The Comics Curmudgeon

89 responses to “Dream girl”

1. UnkleSam
   December 18th, 2006 at 10:48 pm [Reply]

   a docent…is that kind of like a eunich?

2. dave3544
   December 18th, 2006 at 10:50 pm [Reply]

   young, blonde, pointy nose. what’s for a nerd not to love?

3. Red Greenback
   December 18th, 2006 at 10:52 pm [Reply]

   Itty Biddy

4. UnkleSam
   December 18th, 2006 at 10:54 pm [Reply]

   and another thing… i realize that mary and now ella are professional meddlers, but have they really been getting paid to meddle all these years? and how has the IRS not caught wind of this, cuz you know they don’t report their meddling money

5. arto
   December 18th, 2006 at 10:59 pm [Reply]

   There’s an almost Godfather-esque dividing of the meddling turf going on here. What Mary is obviously implying is that advice-giving that does impair people’s livelihood, impede auto traffic and *ahem* otherwise disrupt residents is her racket, capische? And if you don’t believe it, go ask Aldo.

6. ltrftp(not so first time)
   December 18th, 2006 at 11:00 pm [Reply]

   Is Ms Byrd laughing in the last panel? What does she know that we don’t?

   And in the third panel, is that a picture of one of the “frankentoys” from “Toy Story”?

7. Jonathan Bogart
   December 18th, 2006 at 11:01 pm [Reply]

   I think LuAnn’s stunning attractiveness (to the paper people in the little boxes) is based entirely on her being a blonde. Just like Margo is a bitch because she has dark hair and wears it up and Tommie is a deeply-closeted lesbian because she’s a redhead with a boyish bob.

   And all the Foob women are lumpen plant-creatures because their hair resembles seaweed. (Brown seaweed on Sundays.)

8. JamesK
   December 18th, 2006 at 11:01 pm [Reply]

   For those of you who hate Anthony with the passion of a million suns (Flames, at the side of my face. Heaving, heaving breaths), may I share with you Shaenon K. Garrity’s (author of http://www.narbonic.com) wonderful piece about everyone’s favorite mustached stalker now that Aldo’s gone to the great condo complex in the sky.

   http://shaenon.livejournal.com/29475.html

9. MonkeyHawk
   December 18th, 2006 at 11:01 pm [Reply]

   The Intertubes have totally devalued the concept of LOL, but the “Totally Awesome Thing” really made me laugh out loud.

10. Rusty
    December 18th, 2006 at 11:03 pm [Reply]

    I think I saw Ella on that Discovery Channel show, Little People, Big World. She has to be a dwarf or some such. MW in the first panel looks like Dikembe Mutombo next to her.

11. Red Greenback
    December 18th, 2006 at 11:03 pm [Reply]

    You’ve done enough. Have you no sense of docency, sir, at long last? Have you left no sense of docency?

12. Haligonian
    December 18th, 2006 at 11:03 pm [Reply]

    #1: okay, I’m glad I’m not the only one who had to look up “docent.”

    also, I’m pretty sure that Ella’s forearm in the last panel is actually supposed to be Mary’s arm, but got coloured wrong. So it looks like Ella has a freaky extra joint and is gearing up for a high-five.

13. Bigfoot
    December 18th, 2006 at 11:08 pm [Reply]

    Dent, unlike Aldo, is clearing stayin’ alive. Although it is a bit weird to think that anyone at Chatterstone would suggest that anyone around them could be a “brother”.

    Kudos, Sir Jeffness, wherever you are.

14. cvk
    December 18th, 2006 at 11:13 pm [Reply]

    Is it just me or can you almost hear Homer Simpson to go along with the last MW panel?

15. ltrftp(not so first time)
    December 18th, 2006 at 11:22 pm [Reply]

    And who or what is Mary looking at in the penultimate panel?

