Dang, Ian, why'nt you just snatch Toby's heart out of her chest cavity and stomp on it? If my husband uttered that insulting tripe to me, he would be very, very sorry.
And what's Toby to say? "I'm so sorry you weren't able to have a tryst with a trollop one-fourth your age dear. Maybe another one will come along soon. Now - let's have dinner! The Splak is getting damp!"
I’m so bored with these two that I’m focusing on extraneous details, like the framed photo on the table. Two scarily faceless people, one obviously Ian, and the other supposedly Toby. She’s either much shorter than Ian, or she’s standing in a hole. A trip to the Scottish Highlands, perhaps? Happier times, even with the lack of facial features.
"You are those things...to me. Everyone else thinks you're a laughingstock." And then Toby pulls the ugly plaid pillow from behind her back and attempts to smother Ian.
The design on that lamp looks like a face with a disapproving expression, rendering a judgment on what Ian just said. The notion of Ian thinking himself "attractive and virile" is enough to make even an inanimate object balk. I certainly did. I think that photo is Ian (aged about 8) and his big brother Liam, out for a walk in Auld Scotland. Liam is now a corporate banker and makes more money in a year than Ian will see in a lifetime teaching Shakespeare to unappreciative college students.
I honestly don't understand why Karen Moy didn't put in that tiny bit of extra effort to show Jannie writing and then submitting a lazy, slipshod paper worthy of a D leaving Ian struggling with possibly giving her a C because he likes her. That one extra step would have moved this storyline from bizarrely ridiculous to merely stupid.
@Downpuppy Jannie Fairly lol Interesting that a young woman dripping with false flattery can make old Ian feel virile and alive. Perhaps old Ian is making Toby feel cranky and decrepit. Wait, maybe I'm projecting. Meanwhile, in beautiful Italy... please?
@Delilah, I agree. If my husband said that to me, he'd be back rooming with his mother.
Somehow I don't picture Ian when I hear the words "young, attractive and virile". Old. fat and pompous, yes, but not young, attractive and virile.
Like you TimP, I am at a loss why Ian struggled to flunk Jannie. Maybe he thought submitting a wink was part of his assignment. He's having trouble flunking someone that made comments that would make Eddie Haskell cringe? It makes no sense. But then, when does KM ever make sense?
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The blue lamp seems to be reflecting the disappointment in chinbeards face.
ReplyDeleteDang, Ian, why'nt you just snatch Toby's heart out of her chest cavity and stomp on it? If my husband uttered that insulting tripe to me, he would be very, very sorry.
ReplyDeleteAnd what's Toby to say? "I'm so sorry you weren't able to have a tryst with a trollop one-fourth your age dear. Maybe another one will come along soon. Now - let's have dinner! The Splak is getting damp!"
ReplyDeleteAll that banging and yelling that everyone at Charterstone can hear is Toby and Ian having make-up sex.
Very awkward.
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I’m so bored with these two that I’m focusing on extraneous details, like the framed photo on the table. Two scarily faceless people, one obviously Ian, and the other supposedly Toby. She’s either much shorter than Ian, or she’s standing in a hole. A trip to the Scottish Highlands, perhaps? Happier times, even with the lack of facial features.
ReplyDeleteAll Ian, a few days ago, had to do was tell Toby that he had a bad day at work, Toby would have tuned him out and that's the end.
ReplyDelete"You are those things...to me. Everyone else thinks you're a laughingstock." And then Toby pulls the ugly plaid pillow from behind her back and attempts to smother Ian.
ReplyDeletePlease explain the struggle Ian, or Ms Moy. Jannie didn't submit any work. Where's the struggle. I don't see any struggle here.
ReplyDeleteAt least we learned Jannie's last name.
ReplyDeleteThe design on that lamp looks like a face with a disapproving expression, rendering a judgment on what Ian just said. The notion of Ian thinking himself "attractive and virile" is enough to make even an inanimate object balk. I certainly did. I think that photo is Ian (aged about 8) and his big brother Liam, out for a walk in Auld Scotland. Liam is now a corporate banker and makes more money in a year than Ian will see in a lifetime teaching Shakespeare to unappreciative college students.
ReplyDelete"Toby, can you tuck your hair up put on this brunette wig? Hold this Vape pen. Yeah..."
ReplyDeleteI honestly don't understand why Karen Moy didn't put in that tiny bit of extra effort to show Jannie writing and then submitting a lazy, slipshod paper worthy of a D leaving Ian struggling with possibly giving her a C because he likes her. That one extra step would have moved this storyline from bizarrely ridiculous to merely stupid.
ReplyDelete@Downpuppy Jannie Fairly lol
ReplyDeleteInteresting that a young woman dripping with false flattery can make old Ian feel virile and alive. Perhaps old Ian is making Toby feel cranky and decrepit. Wait, maybe I'm projecting.
Meanwhile, in beautiful Italy... please?
@Delilah, I agree. If my husband said that to me, he'd be back rooming with his mother.
ReplyDeleteSomehow I don't picture Ian when I hear the words "young, attractive and virile". Old. fat and pompous, yes, but not young, attractive and virile.
Like you TimP, I am at a loss why Ian struggled to flunk Jannie. Maybe he thought submitting a wink was part of his assignment. He's having trouble flunking someone that made comments that would make Eddie Haskell cringe? It makes no sense. But then, when does KM ever make sense?
@RobC LOL.
What WAS the assignment anyway? Whatever it was, all Jannie had to do was to copy something off the internet and hand it in.
ReplyDeleteI share those sentiments but it was the other well named Tim on these boards who made those observations.
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