Helpless. Clueless. Useless. Plain old less.I wonder if Burl would actually starve to death with food just out of his reach, expecting Joy to bring it to him. I don’t have $10,000 to bet on it, but I’d bet a dime.Actually, Joy is trying to starve him to death by eating half the food she brings to him. It’s a long-term strategy, so don’t expect him to look peaked real quick like.
UH OH, Crustwoodians.We have a very strange leak in the space-time continuum right here in Crustwood. When I got here half an hour ago, here was NO ONE on the street in the whole town…. no one in the cafe, no one at Crust Foods ….OK you get the picture.So I typed a comment, but before I hit “submit,” I refreshed the comments, and then the whole page, cos I don’t trust the “refresh comments” button.I didn’t want to say I was first if I wasn’t.Where was Leaky’s comment hiding than??? Or maybe….Leaky somehow sneaked in later and slipped his comment into the queue ahead of mine.
Sheesh Leaky, it’s OK!If you want to be first just get here ahead of me…. but don’t scare me by hiding!
“As the World Sits..”Waiting for Godot…a head so empty it rattles…carefully chosen artifacts.I truly hope “Pooh Wear” doesn’t mean anything at all.
Anyhow…. I wouldn’t take that bet, Mikie, not only cos I’d lose if I bet on Burl ever getting out of his seat…but cos you set the stakes so high.A whole dime? Do I look like I’m made out of money???HarryFan, Julie admittedly re-uses drawings, changing some bits and leaving others, and adding new dialogue.Sometimes she pays no attention to small details like the season, the direction the word balloons point, the color of Ma’s hair….
Yes, Marg — that’s why I like to call him Baby Burl.I remember when he had a cold and she was spoon feeding him!She probably started that when Patty was an infant and he got jealous, just like pre-school siblings do…. only they grow out of it.The only thing Burl ever grows out of is his most recent pants size.
Well, Leaky, I don’t really mind being first…. but we just enjoy your firstitude so much more.
What startled me was more the idea that I refreshed the page so many times and there were no comments but mine after I posted.
And yeah, since the Crustwood morning actually sneaks up on me in the wee hours of the previous day,before I go to bed, I do rather prefer not to post till I sober up a little…obviously it doesn’t always happen.
About ten years ago, my wife went somewhere with a friend of hers, at this time I can’t remember just where. She told me before she left they probably would be gone for a while and that they wouldn’t be back in time for supper.
Later as I was cooking my supper, the phone rang. It was my wife’s freind’s (now ex) husband on the phone. He asked me if I had heard from the women, I told him no, but they said they would be out kinda late. He made some kind of disgruntled sound, almost a whine. I asked if something was wrong. He said, “I’m waiting for her to come home and fix my pizza.”I had already thought the guy was a jerk, which is why we weren’t hanging out toghether while our wives were out. However, I thought it was pathetic he couldn’t just throw a frozen pizza in the oven. He spent at least that much time and energy trying to track her down.I hate to say it, but his social tactics would have made the Pennys pause with awkward silence.
@Susan: Maybe he should be “SneakyLeaky” as he somehow might be waiting to pounce as you type. Check your keyboard for bugs…….the electronic kind……no dispersion on your housekeeping..Burl should be wearing a “Slugwear” shirt today.
Not only Christmas wreath on the door but a holly shirt and green shoes for Joy and a Charlie Brown type sweater for Verl- They must have had a big shopping day (a whole bag full)
I divorced him as soon as all 4 kids were in full day school, not because of laziness, but violence. Met my BF soon after and although he is still in IL we spend time together when we can. My X died the same year as my father – back in the 80s. Glad to say all the kids and grandkids are doing well ;-D
Well, Joy is an abettor and a co-dependent, even though I hate 12-step language.“Awwww, poor hon”?? She loves that her baby “needs” her… My mother too - asking my Dad all evening whether he needed a cookie or even a sandwich.He’d say things like “Would you get me a glass of water, honey?”She told me it was her job, as Dad worked and she didn’t.When she died, at 65, he was devastated, not only emotionally, but panicking over how he was ever going to eat again.Only 62, he had a girlfriend in 6 months and moved into her house less than a year later.When she kicked him out after 8 years they remained friends. Until he moved, half a dozen years later, to a senior residence with a dining hall, she drove 15 miles every few days to bring him food and wash his clothes (easier than living with him.)So Burl, too, bless his heart, may never feel the sting of independence.
Yes there are far too many women willing to put up with anything. I just watched Andy Cohen’s late show which featured Kathleen Turner and Jennifer Tilly- one of his best while everyone drinking. The best comment was Tilly’s on a phrase that she had to identify and saw it as those 50 shades of gray which I was SO PLEASED to see was the total waste of time that I had guessed (for anyone who knows literature). I never read romance novels as a youngster and knew from the comments I have heard that I could probably concoct something better even though I have never written seriously.
leakysqueaky712 over 12 years ago
Doesn’t he stay hungry??
leakysqueaky712 over 12 years ago
Was his legs sawed off that he cannot fix his own lunch??
Good Morning All
SusanSunshine Premium Member over 12 years ago
You know, if I wanted to, I could post the first comment here this morning! But I think I’ll wait for someone else to do it.
Leaky?Marg?Mikie????
Harryfan over 12 years ago
Is that a Christmas wreath hanging on the door?
mikie2 over 12 years ago
Helpless. Clueless. Useless. Plain old less.I wonder if Burl would actually starve to death with food just out of his reach, expecting Joy to bring it to him. I don’t have $10,000 to bet on it, but I’d bet a dime.Actually, Joy is trying to starve him to death by eating half the food she brings to him. It’s a long-term strategy, so don’t expect him to look peaked real quick like.
