Thursday, August 21, 2014

Mary Worth 1877

There's something about this panel that reminds me of my father, who asked the doctor if he could keep my brother's placenta. He kept it for years in a jar of formaldehyde in his high school classroom. He was, and still is, an awesome teacher.

I'm not sure how long Olive's torso cyst will last in her purse, though.

Today's Full Strip

8 comments:

Yahoonski said...

Again with the "medical procedure" instead of "operation" or "cystectomy" as Mary is afflicted with the same Conehead-speak that Olive's parents employ. My favorite was yesterday's "You'll enjoy capturing images with your new gift" instead of "You'll like taking pictures with your new camera," which is what a human being might say.

KitKat said...

"I'm actually better than fine, Mary! I'm finer!"

As Olive concentrates on rummaging in her bag and Mary utters a quizzical "?", a tree limb disturbed by a rogue squirrel crashes down on both of them.

fauxprof said...

Eight years old, and already carrying the Mary Worth mandated shoulder bag.

Bobby the Soccer Player said...

Olive is getting ready to pull out an arrest warrant crimes against humanity for her meddling way.

Turns out Olive is actually the youngest FBI agent in history.

She just invented the flower fairies so she could get a look at Mary's rose clippers. And sure enough there was still grease on them from where Mary cut Aldo's brake lines.

I Am Not A Robot said...

What a neat bag to hold her Instamatic! Plenty of room in there for film cartridges and flashcubes. All the essentials needed to 'capture images'. And in such a lovely shade of blah gray, the favorite colors of young girls everywhere.

Toby's Discarded Botox Needle said...

Olive pulls a bag of bricks from her purse and smacks Mary in the head with it... DOONK!

Mary Worth said...

Ahem! That's "Mrs. Worth" to you, little Olive!

Anonymous said...

Oh no - "I want us to take a SELFIE, Mary," - and Olive is so otherworldly SHE DOESN'T SHOW UP ON THE PHOTO! Please tell me this isn't what is going to happen! I can't take it!(I'm expecting an undercover investigation of Dr. Kapuht's illicit drug use or maybe some Flower Fairies at the very least.)