Karen Moy LOVES me! She knows how I respond to the most beautiful words in the Worthiverse: I'm going to tell you a story. Never doubt Karen Moy's love for me. The following panels prove the extent of that love! "Never Walk Your Daughter Down the Aisle
Without a Groom at the Other End."
"Why Bonnie Compulsively Shops"
"The Man Who Got Away"
(or, "Why I Date Your Father")
"Why I Faint When I Skate"
"My Compulsion to Help Others"
Gina must use the following criteria in her quest for a mentor.
ReplyDelete1) I wait on them
2) They leave me a generous tip.
Gina's response after Mary gives her the advice she so desparately needs...."Gosh Mary, now I'm confused. That is so different from what the middle aged man in mom pants advised me to do...."
Moy will continue using the "Let me tell you a story" theme, especially to explain why "Love is not for me," until she gets it right! (In her opinion)
ReplyDeleteFate, dealing another cruel blow to me, teases along my existence from story to story, yet stop I cannot.
ReplyDeleteIs Mary starting to doubt her ability to help, as evidenced by the teeny little question mark sprouting from her head? Or is she starting to exhibit age-related dementia, and she's not sure if she's the right meddler for the job? This COULD get interesting, after all....
ReplyDelete@Elaine - but it won't.
ReplyDeleteMy nit to pick today is with Giella's ponytails. I've worn a few in my day, and let me tell you, Gina's is a ponytail never seen in real life, with the ends perfectly straight across like that. It would take a mathematician to map out a haircut that would get all of your hair to be the same length in that ponytail. And in Monday's featured panel, Gina looks like she's wearing a horse tail, not a pony tail. But this is just a distraction, from the arrival of yet another plodding, uninteresting plotline.
I *definitely* think this strip needs a bit of a lift. I've been discussing Mothra of all things on another thread, and I think I have it: Mary Worth needs a visit from a giant Tokyo-eating moth. Joe Giella would be in heaven, having something really INTERESTING to draw, and Mary Worth (or some really dull characters -- as in, ALL of them) could be devoured by a giant moth.
ReplyDeleteOK, a guy can dream...
@Steve_J_23 - OMG, what thread are you discussing Mothra on??? I LOVE those little singing twins! Perhaps they could be of service here.
ReplyDelete@Punky - oh well, a girl can dream.
I still think Gina is setting Mary up for a sting operation. She wants to fleece Mary and telling her a "story" of her dead/dying/vigilante/paralised/lost-in-WW2, etc "father" will seal-the-deal.
ReplyDeleteParticularly the "lost-in-WW2" story because that was Mary's "war" and she's too stupid to figure out the age discrepancy. Good times ahead, I predict...
"...after what happened to my father, Richie Baroni."
ReplyDeletehaha...word verif: "tocents." As in Mary Two Cents-Worth.
Those little singing twins from Mothra could tell Ginas sad story in...interpretive dance!
ReplyDeleteIsn't the middle-aged man lurking in the background in the very last panel the same middle-aged man in mom-pants that was leering at Gina? Creepy stalker!!!!
ReplyDeleteCan you really blame Moy considering the success she has had with "let me tell you a story" and "love is not for me" story lines?
ReplyDeleteWhat this story needs is Wilbur and some sandwiches, STAT!
ReplyDelete@Anonymous 11:06 AM: Define "success."
ReplyDeletePunky, my use of the word "success"
ReplyDeletewas dripping, no, gushing with sarcasm.
I've got a cheap-o plastic Simpsons digital watch featuring Krusty the Clown (it was included with a Burger King kid's meal). When you push a button on it, you hear Krusty's voice say "Hey kids! It's story time! Hoo hoo hoo 'Nyuk Nyuk Nyuk!" Eventually, the little battery in the watch died out, and I tossed it in a box with a whole bunch of other plastic nonsense that I don't have room for, but refuse to part with.
ReplyDeleteSo thank you Karen Moy, for reminding me about my Krusty watch and helping me relive all the good times I had listening to Krusty laugh. Also, thank you for assuring me that not long from now, right about the time that I forget about that little plastic trinket, you'll remind me and I'll smile about it again.
@Anonymous - I figured, but you never know. There could be a wide range of sarcasm levels, among those who call themselves Anonymous here. Pick a name if you want, you'll still be anonymous!
ReplyDeletei need to know the timeline for these panals .is this before gina goes to work after work or a sunday fternoon in the park?
ReplyDeleteMaybe her father is Bernie Maddoff.
ReplyDeleteI got it! Aldo Kerast is Gina's father!!!!!!
ReplyDeleteI love to tell my story to strangers I meet through my job. They give the best advice EVER.
ReplyDeleteJudging by her expression, I think Mary is feeling a bit off her game. I mean, she was just SURE this had something to do with Gina's MOTHER, but what's this?...it's her father!?? Does not compute!! Re-calculating meddle route...
ReplyDeleteThe twin Mothra girls are singing now "Help me find my story!"
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