Well, this temporarily answers the question on many minds…
Burl was originally supposed to graduate in 1966… so he was born in 1948… or possibly late 1947.
That means today he’s 64 or 65.
Then again, this strip has almost no continuity… Julie said it’s set in the 1990’s, but some days it’s obviously this century…It’s summer one day and winter the next.
Things like their anniversary, and Burl’s birthday, show up in different months…and they’ve referred to being in their 50’s.
They also have a daughter who dates a college guy… possible but not likely, if Joy is over 60.
So all we really know about their ages is …. they’re old enough to know better than to act the way they do.
If you don’t belong here, please leave by 7 pm. Now that’s really cold. And I’m glad that Burl (most likely) got to spend most of his Senior Year(s) in the Vice Principal’s office.Years ago, a single lady that worked for me was going to her 20th HS reunion. She worked out for a year and bought a tight red silk dress and went with the express intention of causing trouble. Just like Shari Scaggs most likely is, considering the teasing she took about her name.I think I’ll give up Girl Scout cookies for Lent.
I graduated the class of 67 but our group looks much better than this group. Of course a group of 60 somethings can’t look all that good to start with. lol
As I said…. Julie told us herself she tries to set the strip in the 90’s…. so this could be “today”…or it could be their, say, 30th reunion, in 1997, before the men were all grey.
(which makes it even sadder that they look so middle-aged!)
There is NO consistent timeline to this strip!
And your spouse, or any other guest, doesn’t have to have graduated with your class, or even from your school, to accompany you to your reunion.
Marc… LOL… true!
2old…. they’ve remarked a few times that Joy is two years older than baby sister Verla… that’s why Verl is so admiring sometimes, and why she listen’s to Joy’s advice.
My own two-years-younger sister, however, usually rolls her eyes at my advice.Wonder which is typical!
Just as a “for instance” ….here I am on a box of cereal, drawn by Jim Meddick, which originally appeared in “Monty” as Fruity Loops with a parrot…..so the lettering and background are changed as well…
peggykb9 about 11 years ago
Why are Joy and Verla at the same reunion?
SusanSunshine Premium Member about 11 years ago
Well, this temporarily answers the question on many minds…
Burl was originally supposed to graduate in 1966… so he was born in 1948… or possibly late 1947.
That means today he’s 64 or 65.
Then again, this strip has almost no continuity… Julie said it’s set in the 1990’s, but some days it’s obviously this century…It’s summer one day and winter the next.
Things like their anniversary, and Burl’s birthday, show up in different months…and they’ve referred to being in their 50’s.
They also have a daughter who dates a college guy… possible but not likely, if Joy is over 60.
So all we really know about their ages is …. they’re old enough to know better than to act the way they do.
SusanSunshine Premium Member about 11 years ago
BTW… the above is not a complaint… it’s what I expect from a comic strip…. Most have pretty elastic timelines.
They’re not historical documents, so I always laugh when someone asks why the snow melted or whether they’re still on their trip to Florida.
And Patty dating the Yale man makes perfect sense if that day in the strip it’s 1992, and Joy is still 40-something.
Laura Gildwarg about 11 years ago
Maybe Joy got left down, too, and they all ended up in the same graduating class?
mikie2 about 11 years ago
If you don’t belong here, please leave by 7 pm. Now that’s really cold. And I’m glad that Burl (most likely) got to spend most of his Senior Year(s) in the Vice Principal’s office.Years ago, a single lady that worked for me was going to her 20th HS reunion. She worked out for a year and bought a tight red silk dress and went with the express intention of causing trouble. Just like Shari Scaggs most likely is, considering the teasing she took about her name.I think I’ll give up Girl Scout cookies for Lent.
jeanie5448 about 11 years ago
I graduated the class of 67 but our group looks much better than this group. Of course a group of 60 somethings can’t look all that good to start with. lol
Last Rose Of Summer Premium Member about 11 years ago
Am I wrong in thinking that Joy and Verla were (are) twins?
SusanSunshine Premium Member about 11 years ago
As I said…. Julie told us herself she tries to set the strip in the 90’s…. so this could be “today”…or it could be their, say, 30th reunion, in 1997, before the men were all grey.
(which makes it even sadder that they look so middle-aged!)
There is NO consistent timeline to this strip!
And your spouse, or any other guest, doesn’t have to have graduated with your class, or even from your school, to accompany you to your reunion.
Marc… LOL… true!
2old…. they’ve remarked a few times that Joy is two years older than baby sister Verla… that’s why Verl is so admiring sometimes, and why she listen’s to Joy’s advice.
My own two-years-younger sister, however, usually rolls her eyes at my advice.Wonder which is typical!
missjunebug about 11 years ago
Susan, who is older Joy or Verl? Maybe spouses were invited and it is Verl’s class…….
imnormal about 11 years ago
looks like to me Burl’s got his eye on Shari right now. Shari is probably thinking talk about lucky, look at that slob.
SusanSunshine Premium Member about 11 years ago
Oh!
Gosh, Toenails….um….thanks…..
and… I wish!
LOL!
One funny thing you may not know is that I’m always pasting my own avatar into things over on Ballard St….
but of course, not onto the femme fatale of the reunion!
So thank you. Tee hee.
SusanSunshine Premium Member about 11 years ago
Just as a “for instance” ….here I am on a box of cereal, drawn by Jim Meddick, which originally appeared in “Monty” as Fruity Loops with a parrot…..so the lettering and background are changed as well…