No, no, no no nonononono! NOOOOOO! Looks like we get to begin the year on a cruise with Estelle and Wilbur, or watching Mary watch Libby and Pierre. No. No. Nooooooooo. Nononono!
A 3-day cruise out of Southern California is unlikely to hit an iceberg, but if it did, you can bet Wilbur would end up floating to safety on that door, not Estelle. What else could go wrong? Marooned on Catalina Island? Kidnapped in Ensenada? Maybe quarantined for weeks on end by a mysterious virus unknown to the Worthiverse? Stay tuned folks—perhaps nothing interesting will happen at all.
fauxprof, you’ve summed it up beautifully. Part of me expects we won’t see Estelle and Wilbur at all. That way KM won’t have to deal with the one stateroom or two question. She tends to avoid anything in the neighborhood of (gasp!) sex. I have a feeling we’ll see Mary attending to Estelle’s “fur kids” (I can’t believe that Mary would say that) and Wilbur’s nervous fish, e.g.,:
While walking the fur kids on a Charterstone path, Pierre and Libby tangle their leashes around Mary’s ankles while chasing a butterfly. Mary trips, sprains both ankles, and directs Libby and Pierre to drag her to the People’s Clinic to be treated by Drew.
OR
Mary feeds the fish muffin crumbs, and the finny kids begin hallucinating. Mary scoops them out of the tank into a plastic bag and takes them to Dr. Ed, the vet. The fish can’t be saved, but they remind Ed of the Bum Boat, and he invites Mary to dinner there. As they enter the Bum Boat (after the early bird hour), Mary spies Jeff at a secluded table with Ashlee Jones. Hilarity and accusations ensue.
The only way we’ll be seeing this cruise is the same way we saw Mary walking around the Charterstone path the other day, superimposed over Wilbur in the identical panel. June is on vacation so KM has superimposed Estelle’s head over Dawn’s using panels from that cruise Wilbur and Dawn took, how many years ago? Don’t tell me; I don’t want to know.
I agree with KitKat. Mary would never use the term: fur kids. Nor would a woman who goes around polishing door knobs let a dog lick her face.
Poor Pierre. I can't recall whether Wilbur got him at a pet store or at a shelter, but he's been foisted off on somebody else twice since then. Mary will probably talk Toby into taking him after Wilbur and Estelle perish in the cruise disaster. "He'll make a great model for your little sculptures, my dear."
Kit Kat- Your scenarios are quite plausible. We will likely see Mary taking care of the "fur kids". It would be much more interesting to see the return of Esme, the singer. She sees Wilbur and Estelle and proceeds to seduce one of them. Of course, KM would never take it that far, but it would at least provide some interest to the proceedings. Or maybe Wilbur will be seduced by a lovely Latino woman for whom he buys expensive jewelry. Either way, after a brief break up, Mary will get Estelle and Wilbur back together in a circular hellscape that will never end. Or- the ship sinks!
Isn't Jeff allergic to cats? Guess he won't be visiting while Mary watches the fur kids. Maybe we will get lucky and Fabiana will be teaching dance on the cruise. Nah, the cruise would have to be longer than 3 days. It will take that long for Wilbur to figure out which foot is left and which is right.
Gaaaaahhh, this will NEVER end!!! And also, pets do not behave like this. Especially cats! The only thing that keeps me going at the moment is the anticipation of the wonderful Worthies.
If this were a TV show, Estelle would have taken out plenty of life insurance on Wilbur, gone on the cruise, and Wilbur would disappear during a midnight stroll along the darkened quarter-deck, sucked under by the propellers, churned into chum. We can dream can't we?
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.
A 3-day cruise out of Southern California is unlikely to hit an iceberg, but if it did, you can bet Wilbur would end up floating to safety on that door, not Estelle. What else could go wrong? Marooned on Catalina Island? Kidnapped in Ensenada? Maybe quarantined for weeks on end by a mysterious virus unknown to the Worthiverse? Stay tuned folks—perhaps nothing interesting will happen at all.
ReplyDeletefauxprof, you’ve summed it up beautifully. Part of me expects we won’t see Estelle and Wilbur at all. That way KM won’t have to deal with the one stateroom or two question. She tends to avoid anything in the neighborhood of (gasp!) sex. I have a feeling we’ll see Mary attending to Estelle’s “fur kids” (I can’t believe that Mary would say that) and Wilbur’s nervous fish, e.g.,:
ReplyDeleteWhile walking the fur kids on a Charterstone path, Pierre and Libby tangle their leashes around Mary’s ankles while chasing a butterfly. Mary trips, sprains both ankles, and directs Libby and Pierre to drag her to the People’s Clinic to be treated by Drew.
OR
Mary feeds the fish muffin crumbs, and the finny kids begin hallucinating. Mary scoops them out of the tank into a plastic bag and takes them to Dr. Ed, the vet. The fish can’t be saved, but they remind Ed of the Bum Boat, and he invites Mary to dinner there. As they enter the Bum Boat (after the early bird hour), Mary spies Jeff at a secluded table with Ashlee Jones. Hilarity and accusations ensue.
The only way we’ll be seeing this cruise is the same way we saw Mary walking around the Charterstone path the other day, superimposed over Wilbur in the identical panel. June is on vacation so KM has superimposed Estelle’s head over Dawn’s using panels from that cruise Wilbur and Dawn took, how many years ago? Don’t tell me; I don’t want to know.
ReplyDeleteI agree with KitKat. Mary would never use the term: fur kids. Nor would a woman who goes around polishing door knobs let a dog lick her face.
HelenClark
Poor Pierre. I can't recall whether Wilbur got him at a pet store or at a shelter, but he's been foisted off on somebody else twice since then. Mary will probably talk Toby into taking him after Wilbur and Estelle perish in the cruise disaster. "He'll make a great model for your little sculptures, my dear."
ReplyDeleteKit Kat-
ReplyDeleteYour scenarios are quite plausible. We will likely see Mary taking care of the "fur kids". It would be much more interesting to see the return of Esme, the singer.
She sees Wilbur and Estelle and proceeds to seduce one of them. Of course, KM would never take it that far, but it would at least provide some interest to the proceedings.
Or maybe Wilbur will be seduced by a lovely Latino woman for whom he buys expensive jewelry.
Either way, after a brief break up, Mary will get Estelle and Wilbur back together in a circular hellscape that will never end.
Or- the ship sinks!
Isn't Jeff allergic to cats? Guess he won't be visiting while Mary watches the fur kids. Maybe we will get lucky and Fabiana will be teaching dance on the cruise. Nah, the cruise would have to be longer than 3 days. It will take that long for Wilbur to figure out which foot is left and which is right.
ReplyDeleteGaaaaahhh, this will NEVER end!!! And also, pets do not behave like this. Especially cats! The only thing that keeps me going at the moment is the anticipation of the wonderful Worthies.
ReplyDeleteIf this were a TV show, Estelle would have taken out plenty of life insurance on Wilbur, gone on the cruise, and Wilbur would disappear during a midnight stroll along the darkened quarter-deck, sucked under by the propellers, churned into chum. We can dream can't we?
ReplyDeleteI hate the term "fur kids." It's worse than "grand-babies" by an order of magnitude.
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