Wednesday, January 26, 2011

This is Your Future

So, this isn't a weird third date, right ladies? Drive out for an hour to see a Murder Shack your boyfriend is thinking of fixing up, stand around listening to him talk about "taking the next step" with not-so-subtle undercurrents of "play your cards right and you could live here!" Maybe help him take some measurements, maybe get murdered in the basement, and then stop for pizza on the way back. Jersey's finest!

4 comments:

Megan said...

:::sings:::, It's the murder shack, just a little ol' place where we can get togeeeether, murder shack, baaaby! Murder Shack! Murder Shack!

Michael said...

Just out of curiosity, as I've just discovered this wonderful strip some days ago, is this actually only their third date, or are you just exaggerating? Also, shouldn't it be obvious to anyone that Lu Ann won't leave the apartment to move in with Paul?

Maggie said...

Michael, I might kind of be exaggerating. Technically, Paul first asked Lu Ann out on December 14th, and then they saw each other on New Year's Eve.
However, considering the wackiness of this strip's timeline (New Year's was January 13), I'd say this could be anywhere from Date #3 to Date #6.
But how many dates can these two really squeeze in? A busy piano mover and a full-time landscape painter?

Michael said...

Okay, thanks for the reply, Maggie. I figured you were just throwing out an unspecific number, but couldn't really be sure if I missed something or not. I tried to read up on as many past strips as I could, but the archives at the Washington Post aren't as extensive as I would like them to be.

Heck, even if they managed to squeeze in another six dates or so, how can Paul seriously think Lu Ann would be ready to live with him? I'm curios where this is going ...