Friday, October 18, 2019

Mary Worth 3212

It took me a while to understand what Zak was trying to communicate here, but I think I figured it out. You're extremely busy, but you still make me feel like the most important person in the world. But that's easy to do with Zak because he always feels like the most important person in the world.

24 comments:

  1. KitKatOctober 18, 2019 at 8:15 AM

    Iris doesn’t have a job, so why would a full class load be onerous? What else does she do but mother Zak? She’s transferred her helicopter parenting of Tommy to Zak. It’s yet another example of Wacky Worthiverse Relationships.

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  2. KitKatOctober 18, 2019 at 8:17 AM

    P.S. Zak likely expects Iris to give him an MVP trophy.

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  3. Regina Wolfe-ParksOctober 18, 2019 at 8:20 AM

    Oh boy, this conversation is bordering towards unfamily friendly in panel one. Not only is it unfamily friendly, it's bordering on creepy. No one cares what you two do in other parts of the house. BTW is Zak living with Iris now? If he is, I wonder how Tommy feels hearing cougar love in the next room. (I think they moved into a two bedroom when Tommy hurt his back and he isn't on the couch anymore.)

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  4. AnonymousOctober 18, 2019 at 9:08 AM


    Mary Worth and The Case of the Haunted Coffee Cups.

    -- Scottie McW.

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  5. fauxprofOctober 18, 2019 at 9:15 AM

    There are characters I’d rather see than Iris. Old Man Wynter and his neurotic rescue dachshund. Jared the sweet, dweeby medical assistant. Olive Tummybrain and the Tee-Hee twosome. Broadway Legend Ken Kensington. Shelley Cohen. Anyone but Iris, Zak, either Weston, and, most especially, Tommy.

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  6. Chester the DogOctober 18, 2019 at 9:36 AM

    What happened to Zak's fancy apartment and his video game empire?

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  7. SteveOctober 18, 2019 at 10:05 AM

    My theory about Iris is that we is worn down by Prof. Ian's lectures in his latest course:
    Obscure 12th Century Scottish Poets

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  8. AnonymousOctober 18, 2019 at 10:21 AM

    Iris, you don't have to apologize for your friends calling me a sponge. They don't understand what we have; a real new millennium relationship. They don't understand how focused on each other we are. They don't uderst...hey hey! You're blocking Tom & Jerry... they don't understand the deep commitment we have. Say, can you get the trash on your way out?

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  9. AnonymousOctober 18, 2019 at 10:59 AM


    Gang, I'm perfectly happy that we'll be looking in on Zak and Iris for a couple of months. I am all for any story line that doesn't have Wilbur in it. Nobody in the Worthiverse is more annoying and repugnant than him. As long as Wilbur isn't in it, then I'm good.

    Juke suggestion: "I'm So Tired" by the Beatles.

    -- S. McW.

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  10. AnonymousOctober 19, 2019 at 9:33 AM

    SATURDAY:

    Wow! I'm actually shocked! It looks as though KM is planning on bumping off Iris! I've been reading this strip for a loooonnnng time and I don't remember her killing off a main character before. Usually they just head off to Viet Nam or Goleta and are never heard from again.

    Oh, and BTW - regarding the discussion on bringing back an old - umm - make that "former" character, well it better be me!

    HelenClark

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  11. megOctober 19, 2019 at 10:04 AM

    Good idea, Helen! Maybe you can bring Zak a casserole to help him thru his grief. No, Mary has the casserole gig covered; maybe a bottle of Ian’s favorite, Barrel Aged Auld Hen would be appropriate.

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  12. megOctober 19, 2019 at 10:05 AM

    Hen, that is.

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  13. SharonOctober 19, 2019 at 12:18 PM

    No wonder Iris is tired; she can't be breathing very well without a nose.

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  14. AnonymousOctober 19, 2019 at 12:40 PM

    No, meg; I can't be wasting good booze on that auld dotterel!

    HC

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  15. fauxprofOctober 19, 2019 at 2:23 PM

    Nice to know that the ugly old curtains we had when I was a kid are now a trendy mid-century modern look for dot.com entrepreneurs.

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  16. TimPOctober 19, 2019 at 2:35 PM

    @HelenClark, Aldo Kerast is a notable decedent from some years back who, unable to cope with his unrequited lust for Mary, drunkenly drove himself off of a cliff.

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  17. KitKatOctober 19, 2019 at 3:20 PM

    Saturday
    I also voted for Aldo the other day, TimP. It’s possible he faked his death.

    Today’s strip reminds me of Ralph and Alice Kramden of “The Honeymooners” (Google it, kids): “Baby, you’re the greatest!”

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  18. Steve GOctober 19, 2019 at 5:20 PM

    As the founder of a sports game startup (not as popular as Zackicks) - MVP stands for “Minimum Viable Product” which is the lowest version you would ever put in public.

    This strip sometimes elevates to that level.
    Other times it falls short and just doesn’t work.

    Nice to set a low bar there.

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  19. AnonymousOctober 19, 2019 at 6:06 PM

    TimP - Thank you, and yes, I remember Aldo Kelrast. But he wasn't what we would consider a main character, was he? I thought he was more of a "character" like the guy who ended up with a muffin on his head; can't think of his name tonight.

    HelenClark

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  20. tkraftOctober 19, 2019 at 8:43 PM

    What's with Iris' "Ah"'s over the last couple of days? Who actually says this in conversation outside of a doctor's office? (Ah! It's a foreshadowing of Iris actually in the doctor's office...)

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  21. YahoonskiOctober 20, 2019 at 12:36 PM

    I think Helen Clark is right about where this is going, and I think Zak is going to step up and be supportive as whatever disease Iris has runs its fatal course. Meanwhile, Libby the Singing Cat will become a YouTube sensation.

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  22. KitKatOctober 20, 2019 at 2:57 PM

    SUNDAY

    Wilbur and Estelle reconnect over the piano, and Zak and Iris plan to reconnect over the kitchen table. (I hope this euphemism adheres to the “family friendly” guideline.)

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  23. AnonymousOctober 20, 2019 at 5:04 PM

    Good one, KitKat! You make me want to see again the movie, "The Postman Always Rings Twice" - not the original one, but the better one made in the 80's with Jack Nicholson and Jessica Lange (my favorite actress). I feel like I should go and bleach my kitchen table.

    HelenClark

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  24. AnonymousOctober 20, 2019 at 9:42 PM

    “Hee hee”, Iris? “Seriously, “hee hee”?
    -Noreen

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