Thursday, June 13, 2019

Mary Worth 3141

I'm intrigued by a restaurant that offers quiche and catfish on the menu, but attracts customers by putting the most garish hamburger applique imaginable on its front window. I'm not sure what sort of visual metaphor June Brigman is going for here, but if it has something to do with sex, I don't want to know.

18 comments:

Delilah said...

Looks like Estelle and Wilber are being menaced by a huge, angry floating burger. Run! Run away Estelle, before it's too late! I think Wilbur can handle Angry Burger in a coupla three bites.

Regina Wolfe-Parks said...

I'm waiting for Wilbur to take a big bite out of that burger.

Is WIlbur becoming a male cougar? We know Estelle is 50, but how old is Wilbur? I figure him to be in his middle forties, maybe fifty, so why is he on Silverdaters? Is he into older ladies like Zak is?

I'm reminded of a Family guy episode where Brian dates an older woman and she started using terms that were old fashioned and then she started falling apart on him and Brian bailed. Wait'll Estelle breaks a hip and can't make him his mayo sandwiches.

Frankly, the only instrument I can picture Wilbur playing is the kazoo.

When's Mary going to come in and meddle in between Wilbur, Estelle and that big burger?

Nance said...

Today's Boldface Haiku is titled

"Wilbur's Karaoke Prowess Shall Release Estelle's Inner Child (And Send It Cowering Into The Corner)".

Piano? Mastered.
Child. Rare occasions.
Love.
Welcome.

Yahoonski said...

At first glance I thought she was telling him he was welcome to "comb over," maybe because it looks like Wilbur's been hitting the Rogaine pretty hard lately. Look at all those hairs!

Regina Wolfe-Parks said...

I just noticed Wilbur has no utensils, while Estelle is eating her quiche. It looks like Wilbur has a piece of catfish in tat meaty paw of his. I see he and Arthur/er have something in common: they don't need no stinkin' utensils.

mr_darcy said...

Wanders, their eyes line up with the hamburger patty. Their eyes "meat", get it?
Or, taking the visual from top to bottom, "Let us meet and catch up. "

Only in MW could the art have more wordplay than the dialogue.

Chester the Dog said...

Estelle has a piano? Why? She RARELY plays. Perhaps Libby has taken up classical music. Libby is gonna LOVE the smell of catfish on Wilbur's breath.

Anonymous said...


Come over/combover and their eyes "meat." Hilarious!

The distance between their heads shrunk quite a bit between panels 1 and 2. Must be that animal magnetism.

And I agree with the panel here; I never thought a picture of a burger could ever be creepy, but this one is. Hope I don't have nightmares.

-- Scottie McW.


Anonymous said...

Why am I singing: When the "meat" hits your eye like a big pizza pie, that's amore... ??

KitKat said...

That’s no appliqué, it’s a spaceship from Planet Lardo, preparing to beam up Estelle and Wilbur for a probing investigation. Milder and Scully wouldn’t touch this with a ten-foot pole.

@Regina W-P, I recall Estelle saying she’s in her 60s. I peg Wilbur for mid 50s at least.

mr_darcy said...

Estelle: And to think my friend Mary was worried about me trying Silverdaters again. But Ask Wendy told me to add sandwiches to my profile to meet the best men.

Wilbur: Better not to over-analyze these things.

KitKat said...

Mulder, not Milder - ?;&@ autocorrect!

LouiseF said...

Every comment had me laughing today! From the Nightmares Department comes a reminder of the film "Attack of the Killer Tomatoes"... Think there's something about that hamburger that has mesmerized our happy couple to the point where their noses are aligned at the edges of the cheese on the burger. Either that or JB's on vacaton and her 5 year old nephew is filling in.

Anonymous said...

That burger in the background is really creepy, when you look at it closely. Very existential. It used to be on the outside of the window (yesterday?), but now appears that is has transmuted inside and is approaching our happy couple.

Downpuppy said...

Regina - on a bigger screen, Wilbur has a fork. It's loaded, and pointed at Estelle. Just another charming side to Wilbur.

Regina Wolfe-Parks said...

Ah, yes Downpuppy I see it now. Like Uncle Joe, JB isn't the best at drawing utensils.

In my first comment, I said Wilbur was a male cougar, which was wrong, as Wilbur is (we think) younger than Estelle, which would make Estelle, like Iris is a cougar. (I was a little sleepy when I wrote my comment...not enough caffeine.)

Wilbur must have a great personality, because I don't understand what any woman would see in him. He's bald (with those eight combed over hairs), he never stops eating and he's a lonely hearts columnist for the local pennysaver. The only plus in his favor is he's clean as a whistle because he constantly stays in the shower.

Speaking of people staying in the shower, I read this article this morning and immediately thought of Wilbur:

https://nypost.com/2019/06/13/florida-man-attacked-landlord-who-accused-him-of-taking-too-many-showers/

MissScarlet said...

I thought Estelle said she was going to take things slowly. Here she is inviting Wilbur over to her apartment. Does she know who he is? He could be an ax murderer! Or even a cannibal! Or both (more likely).

Imogene said...

I hope Estelle can find her apartment. Mary told Terry Bryson it was on the third floor, but speech bubbles kept coming out of second story windows. They may end up singing together to Wilbur's shower radio, assuming his apartment stays put.