I dunno…. I guess it’s just me….
I never see Stan as actually hateful, just sarcastic….
and I read Peter’s line tonight as deadpan humor.
They stand outside and talk to each other several times a week….
at least every Wednesday, and we sometimes see them on Sunday or Monday.
Would they do that if they actually didn’t like each other?
Seems to me they’re friends who enjoy trading gibes,
People make the same judgement about Peggy…
and for those who read Pickles, about Opal too.
I see both Peter and Peg, and Earl and Opal, as affectionate couples,
who think it’s funny to sling barbs….
even if they pretend, for humor’s sake, that they don’t like it….
or give right back, in kind.
BTW… no question yet from Tony…..
and in answer to a different sort of question from yesterday:
Bev is, indeed, taking care of her mother, who just got out of the hospital….
She’s not there full time, but running back and forth every day
and taking her to appointments,
running errands, etc,
in addition to her own busy life.
She’s not posting anywhere else…
but she’s still upset with GoComics.
I’m encouraging her to come back,
cos to me, it’s about the friendships, and the comics themselves,
and not the rules and format.
We’ll see, especially when her mother gets better.
September 13, 2014
I dunno…. I guess it’s just me….
I never see Stan as actually hateful, just sarcastic….
and I read Peter’s line tonight as deadpan humor.
They stand outside and talk to each other several times a week….
at least every Wednesday, and we sometimes see them on Sunday or Monday.
Would they do that if they actually didn’t like each other?
Seems to me they’re friends who enjoy trading gibes,
People make the same judgement about Peggy…
and for those who read Pickles, about Opal too.
I see both Peter and Peg, and Earl and Opal, as affectionate couples,
who think it’s funny to sling barbs….
even if they pretend, for humor’s sake, that they don’t like it….
or give right back, in kind.
BTW… no question yet from Tony…..
and in answer to a different sort of question from yesterday:
Bev is, indeed, taking care of her mother, who just got out of the hospital….
She’s not there full time, but running back and forth every day
and taking her to appointments,
running errands, etc,
in addition to her own busy life.
She’s not posting anywhere else…
but she’s still upset with GoComics.
I’m encouraging her to come back,
cos to me, it’s about the friendships, and the comics themselves,
and not the rules and format.
We’ll see, especially when her mother gets better.