Is that note from Tommy, or a last-minute appeal from the incumbent to the White Suburban Female voting block? Hey, hey Karen and June, let's keep politics out of the MW world. We Worthians and come here to escape from reality. No intrusions, please! Real life is crazy enough. (Happy Election Day to all MW & Me friends!)
Just a thought... Tommy should take a cue from Wilbur and Estelle and pull a "Say Anything" boombox serenade. Yea, that's it Tommy! Write to Dear Wendy!
Is there something in the water in Chaterstone that makes the males whiny and needy? (Wilbur, Chinbeard and now Tommy.) If I got a note like that from a guy, it would be tossed in the trash. Tommy needs to turn in his man card.
I first thought that today’s strip was an inadvertent rerun from last week. So Tommy has been skulking in the apron room, waiting for Brandy to take a break from not working? KM has been hitting the snooze button hard.
It is about time that Tommy told Brandy to take a flying leap. Who in the world would want a wife who NEVER believed anything you told her? All she does is gripe and call him a liar over and over again.
Great question, Regina! I have to think that in between the storylines these guys must show SOME appealing qualities to their girl friends/wives. I picture Tommy helpfully vacuuming the living room, for instance. Wilbur maybe repairing a faucet for Estelle (he seems like he could be hiding some plumbing skills). And Ian? Well, he could be finally donating that godawful astroturf jacket to a thrift store, thereby making Toby's day. A girl can dream anyway...
Thursday More leftovers/recycling by June: today’s first panel is pretty much identical to last Friday,, showing the front of Freda’s. June’s as bored as the rest of us.
I guess it hasn’t occurred to Tommy to ask Brandy how she happened to see him and Known Druggie Vin. No “Babe, were you spying on/following/stalking me?!”?
It's beyond clear Brandi will never be able to trust Tommy. Since his last experience with drugs was prescription medication she can't even trust him in a drug store. It's time to move on.
Oh and Tommy needs to be a man and tell Brandi he told her the but she accuses him of lying. This doesn't work so goodbye. Or alternatively given the lack of trust can we mess around until we both find something better?
Geez Louise (apologies to LouiseF!) how many ways can Brandi tell Tommy to get lost and how many times is Tommy going to stand there whining for her to take him back. How about growing a pair Tommy. If my husband acted even remotely like this, sniveling and groveling, I'd leave him. Also, if I acted like an unbelieving shrieking shrew like Brandi, I'd hope my husband would leave me as well.
Also, why hasn't Freda told the Battling Bickersons that they['re at work and to take their problems someplace other than the job. I did less than this at work (I called one of my coworkers a crybaby because he reported me for telling him to stop hitting reply all) and my boss yelled at me for that. Can you imagine what would happen if I was causing all the commotion at work that these two clowns are causing.
Of course Mary would appreciate help toting a small brown grocery bag containing a loaf of Italian bread and some wilted kale. Actually, it’s a decoy bag she keeps to lure unsuspecting prey into her muffitorium. Poor Tommy. He is about to be pulled into the insidious muffin cult, and will spill all his secrets while becoming dependent on Mary’s Kelk-and-raisin goodies. He’ll succumb quickly, having an addictive personality. Will Mary get him back with Brandy? We can but hope, because if they get married, they’ll disappear.
Today’s strip pushed me into the Wayback Machine - “Leave It to Beaver” came to mind. I couldn’t decide initially if Tommy is the Beaver or Eddie Haskell, but I decided that Tommy is way too much of a dim bulb to be as sly and conniving as EH.
"Well, you're certainly showing some positive signs of self-awareness, Tommy. You work in a supermarket and you hold a paper sack full of groceries like that? You certainly are a loser."
-- Scottie McW.
P.S. "Muffitorium"!!!! Ha haaaaa, that is outstanding, fauxprof
@Regina Wolfe-Parks, you had a co-worker report you for telling him to not reply all? You should have gotten a commendation. It drives me crazy when people reply all when it's completely inappropriate.
I think "Insidious Muffin Cult" would be a good name for a band.
SATURDAY A startling development: banana bread defeats muffins! An earthquake strikes Charterstone! The critical question: is this Mary’s recipe, or Gram’s? I’m guessing it’s Mary’s. Mary would never concede that another’s baked item is superior to hers.
