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Ray's neighbor problem / pissing into empties Monday, June 26, 2006 • read strip Viewing 50 comments:

"He said "faggot" the way old telegrams said STOP."
Probably in my top three favourite sentences in achewood ever.

I agree completely.

Seconded. I would give this strip a 6 if science would let me; that line made even my dad laugh.

You can't vote a 6, and Nice Pete can't kill dead things.

What we need more of is science.

We need less science! With more faith and less science we could vote 6's or even 7's, and Nice Pete could even murder the dead!

It took quite a bit of effort to give a chubby to a post containing the words "We need less science" in that order.

I hope the sarcasm came across... I sport my "What We Need More of is Science" hoodie a much as possible in Texas.

rainwolfj is a damn rebel.
Respect.

You looking for a hug buddy, because flattery will earn you one of those.

if you like it, you shoulda put a hug on it

thats my jam, yo!

Put a dog on it

The state of Texas itself will prevent the shirt being worn sometimes. Like, a big ol' arm made from the honest soil of Texas rises up and pulls the shirt off you two days a week.

I'm sorry you live in Texas, bud. I really am. Washington sucks so much less then Texas does. I hear they don't teach about Thomas Jefferson down there anymore.

Chubby for appropriateness of avatar alone

achewood transcends generational gaps in a way that rock music and special-effect movies cannot .

It's up there all right, but I just love that recent line from Miami "... you'd toss more salad than a seasick rabbit,"

I have taken to describing one of my roommates this way.

When I went to click "next," I right-clicked and opened it in a new tab. I'm keeping this one open all day.

It's my favourite line in the whole damned strip's history. The entire thing is a comedic masterpiece, though. "I couldn't tell if he had a haircut." I wish I could give this a five one billion times.

chubbied for truth, brofessional

One of many instances of Achewood indeed being a celebration of the English language.

sometimes people can not, will not accept things

here's a true thing: in my illustrious career, the only people I've seen piss in an empty were bass players...I mean cold all pissing into bottle right out in the open and stuff...seen it happen...you've been warned


What's a bassist use for contraception?

His personality.

There's something great about the fact that once he gets the "pissing into empties" bee in his bonnet it just stays there for the rest of the strip.

Yeah it is true. A similar thing sort of happened to me one time when I saw a guy stealing a bike (well, sawing through a D-lock) and, as a cyclist, was so outraged that I called the police. I had not seen this strip at the time but I recall being aware that I kept saying 'He was STEALING a BIKE' in a horrified tone - like 'yeah he was, you know, normal height, and he had glasses, but, but he was STEALING a BIKE! Please hurry!'

"My car parts are on my car, by the way" and the "He said 'faggot' the way old telegrams said STOP" lines rank among my favorite in Achewood history.

This has got to be my all time favorite achewood strip. One thing though. If I didn't know better, I would swear that Ray is pissing into an empty in that last panel.

Nah, maybe more like pissing into his martini glass, half full. He's looking pretty furtively out the window.

You're pissin into an empty, but whatever. No rims for you.

This strip is great, so is the Alt Text.

THE ALTERNATIVE TEXT:
Seven men pissing into empties, calling you faggot. They cannot see you.


The Alternative Text would make a good webcomic tribute band.

And by that I mean a bad music band.

Seven Men Pissing Into Empties, Calling You Faggot. They Cannot See You seems like it would definitely be a Nu-Metal/Prog-Rock band that combined the worst and best of all music to create something undeniably awful.

Man, I would hope if I had a problem like that the police would care about it.

I love how into the second to last panel he's peering out of his window all careful. Almost as if he fears that there will be empty-pissing-in dirtbags doing sinister things on his property when he looks out.

"I couldn't tell if he had a haircut or not." is the standout to me. Sounds like great slam material.

this is my ultimate favorite strip

I like that Ray is using demographic profiling in defense of his complaint.

Like, who cares if Ray provoked the guy. He pisses into empties. He DESERVES to spend a night in jail.

This is one of my favorite strips, but someone please explain "I couldn't tell if he had a haircut or not" to me.

I guess it is because the dude's haircut was so messy and basically bad that Ray wasn't sure if it was that way on purpose or if the guy just never took care of his har.

Or that Ray was paying absolutely no attention at all.

The one guy who almost took a swing at Ray has an insatiable passion for rims.

I thought Ray lived on Via Verde, not Via Vera...

I hadn't read this one until now, it is SO GOOD

Man why do they gotta keep hating on pissing in emtpies. I got a condition, alright. I got a condition and a really bad bathroom. Don't you judge me you damn Rap-peddling cat.

Quote:
ALT TEXT:Seven men pissing into empties, calling you faggot. They cannot see you.


Oh God, I'm going to write an Achewood Musical, and this is going to be a pivotal scene in the 2nd arc. Maybe I'm not even going to write it. It'll probably write itself.

I don't really have a haircut, but that shouldn't count against me... should it?

This depends. Are you pissing into an empty?

You almost never see Ray worked up like that. The man does NOT like to be called a faggot!