16. Luprand
    December 18th, 2006 at 11:22 pm [Reply]

    Way to go, Mary! She’s using Dent’s secret weapon – the Finger of Doom – right back at him. And the force of it first throws him into the classic “NO! This cannot be! I am INVINCIBLE!” pose, and finally drives that pointing hand back into his skull.

    And given how things happen in the Mary Worthiverse, probably fatally.

17. White Rabbit
    December 18th, 2006 at 11:29 pm [Reply]

    MW — Obviously Mary is just making up a bunch of legalistic crap as she goes along. She knows that Bucky Dent, as a big businessman, doesn’t have the time to read more than the executive summary of the Charterstone code of conduct. I have to hand it to her for improv, though, she quotes chapter and verse like a jailhouse lawyer.You can tell she’s faking it because she says “impede upon” when “impinge upon” is closer to the right word.

18. reader-who-posts
    December 18th, 2006 at 11:30 pm [Reply]

    I’m impressed with the Chinbeard Shuffle going on in this strip. In panel 3, he’s clearly behind Ella and Mary, but as Gary Dent tries to interrupt Mary he LEAPS between the two of them dramatically to tell him to let her talk (which is ironic . Then as Mary explains Meddling 101 to Gary, Chinbeard just sort of meanders about 10 feet away, I assume to get out of the way in case Gary decides to clock Ella.

    BTW, I think Mary has just shown every one what a pathetic life she has. She is so bored at home between attempts to meddle that she’s actually memorized the Charterstone Charter. No wonder she wants Dr. Jeff Cory to get back from his sex trip, er, humanitarian work in Asia.

19. Charlotte
    December 18th, 2006 at 11:31 pm [Reply]

    Josh – here’s my husband/wife exchange (as I read this on my laptop in bed):
    Me: See. I have my Google Reader set up to pull articles from Scientific American too. It’s not just comics stuff.
    Him. Yeah. Uh-huh. That is just your cover for you comic book porn.
    I believe he thinks I have a bit of a problem.

20. Charlotte
    December 18th, 2006 at 11:32 pm [Reply]

    your comic book porn
    Will I actually every read before I say it? Doh! Sorry ’bout that.

21. Harold
    December 18th, 2006 at 11:35 pm [Reply]

    I know I came to the party late, as the flowers on Aldo’s grave were beginning to wilt. But did anyone do any anagram work on the other characters in Mary Worth? I know Gary Dent = Angry Ted, but what about Ella Byrd = Yard Bell = Yell Bard = Lard Byle = All Be Dry = Ball Dyer? And I’m sure the late lamented Load Stalker found the object of his affections Ram Worthy.

    By the way, what happened to Ella Byrd’s friend who helped her move in?

    I think Lu Ann is kinda hot. I’ll be her docent any day!

22. Mibbitmaker
    December 18th, 2006 at 11:37 pm [Reply]

    Above:

    A3G: “She’s a work of art!” Yeah, but the writing leaves alot to be desired!

    MW: I just noticed: Dent, there, looks alot like Robert McKimson! That explains the theatric gestures (if you’ve seen his ’40s cartoons).

23. sally
    December 18th, 2006 at 11:40 pm [Reply]

    I know that old ladies shrink as they age and that Ella is about 150, but really, she’s doll-sized here! Unless Ian is in the middle of turning into The Incredible Blowhard Hulk. Which would explain a lot, actually.

24. Trilobite
    December 18th, 2006 at 11:40 pm [Reply]

    I’m keeping my fingers crossed that this horny docent guy comes back, and that his name turns out to begin with the letter “D.”

    I just want to refer to him as “Dave the Doughy Docent” so bad.

25. Jeff Hebert
    December 18th, 2006 at 11:47 pm [Reply]

    That was me on the “Dancing Dent” thingie, Josh. Glad you liked it!

    Jeff Hebert

    P.S. I also made the “Finger Quotin’ Margo Graphics Generator” at http://www.jeffness.net/margo/margo.php if anyone wants to poke around with that — you can type in your own quote for Margo and it generates a jpg you can save. I used actual letters painstakingly cut out of actual MW strips so it comes out looking pretty close to a real panel. No, I don’t have a life.