Today, tomorrow, and all of next week (at least): Mary counsels Tommy while serving dry banana bread on teensy weensy plates.
Finally catching up. Thanks for much needed laughs. The Hello haiku from the other day was awesome. Tommy better snap to it or he will tread into stalker territory. I had a boyfriend in college who didn't take a breakup well. Among other things he harassed my mom, working the night shift at a hospital, telling her to make me go back to him. Post script, he became a lawyer.
Banana bread? Mary must be furious that Toby's banana bread was such a hit at the big condo board meeting, and she's not going to take this lying down. She's gonna shove her banana bread down every throat in Charterstone until they all agree that hers is better.
What twenty-five year old ex-felon goes and whines to a random old lady about his problems? I guess he doesn't have any friends (other than Vin...). At least he's a self-aware loser.
It's not often we get to see Mary council a guy (does Wilbur count?). I wonder if she will offer any different kind of advice than she would for a woman. Hang tough? Buckle up? Be a man? Actually, I'm betting on the generic 'if you lover her let her go'. I hope Mary's secret banana bread ingredient isn't brandy.
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.
Is that note from Tommy, or a last-minute appeal from the incumbent to the White Suburban Female voting block? Hey, hey Karen and June, let's keep politics out of the MW world. We Worthians and come here to escape from reality. No intrusions, please! Real life is crazy enough. (Happy Election Day to all MW & Me friends!)
ReplyDeleteSorry, Post-It Note Correspondent, Freda’s policy is no returns and no rainchecks. Have a nice day!
ReplyDelete"Baby come back, listen, you can blame it all on me
ReplyDeleteI was wrong, and I just can't live without you..."
Just a thought... Tommy should take a cue from Wilbur and Estelle and pull a "Say Anything" boombox serenade. Yea, that's it Tommy! Write to Dear Wendy!
ReplyDeleteWow, Tommy... you actually sprung for one whole, entire rose? Must be Freda's doesn't sell half roses.
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Break out the boombox, Tommy!
ReplyDeleteWork station? Like she ever works!
ReplyDeleteIs there something in the water in Chaterstone that makes the males whiny and needy? (Wilbur, Chinbeard and now Tommy.) If I got a note like that from a guy, it would be tossed in the trash. Tommy needs to turn in his man card.
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ReplyDeleteThis is so cheesy, he should have also left her a pack of Kraft singles.
You're just making it worse, Tombo.
-- Scottie McW.
Tommy is interested in a woman named Brandi. Obviously he hasn't put his addictions behind him.
ReplyDeleteI first thought that today’s strip was an inadvertent rerun from last week. So Tommy has been skulking in the apron room, waiting for Brandy to take a break from not working? KM has been hitting the snooze button hard.
ReplyDeleteIt is about time that Tommy told Brandy to take a flying leap. Who in the world would want a wife who NEVER believed anything you told her? All she does is gripe and call him a liar over and over again.
ReplyDeleteWhat on Earth do these two see in each other? She's not very bright and obviously doesn't trust him, and he proposed to her with an onion ring.
ReplyDeleteOMG you two, just get over it. Tommy, there is more than one female in Santa Royale under the age of 50!
ReplyDeleteEven Libby is looking like a good match for Tommy.
Great question, Regina! I have to think that in between the storylines these guys must show SOME appealing qualities to their girl friends/wives. I picture Tommy helpfully vacuuming the living room, for instance. Wilbur maybe repairing a faucet for Estelle (he seems like he could be hiding some plumbing skills). And Ian? Well, he could be finally donating that godawful astroturf jacket to a thrift store, thereby making Toby's day. A girl can dream anyway...
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ReplyDeleteMore leftovers/recycling by June: today’s first panel is pretty much identical to last Friday,, showing the front of Freda’s. June’s as bored as the rest of us.
I guess it hasn’t occurred to Tommy to ask Brandy how she happened to see him and Known Druggie Vin. No “Babe, were you spying on/following/stalking me?!”?
ReplyDeleteYeah, we get it, KM. Can we move this along, please?
This pace is more glacial than the counting of ballots.
-- Scottie McW.
It's beyond clear Brandi will never be able to trust Tommy. Since his last experience with drugs was prescription medication she can't even trust him in a drug store. It's time to move on.
ReplyDeleteOh and Tommy needs to be a man and tell Brandi he told her the but she accuses him of lying. This doesn't work so goodbye.
