Wednesday, April 11, 2012

Mary Worth 1,272

Now, wait a minute Nola... We don't know for sure that Dan Smithers DIDN'T steal from the company.

Today's Full Strip

27 comments:

Punky said...

Today's strip should be called Mary Worth: Confessions at the White Plate Museum. What's in the drawers behind Mary? More white plates! Can a scene be both boring and creepy at the same time? If so, pull up a chair!

My wv in Google: "inaltion needusse" becomes "inflation needles."

Samuel K said...

When I was a kid and I did something bad, I usually didn't get in much trouble if I was overwhelmed by guilt and confessed to my dad.

Nola straight-up confessed to fraud and there were absolutely no legal repercussions whatsoever. The law is based on Dad Justice in Santa Royale.

heydave said...

usesuThe power of platitudes knows no bounds. No bounds!

Elaine said...

Even Mary seems a bit dismayed by Nola's confession to her boss. Maybe she's worried that Nola will give up her fabulous apartments and try to move in with her.

Elaine said...

And where the heck DID that chest of drawers come from? Yesterday it was a nice little piece of furniture with flower pictures over it. Today her apartment is looking a bit more industrial.

KitKat said...

Nola's boss: "Hey Dan, Nola told me that she set you up to get you fired. My bad! You can have your job back, big guy. Oh yeah, I heard that your wife left you - sorry that I can't help with that!"

Smithers: "&$&@*?!"

Toots McGee said...

There's nothing like a slice of cream cheese pie with a cup of milk! Yum.

It's also fun to eat with a spent fireplace matchstick!

oftengs rsdsts = often rests (fun game!)

Chester the Dog said...

I see the second grade art students didn't have time to finish coloring todays strip before recess. White pie, white coffee...

Anonymous said...

I love the massive 6-foot-high chest of drawers behind Mary too, made me laugh out loud.

Can't wait to see all the hilarity when D-Dan is let in on the prank played on him by Nola and the Prez.

meg said...

Santa Royale Business Bits

Grand Opening for Hobos "R" Us franchise

Nola Wolvenson, former future CEO of Corporation, and now a budding entrepreneur, has announced the opening of her new department store, Hobos "R" Us.

Wolvenson acknowledged that she had a 'certain someone' who inspired her to undertake her latest venture, but declined, laughing, to tell us more.

Understanding that her likely clientele might not have their own transportation and probably shouldn't be driving anyway, Wolvenson says that the store will provide a shuttle service with regular stops around town.

A pickup truck will pick up customers on a route which stops at the train station, the bus station, exit 110 in Goleta, and various intersections around town, including the
corners of Ranting and Raving, Wild-eyed and Raving, and Peddling and Panhandling. Other stops will be added as warranted, but, despite popular demand, there will be no stop at Walk and Don't Walk.

Wolvenson said that her store would include new and used garments from Carhart, Dickey, Oshkosh, Levis, and Calvin Klein Big and Tall. The store's color scheme will be plaid, denim blue, and tobacco brown, and the trademark mannequins are burly and have white chinbeards.

Thorpnotized said...

Please, Nola, don't give Mary ANY credit for your attitude adjustment!

Today's anti-robot words Google:
No results found for "oadyi ickske"
2,150 results for "oadby icke"
(Yeah, oadby icke makes more sense. Thanks, Google.)

Sandi Ego said...

Maybe they decided to pack a lunch and head over to Restoration Hardware.
I'm starting to suspect Nola has been hypnotized by the mysterious Hobo. She continues to gaze into her hand and the plate. She looks bewitched, I tell you.

Anonymous said...

You can tell how surprised Mary is by the cloud of...um..."bad air" behind her. Why is she surprised? Because it wasn't her meddling that accomplished this. That hobo must be stopped!

I want to see the commentary by the workers who were hanging out in the hall ogling Nola and whispering. That would be the most fun part of this turn of events. Naturally, we won't be shown that.

kathyo said...

No comment, but I just had to post my anti-robot Google search results:

tmockly thihi = tacky tiki

Anonymous said...

They say, don't go to Woverson Mountain if you're looking for a wife.

Anonymous said...

they gotta show dan smithers cleaning up his act in 24 hours going from quart of booze a day back to doing whatever that job did

Amanda Kate said...

"...and then he fired me, had me arrested for fraud and Dan Smithers is now filing lawsuits against myself and the company."

C'mon Moy, you know you want to.

Anonymous said...

wv: romandi castrype = romantic strip

Is that what this is?

Punky said...

Re Thursday's strip - does this sound familiar? "Amazing Grace, how sweet the sound, That saved a wretch like me. I once was lost but now am found, Was blind, but now I see." Leaving no platitude stone unturned, Karen Moy now leafs through songbooks.

Love Mary's nonsensical "?" at the end. She's probably thinking, as we are, "But is Nola's boyfriend cheating on her?"

WV: easetre faila = easter fail. If I have not proved I am not a robot, at least I've proved I'm not the Easter Bunny either.

KitKat said...

Punky @ 8:21 AM, Mary's "?" was prompted by Nola taking her own pulse. "?" translates to "Good God, is Nola about to pass out at my table?!"

Notice the painting of the lovely rock pile in the first panel. I wonder if this is one of Toby's works (going beyond clowns).

Thorpnotized said...

Mary's dining room decor continues to morph. Nola was blind but is now able to see, yet she won't look directly at Mary. Mary's "?" reaction is not due to anything Nola said... she is perplexed by whatever that thing is that's trying to escape from her cup that is sometimes a mug.

No Google matches on "ughterc beingste". Perhaps I meant "etheric beings".

Elaine said...

Those must be digital frames hanging on Mary's wall, with the number of picture changes going on. I had no idea that Mary would allow such modern devices into her apartment!

LouiseF said...

Could we get some accountability here??? Enough of Nola's hand-wringing. She might as well be a Wall Street banker testifying before Congress "Boo hoo. I was wrong. Just don't expect ME to make anything right" I say we start OccupySantaRoyale, with Nola as the first target. . . .

fauxprof said...

I wonder how President of Corporation is going to dry out D-Dan? Maybe the newly ephiphanized Nola will be called back to start an in-house rehab clinic.

No need to google my robot words. I'm pretty sure that Hillp Ndlinsi was the Finnish exchange student that sat behind me in Chemistry.

kathyo said...

"I was blind...but now I see." Something been going on between Nola and the Rev. Johnny Thomas?

Anonymous said...

I wish I could get my plates to stand on their edges without plate stands.

--Beagle Vet

Anonymous said...

I'm hoping Nola will steal Mary's wallet and buy some gift cards with Mary's credit cards, then give the gift cards to D-Dan when she apologizes to him, and then makes up lies about someone new. Just watched Oliver with my son - "once a villian, you're a villain to the end."