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The Startup Company: Day II Thursday, May 9, 2002 • read strip Viewing 35 comments:

Ray tries so hard to make the sale, he makes promises that he may not be able to keep.

Well, they ALL do that -- software sales guys sell features that don't exist and coders stay up till 4 AM creating them.

Ray tucks his collared shirt into his thong.

I feel that that is really the most important aspect of this comic strip.

Chubby for describing my life in 1997. I learned, though. I'm a network admin now. My job is to watch things work and get paid.

I love Philippe's smile of relief at being told he can get it without the milk part.

I also like in panel 3 how he's raising a paw as if to make a point. "Ray, is it? If I may interject, here, Ray..."

More like 'Sir? Excuse me?'

A group of otters is called a "romp".

That is adorable.

Unbelievably.

I just love that he has a dress shirt tucked into his thong.

I love that no tails are visible below the thong. My theory: not a tuck, but a very precise merging of thong and shirt by means of stitchcraft.

It's like a pantsless Glengarry Glen Ross (Ricky Roma is a thong man, no doubt).

Alt text: "Paul McCartney: underrated bassist, overrated celebrity."

the absolute truth

truly classic alt text...

Philippe is not lactose intolerant as he has desired ice cream.

Give the kid a break. He doesn't know what ice cream is made out of. He had to work very hard to even be able to say "lactose intolerant".

Perhaps Liebot told him Otters were lactose intolerant.

and that it meant their toes would fall off if they ingested dairy products

reminds me of an awful lot of meetings...

glengarry glen ross achewood style

dilbert achewood style

One of my faves, ever. I'm re-reading all of these for the first time, and it's way funnier having knowledge of what Ray's character becomes.

The alt-text speaks the truth.

It is my personal belief that most sentences should begin with "Hey" and end with you calling the person you're speaking with "guy".

He is not calling Roast Beef "guy." "This guy" refers to Philippe.

Hey, I think she means panel 5, guy.

Ah. Yes.

The truth contained within the alt text made this strip a 4 instead of a 3 for me.

It really is the truth

Those last 3 panels are, to an extent, my life, unfortunately.

I love how much smaller the universe was back here.

ah...business.