26. Anonymous
    December 18th, 2006 at 11:50 pm [Reply]

    since every male docent under the age of 60 is gay, I suppose it’s his “lucky day” because he’s been looking for an outfit just like Lu Ann’s….

27. Anonymous
    December 18th, 2006 at 11:51 pm [Reply]

    Sunday’s Mary Worth is clearly missing a line of dialog….Dent is obviously saying D’oh! in the last panel…

28. Lisa
    December 19th, 2006 at 12:04 am [Reply]

    Help! I’ve been hypnotized by the Dancing Dent …

29. LouieLouie
    December 19th, 2006 at 12:08 am [Reply]

    #8 that link: http://shaenon.livejournal.com/29475.html

    this is an excellent article regarding Blandthony. I have also found myself hating him more and more each time he appears. At first I thought it was just this idea that everyone is meant to be with their high school girlfriend or boyfriend forever (which I’ve found to be total bollocks in real life.) But I think some of here other points she brought up made it clear its a lot more than that. I hate that he is pitied for his bad wife, who he choose to marry and didn’t love much (yes, what a nice, mature guy.) How he represents a stagnation of life and death of dreams. All of that and more. I hate him!

30. Mibbitmaker
    December 19th, 2006 at 12:08 am [Reply]

    12/18:

    FW: “Frodo lives” on comic book guy’s shirt… oh, I just no longer have the energy to go on some indy comics rant. Besides, you’ve probably read more of them from me than “Hey, Aldo looks like…” by now.

    FC: You know Dennis isn’t a menace when he and these misshapen rugrats have almost the same punchline.

    FOOB: Hell, I came up with alternate Santa entrances on my own as a kid, Dee!

    S-M: Oh, go back in the van and make us sick, you two!!

    GF: Boy, I bet ol’ Satch misses “booger” this week!

    Blondie: Yeah, sure, reuse a strip from 1979, why don’t you?

    Foxtrot: Naw… Charlie Brown did it much better.

31. Shave Ezra
    December 19th, 2006 at 12:15 am [Reply]

    Trent Lott? Looks more like Al Franken in panel 3.

32. Artist Formerly Known as Ben
    December 19th, 2006 at 12:26 am [Reply]

    In the last panel Tom Dewey seems to be lambasting himself for not having a V8.

33. Mik Holmes
    December 19th, 2006 at 12:27 am [Reply]

    Please look at the throw away panels in MW.
    Mary’s head is doing something unholy, and Ms. Byrd’s head is the size of a large baby’s. In the second panel, Ella is reminding me of some famous actor, but I can’t remember his name…

34. Capisce
    December 19th, 2006 at 12:28 am [Reply]

    Wow, I just nearly hyperventilated to Dancing Dent. Outstanding.

35. Randy S
    December 19th, 2006 at 12:37 am [Reply]

    #6:”Is Ms Byrd laughing in the last panel? What does she know that we don’t?”

    She’s probably laughing at Mr Dent smacking himself in the forehead. Does she need to know anything else?

    BTW, I predict that Dent’s next course of action is to go around with a petition of all the residents who might feel “impeded” upon…

36. Mike P
    December 19th, 2006 at 12:38 am [Reply]

    I pray to god that Chinbeard is going to pick up Ella and chuck her at Dent, shouting something about monkeys and bananas.

37. Randy S
    December 19th, 2006 at 12:40 am [Reply]

    33: Don Knotts, perhaps?

38. Kirbyoto
    December 19th, 2006 at 12:50 am [Reply]

    Mr. Dent is emoting all wrong. That “Ah-HA!” face doesn’t look right, and neither does the slapping of the forehead.

    Seriously though, MW panel 2? AAAAAAAH.

