Thursday, October 20, 2016

Mary Worth 2418

If you want to give me a gift, don't give me a book - unless it is a collection of Mary Worth cartoons (thanks Toots McGee). When I get a book as a gift, it feels like a homework assignment. I don't get a lot of reading time, so I make sure to get a book I'll love, and if I don't like it, I stop reading it. Now, we all know Iris is talking about the Bible, so that's a little bit different, but I've never heard anyone refer to the Bible so coyly as "a book," unless they were about to give you one. So, if you'd like a free book, here's one.

16 comments:

Nance said...

"Begat" and "shalt" are both synonyms for "attitude"--Iris Beedie.

Chin Napkin Groupie said...

The reference to the "book" is simply KM style political correctness. She certainly doesn't want to offend any non-Christians. After all, one Good Book is as good as another.

Anonymous said...

Iris - "The book I gave him is The Anarchists Cookbook. That nice Mr. Kelrast gave it to me as a gift just before he disappeared. I don't know what an anarchist is but I'm going to ask my professor at my next Finger Puppet History class.

Tommy has embraced the book and has been in his room for weeks working on his new hobbies."

LouiseF said...

Given the scarf iris is wearing, I thought maybe the book was the Girl Scout Handbook.

Petunia said...

While I'm glad to see a floating head, I really don't like the way the new characters are drawn. Uncle Joe's Mary was much better than the current one, and the lack of eyeballs on side views is just ugly.

meg said...

Picture yourself on a sidewalk at Charterstone,
In a lavender suit wth a lavender dog,
Somebody calls you, you answer quite slowly,
Two women with invisible eyes.

Mary wearing boxy clown shoes
Mary wearing boxy clown shoes
Mary wearing boxy clown shoes
Aaargh

Anonymous said...

This story is recycling forever. In Groundhog Day Bill Murray at least killed himself every day.

KitKat said...

@meg sums it up perfectly. Aaargh to the infinite power...

LouiseF said...

I repeat my reference to Iris' being a Girl Scout...The shoes just prove it.

Dawn Weston's Evil Twin said...

Wait ... Wha???? Did Mary really just say, "We're ALL works in progress" ???? ... Not you, Mary! NOT YOU!!!

hia5 said...

I firmly believe that KM is giving profound but hidden messages in the words in bold in each strip. For example, in the 9/20 strip we get a message in the first panel seemingly in the form of a Zen koan: "How attitude wants Life." Consider this—how meaningful it could be. In the second panel we get a less cryptic but clearer message: "essential Book." And what Book is more essential than the Old Testament or the New Testament or the Quran or the Book of Mormon or the Sri-Gur Granth Sahib, or the Kitáb-i-Aqdas or Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures or the the Tipitaka or the Vedas or the The Book of History, The Book of Poetry, The Book of Changes, The Book of Rites," and the "Spring and Autumn Annals or the Avesta. Please note KM's ecumenicism; although she notes "essential books," shw never specifies which "Essential book" is being refered to.

Barbara L. Hanson said...

Agreed. Who are these unrecognizable people, and why are they emphasizing random words?

Barbara L. Hanson said...

I'm guessing Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows.

Barbara L. Hanson said...

I'm guessing Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows.

Anonymous said...

Be careful in the park ladies. Lots of Bad Hombres in Santa Royale.

DWET said...

I predict a pool party for tomorrow! Hope springs eternal!
I would like a Toby Cameron plot next! She's my FAVOURITE!!!