What is it with these two? Are they Hawaiian? Did they meet at a school for the blind? That their caresses are pretty much weird taps and touches is just downright creepy. Morse Code for Luvahs…
And I’m going to stray again from waiting for the next day’s dot-dot-dash-dot installment:
Remember them? Rex Morgan? Judge Parker? Mary Worth? Before sobering storylines like Alzheimer patients and potential nursing home problems? Or Hollywood starlets being stalked by paparazzi? Or all the freakin’ talking that no one cares about?!?
Pardon me while I wax nostalgic…
You know what bugs me about Lawrence (besides everything, I mean)? His hands. It looks like he’s always invoking God, or offering Communion, or trying out for the Santa Royale Easter pageant production of “The 1o Commandments.” What’s the deal, Larry?
Or are we just missing that elusive, last panel?
And now, you, too, can join in the fun!
The hallmark of the comic strip “Garfield Minus Garfield” is removing Garfield from the panels. It’s strangely funny and definitely surreal.
CC’s own AeroSquid puts a new spin on this with “Garfield Minus Garfield Plus X”. And you thought you’d never have a use for high school algebra! Just add an animal, vegetable or mineral and let the fun begin…
…only I’m not sure what category this fits into.
All right. Fine. Delilah is all growed up now and is devoted to Lawrence forever an’ ever.
So why do we have to waste an entire Sunday strip on the pumpkin-colored decor in Lawrence’s hotel room? Did he get a discount rate because his suit matches, and the front desk mistaken him for a hotel executive? And, if that had been the case, would Lawrence have been honest enough to correct the error?
Eh, who cares? I’m more interested in how Mary and her Posse view the result of her latest meddling gig:
If this is the end of the storyline, why the *&$#*$ is it taking so long? Really, Moy and Giella, it was a lot more entertaining watching Charley putting the moves on Delilah rather than Lawrence basking in the glow of a mindless audience that probably does a lot of post-2 AM ordering of merchandise on the Home Shopping Network.
I’m really hoping that the plot is NOT a tidy wrap-up of Twue Wuve bringing Delilah and Lawrence together. Boring and unrealistic (but we are talking about Mary Worth, aren’t we?)…
Hmm, I’m not even interfering (for once) and a lot of Lawrence’s facial expressions and comments seem anything but exuberant at the prospect of Delilah “dropping in” at his conference/seminar/snake oil pitch. Could be his naturally detached personality. Could be trouble in Paradise.
Me? I’m hoping for the latter.
And it goes on and on! I swear, if I heard some clown warbling Rogers and Hammerstein in a hotel corridor, Security would be up there in a minute.
Fortunately, it looks like Delilah might soon have *things* well in hand.
Snerk!
Meanwhile… CC’s Darrenh noticed the foreshadowing of Events to Come with Lawrence sensuously sliding the key card into the lock. He wasn’t the only one:
Josh, The Comics Curmudgeon himself, got a huge shout-out in the 12 August 2009 Pearls Before Swine strip.
So, let’s mash it! (The first four panels are exactly how the 12 August strip appears…pretty darn cool.)
And anticipating the metric buttloads of new visitors to Josh’s site, faithful CCer Sequitur thoughtfully created a Newbee Quiz so everyone can get on the same (comics) page quickly:
Hi (from Hi & Lois) uses a computer program to do his taxes. He uses
(a) Bat Taxer
(b) Tax Bat
(c) bats :[
Mary Worth makes a delicious treat for all the residents of Charterhouse. It is
(a) Onion circles
(b) Salmon squares
(c) Dingo balls
In Pearls Before Swine there’s a character that resembles a goat. He is called
(a) Ram-a-lamb-a-ding-dong
(b) Goat
(c) True Fable
There was a pet raccoon in Mark Trail. It’s name was
(a) Wolverine
(b) Sneaky
(c) buckyswife
Curtis’ brother, Barry, pisses into a
(a) hide-a-head
(b) toilet
(c) commodorejohn
Liō has a pet
(a) shop
(b) squid
(c) AeroSquid
If raccoons are not careful they could get
(a) bent
(b) chained to a log
(c) Joshed
BONUS ROUND
There was once a discussion on this blog concerning goats. What part the the goat anatomy was discussed?
(a) horn
(b) teat
(c) Poteet
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Of course all the answers are “(b).”
Poor Pig! He just wants a little contemplative peace…
Even so, there are a few bright spots in the universe (and the Internet):
Yeah, it’s a big ol’ schmaltz-a-thon for my buds at The Comics Curmudgeon ( http://joshreads.com ). I did rework this to include some of the classic catch phrases of the site.
Thank you, Stan Lee, George Lucas, and everyone else who lets us say “What if…?”!
But “what if” Delilah reunited with her one true much older, emotionally-distant love? Anything’s possible in the MW AU!
And “what if” Lawrence Jonis is not only a Doctor of Philosophy but also a TOTAL HOTTIE?!?
Suggested by CC’s Spectacular Spider-Brick; that’s all I’m sayin’…
In Mary Worth’s perfect little world, goodness is rewarded. Bad people are punished, or worse, shunned like a veritable Amish with an iPod.
Well, that’s how it goes in her little world.
And the next day’s strip has Delilah hoping that her marriage can work. That’s all well and good, but Mr. Dr. PhD Lawrence doesn’t seem to be attending high-end academic conferences throughout the world (cripes, even Chinbeard Cameron goes to seminars at universities!) so much as headlining inspirational, motivational talks, loaded with platitudes that would embarrass even Mary Worth herself, at what appears to be off-ramp Holiday Inn Express meeting rooms:
