Friday, February 4, 2022

Mary Worth 3827

The gift was watching Wilbur fall overboard. Let's just accept that part.

25 comments:

KitKat said...

“Accept the girth and disregard the rest”? But Mary, Wilbur is all girth. What, you said “gift”? Wilber Weston? Hahahahahahaha!

Tim said...

If I recall correctly Wilbur showed absolutely no gratitude for his miraculous survival, so why should anyone else?

RogerBW said...

Is this like Disney accepting the work from people working for companies they've bought, but disregarding the obligation to pay them royalties?

meg said...

“…Still a man hears what he wants to hear and disregards the rest.”

May I propose The Boxer for the overloaded Juke Box?

Ian Cameron, PhD said...

Mary, you should definitely accept the Gift (in the German sense of the word).

https://medium.com/utalk-app/beware-of-german-gifts-b42077c0c78b

Thunderheels said...

Mary is being quite obtuse with her comment. Because of the way she says it, should we accept the gift of her not falling off a ship, or accept the gift that she is alive?
Either way, we all lose.

Anonymous said...


Yes, no matter what he does or how despicable he is, we should be happy that Wilbur didn't manage to kill himself. Words to live by.

-- Scottie McW.

KitKat said...

Ian Cameron, PhD, , maybe Mary would enjoy a cyanide chaser.

Garnet said...

I do wonder why Estelle doesn't tell Mary about the more heinous things Wilbur does. She didn't tell Mary about Wilbur threatening to kill her cat, or that he had a rage-tantrum when she wouldn't marry him on the ship.

Also, sometimes you shouldn't accept a gift. I wouldn't accept a gift that came along with abuse and stupidity.

hmmm said...

Man, this is so boring. Can we see a panel tomorrow of the “Ladies Who Drink?” Nola Wolvenson (she fell off the wagon), Jill Black, and Helen Clark.

Anonymous said...

I wish Estelle would decide whether she’s drinking a gin/tonic tall or wine.

mr_darcy said...

Mary is sounding more horrible by the second. Mary accepts Wilbur as a laughable acquaintance who provides meddling opportunities, so Estelle should accept Wilbur as her life partner? Wilbur letting his own daughter think he was dead makes it a hundred times worse. Dawn and Estelle should turn on Mary, as if that will ever happen.

KitKat said...

Perfectly put, mr_darcy! I suppose KM is trying to portray Mary as a saint who’s above the rest of we struggling humans who will never approach her lofty level. Bleah.

Anonymous said...


As has been said here so many times already, if Wilbur's such a great guy, Mary, then YOU marry him. He's not exactly picky.

-- Scottie McW.

Thunderheels said...

This is gruesome, yet somehow could fit Wilbur's next phase of evolution into insanity:

Man Gets Life For Fatally Running Down Acquaintance After Mayonnaise-Based Argument

Estelle and Mary best watch out.

Chester the Dog said...

Amanda Byrnes made a movie with almost the exact same plot.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Love_Wrecked

I guess KM watches ABC Family!

hmmm said...

Dawn had to interrupt her internship to fly back to CA, she probably had started making some arrangements for a memorial service, she had to notify Wilbur’s two brothers who live in Florida and are now on their way to CA. She had to drive over to the nursing home to break the news to Wilbur’s 85-year old mother. Then the worst! She had to tell Jerry at the sandwich shop who was so devastated he committed suicide! And all she had to say to Wilbur was “Da - ad.” Seriously?

TimP said...

Wait, did Wilbur fall or did he dive?

(I know he wasn't pushed.)

Anonymous said...

It's not clear if Wilbur fell off the boat or he dove. But my money is on Wilbur doesn't even have enough talent to kill himself.

KitKat said...

Chester the Dog, “Love Wrecked” scored 14% on Rotten Tomatoes. That’s a high bar indeed for this loser of a MW plot.

Anonymous said...

Oh, Joy. Just read Monday’s new strip. “Divine” carrot muffins, a skinny Ian, Estelle nowhere to be seen, and Wilbur in search of just a few brain cells. Made my morning…

—NDJohn

Bill the Butcher said...

Monday:

Oh, look, Toby and Ian are still alive!

Unfortunately, Toby and Ian are so boring that I have to assume that this will just be a continuation of the Weelburstory. Maybe Toby can carve a Splak! Weelbur action figure, climbing a coconut palm, and it’ll become a huge hit or something.

Yahoonski said...

Monday: "...your recent, um, time away!" Sounds like she's trying to avoid saying he just got released from jail. As Chnadler Bing might say, could this BE any lamer?

KitKat said...

Carrot muffins and champagne - these people know how to party. Seriously, who brings muffins, and carrot ones at that, to a party?

I hope this isn’t simply a Toby-Ian cameo. I’m sick of Wilbur and Estelle, and the thought of a resumption of “Dogs are good!” is chilling.

LouiseF said...

Another breathtaking segue in the Worthiverse with this abrupt appearance of Toby and Ian. Guessing we are to assume that Sunday's repetitious summary of the week's rationalizations is the denouement of the Wilbur story. In between washing up on a resort island and showing up with Mary at Toby's birthday party, Wilbur was likely one of the lucky ones who were rescued this weekend by the Coast Guard from an ice floe on Lake Erie. My question: what ever happened to Darwinism in these situations? https://people.com/human-interest/18-people-rescued-from-lake-erie-ice-floe/