The Dinette Set by Julie Larson for March 15, 2012

Verl, you might fool Dale with that line, but not the manager of Dingiss Formal Wear. Jerry knows.

Jerry is kinda dumb, so maybe Verl can keep her age a secret.

Joy is looking at an ad for a “U-Suck” vacuum, when one of the world’s great vacs is just across from her, inhaling fried chicken. The other ad is “Lose 50 pounds in 5 days.” To paraphrase Seinfeld, “Not bloody likely with this group!” If sound were provide for this strip, I’m sure it would resemble a wood chipper.Finally, check comb for lice! Yeech! What’s next, crabs?

Reminds me of a little saying: Don’t bother standing on the seat, our crabs can jump 15 feet!

Greetings from Sunny Crustwood, California…….! ! !I see JOY is back into her Green Blouse with Orange Flowers today….. to go with her homemade KFC….! ? !

They’ll all be pushing up daisies long before then. I’d be surprised if they made it to the half century point the way they stuff their faces

Dammit! I was never good at math, now I’ll never figure out how old Verl is!

Good morning Crustwoodians!

I notice we are missing qute a few of our regulars today. Are you sleeping off a party that you failed to invite me to? I’m hurt.

Dunk that chicken in the gravy! (C’mon….we’ve all done that at least once.)

Good morning all who made it here. Leaky is very erratic lately (even his alter-ego, the Dame, is not showing her face). I promised my friend I woud try to finish hemming her dress project today, and I do my free weights today too..Now that we know the age of these folks (about the age of my children who, I’m glad to say, look NOTHING like them). Among my friends, I’ve noticed that excess weight DOES add apparent years. After thinking that some ladies were my age, I found that some were a decade or two younger.

They’ll all be dead by them. At least they’ll be in heaven. Hell won’t have ’em.

why would heaven want them ?

They are so greedy, they are like pigs at a feeding trough.

What a nasty sign to have up in the kitchen!!

I just took a break for lunch, but just about one yard of hemming left to do, and I want to to a little hand stitching around the top too (to keep the lining inside). My friend will pick it up in the morning. I did my workout right after breakfast (and shared my scrambled egg with Fitzroy).

VERL is so o o…. sexy….eating with two hands and both elbows on the table…. where is her MA….. to hand her a napkin…. ? ! ?

Verl may think so, but they all eat like pigs (with crumbs all over faces and clothes) and Leaky is right – needing a reminder to search for lice in hair and on the carpet (not a place I’d even want to visit).

I’m thinking out loud here…………..but wouldn’t they be the classic definition of “white trash”??

I’ll bet they’re “thisclose” to having a washing machine on the front porch!!

Susan…tap tap….SUSAN….tap tap tap……S U S A N.. ! ? ! ?

Oh gowrsh.. (as Goofy would say…

HERE I am!

Sorry GymShoe — I wanted to be on hand to welcome you to California!

(I can’t say Sunny California cos I don’t know about LA, but up North we’re experiencing the winter downpours that never materialised in their proper season.)

Anyhow, folks, I fell asleep in my seat, just about the time my train usually pulls into Crustwood…

missed my stop, and when I woke up, it was too late to go back…

Man, they are some nasty people!

Talking about lice while stuffing their faces, spilling food… and I think Burl is reaching into the bucket with the hand that’s already holding a half-eaten drumstick.

Impossible as it sounds, they’re enough to give fast food a worse reputation than it has on its own. I think “Lose 50 Pounds” and U-Suck Vacuums are part of the same ad. Do-it-yourself liposuction is the only way to lose so much so fast.

Not counting the way Verl could lose at least 250 pounds instantly….

We’re waiting, Verl.

All it would take is two words!! “Bye, Jerry!”

@Gym Shoe, I’m sure she’ll check in as soon as she can!. @Leaky, that’s just too obvious.

BTW, I’ve said before that they’re in their 50’s, cos we’ve seen a couple of birthdays.

But I don’t think Julie cares about consistency — I’m pretty sure that either Joy or Verla was 58 in one strip.

That was a year or so ago — but time has stopped in Crustwood.We travel back and forth through the 90’s.

And the real reason Susan was late was ………..she bought a pair of “those” shoes and was in central lockup for “soliciting”!!

Just checking in before heading up. And to leaky- I swear I did not meet my BF until months after my divorce (and when I finally managed to evict my X from the house). Leaky has an evil mind (probably to do with his own activities).

And Susan, too funny! I also thought the 2 ads were as one (like the early form of lipo we’ve all heard about – just gross enough for the Pennys.