The Dinette Set by Julie Larson for December 22, 2011

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    margueritem  almost 13 years ago

    Verl and Jerry must have broken up. I’m not sure whether that’s good or bad. I told Leaky I saw his picture on the Post Office wall, and now he’s disappeared. I hope he doesn’t spend Christmas in some cave somewhere…

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    margueritem  almost 13 years ago

    Good morning my fellow Crustwoodians.

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    mikie2  almost 13 years ago

    Lessee, $25 at Ruth’s Chris will get you a Diet Coke and some bread, but not the tip, so why is Joy checking it out? Maybe it’s just a nice gesture on her part; show her something that she cannot have—as well as the movie. Cut from the same bolt of cloth as their Christmas donation to the needy,

    As far as Jerry is concerned, perhaps he has had to go into hiding since he contracted the mange. He would be afraid of being mistaken for a chupacabra.

    Good morning CWoodians. It’s raining like a cow peeing on a flat rock here. Very welcome indeed, since we are still over 25 inches short over the past year. (Of course, I have been short for longer than that!)

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    BurlsTwin  almost 13 years ago

    Love the comments in the background!

    The Pennys will probably sell the certificates for $20 and think they made a killing.

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    SusanSunshine Premium Member almost 13 years ago

    G’mornin’ Crustwoodians —

    I don’t think Leaky is scared, Marg.

    He wouldn’t do the crime if he couldn’t do the time.

    Ooh, backhanded sisterly love and solace.Dunno whether Jerry’s gone or Joy is just managing to rub it in about some little tiff that left Verl upset.

    Not only did she leave that note up to “accidentally” point out that she didn’t buy Verl dinner at Ruth’s Chris, the restaurant she DID pick is called Maudlin’s.

    (Did she really pay $25 each? I smell 2-fer)

    She’s smirking, and drinking out of a Jag mug to suggest a crying jag…… and she rented “My Boyfriend’s Wedding” for tonight.

    100% “jerky” is right!

    Meanwhile Burl is wearing his killer shirt and suggesting that Verl will have to use the dinner certificates alone.

    With such a “comforting” family, who needs enemies.

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    GROG Premium Member almost 13 years ago

    Behind every great man is a woman urging him on. So it was with my Stella. She urged me on into space – not that she meant to. But with her continual confounded nagging…I go further out into space. – Harcourt Fenton Mudd

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    SusanSunshine Premium Member almost 13 years ago

    From yesterday…..

    The “party” is part of a quote that Radish started…

    It’s a song from Animal Crackers…. I was giving the Margaret Dumont response to Groucho’s line….

    But if you guys WANT a party here in Crustwood…. what about New Year’s Day?

    We can all bring snacks and liquor…. and meet right here….no wait….not the Pennys’ house….

    Anybody got a rumpus room?That’s the good thing about online parties — you can a have them anyplace.

    No actual mess, no drunk driving…. darn! The shrimp cocktail isn’t real either. And it looked so good.

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    SusanSunshine Premium Member almost 13 years ago

    And Gymshoe — the dog you saw might be the Mickey Mouse I see.

    His nose points left, the black ball on the end barely visible…

    His round, black ears are to the top right, and what I think is a big box is in front of half of the lower one…

    His eyes are two dots…. and his mouth isn’t quite right for Mickey….

    but it’s in the lower middle of his face, detached, in the manner of other 1930’s cartoon faces…

    Sigh…. maybe my imagination is overactive anyway.

    I always see a face on he moon and pictures in the clouds….

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    vldazzle  almost 13 years ago

    I thought the note said she was comparing Ruth’s Chris with Athenian Grill, and I think Maudlin is the local place which is slightly better than the place they normally go. She definately has her mind on food “Pizza something” at the phone and Beef Jerky, but is the meat so tough she needs an ax? Or is both the video and the valentine related to a breakup with Jerry? No loss, I would think, but they DO have odd taste here in Crustwood, and I’ve never seen Verl with anyone else.

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    finale  almost 13 years ago

    Doesn’t Jer “vanish” around any holiday or occasion where a gift may be required? Maybe he’s in Florida with his mother.

    Dating Jer is like hitting rock bottom and then starting to dig.

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    vldazzle  almost 13 years ago

    All of you clever quipsters might have fun with the unusul take on the 12 days of Christmas done on Mother Goose and Grimm (now titled Grimmy) only up to #4 today. His pal made fun of old DVD’s and threw Partridge Family out the window (landed in a pear tree), then someone seemed annoyed by that and Hurled a pair of gloves into the window, yesterday 3 of the cat friends came to the door drenched with rain “3 drenched friends” and today it is 4 guys who just fixed M. Goose’s computer and lost some contacts so they are crawling around looking for it “4 crawling nerds”. Giggles every day; I hope they don’t end tthis week. http://tinyurl.com/887km43 is Monday where it started.

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    jmcx4  almost 13 years ago

    @DaveThe cow anology is also used do describe “All at once”.(Or is it a simile?)

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    sfreader1  almost 13 years ago

    Can’t find today’s “Find It”. Can someone point me in the right direction, please?

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    MissScarlet Premium Member almost 13 years ago

    I’m having a terrible time with the “find its”. Never found the finger yesterday and can’t find the rattle today.

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    GROG Premium Member almost 13 years ago

    Well I think the thing that looks closest to a rattle is on the back of Burl’s chair toward the bottom right-hand side.

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    GROG Premium Member almost 13 years ago

    Sorry I repeat Stella and didn’t catch it.

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    InTraining Premium Member almost 13 years ago

    WOW…. ! ! ! 52 comments yesterday… Almost a record…… only exceeded by the day Jer showed up…. in a speedo…. Remember…? ? ?

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    InTraining Premium Member almost 13 years ago

    @Dry…. Sorry I had you pegged as a guy…. But don’t worry you are not alone….. I also had @Leaky pegged as a gal….. Avatars are of litttle help here…… For example do you think I am an Engineer…. ? ? ?

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    Dr.Hydrogen  almost 13 years ago

    I wish I could think of a comment.

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    ChucklinChuck  almost 13 years ago

    Are others’ magnifiers better than mine? How do we know it’s $25? Could just as easily be 25% or even 25¢.

    What’s with the finials today?

    And where’s the baby rattle? Or do I just choose the chair fabric design element that looks most rattle-ish to me?

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    7catsrule  almost 13 years ago

    @davehussell- you’re not from the midwest, then:) It’s a pretty common saying here.

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    SusanSunshine Premium Member almost 13 years ago

    Yeah, the chair backs are the only rattle I can find too.

    @ Mythreesons — Oh goodness! I did, indeed, forget the date of your party.Wouldn’t miss it — hope you have lots of room for all your virtual attendees.

    But I’m getting old – I need reminders….. and, um… directions.

    And Radish — hope I’m not the bearer of sad news… but does she know that, after 130 years, Ursuline High School closed for good this past June?

    As of this school year, though, girls can attend what has been the boys school on that campus, Cardinal Newman.

    I myself grew up i the Midwest, mostly, and went to a public high school, in Wisconsin.

    But I’ve lived in Sonoma county for many years.

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    vldazzle  almost 13 years ago

    I’m glad that Marge and Miss Scarlet enjoyed one of the 11 strips that I regularly read on my local paper (this arc is especially good) and Gym Shoe, I would rather forget any type of Jerry’s undress. I lived in suburbs of Chicago most of my life but moved to Phoenix in 1998 after death of my parents. And as to gender, that is why I use an actual fairly recent photo.

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