the dumps, too. And if Adrian realizes how wrong she was to think of Jill as a friend, so much the better.
ReplyDeleteThat anomalous chest mark shows up on so many characters and has been bothering me for months! So it's ringworm... well, good to finally know what it is, anyway.
ReplyDeleteI noticed today's proper cookie jar too. My assumption was that Mary transferred the cookies just in time so Adrian could hurl into the now empty bowl. She sure looks a little pale. Oh, wait, that's still the color draining from everything except Adrian's all absorbing black sweater.
ReplyDeleteYou would think that losing $50,000to a con man would have resulted in some self reflection and growth. But no. And why is Adrian always wearing a football helmet?
ReplyDeleteShe's right, you know, about Jill always being on her side. That woman has offered her insight and experience, risking criticism and ridicule, in a tireless effort to prevent Adrian from exposing herself as foolish and bland to future in laws and other out of town wedding guests.
ReplyDeleteWIth all due respect to Mary, Adrian could use a friend like Jill, someone to honestly and frankly advise Adrian AGAINST following her heart. I only wish she had been with Adrian back when Ted asked for that 50 grand.
I'm on the edge of my seat. When will that cookie jar come into play?? It's like Chekhov's gun, lying in wait...
ReplyDeleteIs the colorist running out of blue ink, and had already rationed them for Adrian's pants rather than her hair? Oh dear, the problems of modern drawing!
ReplyDeleteWanders, I was thinking exactly the same thing with Mary's, "With all due respect" claim! Oh Mary, you jokester, pretending to respect anyone else!
It's depressing that Adrian can't see how Jill is messing with her! Obviously, Jill is uber jealous, but instead of mocking Adrian's dress and stationary, she should be more conerned about her random change in hair color! I liked Adrian WAY more as a brunette. :(
ReplyDeleteWhatever happened at Mountview must have been a doozy!!!
ReplyDeleteAdrian is getting so agitated reliving it, she's about to grab Mary's hand off right that bowl!
Next thing we know there will be slippery pasta--or whatever -- and broken ceramic pcs. all over the kitchen floor! That bowl is prolly an antique, too, like mARY. What a mess!
"Hey, Mary, Jill is a real friend. She stood up for me at that hospital meeting when they wanted to fire me for amputating the wrong leg. Geez, mistakes happen! And she helped the cover-up when some picky, picky doctors thought that I was guilty of malpractice. It's hard to find friends like that! It's thanks to Jill that I'm still able to (rarely) practice medicine."
ReplyDeleteAdrian certainly does get agitated whenever ANYONE--Mary included--questions her choice of friends or fiancee.
ReplyDeleteMeanwhile, Jill has a lot to learn about the fine art of breaking up others' relationships. Notice how skillfully Mary plants the idea in Adrian's little brain that Jill is not her friend after all, since she's "unsupportive outside of work." Pay attention, Jill. The key word is SUBTLE!
The cookie jar, carefully labelled "cookies" so we won't mistake the contents for salmon squares, is there for the food fight that will ensue between Mary and Adrian over Jill. Will Scott and Jeff leave the living room and stop the melee before Mary breaks the empty jar over Adrian's head?
ReplyDeleteWhere to begin on today's strip (since the wedding's so focused on me and Scott?) except to say, "Slap her, Mary, go ahead."
ReplyDeleteRun, Scott, Run!
ReplyDeletetwo things popped at me from this strip:
ReplyDeleteFirst, the backhanded slap at Mary by the use of bold font on "My friend". That's right Mary: MY friend. Not YOUR friend.
Secondly, I love Mary's "how DARE you disagree with me young lady" look.
I think Mary's about to have some sort of medical emergency. First, she's showing mental confusion by trying to put that big bowl in the door of the fridge, where it obviously won't fit. Then, she's holding onto the fridge for dear life.
ReplyDeleteOh, if only there were a doctor readily available to help her!
Jill is going to be part of the wedding...oh no...call Bridezillas!
ReplyDeleteIf this leads to a food fight at the reception and a swimming pool catfight dunking between Jill and Adrian, it will be the best story ever!
ReplyDeleteYeah, what's with Mary's hand still on the fridge door whilst her body is turned all the way around to the front!? She's also going to need a chiropractor!!
ReplyDelete"Hello, Jill? It's me, Adrian. Hey, I know my wedding's focused a spotlight of attention on me-the bride, well, me and Scott- and it's only natural that a type A person like yourself would be feeling neglected. But I want you to know that I will NOT let my wedding interfere with our friendship!"
ReplyDelete"ha ha ha ha ... OUR friendship?"
"Jill, it's not for me to ask, but you seem... a little... down on the whole marriage business: my dress, my invitation... Scott."
"No, you two are wonderful, superb, extraordinary people, really."
"So I've decided to give YOU some of my spotlight. I'm inviting you to be IN my wedding! You can be my BRIDESMAID!!!"
@Chester: still laughing at the Dr Pepper comment. Somehow I can visualise it exactly. Wouldn't it be great to see *that* in a Mary Worth comic???
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