Saturday, January 9, 2021

Mary Worth 3542

You can't take any chances at your age? You took her to an indoor mall for lunch where no one is wearing a face covering and you just handed her your own handkercheif to wipe her tears and nose with. I get that the author has decided to keep the strip COVID free, but at least don't put characters in situations where the rest of us are cringing at everything they do. Although, I guess... we were cringing before COVID, so what's the difference?

16 comments:

KitKat said...

Not a tissue but “a Kleenex” - more product placement by KM! How many rolls of bathroom tissue and other products is Kimberly-Clark sending her? [grumble]

How tactful of Saul to remind Eve of her advanced age, and allege that both of them have one foot on a banana peel and the other foot in the grave. Insisting that being sad requires immediate medical attention helps so much, too. What a guy.

Nance said...

Today's Boldface Haiku is titled

"Script Fragment For A Life Alert Commercial Intro".

Old-fashioned! Handkerchief...
T-thank you...
Medical assistance?
Our age...

Yahoonski said...

Two days in a row with the medical assistance approach. Wouldn't a normal person in the real world ask "Are you okay?" or "What's the matter?"

Tim said...
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Anonymous said...


When do you think we'll actually find out what triggered her? Middle of next week? Probably not any sooner.

I wouldn't ever accept a hanky from another person. You don't know where than thing has been or what might be on it. Eeeewwwwww!

-- Scottie McW.

Tim said...
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Anonymous said...

KitKat - glad you brought up calling a tissue: "a Kleenix." That's always bugged me when people do that. I mean, one wouldn't invite a friend to breakfast and ask: "Would you like a little Hood in your Folgers? How about I pop a couple of pieces of Wonder in the toaster for you? Are you still dieting or can I spread a little Blue Bonnet on those? Would you like your Nellie's scrambled or over easy?"

HelenClark

Downpuppy said...

I have no idea what is being shown where Eve's left eye used to be.

MissScarlet said...

Good question, Wanders. I think Saul is in his 60s and Eve is in her 50s. That's kind of what I've been assuming. So, not too far apart to be weird. I wonder if Saul has some kind of health problem that is leading him to project vulnerability onto Eve. Maybe he will have a heart attack while Eve describes her late husband's decapitation.

meg said...

Miss Scarlett: On 6/6/20, Saul said he was 79 years old, so now he’s near 80. Eve probably isn’t interested in being included in the “our age” group!

Eve Lourd said...

It’s my late husband, you see.. . he.. he wore men’s clothing too! It just brought back so many memories :(

KitKat said...

SUNDAY
Eve says she’s “embarrassed to put a damper on our shopping” by crying. Ha ha, what a card she is!

It can’t be the sight of suits that set her off; even Saul wears a suit every day. It has to be the headless mannequins. “My late husband, Claude, was always losing his head over something (sniff).”

lmjb1964 said...

KitKat, maybe it's not the suit, but the tie. She's thinking, "My husband used to wear a suit with a real tie, and look like a respectable person, and now I'm hanging around this rumpled loser who wears a matching bowtie with his dog." I'd be crying, too.

Just caught up on the past weeks of strips and snark. You are all brilliant. Thanks for the many guffaws.

MissScarlet said...

@Meg Thanks for reminding me about Saul's age. So, yeah, Eve doesn't look nearly that old. On the other hand, if she's this weepy all the time it's no wonder Saul is her only acquaintance.

@Scotty McW Too right. Moy will drag this out so long that even if the guy was decapitated for real, we won't care anymore.

Vince said...

It's hard to witness such a drab story taking place in the same mall that launched Dawn and Hugo's dazzling summer fling--not even that long ago.

Anonymous said...

ha ha ha... It makes me laugh to read the speculation on Saul's and Eve's ages. How can that even matter when we all live in the Worthiverse? Mary is 140 and Dawn must be at least 42 but still attending classes at SR college for the hair-impaired... So why can't Saul be 79 and Eve be 55 and I be... oh... sob