ReplyDeleteOr alternatively given the lack of trust can we mess around until we both find something better?
By the way Brandi has her reasons for not trusting an addiction so it doesn't work from her perspective either.
ReplyDeleteGeez Louise (apologies to LouiseF!) how many ways can Brandi tell Tommy to get lost and how many times is Tommy going to stand there whining for her to take him back. How about growing a pair Tommy. If my husband acted even remotely like this, sniveling and groveling, I'd leave him. Also, if I acted like an unbelieving shrieking shrew like Brandi, I'd hope my husband would leave me as well.
ReplyDeleteAlso, why hasn't Freda told the Battling Bickersons that they['re at work and to take their problems someplace other than the job. I did less than this at work (I called one of my coworkers a crybaby because he reported me for telling him to stop hitting reply all) and my boss yelled at me for that. Can you imagine what would happen if I was causing all the commotion at work that these two clowns are causing.
I thought the same thing, Scottie McW. I suspect we'll see Tommy stop badgering Babe right around the same time Trump concedes.
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FRIDAY.
ReplyDeleteOf course Mary would appreciate help toting a small brown grocery bag containing a loaf of Italian bread and some wilted kale. Actually, it’s a decoy bag she keeps to lure unsuspecting prey into her muffitorium. Poor Tommy. He is about to be pulled into the insidious muffin cult, and will spill all his secrets while becoming dependent on Mary’s Kelk-and-raisin goodies. He’ll succumb quickly, having an addictive personality. Will Mary get him back with Brandy? We can but hope, because if they get married, they’ll disappear.
“Insidious muffin cult” - very good, fauxprof!
ReplyDeleteToday’s strip pushed me into the Wayback Machine - “Leave It to Beaver” came to mind. I couldn’t decide initially if Tommy is the Beaver or Eddie Haskell, but I decided that Tommy is way too much of a dim bulb to be as sly and conniving as EH.
ReplyDelete"It's the least a loser like me can do!"
"Well, you're certainly showing some positive signs of self-awareness, Tommy. You work in a supermarket and you hold a paper sack full of groceries like that? You certainly are a loser."
-- Scottie McW.
P.S. "Muffitorium"!!!! Ha haaaaa, that is outstanding, fauxprof
OMG - muffitorium should become a label! I haven't laughed so hard in days. Thanks for the giggle!
ReplyDeleteI think Wanders should add the song "Loser" by Beck to the Jukebox. The words fit Tommy to a tee: "I'm a lsoer baby/so why don't you kill me."
ReplyDelete@Regina Wolfe-Parks, you had a co-worker report you for telling him to not reply all? You should have gotten a commendation. It drives me crazy when people reply all when it's completely inappropriate.
ReplyDeleteI think "Insidious Muffin Cult" would be a good name for a band.
SATURDAY
ReplyDeleteA startling development: banana bread defeats muffins! An earthquake strikes Charterstone! The critical question: is this Mary’s recipe, or Gram’s? I’m guessing it’s Mary’s. Mary would never concede that another’s baked item is superior to hers.
Today, tomorrow, and all of next week (at least): Mary counsels Tommy while serving dry banana bread on teensy weensy plates.
Finally catching up. Thanks for much needed laughs. The Hello haiku from the other day was awesome.
ReplyDeleteTommy better snap to it or he will tread into stalker territory. I had a boyfriend in college who didn't take a breakup well. Among other things he harassed my mom, working the night shift at a hospital, telling her to make me go back to him. Post script, he became a lawyer.
ReplyDeleteBanana bread? Mary must be furious that Toby's banana bread was such a hit at the big condo board meeting, and she's not going to take this lying down. She's gonna shove her banana bread down every throat in Charterstone until they all agree that hers is better.
Mary don't need no stinkin' secret ingredient!
-- Scottie McW.
What twenty-five year old ex-felon goes and whines to a random old lady about his problems? I guess he doesn't have any friends (other than Vin...). At least he's a self-aware loser.
ReplyDeleteIt's not often we get to see Mary council a guy (does Wilbur count?). I wonder if she will offer any different kind of advice than she would for a woman. Hang tough? Buckle up? Be a man? Actually, I'm betting on the generic 'if you lover her let her go'. I hope Mary's secret banana bread ingredient isn't brandy.
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