Tuesday, April 23, 2019

Mary Worth 3113

It's time for a little sting operation, I'd say. If this story doesn't end with Arthur Z hanging for dear life from the open hatch door of an airborne Cessna 152, then Mary's doing something wrong.

15 comments:

Anonymous said...


"Did I send him more money? Of course not! I don't have any left."

Aside from the missing eye, that cat looks perpetually beat up. Does Estelle let her out where Greta can terrorize her?

-- Scottie McW.

Nance said...

Today's Boldface Haiku is titled

"Cliffhanger Sans Muffins".

Confide?
Please do.
Supposed.
Hasn't...help!
More?

fauxprof said...

Mary is struggling with her response. She doesn’t want to lead with “You blithering idiot, you are the poster child for elderly fraud victims.” It takes a while to translate that into a soothing platitude that will still do the job.

@Scottie McW., I don’t think Libby is being abused. June, although her draftsmanship is without peer on, say, horses, she simply can’t draw cats.

Anonymous said...

Mary: "Of course you can confide in me, Estelle. But just wait a sec while I call Toby and put her on speakerphone. That way it saves me from having to repeat all your confidences to her later."

Chester the Dog said...

Did she send more money.....Only Libby Knows....bwaa haa haa!

KitKat said...

I also think Libby's looking bedraggled. I attributed that to Estelle being so wrapped up in Arthur/er Crisis Mode that she's neglecting the brushing, but, as @fauxprof notes, June can't (or won't?) draw cats well. Libby is the most unappealing feline I've seen.

As @Scottie McW pointed out yesterday, Cleveland celebrated Dyngus Day. the Easter Monday Polish festival, and Mr. KitKat and I were among the revelers enjoying Polish cuisine, polkas, and the Miss Dyngus Day Pageant. Scottie mentioned that for Estelle every day is Dingbat Day, which reminded me of Hanna Dingdon and Mary's role in finding Hanna a husband. So, maybe Estelle should cut her SilverDaters losses and turn over her love life to Mary. Maybe Estelle should turn over the keys to her Volvo, too

Bill the Butcher said...

At least Libby seems to have stopped smiling.

Anonymous said...

Dear Abby today is about a woman who is in love with a man she met online (like Estelle and Arthur they haven't actually met face to face) Some of the comments are Worthworthy!

LouiseF said...

Perhaps Estelle could take up the accordion, which would giver her something to focus on post-Arthur, and she could qualify to compete in next year's First Annual Santa Royale Miss Dyngus Day pageant.

Regina Wolfe-Parks said...

"Mary can I confide in you?"
"Come into my parlor, said the spider to the fly."

Downpuppy said...

The blouse is key. It's exactly the same style as yesterday, but with colors reversed. Is this a coloring error? Has a day passed, and it's a different blouse - or, and this is my theory - Estelle has somehow turned it inside out?

Anonymous said...

Who says June can't draw cats? Check this out!! Captain Ginger!

https://comicsahoy.com/creator/june-brigman

Anonymous said...

You should check out that PDF of June Brigman's Captain Ginger. Not the Captain himself so much, but the street cat that the captina is holding in the crook of his arm. A ringer for Libby, or at least a close relative. Not the same Libby coloration, but the same scruffiness, wild hair and silly grin. Can't tell if it has just one eye.

Bill the Butcher said...

“Did you think, Estelle, that I’m going to show you a website about how to recognise online dating scams? Ha, no! I’ll show you a picture of what I expect you to be doing right now, which is grovelling at my feet thanking me, so we can move on to the next story!”

Violet said...

Silly Estelle. But if she really cares for Aurthur, she shouldn't care that he is a fat, bald, wife-beater wearing slob should she?