39. Canaduck
    December 19th, 2006 at 1:00 am [Reply]

    Luann appears to be visiting the “Trees and More Trees” art gallery, with the exception of the thing in the last panel. What is that supposed to be, anyway? A decomposing sailboat being attacked by a miniature rocketship and a zeppelin?

    Oh wait, there’s some sort of non-tree painting in the first panel, too. It looks like a KKK member or something.

40. Decker
    December 19th, 2006 at 1:05 am [Reply]

    I really, really want to hear the QLONQ as Dewey/Dent’s hand strikes his forehead in Mary Worth.

    Also, Ella appears to slowly grow throughout the strip like some geriatric Apache Chief. It’s the only explanation for her awkward “raise the roof” gesture.

41. Hysterical Woman
    December 19th, 2006 at 1:27 am [Reply]

    MW: Oh, come on! What sort of residental apartments let you run a business out of them, even if the business doesn’t “impede upon the safety and sanctity of the other residents’ way of life”?

42. yggdrasil
    December 19th, 2006 at 1:27 am [Reply]

    Dent’s gesture is confusing. Is he exasperated with Mary’s pedantry, or is furious with himself for forgetting that damn foot traffic impedance bylaw?

43. Donald The Anarchist
    December 19th, 2006 at 2:20 am [Reply]

    A3G With Luann, it’s all about the gasp. Just one gasp from her, and you’re hooked for life. I’m starting to think that’s what sex IS in A3G land. Gasps and ghostly kisses.

    MW First I have to sit and savor the line, “How ugly your displaced anger is, Mr. Dent.” I think I can say with all confidence, speaking (typing, if ya wanna get technical) as someone who hopes to be a published writer some day, I could never come up with that exact sentence. It almost makes me want to give up. I could never construct a narrative framework that could justify that sentence, even if I were to come up with it. Of course, neither has the writer for Mary Worth. But did that stop him? Not for one second. It’s what separates the pros from the wannabes, I guess.

44. Schrollini
    December 19th, 2006 at 2:34 am [Reply]

    Did Sunday’s Mark Trail seem bleaker than usual?

    Or did my paper have a printing error?

45. Dub Not Dubya
    December 19th, 2006 at 3:06 am [Reply]

    44 Schrollini, that was excellent. What font did you use?

46. Randy S
    December 19th, 2006 at 3:53 am [Reply]

    Tuesday’s MW:
    Mary says “Other residents, such as Wilbur Weston, work out of their homes and it’s not a problem”

    I know I haven’t been reading this strip for that long, but doesn’t Wilbur write some sort of newspaper column? It hardly seems like a valid example of “operating a business out of one’s home”

47. Octal
    December 19th, 2006 at 5:32 am [Reply]

    Hahahaha, look at him dance! Awesome. :D

48. DrBear
    December 19th, 2006 at 6:46 am [Reply]

    At 5 a.m., I read her answer as “How ugly your misplaced answer is…” and I thought that was the strangest turn of phrase I’ve ever seen.

    Hey, LuAnn is a blonde. If he’s a docent, that may be the first one he’s seen.

49. jules
    December 19th, 2006 at 9:14 am [Reply]

    “How ugly your displaced anger is, Gary Dent…” I believe I have an uncle I can use that line on. Maybe I’ll call him “Angry Ted” just for kicks. Thanks, Ella! *thumbs up*

50. King Folderol
    December 19th, 2006 at 9:39 am [Reply]

    A3G threw in the “I’m a docent” line so that you wouldn’t think that this was just some crazy stalker who lingers in museums, laying in wait to dismember poor, naive fools like Luann. But I remain unconvinced, since no one introduces himself with “i’m a docent.” Wouldn’t “I’m a tour guide” have been sufficient? Nerd-boy might as well have said, “oh look, I have no genitals” right after he squeaked out “I’m a docent.”

