Scottie McW., you beat me to it. I pictured the same scenario with Wilbur. Maybe he has to fend off the seagulls we saw yesterday while picking up muffin crumbs.
Ted should run some marketing idea past Aileen. Her signage needs improvement.
This week is shaping up as a repeat of last week, with vague muffin talk, no actual business planning, and "overly friendly" Ted. After last week, why wouldn't Mary tell Ted she'll meet him in a public place ( is Diner still extant?) rather than her apartment?
If I had someone getting creepy with me, the last thing I’d do is invite them back into my home. I’d ask him to meet me and my muffins in a public place. Charter stone is full of clueless people.
I was wondering the same thing about the humongous batches of muffins Mary's making. Surely even Wilbur couldn't eat them all! And also spot-on are the comments about inviting overly-friendly Ted Miller back to Mary's crib. Maybe Mary has a taser tucked inside her support hose.
It seems that Mary is already producing muffins on an industrial scale. Does she sneak them into church bake sales, or drop them off at the local senior center under cover of darkness? Or does Mr. Allora use them as building materials?
Have you ever tried to hold your phone the way they all do in the Worthiverse? You have to use your other hand to place it against your ear and cheek, then hold on while you fold the fingers of your other hand, exerting pressure with extended index finger to keep the phone pressed against your face. Then you can let go with your first hand. It's all very complicated. When you are finished with your call, if you don't repeat the procedure in reverse, the phone simply drops to the floor as you try to unfold your fingers to form some kind of grip. I'm sure that in real life, anyone making muffins while pressing the phone against their face like that would have dropped it into the batter long ago.
Geeze, Mary. "Come by?" Of course she's mostly had a bemused smile about all of this, but as Regina Wolfe-Parks points out, you'd think "I'll meet you in a public place" would be a more appropriate answer, if they have to meet at all. She can send him the darn fool muffins by courier or something!
@Delilah mentions a taser. Hasn't someone once been tased in Mary Worth? Or was that in Apartment 3-G? I'm looking forward to the upcoming Aldo Kelrast-esque smackdown! (Or maybe the more usual Mary Worth letdown?) Sigh!
Prediction: After another handsy meeting with Ted, Mary insists the next meeting be at the Bum Boat. Ted sees the moving fish paintings and forgets all about muffins. He leaves town in search of the artist, someone named Uncle Joe. Years later Mary hears about a pushy salesman strangled by a chin napkin.
"We’ll talk muffins" is already the filthiest thing I’ve read all week, and it’s only Monday. This plotline scares me — can’t Wilbur get dumped again, or discover he’s got some terrible salsa-related South American Venereal disease?
The weird overly-long hug and the sudden wild enthusiasm made me wonder if Ted was bipolar. But if we wanted to play pin-the-personality-disorder-on-the-Charterstone, we’d never get past Dawn Weston. I’m pretty sure Moy has never heard of the DSM.
TUESDAY 02/20 -- So Ted's big idea and business plan is for Mary to personally sell her muffins at Aileen's 7-11 on weekends. So "word of mouth" will spread like wildfire and "we'll all be rich"? That's it? That's his plan? And Mary thinks that this is a marvelous idea? I hope she will at least package them in Ziplocs. And each sale will come with a hug.
Don't be shy! I'd love to hear what you have to say about Mary Worth. Just keep it clean, that's all I ask. This is a FAMILY FRIENDLY blog. I don't want to moderate comments, but I will if I have to.
ReplyDeleteWhat has she been doing with the dozens of muffins she's made in the past few days?
Maybe she leaves them outside her patio door and Wilbur comes around at mealtimes for his muffins and a bowl of milk.
-- Scottie McW.
Scottie McW., you beat me to it. I pictured the same scenario with Wilbur. Maybe he has to fend off the seagulls we saw yesterday while picking up muffin crumbs.
ReplyDeleteTed should run some marketing idea past Aileen. Her signage needs improvement.
This week is shaping up as a repeat of last week, with vague muffin talk, no actual business planning, and "overly friendly" Ted. After last week, why wouldn't Mary tell Ted she'll meet him in a public place ( is Diner still extant?) rather than her apartment?
Today's Boldface Haiku is titled
ReplyDelete"But Muffins Are Ted Miller's Love Language, You Batter-Whipping Vixen".
Mary! Marketing ideas! Now?
What mind?
Come over; promising leads!
Talk muffins!
If I had someone getting creepy with me, the last thing I’d do is invite them back into my home. I’d ask him to meet me and my muffins in a public place. Charter stone is full of clueless people.
ReplyDeleteI was wondering the same thing about the humongous batches of muffins Mary's making. Surely even Wilbur couldn't eat them all! And also spot-on are the comments about inviting overly-friendly Ted Miller back to Mary's crib. Maybe Mary has a taser tucked inside her support hose.
ReplyDeleteHeh-heh! Batter-Whipping Vixen!
What does that mean, "We'll talk muffins."?
ReplyDeleteIt seems that Mary is already producing muffins on an industrial scale. Does she sneak them into church bake sales, or drop them off at the local senior center under cover of darkness? Or does Mr. Allora use them as building materials?
ReplyDeleteHave you ever tried to hold your phone the way they all do in the Worthiverse? You have to use your other hand to place it against your ear and cheek, then hold on while you fold the fingers of your other hand, exerting pressure with extended index finger to keep the phone pressed against your face. Then you can let go with your first hand. It's all very complicated. When you are finished with your call, if you don't repeat the procedure in reverse, the phone simply drops to the floor as you try to unfold your fingers to form some kind of grip. I'm sure that in real life, anyone making muffins while pressing the phone against their face like that would have dropped it into the batter long ago.
ReplyDeleteGeeze, Mary. "Come by?" Of course she's mostly had a bemused smile about all of this, but as Regina Wolfe-Parks points out, you'd think "I'll meet you in a public place" would be a more appropriate answer, if they have to meet at all. She can send him the darn fool muffins by courier or something!
ReplyDelete@Delilah mentions a taser. Hasn't someone once been tased in Mary Worth? Or was that in Apartment 3-G? I'm looking forward to the upcoming Aldo Kelrast-esque smackdown! (Or maybe the more usual Mary Worth letdown?) Sigh!
ReplyDeletePrediction: After another handsy meeting with Ted, Mary insists the next meeting be at the Bum Boat. Ted sees the moving fish paintings and forgets all about muffins. He leaves town in search of the artist, someone named Uncle Joe. Years later Mary hears about a pushy salesman strangled by a chin napkin.
ReplyDelete"We’ll talk muffins" is already the filthiest thing I’ve read all week, and it’s only Monday. This plotline scares me — can’t Wilbur get dumped again, or discover he’s got some terrible salsa-related South American Venereal disease?
ReplyDeleteThe weird overly-long hug and the sudden wild enthusiasm made me wonder if Ted was bipolar. But if we wanted to play pin-the-personality-disorder-on-the-Charterstone, we’d never get past Dawn Weston. I’m pretty sure Moy has never heard of the DSM.
ReplyDeleteTUESDAY 02/20 -- So Ted's big idea and business plan is for Mary to personally sell her muffins at Aileen's 7-11 on weekends. So "word of mouth" will spread like wildfire and "we'll all be rich"? That's it? That's his plan? And Mary thinks that this is a marvelous idea? I hope she will at least package them in Ziplocs. And each sale will come with a hug.
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