The Dinette Set by Julie Larson for January 25, 2012

Good Morning MissScarlet and billdi and all you regular Crustwoodians… 64 comments yesterday…. ! ! !. I heard from GROG regarding my post yesterday….. I will repeat it here in case anyone else would like to comment….. From yesterday:.“I have been trying to figure out what time warp Crustood is in. The other day JULIE showed a gas pump with gas at $2.09 I checked gas price year on year and found the only time it was $2.09 was in 2005/6. This seems to conflict with the Boom Box which was mid 1980s….Also, no one in Crustwood seems to have a cell phone or laptop. Timmy has no Gameboy or Xbox… The only PC is the one at BURL’s “work” but it appears to be an old corporate style terminal…. Hummm…. To be continued…..”

They never cease to amaze me.

Good Morning Everybody

Marg, check your e-mail before you go to sleep.My cousin sent me some of the funniest jokes I’ve seen in a long time. I forwarded them to you……..you gonna luv em.

Don’t try this at home folks.Joy is a professional busy-body.

I wonder if she ever hears something like, “Have you seen Joy’s a$$ today? My God, she’s mountainous! She must buy her clothes at Oakland Tent & Awning. She looks and smells like a camel anyway” Would serve her right.

Good morning all.

@ Mikie — I swear, you took the words right outta my mouth, er, keyboard! When I saw today’s comic all I could think about was that advert for the amplifier where they show this woman in a bathing suit walking past a couple of other women on lounge chairs, who comment on what a gorgeous body she has. Yeah, like THAT’S gonna happen. So here’s good ol’ Joy, fishing for compliments, just like in the telly advert, which I’m certain gave her the idea.

ROFL @ Paula Deen and Ina Garten. I could see both of them in Crustwood!

A cat….appropo.

I hope everyone in the room is saying nothing but bad things to say about her.

Good Morning Crustwoodians.Did you sleep well?

“Coffee Clutch??”

Nope, sorry.If they want to preserve the alliteration it’ll hafta be the Krustwood Ladies Koffee Klatsch Klub.

And I “Found It” — kinda hard to miss ….. but what is it doing there?

Oh! Of course - as Finale said, it fits right in.Make yourself at home, Kitty — your turn to bite somebody in the back.

Joy must have wanted to look really good — she must have actually use detergent when she rinsed her blouse.

Now we know why she usually doesn’t.It washed the orange right out of the flowers!

Now it’ll have to go back to the colorist…. does Joy or Julie pay for that?

Or will Universal Uclick pick up the tab?

Hey, she admits the amplifier is for “over”-hearing, not just for hearing…I’m amazed she ever shows her face in town again after wearing it for an hour.Then again. the Pennys have no shame.

GymShoe —

I think Julie herself explained the time warp, but maybe not in the way you’re thinking.

Remember back in November, when she sent me, and also posted here, a reply to my first e-mail about the image size?

I just looked for it —it was Nov 8th. She posts as “Emmmie.”

But, briefly, she said: ______________________

“I have over 8000 comics, going back to 1997 and even further back….……

I use several standard scenes for many of The Penny’s stomping grounds: ie: Kitchen, Living room , ,bedrooms outdoor scenes, doctor’s office, Burl’s u-stor-it, restaurants,car scenes, store scenes, etc. ….I just write new dialogue in these Penny scenes.…..I do run some classics, reruns from the old days from when I was only in 20 newspapers. "_______________________

So I’m thinking when she adds new dialogue to a strip that might be 15 or even 20 years old,She might not change a bit of background, like the price on a gas pump, or the style of a phone.

I realise there’s a lot of 80’s stuff, but some of the Suburban Torture strips might be that old….and also, in the mid 1990’s, the Penny’s probably lived in a 1980’s world. I know my Dad did — all his furniture, appliances, etc were still from the 80’s then.(actually…. sigh…. truth be told, my toaster and TV are both from the late 80’s still!)

G’morning all! Back when my brother put mom in a nursing home, he claimed she couldn’t afford a hearing aid (and he held the purse strings, as her POA) so I bought her one of those amplifiers because I could afford that and it was better than shouting everything when I visited her with Cuddles on Sundays. It worked just fine so I could speak just a little louder than my normal speaking voice. Just a little over a hundred as opposed to thousands for the other. With her stroke I had to ask her to repeat much, but at least she could hear and understand me. Naturally Joy is using it per a commercial; I’d guess she buys all kinds of “stuff” from QVC etc.

And one door is only entrance while both are locked until everyone pays their dues. I guess none of them are that different from the Pennys. But they still don’t mix (or aren’t accepted by the others) so she needs the amplifier to hear what (or who) is discussed at the other tables.

I worked 30 years in all aspects of hearing aid manufactuing… Real hearing aids are made to fit each individuals hearing loss and are highly regulated by the government. Amplifiers are “one size fits all”…. Won’t help much…. especially in a group setting with noise all around….! ! !

