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Ray's old-school glass of milk Tuesday, December 6, 2005 • read strip Viewing 86 comments:

A little Rebel Without a Cause?

A little Cat With a Milk Mustache?

How does this not have many chubbies? I mean come on people!

Teodor was in the middle of some extreme Parkour action.

Ray reminds me of Kiefer Sutherland in 'Stand By Me' here. Teodor is one joke away from seeing the ole switchblade.

I'll say something about Ray; he doesn't do anything half-assed. In order to drink a glass of milk, he rolls up his pants, dons a flat-top wig, gets a white T-shirt and hits the stoop. This is the man we all wish we could be.

This is the mark of the ridiculously wealthy...to manifest passing fancies with little to no effort.

Question: is your avatar Seamus from WWE RAW?

No.
That would be Me from My Home Office

Wig?

Wig...? I prefer to think that he spent months (years? He's a cat, who knows...) growing out his hair *specifically* to drink a glass of milk that he needs out of the house for the purpose of bloody mary mix storage. Maybe he bought a whole new fridge to accommodate the situation. Maybe a whole new pint of milk.

It said "Soon."

It's all relative.

That li'l otter is gonna be five forever. They've got plenty of time for a little hair growth.

And milk that never goes off, presumably.

Also don't forget the Converse shoes he's wearing

The cigarette packet up the sleeve is hella old-school.

i know dudes from japan who do this in the city and i think they are in a [i]gang[/] because one time i was all 'hi' and a massive dude frisked me.

wait ... maybe he just liked me?

he might have thought you were saying "Hai" which means yes, but can also be taken to mean "Now!" or it can be an informal call to pay attention, similar to "yo".

Seriously it has been so long since I straight up drank a glass of milk

Me too! Lactose intolerant, though.

A comment left by tekende was marked lame too many times and excluded. (marked lame by greenery, twells, usversusthem)

Two lames? What the hell? Was that offensive or something?

Maybe those two people thought you were recycling an old Seinfeld joke.

"I'm lactose intolerant. I have no patience for lactose and I won't stand for it."

You know, that probably affected my comment subconsciously, though I wasn't thinking about that episode at the time.

Nope. Just a really REALLY bad joke.

I just did!

It's a dandy good time!

Teodor is always exercising, so why is he still a chunky little fucker?

Perfecting risotto has its price.

its a careful balance of risotto and Parkour so that hes in shape for S.B movies

Also, he's a stuffed animal. Exercise may not burn fluff as vigorously as it does fat.

Ray makes a Bloody Mary with a mix?

He premixes his own stuff and lets it sit at least 24 hours so that the flavors come together properly.

Yeah..actually yeah I've been meaning to start doing this.

alt text: If you don't know who Michael Flatley is, then you have never seen two legs truly a-twitter.

I love how Ray sees drinking a glass of milk as an amazing and unheard-of idea. A special occasion, even.

What? You think milk-drinking is like... common or something?

Yeah, it was weird when I was in a room and I offhandedly mentioned drinking straight milk and how weird it is, and everyone turned on me like I was the crazy one. Total Malign paradigm shift.

Two whole birds in the fridge?
This is Ray's house.

You know they're not just supermarket chickens, either. I'm sure they're straight-up wild game that he suddenly got a hankering for - like, one's a grouse and one's a quail.

He probably made hunting a thing earlier this week, and paid some big name in hunting that he saw on ESPN 8 to take him out and shoot those birds.

this is one of my favorite strips because of ray's reactions to teodor. while teodor is just taking the usual piss out of ray's appearance, ray is perfectly aware of what he looks like at that moment

Yeah, Ray's self-confidence is virtually unshakable. "Good to see you, despite the comment!" What a cool cat.

Ray just has to make the act of drinking milk into a Thing

People are afraid to give you that third lame.
They are thinking "This comment might be lame, but do I want to be responsible for hiding this asset? Would I be a dick by doing that?"

Let us hope that nobody lames this asset any more. Just because .

It's still 498 lames away from being hidden from me. I see all.

This is a fabulous strip. I'd completely forgotten about this one.

Secret to being awesome: say to yourself at every opportunity, "hold on, wait. I got to do this right."

How many wigs does Ray have?

Including the Merkin? Probably about five.

T is right though, a little less Vietnam is a surefire way to make any joke a little less unfunny.

I had to think about that for a minute. The double negative caught me off guard.

A War And A Musical , the sequel to An Officer And A Gentleman , by Ray.

It is impossible to quantify the amount of ass Ray kicks in this strip.

on a scale of 3,000 he's kickin' about 2,375 here.

I just wanted everyone to know that I had to print this comic out and put it on my parent's refrigerator while they were sleeping because my dad just acted out the first four panels.

He has never read Achewood before. It was a special moment for us all.

Chubbied for the Terry Pratchett reference/Office avatar/amusing anecdote. You got the perfect trifecta, man!

Pratchett reference? Where?

His name is breccia.

Breccia is also a type of rock.

I like rocks.

I'm a fool. Also...weird amount of geology buffs on this site, huh?

Yes, I've noticed that too. I suppose that people that like rocks also tend to like sassy cats.

aren't those things like the opposite of each other though?

Rock hard cat rocks?

I wish I could give this more chubbies.

I'm trying to revisit the state of mind I was in when I wrote that. I'm afraid that it is unknowable.


Stray Cat Rock: Sex Hunter

"You're the one who turned it into war and a musical!"
My favorite strip

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Roast Beef: I could not eat the chips I wanted so bad.
Teodor: I have gotten the hang of "Asian"-flavored slaw.
Philippe: What did I do to Franky?

Oh shiiiiiit, I hit "lame" instead of "chubby". My bad.

That "Asian"-flavoured slaw is good stuff.

I'm really feelin' Beef, here. I live in a very small place with a very light sleeper.

On the one hand I am pleased that Philippe is not holding himself responsible for the bird's mother's death, but on the other hand I'm sorta pissed that he's transferred the blame to Lyle.

Michael Flatley!! <3!

Its Ray's self conscious expression in panel 8 that makes it.

this has gotta be one of my favourite strips.

After reading this strip, I cold went and drank a glass of milk. No lie. I forewent the hair (being bald) though I did borrow my roommates smokes and proceeded to roll them up in my sleeve.

Felt RIGHT, y'know?

I have an apple after lunch and/or dinner and walk back to my dorm with my friends just straight munching an apple. I think that's pretty old school.

ray is funny.

Newest line of escape from a conversation gone wrong.
"Hey man, you're the one who turned this into war and a musical."
"What?"
"Thats what I thought." Exit stage left.

If this strip ended at panel 5 it would still be perfect .

This got out of hand kind of quick.

Ray has two whole roast turkeys in his fridge.

Ray is cool, he does things in style, but he is just hell of defensive /

aw dang classic black-and-white converse, hella oldschool.