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Mary Worth, 12/24/25

As is my tradition, I will be knocking off for the holiday week and will return to blogging at some point in the new year, like around January … 2nd? 4th? Enh, somewhere in there. I hope you enjoy spending the next few days with your friends, family, or loved ones, or maybe with a bird you found on the side of the road somewhere. I won’t judge, unlike Mary Worth! You do you! Reject your overbearing, much older husband for a bird who poops everywhere! Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the law, and if thou wilt do it with a parrot, then let it be done!

Meanwhile, I will send you off to your long winter’s nap with the top comment of a brief week:

“At least the panel reveals enough so that can be reassured that at least Thirsty is wearing pants.” –Pozzo

And the runners up are funny as well!

“A senior holding a smartphone up to their ear rather than speakerphone at maximum volume? I call bullshit.” –Rex Thrillho, on BlueSky

“Sunny eavesdropping, to see if there’s a plot afoot. When he hears Mary blathering her usual generic drivel, he knows that his triumph will be swift and effortless.” –MKay

“The Legion, being far removed from traditional civilization and engaged in harsh colonial violence, would eventually turn to mockery of Christ’s origin story for their own material gain. It’s hardly 120 Days of Sodom, but the Marquis De Sade would appreciate the spirit of this comic’s turn.” –Philip

“Suddenly this feels like some kind of an After School Special warning against getting hooked on birds. Not a parrot, not a cockatiel, not even a budgie, kids. Not even once.” –pugfuggly

“I initially read that as ‘How do you like your renal care?’, which didn’t affect the ‘joke’ at all.” –Aaron

“Tell him I would like to have a boyfriend for more than just the span of one strip where he’s needed for a gag and is never mentioned before or after.” –Peanut Gallery

“Toby’s solution is to never leave Ian and Sunny alone together again. Her life is going to become an ongoing version of the ‘fox-chicken-grain’ puzzle.” –TheDiva

“His spiraling descent into madness complete, Buck signals ‘Touchdown!’, even though there is no football game anywhere in sight.” –Bob Tice

“We can see from the clock on the mantel that it’s … well, 4 in the afternoon would be a weird time for a home visit from Santa, so it must be 4 a.m. I’m guessing the kids were too excited to sleep this close to Christmas, so they woke up early and snuck downstairs … only to find Thirsty in their living room, which he’s secretly been sleeping ever since his wife kicked him out because he got drunk while playing Santa at a party and let inappropriate ladies sit on his lap. So now he’s stuck pretending to be the real Santa, or at least desperately trying to keep the kids quiet before their parents wake up and finally call the cops on him. Of course, then he could threaten to call CPS on them, because what is their baby doing crawling around the house and playing under the Christmas tree with zero adult supervision, anyway? It’s a standoff that’s been years in the making, and we get to see it just in time for the holidays!” –BigTed

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