    Given all the aggravation Gary Dent is going through, you’d think that Ella was manufacturing light trucks in her apartment. Um, big guy, it’s time to move on. Dent’s hissy fit is stretches the credulity of the idea that he could impress a minimum of two women – his wife and a mistress – to the breaking point.

51. Hap Hapless
    December 19th, 2006 at 9:47 am [Reply]

    “How ugly your displaced anger is, Gary Dent. Give in to the dark side, you must not!”

52. kostia
    December 19th, 2006 at 9:53 am [Reply]

    More information on Albert Pinkham Ryder can be found on the internet. This is a fascinating bit from the Wikipedia entry:

    “In their book, Albert Pinkham Ryder: Painter of Dreams, William Innes Homer and Lloyd Goodrich wrote, “There are more fake Ryders than there are forgeries of any other American artist except his contemporary Ralph Blakelock.” The authors, experts on Ryder, estimate the number of forged works at over one thousand. They also claim (as of 1989) that some remain in private and museum collections in addition to being offered through art dealers and auction houses. Part of the reason why so many fake Ryders exist is that his style is easily copied.”

    So has LuAnn spotted a forgery on display at the Met? Way to pick up a docent.

53. kostia
    December 19th, 2006 at 9:55 am [Reply]

    (gasp!) That painting is called “Moonlight” and it’s not at the Met at all, it’s here in DC at the Smithsonian. The plot thickens.

54. Joe
    December 19th, 2006 at 10:07 am [Reply]

    This is the stupidest condo-rule ever. That last clause basically provides a loophole for anything anyone wants to do. Ella could’ve actually been running a brothel, but as long as she didn’t make too much noise, everything was Kool-in-the-Gang with Murderous Mary and her Two Compadres.

55. Concerned Citizen
    December 19th, 2006 at 10:10 am [Reply]

    31 – Trent Lott? Looks more like Al Franken in panel 3. Nah, he looks too NeoCon. I’ll bet LuAnn’s erotic head bobbling is driving him crazy.

    33 – In the second panel, Ella is reminding me of some famous actor, but I can’t remember his name… I’m thinking Harold Lloyd.

    Fun! This is like trying to figure out who Tenniel’s drawings were really representing.

56. sally
    December 19th, 2006 at 10:15 am [Reply]

    #43 Donald, I feel your pain. I share it.

57. mattt
    December 19th, 2006 at 10:19 am [Reply]

    A3G – I think he says “I’m a docent” so as not confuse her since, in her last foray into a Place of Culture, he was a librarian. Seriously, isn’t he the same guy?

    Lu Ann: Say, weren’t you the librarian?
    Guy: Nope. I’m a docent. Just a plain ol’ regular everyday docent. And I’m definitely not following you.

58. holli
    December 19th, 2006 at 10:21 am [Reply]

    #26, yes all gay, the ones that are actually MALE.
    So, like, 3% of Docents everywhere?

    Generally they are rich ladies who don’t need a paycheck, but majored in Art History and need a hobby.

59. mattt
    December 19th, 2006 at 10:22 am [Reply]

    44 – Ha! That is hilarious! I wish my paper carried that version of Mark Trail. Perfect!

60. condimentalist
    December 19th, 2006 at 10:26 am [Reply]

    I think if I had “I’m a docent” on a t-shirt, I’d be able to pick up chicks left and right! As long as I was in boring-ass museums, that is.

61. Chuck Berry’s Breakfast
    December 19th, 2006 at 10:45 am [Reply]

    Is it me, or does Mary resemble a shriveled old Gary Oldman in “Bram Stoker’s Dracula” in panel one?

62. The Doug
    December 19th, 2006 at 11:04 am [Reply]

    Ya know, Aldo’s last name was an anagram for “Stalker”. Gary Dent is an anagram for “Gay Trend”. I’m not saying I want to see any homosexuality, just anything more exciting than people standing around squabbling about Condo By-Laws.

