Wasn't the last Ask Wendy letter about taking on a new job after twenty years? And now she has two jobs to choose from? This new economy is really great for our Ask Wendy reader. But if that letter is supposed to be a metaphor for Iris trying to decide between watching an overweight, third-rate journalist for the local weekly type away in an abandoned Antarctic science station, or dancing the night away with a hot MBA student with biceps the size of Buicks, I'm not really seeing a lot of indecision in Iris's body language right now. I really think the letter is just a convenient way to cut away so we don't have to watch Zak dance.
Iris must have had to run home to change out of her brown pants before heading to the dance hall.
ReplyDeleteWanders, you've summed up things so well, there's little left to add. ("Biceps the size of Buicks" - !!!) I doubt Iris ever dressed like that for her dates with Wilbur at Jerry's Sandwich Shop.
ReplyDelete"Ask Wendy" letter writers certainly are a terse bunch. How about more details, people? We may see this one soon: "Dear Wendy, my girlfriend won't answer my e-mails. What should I do?"
I like the way the "Ask Wendy" letter writer employs random bolding in emails.
ReplyDeleteGeez Louise, I'm suddenly digging Iris. It's a family friendly blog, so that's all I'm gonna say. But look at....her!
ReplyDeleteAnonymous: If you're seriously interested in attractive blonde comic characters, I suggest that you start reading "Blondie."
ReplyDelete"Ask Wendy" must be the dullest advice column ever! Dear Abby wouldn't have lasted weeks, let alone decades, with yawner letters like that. Even the famous controversy about how the toilet paper should hang was more interesting than what Mary's getting.
ReplyDelete@fauxprof - I agree. And I think Mary does too - her eyes appear a little glazed. Her answer should be, "My advice would be to take one or the other."
ReplyDeleteI fear for Wilbur's self esteem.
ReplyDeleteI predict that Iris will start showing her age in a day or two after all this fancy jumped-up social life that the youngsters enjoy, and she'll be happy to sit at home emailing Wilbur and waiting for him to come limping home.
ReplyDeleteHey, Wanders, watch it! That's my dad you're talkin' about! ... Also, Zak is FOR ME!!!!
ReplyDeleteWell, (takes deep breath), I guess Iris and Zak do make a cute couple. ... They both sure do have happenin' bods!!!
Saturday
ReplyDeleteI suppose June is trying to convey how tech savvy Mary is using a laptop instead of Mr. Giella's outlandish desktop pc, but balancing a laptop while holding a cup of herbal kelk tea is a recipe for disaster.
And isn't it a coincidence that the hapless letter writer is trying to choose between dull as dishwater but stable and exciting but fleeting? That wouldn't apply to anything else in this strip, would it?
@KitKat, you're right, I think we've got a metaphor sighting! Over to Nance for an update on KM's grade. (Don't look at me, I taught history.)
ReplyDeleteYou know Mary is hogging free wifi from another Charterstone resident.
ReplyDelete"Four bars? They all must really like me!"
Mary/Wendy: "I suggest you make a list of the pros and cons of each one and decide from there."
ReplyDeleteLetter writer: "OMG, Wendy, what great advice! I never in a million years would have thought of that! It's obvious why you are an advice columnist!!"
"Wow, you're quite a dancer, Zak!" "You ain't seen nothing yet - wait till you see me pilot a hot air balloon!
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