SusanSunshine Premium Member over 12 years ago
UH OH, Crustwoodians.We have a very strange leak in the space-time continuum right here in Crustwood. When I got here half an hour ago, here was NO ONE on the street in the whole town…. no one in the cafe, no one at Crust Foods ….OK you get the picture.So I typed a comment, but before I hit “submit,” I refreshed the comments, and then the whole page, cos I don’t trust the “refresh comments” button.I didn’t want to say I was first if I wasn’t.Where was Leaky’s comment hiding than??? Or maybe….Leaky somehow sneaked in later and slipped his comment into the queue ahead of mine.
Sheesh Leaky, it’s OK!If you want to be first just get here ahead of me…. but don’t scare me by hiding!
SusanSunshine Premium Member over 12 years ago
And yep… terminally lazy.
“As the World Sits..”Waiting for Godot…a head so empty it rattles…carefully chosen artifacts.I truly hope “Pooh Wear” doesn’t mean anything at all.
Anyhow…. I wouldn’t take that bet, Mikie, not only cos I’d lose if I bet on Burl ever getting out of his seat…but cos you set the stakes so high.A whole dime? Do I look like I’m made out of money???HarryFan, Julie admittedly re-uses drawings, changing some bits and leaving others, and adding new dialogue.Sometimes she pays no attention to small details like the season, the direction the word balloons point, the color of Ma’s hair….
SusanSunshine Premium Member over 12 years ago
Yes, Marg — that’s why I like to call him Baby Burl.I remember when he had a cold and she was spoon feeding him!She probably started that when Patty was an infant and he got jealous, just like pre-school siblings do…. only they grow out of it.The only thing Burl ever grows out of is his most recent pants size.
SusanSunshine Premium Member over 12 years ago
Well, Leaky, I don’t really mind being first…. but we just enjoy your firstitude so much more.
What startled me was more the idea that I refreshed the page so many times and there were no comments but mine after I posted.
And yeah, since the Crustwood morning actually sneaks up on me in the wee hours of the previous day,before I go to bed, I do rather prefer not to post till I sober up a little…obviously it doesn’t always happen.
GROG Premium Member over 12 years ago
You do have hands of your own, you lazy lump of lard.
Hussell over 12 years ago
About ten years ago, my wife went somewhere with a friend of hers, at this time I can’t remember just where. She told me before she left they probably would be gone for a while and that they wouldn’t be back in time for supper.
Later as I was cooking my supper, the phone rang. It was my wife’s freind’s (now ex) husband on the phone. He asked me if I had heard from the women, I told him no, but they said they would be out kinda late. He made some kind of disgruntled sound, almost a whine. I asked if something was wrong. He said, “I’m waiting for her to come home and fix my pizza.”I had already thought the guy was a jerk, which is why we weren’t hanging out toghether while our wives were out. However, I thought it was pathetic he couldn’t just throw a frozen pizza in the oven. He spent at least that much time and energy trying to track her down.I hate to say it, but his social tactics would have made the Pennys pause with awkward silence.
Good Morning Crustwood
finale over 12 years ago
@Susan: Maybe he should be “SneakyLeaky” as he somehow might be waiting to pounce as you type. Check your keyboard for bugs…….the electronic kind……no dispersion on your housekeeping..Burl should be wearing a “Slugwear” shirt today.
vldazzle over 12 years ago
Not only Christmas wreath on the door but a holly shirt and green shoes for Joy and a Charlie Brown type sweater for Verl- They must have had a big shopping day (a whole bag full)
dfowensby over 12 years ago
snowman. sp
InTraining Premium Member over 12 years ago
BURL…. truely a great roll model…. ! ! !
vldazzle over 12 years ago
I divorced him as soon as all 4 kids were in full day school, not because of laziness, but violence. Met my BF soon after and although he is still in IL we spend time together when we can. My X died the same year as my father – back in the 80s. Glad to say all the kids and grandkids are doing well ;-D
mabrndt Premium Member over 12 years ago
@DAZZ: Based on your Fitzroy album, you may be interested in today’s The Barn strip (not sure if it’ll be featured again).
Popeyesforearm over 12 years ago
I just inspected a home this morning that has gold tinsel still wrapped around their front porch rails. May 2nd people! Cripes!
SusanSunshine Premium Member over 12 years ago
Well, Joy is an abettor and a co-dependent, even though I hate 12-step language.“Awwww, poor hon”?? She loves that her baby “needs” her… My mother too - asking my Dad all evening whether he needed a cookie or even a sandwich.He’d say things like “Would you get me a glass of water, honey?”She told me it was her job, as Dad worked and she didn’t.When she died, at 65, he was devastated, not only emotionally, but panicking over how he was ever going to eat again.Only 62, he had a girlfriend in 6 months and moved into her house less than a year later.When she kicked him out after 8 years they remained friends. Until he moved, half a dozen years later, to a senior residence with a dining hall, she drove 15 miles every few days to bring him food and wash his clothes (easier than living with him.)So Burl, too, bless his heart, may never feel the sting of independence.
vldazzle over 12 years ago
Yes there are far too many women willing to put up with anything. I just watched Andy Cohen’s late show which featured Kathleen Turner and Jennifer Tilly- one of his best while everyone drinking. The best comment was Tilly’s on a phrase that she had to identify and saw it as those 50 shades of gray which I was SO PLEASED to see was the total waste of time that I had guessed (for anyone who knows literature). I never read romance novels as a youngster and knew from the comments I have heard that I could probably concoct something better even though I have never written seriously.