Several thoughts on Jill's story so far...- It looks like Jordan may have escaped from this disastrous situation just in the nick of time.
- Jill is still so drunk that she's started to suck her thumb... or she thinks she's still holding a bottle of booze.
- Mary's arms must have retracted into her chest. Otherwise, where are her elbows?
JILL: My fiance left me stranded at the altar.
ADRIAN: So you have wedding planning experience...?
Today's Full Strip
Time unfolds into irrelevant creases... or something. We're going to get Jill's back story, at length and ad nauseum for weeks now, then suddenly her skies will clear and she'll be that True Friend to Adrian, just in time for her to bind herself to an orange suit.
ReplyDeleteYou know what would be awesome? If Jordan was a chick. I know Jill says "man" in the first panel but she's drunk and not sure if Mary will accept that she is gay and so she is just saying that. Then Jill can launch into a diatribe about how she and Jordan couldn't get married because of the stupid laws against it. Since a comic strip of Mary Worth's caliber is now advocating gay marriage, our elected officials will have no choice but to get on board and let it be legal. The story can end with Mary breaking the "fourth wall" and addressing us directly, thanking Congress for the new law. Then she and Jill will hook up and Mary Worth wil be awesome.
ReplyDeleteObserve in this panel the slowly rising terror that Jill is trying to conceal as she realizes Mary's supernatural abilities, that as Wanders has mentioned, include, but are not limited, to being able to absorb her own arms into her torso. No wonder Jill is wishing for more booze!
ReplyDelete"When I was young and had a lot to learn. Whenever we disagreed, I wouldn't speak to him for weeks!"
ReplyDeleteSurely one of the best Moy lines evah! Only in the Worthiverse can Mary think she has a relationship with someone who wouldn't care if she spoke to him "for weeks".
Thanks for posting this gem, Wanders.
I guess that Jordan realized what a drunk Jill was and headed for the hills!
ReplyDeleteWhenever I eat at Lenny's, I always ask for the table next to the pie rack, too!
ReplyDeleteAt breakfast this morning I tried to hold my coffee mug like Mary does - you know, just to see if it's even anatomically possible - whereupon it nearly spilled its scalding contents into my lap. Yup, just like her hair, Mary's arms must be retractable. That, or she just sprouted tiny little T-Rex arms for lesser tasks.
ReplyDeleteWhere are they sitting, and what sort of place would have a pie rack in the corner? Is this place some sort of pie-centric eatery, a pie bar of sorts, with shelves and racks of pies all over the place? Is this a Santa Royale thing?
ReplyDeletePower of suggestion. Mary cleverly positions herself near pie rack HOPING Jill will offer to buy her a piece of lemon meringue pie. And knowing Jill is too drunk to eat the meringue off, the way Adrian did! Mary is such a mooch!
ReplyDeleteI could be wrong, but isn't there a tense agreement problem in the sentence "But that's not what happened...was it?" Shoudn't it be "that's not what happened...is it?"
ReplyDeleteI think Jill must be tempted to answer Mary with, "well, DUH!".
ReplyDelete@ Pat P. 12:56: Yes, you're right. "That IS not what happened...IS it?"
ReplyDeleteWe all expect that Mary's meddling will save Adrian and Jill's friendship, restore order to the wedding party, and cement Mary and Jeff's dance partnership. So how soon after the wedding will Scott remember he has an orange-suited twin to fix up with Jill? Do I hear wedding bells...again? Or will Scott cheat on Adrian with Jill, as in the real world?
"No...what happened was: I had a short, regrettable affair with a rich frat boy, got pregnant, broke up with Jordan without telling him why, left town, gave birth to a little blond boy, changed my name to Abby, faked my own death, and have been lying about my age for decades now. I've been haunting all the dives of Santa Royale, getting drunk and searching for Jordan. Perhaps he changed HIS name, too. I only hope I find him before my drinking causes me to lose my job."
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