The real surprise today is that Les doesn’t make Cayla get down on one knee while he proposes.
Let’s rewind, though, to panel 1: Who starts a sentence with “In the main…?” I’m surprised Les went with that cliché instead of “At the end of the day…” And the park is “kind of a touchstone” for him? Oofah! There’s just something about Cayla that gives Les verbal diarrhea…For her sake, I sure hope that diamond is more genuine than the dialogue in today’s strip.
Jimmy
August 15, 2011 at 11:22 am
I’m taking a wild guess here that Les is going to take Cayla on a walk to his favorite park bench, where he’ll wax poetic about it giving him inspiration.
Cayla! No! No-o-o-o! For the love of God, don’t sit there! Too late…
As he and Cayla walk off that delightful Montoni’s dinner, Les once again holds forth on his favorite subject: Les. For somebody who’s expressed homesickness for somewhere he’s never been, 
and who spent his college years planning his “getaway”, he is solidly stuck in the hometown of his past. Of course, Les is unable to speak about that past without conjuring up his late wife. It’s hard to read Cayla’s expression in panel three (hell, I’m assuming that’s even her!). She’s either rolling her eyes at the umpteenth gazillion mention of Lisa, or she’s totally not listening to him.
Effin’ Les. After they dine together, Cayla tells Les “This was very nice.” Les responds, “My pleasure.” Yes, it pleases Lord Les to buy you a meal. Les, she wasn’t saying “thank you”; she was letting you know that for some unknown reason, she actually enjoys your company. How about “It was nice”, or “I really enjoy being with you”? God, I hate Les.
You know what? I like today’s strip! I like it because in recreating a couple Act I scenes, TB has actually recalled the cartoony style of that period. Funky, Les and Crazy Harry, Holly and Cindy are their old 70s and 80s selves again. The punchlines are nothing to write home about, but I’ll settle for gentle humor over hamfisted melodrama any day of the week.
Son of Stuck Funky 
