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Mi Casa, Su Casa

Major thanks once again to Stuckfunky for a stellar week of guest blogging!

Today we find Delicate Genius Les in a particularly magnanimous mood. He sure is het up about getting Darin and Jessica to stay in his home, and uses the occasion to crow about that book of his that we thought never got published. (I’ve taken the liberty of ratcheting up Les’ already-insufferable smugness a few more notches [right]).
And what a sport: he’s going to get MBA Darin an interview at Montoni’s Pizza. Darin takes all of a nanosecond to take Les up on his offer, much to the delight of tiny-fisted Summer.

Welcome Wagon

We move on to the exposition portion of the story arc where attention is finally turned away from Summer and Les towards Darin and Jessica. As fate would have it, these particular chew toys are headed back home after an undisclosed amount of time at an undisclosed location. With seemingly no funds to rent an apartment, or a planned means to earn that money, one wonders how this situation came to be. Based on the half-lidded expression on Jessica’s face, and Darin’s apparent lack of teeth, it’s likely the move was precipitated by an abrupt and violent end to their prescription drug/methamphetamine ring. Laying low while the dust settles is a wise move…but they’re headed back to Westview. If the guns, drugs, and withdrawal won’t get them, the ennui will.

-Stuckfunky

McHurrrr!

Warning: some of the informative links below, while not NSFW, may be more graphic than you would appreciate

Today Summer shares the finite details of ACL reconstruction from the comfortable ‘hair chair.’ The admittedly graphic details of the surgery sends Les off to *HURRRR!* in the bathroom. Such a reaction makes me wonder how often Les managed to *HURRRR!* while learning about Lisa’s cancer. One can imagine a scenario where the doctor said something as basic as “Well, what happens is that mutated cells undergo rapid and uncontrolled replica-*HURRRR!*”. However, that’s in the past. We could go on for days about whether this associative-bulimia serves to bring back fond memories of Lisa (like everything else); or make easy jokes like “Haha, Grey’s anatomy makes me vomit too…and that’s just from the commericals!…am I right, people?”. The real story here is the use of the flexor hallucis longus (big toe muscle) in repairing Summer’s anterior cruciate ligament. According to the NIH, such a procedure actually requires a tendon from the knee or hamstring. The flexor hallucis longus (big toe muscle) graft is actually meant for achilies tendon repairs. Perhaps Les is fully aware of this and the emotional and financial investment required of a medical malpractice suit is enough to make him *HURRRR!* The more likely scenario is that Les knows the mistake in procedure will sever Summer’s hoop dreams…thus fulfilling the prophecy that fate treats all denizens of this strip as mere chew toys.

-Stuck*HURRRR!*ky:

Bum Town

Frustrated that her current physical state allows no opportunity to channel elevated testosterone levels, Summer is “Bumming”. Since kids these days consider “bumming” to be something completely different, we’ll assume the presence of Les in the house means Summer is actually “bummed out.” In any event, today’s story arc kicks off with the reemergence of our favorite couple from the second act: No, not chemotherapy and recurrence…but Darin and Jessica! The erstwhile popular girl and recovering nerd are back for reasons we’ll eventually find out. For now, we can count on two things. First, Les will break out the guest-hoodie and guest-members only jacket (apparently heating a house is for jerk faces). Second, Mopey Pete will be forced back to third wheel status – leading to a Pete-Funky suicide pact carved into the counter at Montoni’s. Finally, we just may find out if Darin and Jessica ever pursued their quirky fetish. As I used to say all the time…stay tuned.

-Stuckfunky

Stropp Dead

Here’s the strip.

Oh, man. The cancer’s back. In the space of seven panels, The Writer reaches back into FW’s warmly-remembered Act I to bring forward a minor character and then kill him with the Big C. What? You don’t remember “John Stropp”? Maybe you remember him as Coach Jack Stropp. Get it now? But why does Les look so sad? He never played football. I guess Lisa’s experience makes him extra-simpatico towards other victims of the dread disease. Or…could the wheels in Les’ head be starting to turn? Hmmm: Stropp’s Story. Could be a book deal here!