I’m beginning to wonder why Patty goes to their house. I would make an excuse, ANY excuse not to visit. (I’m sorry I can’t come over, I seem to have come down with Leprosy)
The thing is, I can’t imagine the Pennys adopting a child, either….
Well, unless there were a two for one sale at the orphanage…. but then they’d have twins, wouldn’t they?
No… my best guess is that Patty was an accident…waaaay back when Burl and Joy first figured out what it was that they were supposed to do….but still didn’t know what that activity could lead to..
They’d only been married about 15 years at that point… and they wondered why Joy was getting so fat (besides the Twinkies and Ho Hos).
When Patty was six. her pediatrician explained to Joy how what they had done six years ago had caused a baby to be created….so they decided that if they ever remembered how to do it again, they wouldn’t.
I bet the clown wishes he were hanging on someone else’s wall.. They did move him from the door wall to the living room. Now he can see more. Not that he wants to..
I won’t be coming over to visit much anymore, ma. My AUTO-immune system is killing my Penny genes and I would hate to see that affect the both of you. It could have a terrible effect on your super intelligence.
Regarding Patty, I think this may be evidence that a mother should eat high fat and sugar during pregnancy. Wonder if Joy was one of those mothers that didn’t know she was pregnant until bad case of indigestion just hours before the baby came?
I’ve actually put forward this theory before and see no reason to change it now. Joy couldn’t think of another way to make Burl commit. We once saw their wedding pic and Joy was even bigger than she is now. I wonder why Verla hasn’t figured this out yet.I also agree with timrinaldo. Patty gives Julie a chance to put in a voice of reason.
I don’t think Joy will ever become Ma (she needs a little intelligence just to become that snarky), and Patty will definately not become Joy; something has to have happened to those genes
(but I had very little in common with my parents, other than political views, that no longer matter to me). I learned to cook mostly because my mother’s cooking was SO BAD – so MAYBE that is what happened to Patty. The over-riding stupidity, selfishness, etc. made her go the opposite direction (if this is the case she’s in no danger).
I once had to read a biography for book report (and could find none in our small library that interested me) so I wrote a report on a non-existent person of my own invention;
I don’t remember whether I was discovered (I got away with all kinds of shenanigans back then).I frequently forged the signatures of my teachers just to evade “study halls” because I used to prefer to study with music from the juke box across the street. I was just as skinny as I am now, drinking lots of (sugar)Pepsi and hot dogs for lunch with chips.
Laura Gildwarg almost 11 years ago
AUTObiographies, is it? Well, I’ve gone out to find myself. If I should show up before I arrive, please hold me ’til I get there…
x_Tech almost 11 years ago
More than they taught you Burl.
Last Rose Of Summer Premium Member almost 11 years ago
I’m beginning to wonder why Patty goes to their house. I would make an excuse, ANY excuse not to visit. (I’m sorry I can’t come over, I seem to have come down with Leprosy)
mikie2 almost 11 years ago
If Joy was/is channeling Katherine Parr, does that make Burl a syphilitic, murderous womanizer, and who does that make Patty?
Say What Now‽ Premium Member almost 11 years ago
Ooh, is that an original Red Skelton painting; nah they couldn’t afford it.
SusanSunshine Premium Member almost 11 years ago
The thing is, I can’t imagine the Pennys adopting a child, either….
Well, unless there were a two for one sale at the orphanage…. but then they’d have twins, wouldn’t they?
No… my best guess is that Patty was an accident…waaaay back when Burl and Joy first figured out what it was that they were supposed to do….but still didn’t know what that activity could lead to..
They’d only been married about 15 years at that point… and they wondered why Joy was getting so fat (besides the Twinkies and Ho Hos).
When Patty was six. her pediatrician explained to Joy how what they had done six years ago had caused a baby to be created….so they decided that if they ever remembered how to do it again, they wouldn’t.
loveslife almost 11 years ago
I bet the clown wishes he were hanging on someone else’s wall.. They did move him from the door wall to the living room. Now he can see more. Not that he wants to..
shamest Premium Member almost 11 years ago
Burl and My dad could be buds
Yukoneric almost 11 years ago
Vicariously?
Carol69 almost 11 years ago
Perhaps an explanation was Patty arrived sometime after that handyman guy fixed the screen door.
timrinaldo almost 11 years ago
I think Pattie is Julie’s alter-ego. She has to get in there once and a while because even she can’t stand it…
ECJack almost 11 years ago
Joy still has her head, so she can’t be Anne Boleyn. So she must be Catherine of Aragon, which would make Patty, Mary.
finale almost 11 years ago
Maybe Patty hung out around “average” people while growing up? Like a school chum 3 blocks over that was outside Crustwood city limits.
robin6833 almost 11 years ago
I won’t be coming over to visit much anymore, ma. My AUTO-immune system is killing my Penny genes and I would hate to see that affect the both of you. It could have a terrible effect on your super intelligence.
imnormal almost 11 years ago
Regarding Patty, I think this may be evidence that a mother should eat high fat and sugar during pregnancy. Wonder if Joy was one of those mothers that didn’t know she was pregnant until bad case of indigestion just hours before the baby came?
MissScarlet Premium Member almost 11 years ago
I’ve actually put forward this theory before and see no reason to change it now. Joy couldn’t think of another way to make Burl commit. We once saw their wedding pic and Joy was even bigger than she is now. I wonder why Verla hasn’t figured this out yet.I also agree with timrinaldo. Patty gives Julie a chance to put in a voice of reason.
orbenjawell Premium Member almost 11 years ago
Patty: Gosh, I’d come over, but my I’M WITH STUPID T-shirts are all in the wash!! Snark! SNARK!!
GojusJoe almost 11 years ago
How can you write an autobiography about a person? In third grade, I wrote an autobiography about the family’s 52 Plymouth.
vldazzle almost 11 years ago
I don’t think Joy will ever become Ma (she needs a little intelligence just to become that snarky), and Patty will definately not become Joy; something has to have happened to those genes
(but I had very little in common with my parents, other than political views, that no longer matter to me). I learned to cook mostly because my mother’s cooking was SO BAD – so MAYBE that is what happened to Patty. The over-riding stupidity, selfishness, etc. made her go the opposite direction (if this is the case she’s in no danger).
vldazzle almost 11 years ago
I once had to read a biography for book report (and could find none in our small library that interested me) so I wrote a report on a non-existent person of my own invention;
I don’t remember whether I was discovered (I got away with all kinds of shenanigans back then).I frequently forged the signatures of my teachers just to evade “study halls” because I used to prefer to study with music from the juke box across the street. I was just as skinny as I am now, drinking lots of (sugar)Pepsi and hot dogs for lunch with chips.