63. Forthillrox
    December 19th, 2006 at 11:04 am [Reply]

    14/CVK; Good call. I was thinking “Where’s the ‘D’oh’?” when I saw that last panel. I guess sometimes they don’t need to spell it out to convey the message..

64. hogenmogen
    December 19th, 2006 at 11:11 am [Reply]

    A3G’s Luann: “I’m an art teacher, and I routinely visit art museums, and – wow! I actually had a dream about one! Spooky! Now how do I get this dorky docent off my ass so I can get the hell out of here?”

65. Schrollini
    December 19th, 2006 at 11:26 am [Reply]

    #45 – Thanks. The font is LetterOMatic, available free from Blambot. I spent more time than I care to admit auditioning fonts.

    I mean: What do you mean “font”? It was like that in the paper.

66. RentedMule
    December 19th, 2006 at 11:43 am [Reply]

    MW: In panel one Mary looks suspiciously like Dr. Zaius in Planet of the Apes and Dent’s self-blow-to-the-head in the last panel is simply beyond superb. If I hit myself hard enough to cause a filled in “swoosh” line from my hand I’d definitely have neck bobbles at the back of my head!

67. The Great Ka Floopa-Gush
    December 19th, 2006 at 12:06 pm [Reply]

    that’s what sex IS in A3G land. Gasps and ghostly kisses.

    That’s hot.

68. Poteet
    December 19th, 2006 at 12:12 pm [Reply]

    # 44 — Excellent!!! BWAHAHA!

    Gee, I suppose I just laughed at the gods. I hope I won’t be turned into a chicken.

69. Kate
    December 19th, 2006 at 12:34 pm [Reply]

    #44, HOLY KAMOLE, Schrollini! Why is this not up there with Dancing Dent and the Night before Christmas?!

70. PeggyGee
    December 19th, 2006 at 12:47 pm [Reply]

    Who would’ve ever thought a discussion of condo documents would be used to move along a plot (at the pace of snails I must add)? I work as a condominium community manager. Believe me, there are some people with nothing better to do than memorize the condo by-laws. Then they call me to complain about the neighbor with the big dog, too many cats, or the “unlawful” business. Where is the Charterstone property manager in all this discussion??!! Will they begin debating the foolishness of self-management?
    I’m sure everyone laughed when John Grisham first told his friends that he was writing books where the lawyer is the hero.
    Do you think we’ll see a property manager come to the rescue to sort out this huge dilemma? Will the property manager get to be a hero? I can dream…

71. True Fable
    December 19th, 2006 at 1:11 pm [Reply]

    Jeff, is there any way you can add Sunday’s panel 4 and panel 7 to the dance steps? Ah-ah-ah-ah, stayin’ alive! stayin’ alive!

    Meanwhile – Thrill to the exciting world of condominium living, where men can justify empty time by standing and looking menacing, especially in comparison to the shrinking midget beside him, this week on – Ian Cameron: Lame Rule Enforcer!

72. nancysluggo4ever
    December 19th, 2006 at 1:32 pm [Reply]

    “marezy docents
    and doezy docents
    and Little LuAnn gets nuthin’….”

    falalalalalalaaaaaaaa

73. Emma
    December 19th, 2006 at 1:36 pm [Reply]

    Ella, the Incredible Shrinking Shrew.

74. Bud
    December 19th, 2006 at 1:46 pm [Reply]

    MW – “More information on housing policies can be found on the internet. This has been a public service announcement from the Defenders of Operating a Business From Your Home (DOBFYH) and the Ad Council.”

75. Enchilada
    December 19th, 2006 at 3:28 pm [Reply]

    I think it’s remarkable that LuAnn has been in NYC all these years and yet going to the library and now the Met is this huge cultural binge…..

76. Mrs. Kelrast
    December 19th, 2006 at 3:31 pm [Reply]

    WHY HAS NO ONE NOTICED #44?????????
    Someone should bring this to Josh’ attention!!!!!

77. velouria73
    December 19th, 2006 at 4:06 pm [Reply]

    Even before I read Josh’s comments re A3G, I wondered why everyone thinks LuAnn is so dang attractive. She’s clearly special needs, what with her wide-eyed innocence and constant need to vocalize her inability to find her way around large buildings. Those tricks would never work for me, but then I’m a brunette.

78. Harold
    December 19th, 2006 at 4:28 pm [Reply]

    #44 is brilliant!

    PennyGee, Bram Stoker had real estate agents play both hero and villain in Dracula, and the entire story centered on a real estate deal. Perhaps Mary Worth will introduce and refocus on the adventures of the new character of the condo manager, much as Mark Trail is now “The Further Adventures of Lucky Theodore Beaver.”

79. Dicky
    December 19th, 2006 at 6:18 pm [Reply]

    44… I totally thought that that was real and had to check the Sunday strip out… One of the few hardships of coming here and reading all this loving commentary is that it makes me read all of these comics I don’t read regularly…
    And seriously, if done in a thoughtful and careful way, polymorphism would be an awesome power with huge potential for devious and deviant fun.

    26, 58: I was a docent for something a bit hardier than museums: the Santa Monica Mountains through the Topanga Canyon Docents. I so would have given anything for a few of the male docents that were there to be gay (woof) and the more that I think of it, they very well could have been. Damn my cautious ways…
    I’ve toyed with volunteering as a docent for museums but can never muster myself up to drive to one~

80. PInk Haired Girl
    December 19th, 2006 at 6:34 pm [Reply]

    I’ve got it! Ella = Yoda.

    And, #30, Frodo does live!

81. Poteet
    December 19th, 2006 at 9:24 pm [Reply]

    # 79 — Thanks, Dicky. I googled Topanga Canyon Docents, and as a native-ecosystem geek, I was interested and impressed. I hope you’ll find your dream docent someday:-).

82. Craig Shergold
    December 20th, 2006 at 4:39 am [Reply]

    King Folderol at 50: A3G threw in the “I’m a docent” line so that you wouldn’t think that this was just some crazy stalker who lingers in museums, laying in wait to dismember poor, naive fools like Luann.

    This is performance art, dewd. I do not understand your hostility towards grant money.

83. katzy
    December 20th, 2006 at 11:40 am [Reply]

    The yoda-esk comment by the old biddy “how ugly your displaced anger is” almost made me shoot coffee out my nose, but the guy doing the head-smack finished me. Now I’d better go get some nostril burn ointment

84. san antone rose
    December 20th, 2006 at 11:55 am [Reply]

    FYI, least effective pick-up line ever: “I’m a docent!”

    Oh, I don’t know about that. I’ve seen it work at one of our local art museums.

    The Scarlet Bouffant? That’s rich. Oh, I don’t think I’ve ever laughed so hard at the comics. Really, the only good part of reading the comics is wondering “what’s the curmudgeon and his curminions going to say about THIS?”

    Thank you, thank you. Oh god, thank you.

85. Gal Friday
    December 20th, 2006 at 1:11 pm [Reply]

    #44 rocks!!!

86. lefthanger
    December 20th, 2006 at 2:42 pm [Reply]

    My god give the little Ella a break.
    She didn’t say it.
    “My how ulgy your displaced anger is, Gary Dent”
    Its just a thought.

87. princips
    December 22nd, 2006 at 3:26 am [Reply]

    I am so thrilled, like a little girl, to find this site. someone else who wonders at the mentality, the utter failure of plot progression, of Mary Worth. i am home! Not to mention the absurdity of Mark Trail. these are important issues we must investigate….

88. Darren Daz Cox
    May 30th, 2008 at 6:41 pm [Reply]

    A woman who is loves the work of Albert Pinkham Ryder? that really IS my dream girl!!!!!!

    and being a docent would rock!!!!!!!!!

89. helloworld
    May 24th, 2009 at 11:15 pm [Reply]

    I love that headslap at the end of Mary Worth

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