Tuesday, October 9, 2012

Mary Worth 1,429

I live for these days. Reading Mary Worth's "Ask Wendy" sermons one little sentence per day.

As I ponder the value of a short life well lived, I think I will fill my time with my absolutely favorite short film. I have probably posted this before, but I don't care!

Today's Full Strip

15 comments:

  1. Toots McGeeOctober 9, 2012 at 6:10 AM

    That film has a definite streak of Wanders-tude to it. Thank you for sharing, friend.

    You have a cool keyboard, Mary. And you always keep that hair tight.

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  2. PunkyOctober 9, 2012 at 7:40 AM

    Perhaps Mary is not understanding the premise of Wilbur's column. Someone has to ASK a question before the pontification can begin, no?

    Clearly Moy is spinning her wheels while she cooks up the next armchair-gripping plot for us.

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  3. fauxprofOctober 9, 2012 at 7:50 AM

    So...if Dawn does something worthwhile, like helping Jim, then we can kill her?

    Mary's desk accessories are quite fascinating. We have the retro in-out basket, the pencil cup and the computer, all in stylish gunmetal grey. The best are her reference books: "Bartlett's Familiar Platitudes", "Aphorisms for All Occasions", and that advice writer's essential tool, "The Elements of Smugness".

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  4. fauxprofOctober 9, 2012 at 8:09 AM

    P.S. Wanders, I LOVE that film! I'm smiling now. (And T.J. Thyne as a bonus. Thanks.)

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  5. Dave in ParmaOctober 9, 2012 at 8:17 AM

    A short plotline is also good.

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  6. KitKatOctober 9, 2012 at 9:03 AM

    "Dear Wendy, what about a medium life, you know, not short but not long, sort of in-betweenish..."

    Dear Wanders, thanks for the validation!

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  7. NanceOctober 9, 2012 at 9:19 AM

    Mary's sudden Platitude Gushing has a very sinister undercurrent to it. Is she advocating euthanasia? Murder? Is it a warning that she's going to kill Dawn? Was that Ghost Pie aptly named?

    I feel like, had Mary not gotten her upper lip waxed discreetly at Spa, she might be twirling a mustache in today's strip.

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  8. ShmoopieOctober 9, 2012 at 9:49 AM

    Something is definitely wrong with Mary. She ended every sentence with a period. Not an exclamation point in sight. Is she slipping away?

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  9. LouiseFOctober 9, 2012 at 10:20 AM

    It's no wonder Mary is onto what must be her favorite part of the "Ask Wendy" gig--lecturing readers. She didn't bother to actually talk to Wilbur--the guy she GOT the job from--but instead got Dawn's blessing to continue doing "Ask Wendy" (see yesterday's strip). Maybe Dawn actually runs the newspaper! This may explain her cavalier attitude about choosing a college major. . .

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  10. AnonymousOctober 9, 2012 at 11:13 AM

    Looks to me like Mary is going to transform Ask Wendy to compete with Wilbur's new I'm Alive (? can't remember the name) column.

    Let the column wars begin!

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  11. AnonymousOctober 9, 2012 at 1:40 PM

    The in/out boxes are so big, but the books are so small. I was expecting the computer mouse to have whiskers.

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  12. AnonymousOctober 9, 2012 at 5:03 PM

    What a great film!

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  13. Sandi EgoOctober 9, 2012 at 6:55 PM

    Thank you for the charming film - just loved it!

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  14. pqOctober 10, 2012 at 8:15 AM

    My new favorite video. Will be sharing it with all my friends and watching it repeatedly any time I feel discouraged with humanity.

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  15. BethOctober 16, 2012 at 8:14 PM

    Thank you for sharing your favorite short film. It's now mine. :-)

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