Yall commented on the “Doors Locked” sign. I would say that at least everyone in the club are like the Pennys. Just like the town I grew up in, everyone there was a smart-alec. Must be contagious.

Good Morning allOh my Gosh Nosy. Man If I was there and knew what she was doing I would say stuff to turn her face red lol

They stopped after 1 season of Newhart, Murphy & Fantasy Island, and 2 seasons of CHiP’s.

yeah—paula deen was upset she didn’t get any “support” from her colleagues when she outed her diabetes. well, duh. i don’t feel sorry for the obeast 2-legged tent-city supersizing at the all-you-can-eat buffet, either. You Asked for It, You Got It, Toyota.

Snoop!

Wait until the other ladies realize they can’t leave because Joy hasn’t paid her dues.

@Leaky I’m not a big fan of either Paula Deen OR Ina Garten. Paula Deen for obvious reasons, borne out by her recent lack of honesty, but Ina Garten for her pretentious attitude. I’m sure she’s VERY important. I’m sure her ‘Save the Hamptons’ benefit was VERY classy (no kidding, this was featured in one of her episodes of Barefoot Contessa), and I’m SURE that saving the HAMPTONS is right up there with feeding the homeless, the hungry kids and helping women and families in shelters.

@Raspberry — not mean, dear, just being brutally HONEST. Paula Deen is an obese bovine who reaped what she sowed, and has been dishonest about it for over three years, all in the quest for the almighty dollar. And Ina Garten is a pretentious, arrogant, holier-than-thou fat-cat (with apologies to felines everywhere), and while she may be a good cook, I’m not the slightest bit impressed with her personally.

Just sayin…

Raspberry, My goodness, I sure hope you were joking!

This isn’t a popularity contest. Nobody can POSSIBLY, in one comment, think of, much less say hello to, every single person who may or may not show up later and post - and it would take 3 pages!

Anyhow, I do believe you and I are included in “regular Crustwoodians.”

Didn’t you ever make a Christmas card list, and think, an hour later, “OMG How could I forget so-and-so???”

Here, we may not even be back for hours or days.

That’s why, unless I’m trying to be facetious, I usually only say “hi” by name to those who already beat me to the forum that day.

Meanwhile, a lot of us have only been here, ourselves, way less than a year, and I think you’ve had a couple of name changes even since then.

I don’t think everybody even realises you’re still the same person — I know I didn’t till I was re-reading an old forum where I answered you under another name, but YOUR comment says RaspberryIce now.

And, well…. I really don’t want to encourage long lists of names on every comment — but have you ever tried saying “hi” to everybody, or even anybody, yourself?

I really don’t know why I read this strip. I hate people like these morons. Still get a chuckle even though I want to take a bat to these characters…

Well, I did say I hoped she was joking…. cos I have joked about that before too.

So my comment is in case she meant it and actually feels hurt.

If that means I went overboard… sorry Raspberry!

Leaky, I have a logistics question that only you can answer.

Is The Gumbo Shop still on St. Peter just behind the Cathedral? One of my favourite places from year (and years) ago.

Billdi and Raspberry are definitly included in my everyone. The more regulars in a forum, the more fun it is.As to Paula and Ina, I watch many shows on both Food and Cook channels but never chose either of theirs- mostly like the competitive ones (also watch Giada and Extra Virgin and a few others).@Gymshoe, the amplifier worked fine for my mom as we used it mostly in her room to have a conversation (I speak very quietly) so I did not have to shout, and she could also hear the nurses. My brother held the purse strings as executor of dad and power of attorney over her and was not willing to spend much of her money on her (sold her condo because he needed funds and put her in that nasty home, even though there was a nice one near me which even had a long ramp into the swimming pool (her only excersize).

It’s not my circle, not my country club… Let me explain……… I only joined gocomics about 6 months ago….. I useta feel ignored myself until I realized that I am almost the last one to comment each day… First comes the West Coast crew commenting at 10PM their time… Then comes the East Coast crew first thing in their morning…. Last comes the Midwest…...Unless these folks come back later in the day, Midwest comments draw less reviews…. Last night was only the second time I was ever first to comment at 12:07 PM CST… So I made an effort to welcome two relative newcomers myself…. Susan usually takes care of it out of her own good will….I do comment on 3 other sites… This is the only site of the four that I am aware of where members interact extensively. .. This is all new to all of us…. so there is no ”Miss Manners” to guide us….. In a way we are pushing to find how this should work. I feel comment s should have some relevance to the Crustwood….. and not be substitute for Facebook…. Here again, Susan has been offering some helpful suggestions… . I also have felt there is a club of some sort. I even took a week off of commenting to put myself thru self-imposed “Anger Management”… After A week, I missed Crustwood… so I returned….. After all this is a comic… not a problem……. I look forward to reading your comments in the future…..Now let’s see what tomorrow brings to Crustwood……..! ! !

Bill, we read it because they make us feel so superior.

No, not yet. A review is pending by the powers that be.