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Look into Ray's eyes while he pees Tuesday, October 31, 2006 • read strip Viewing 59 comments:

Ray is violating at least one of the Cardinal Rules of Urinals

Drip.

I notice a lack of a buffer urinal as well...

The Urinal Rules can, and should occasionally be swept aside in the name of close friendships.

Only best friends can look each other in they and *drip* while holding onto themselves.

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That is exactly correct.

Those are the general rules, but for life long friends the rules can be bent slightly, especially when drinking or hung over!

The rules should only be bent ironically or for the sake of humor. This reminds of one night stumbling around NYC with a friend who happens to resemble Lyle in more ways than one. We both had to piss terribly and when we got to the bar, we said fuck it and went at the same time. As we were pissing next to each other (there were only two urinals), we saw a guy come out of the stall and start washing his hands. Right before he left my friend leaned over and said, in a conspicuously loud voice, "Hey... Hey! ...Nice cock."

I should point out that my friend's comment was addressed to me, not to the other guy.

Your avatar makes this. I want to say "have a chubby", but given the avatar and topic of conversation and my hatred for puns.. oh hell, have a chubby.

Despicable, but indisputably hilarious.

For instance...

I recall, from my early twenties, often finding myself standing at a urinal in a punk bar in NJ, pissing, smoking, and drinking a beer, all at the same time, all without incident, and feeling a vague sense of wonder at how this came to be.

Looking back, I remain mystified.

I'm 24 and I do this every weekend. Sometimes it's a beer, sometimes it's a glass of scotch. I've got it down to a science.

You put the drink down on the top of the valve, light the cigarette, and exhale. As you exhale, you unzip and do the necessary to get yourself "ready". After that it's hands free, depending on how much you've drank already you should have enough time for a drag and a drink before you're done.

For your health!

Two by my count: no talking, eyes straight ahead or down...

But not too far down.
You can watch the stream but not the nozzle. Stray too far south and you're masturbating with your eyes.

Bullhonkey! My nozzle is a thing of wonder that should be gazed upon at every opportunity!

or eyes pointed upwards, as if impatient with yourself.

Of vague interest and relevance to this strip, there is a urinal flash quiz of puzzles based on guy's restroom etiquette...

(I did not make this quiz. Someone else did)

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i like ray's face when he drips

He seems to be making that startled pin-up girl face.

Note: I tried and failed to find an illustrative photo. Achewood has put some weird stuff into my search and site histories.

I am sorry about this charchar.

You want "bettie page christmas"

Bettie Page is dead, man. Yet she haunts the archives now.

I'd actually just stopped crying when I saw this in my inbox. Cut it out, OK?

Okay. I know it must be rough.

[IMGS OFF]

This is a rare instance when a comment actually gave me a chubby.
I feel I must return the favor.

[IMGS OFF]

ahahaha I love this one. the best drunk prank ever!

If Ray is always pullin' this shenanigan ... perhaps it is an Ancient Shenanigan?

punny...

Ray is an excellent friend sometimes

It's these visual jokes that make me wish Chris could somehow get Achewood made into an animated cartoon.

Somebody needs to make a cheesy friendship .gif with hearts all over it of this strip.

i'll do it...sometime.

4 weeks going. I'M WATCHING YOU.

Ray is the doyen of drinking tricks

I get the stage fright when other people are around.

Thinking of this strip gets rid of it though, so I guess if nothing else, I am thankful for that.

I get stage fright too, and I always think of this strip as well, but it really doesn't help. I usually either have to just wait until there's no one else in the bathroom, or sit down and pretend to be pooping while I'm really quietly peeing.

holy poop! im not weird! wait...

oh jeez i wish i could do this so hard.

A) strip = awesome

B) I almost wish Retardo weren't instantly obliterated as spam, so I could raise my lame allotment to add another lame to the titanic pile he'd obviously already have.

Oh my god... this is definitely one of my favorites. The way Beef's face doesn't show but we kind of have an understanding of how he feels, looking through his eyes.
Man, all this laughing is gonna get me like, an 8 pack

I feel like Ray sometimes, if I have some kinda depressed or sad friend I'll do something just mildly wrong to get them smiling and thinking a little bit fucked up... way to sacrifice Ray.

when I glanced at the last panel I thought Ray was sticking his tongue out

My very first Achewood comic!

A guy I once dated had this taped to the wall right beside the toilet. After that... I was pretty much won over.

My first too!
I think I'd encountered Achewood before but wasn't too much into talking animals.
Then I read this strip and realized that it's a rare cat that pees in a urinal.

This is my billionth time reading through the archives and I realized that I haven't 5'd this one. Not only did i finally 5 it, but I taped it above the urinals at work.

This strip is touching. *wipes tear away*

This was my first Achewood.
Takes me way back.

I very much want this scene to be in the Great Outdoor Fight screenplay.

The only rule they broke was not having at least one urinal between them

Does Ray have prostate problems?

Surely the definitive Ray-Beef moment. And panels 5-7... first-person perspective, building on the same trick from in the previous strip.

If someone made that face to me I would piss all over the place and feel deep, deep shame after the laughter ceased.