"You remind me of my mother! And Mary reminds you of YOUR mother! That means Mary reminds me of my grandmother! And my grandmother taught me to smoke! In fact, she used to give me money for cigarettes. I'm going to follow the fish carpet to Mary's cabin and hang out with grandma! She understands me."
Anyone else think Mary is dangling from her balcony, listening to the Battling Hoosiers? "Oh, I was just hanging around before Toby and I start our power walk, and I couldn't help but notice..."
ReplyDeleteToday's Boldface Haiku is titled "When Freud Shows Up On Your Cruise, All Bets Are Off."
ReplyDeletePromised quit smoking!
Control!
Are...mother?
Want ruin? Fine! Mine!
And then Katie turns to the bottle. At least her lungs will be safe.
ReplyDeleteSecret message. Nice.
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ReplyDeleteKatie storms out of their cabin and heads for the gym to work off some steam. Taking long angry strides, she thinks to herself, "Stuck in an outhouse. Husband drooling over some slut. Then I catch him smoking. Could this cruise get any worse?" Then she turns a corner and bumps into Mary.
-- Scottie McW.
Me no like Katie...one bit...
ReplyDeleteKatie needs to counter with some addictive behavior of her own. There's always alcohol, but one of the cruise ship amenities (and money traps) we haven't explored is the casino. Katie doesn't look bright enough to participate in the table games, but I bet she can blow the rest of the year's budget on the slots. That'll show him!
ReplyDeleteI laughed and laughed at the Twin Peaks-esque musings by Anonymous at 3:24 yesterday. And then I cried a little, because KM will NEVER come up with anything remotely as clever. After asking myself for WEEKS now what the point of this story is, today came the answer. Katie is quite a piece of work, what with her jealousy issues and what not, but she doesn’t really care about Derek’s smoking – it’s all about HER lungs! This years public service announcement is about (gasp!) THE DANGERS OF SECOND-HAND SMOKE! Zzzzzzzzzzzz.....
ReplyDeleteI'm shocked KM didn't mail it in with the simple "!' dialogue over Derek's head as Katie yelled at him.
ReplyDeleteAnd if Katie is anything like my wife, correlating her to get mother in law would really push button.
I hope we all realize that this place climax will surely ebb sharply tomorrow, back to Toby and Mary musing on what to do at the next port of call.
Oooohh....Derek plays the "What are you, my mother" card. There goes the romantic cruise. Can't wait to see how Mary makes it all better.
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