"It doesn't matter how... It doesn't matter that you were a fool to lose $50,000 to a con man... it doesn't matter that you fell in love with the cop who 'saved' you... it doesn't matter that you make three times as much money as him... What matters is that you are both desperate enough to think you're happy together..."Today's Full Strip
I think its fascinating that Jill's speech slipped right out of the letter on unto today's blog post! I'm sure that if we read the rest of the letter, that's EXACTLY what it would say! Wanders, how did you know?
ReplyDeleteMary looks mad in panel 1, and I was afraid that her tiny fist of fury would rise. But then Moy reminded me ONCE AGAIN that Adrian and Scott have found happiness with each other. Thank you, I almost forgot.
ReplyDeleteAt the pace this story is moving, we can expect 2 more giant white arrows a day for the rest of the week, conveying Mary-like Jill platitudes. Their night of attitude adjustment (brain washing?) in the pie shop/coffee place was a total success. Go Mary! Still undefeated!
I'm starting to worry about Adrian's co-dependency issues, frankly. Look how intently she's reading Jill's letter, and then look at her big grin in the second panel. Wedding day shmedding day - what matter is what JILL thinks... Wait, what am I saying? She's the only point of interest in this entire storyline. Carry on, Adrian!
ReplyDeleteYes, Mary does look mad in panel 1. That's because she's waiting to hear what Jill's REAL wedding gift is. You don't think an apology is a wedding gift, do you, Mary?
ReplyDeleteWithin a few weeks, we will all hear the rest of the letter revealed: "...no matter how. So to make amends for my horrific behavior at your totally rockin' rehearsal dinner, enclosed are two tickets for an all-expenses-paid honeymoon to Some Exotic Place That's Not Too Far From Santa Royale."
Yeah, that Jill must have some serious power over Adrian, like some kind of implanted symbiant or some other such sci-fi thing.
ReplyDeleteAnd by the way, sorry I wasn't here for the gala night of Worthy Winners; been on vacation here. But just reading that list gives me such a buzzy feeling! Thanks!
Ahh, so Jill's gift is her approval. Personally, I would have preferred silver salt and pepper shakers.
ReplyDeleteI'm sure there are a couple of coupons for free tacos in that envelope somewhere.
ReplyDeleteJill is the master of the passive-aggressive note. That one sentence ''It doesn't matter how'' will haunt Adrian all the days of her life. I'm going to incorporate that phrase into everything I write, from now on. It doesn't matter how.
ReplyDeleteAh, the ultimate in cheap gifts! Get drunk and obnoxious at the rehearsal dinner, so that you can write an apology as a wedding gift. I'll have to remember that for future weddings -- it will save a lot of money and shopping time.
ReplyDeleteI hope hope hope the envelope contains a hand-drawn and fancily scripted certificate stating, "I, Jill Black, hereby certify and APPROVE of the marriage nuptials between Adrian Corey and Scott Hewlett on this day...such and such.... in the year of our Lord, etc. etc.)
ReplyDeleteSigned, Jill Black, "your TRUE friend"
Oh, that would be the best gift of all! And then if Scott would put his arm around Adrian and tenderly call her "Queenie"... that would be the most perfect day EVER for the new bride!
And from there Mary can go hit up the salmon square bar!
P.S. Anybody seen Drew lately???
What matters is that you now have my grudging approval, without which I am certain there would be an unfillable void in your petty little lives. Just remember that I will be waiting to say "I told you so" when you inevitably divorce. And, for the record, you did look like a joke from another age walking down the aisle.
ReplyDeleteNo, Jill's gift is actually a box of highlighters from the Mountview supply cabinet.
ReplyDelete@ Maude Findlay- The most important thing about what I am about to say is that you make me laugh.
ReplyDeleteIt doesn't matter how...
but thank you!
Hold it, Wanders. Do we know Dr Adrian makes that much money? I bet her malpractice insurance premiums take up most of her pay.
ReplyDelete...and in conclusion, let me just say one thing:
ReplyDelete*@>%$#!
I don't want to believe this is the end of Jill's storyline, but I'm afraid it is. Like all Mary Worth's storylines, it fizzled out like a dying ember. At least this one had the incredibly entertaining drunken rant. Let's hope the next storyline has a drunken rant as well! By the way, can anyone believe that Mary cured Jill's serious marriage issues (and possibly her drinking problem) during one lunch? Because I can!
ReplyDeleteIn the 2nd panel today Mary appears to be reading Adrian's thought balloon.
ReplyDeleteFrom today's strip: It was great to see Jill one last time, in all her fightin' glory. But perhaps we learned all we needed to learn when she said in her letter, "Please think of me with kindness." Where have I heard those words before? Only in Mary Shelley's 'Frankenstein'! "In these last moments I feel the sincerest gratitude towards those who think of me with kindness." Kind of explains a lot...
ReplyDeleteToday's flashback was great! It contained details we didn't see the first time around. Apparently, all H*** broke loose, as judged by the waiter in the first panel slugging that inncent woman.
ReplyDeleteAdrian might have been able to remember Jill with kindness, if not for today's graphic image of the ugly truth.
ReplyDeleteIt's clear that Giella is not blessed with Mary's ability to distort memory.
Please think of me with kindness. Your pal, suicide.
ReplyDeletep.s. No one's working at the hospital. You might want to check on that.
How long is this "note" anyway? Scott and Adrian want to hit the buffet!
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