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Waterbury The Butler Friday, July 30, 2004 • read strip Viewing 47 comments:

May he rest in peace.

"I found his commitment to our shared reality rather wanting"

More ultimately quotable material from Achewood. Absolute classic.

A comment left by epicurus was marked lame too many times and excluded. (marked lame by tttt, sevenarts, Creepwood, morbo)

please tell me you have not! please tell me you more than occasionally say an original thing!

epicurus, i am worried .

Epicurus is the collective writings of Onstad sprung to life. By reading the archives, he recharges himself and continues onward, responding to all situations in an Onstadian way. If the site ever crashes, he will stand still, staring blankly, awaiting the moment when his dialouge is rebooted.

I.... AM..... RUUUUUDE!

You, sir, are the Oasis of the conversational world.

Uncalled for!

I am pro your appropriate The Todd reference.

shit. never mind.

Ohhh you just showed appreciation for Scrubs in Acheworld. Are you asking to get beaten up?


(Note: I too like Scrubs.)

quiet you!

Besides, i've grown weary of JD's self-obsession and the saccharine self-help storylines. And if I see Dr COx touch his nose and fold his arms again I'm going to hunt John C. McGInley down and wedge his happy pants up his well-oiled arse.

Agreed. When Scrubs just had the slightest hint of "dramedy" around the edges, it actually enhanced the humor. Now that there's at least as much dram as medy, we've got Garden State: The TV Series . And I'm talking the bloated, boring parts of Garden State not the witty parts.

why is there such as Scrubs conversation? Is the butler not enough? Is Ray not enough?

I like to picture James Brown looking in the mirror and trying to intimidate his reflection, then escalate his attempt when the reflection does not back down (like a rooster) and finally he somehow ends up in his car doing 90 Mph, with the mirror all wedged in the hood, still reflecting him as he drives, cursing at it.

This is almost my favorite comment on Assetbar thus far. It is definitely in my top five.

Me too, and I'm hard to please. Is that not the best description of paranoia?

Epicurus, thou hast this day remedied many wrongs and redeemed many ills.


That was fucking hilarious!

AGREED!

(like a rooster)

A comment left by geysershitdick was marked lame too many times and excluded. (marked lame by equinn2006, Siah, clintisiceman, Mastronaut, dr_sexlove)

It's never too soon. I like to make fun of people who aren't even dead yet.

A comment left by littlefatdog was marked lame too many times and excluded. (marked lame by equinn2006, Siah, gkiyo, dr_sexlove)

Whats fucked up is going to an X's funeral to make sure she's dead. I never did that.

I went to my X's boyfriend's funeral to make sure he was dead, and to see if she was doing anything that weekend.

despite his wierdness, the man had wonderful hair

Wasn't there a BMW film directed by Tony Scott that went something like this?

I believe you are right .

Thank you for this. This made my day.

Am I the only one who occasionally gets the Waterbury and Uncle Culpepper arcs confused? A dignified gentleman comes to stay with Ray, only to be revealed as an imposter?

Way to blow the plot for first timers!

Argh. Apologies.

James Brown's butler was a cat.

Honestly I'd be more than a little surprised if James Brown DIDN'T have a cat for a butler.

Today's Blogs

Ray: Waterbury's here!
Teodor: Balancing Act
Philippe: Mr. Waterbury!
Lyle: what the hell blogger
Molly: Where have I been!
Little Nephew: ditchin' this place

In all honesty, I massively respect what you're doing here. But how long will you keep it up?

Well thanks! I'll keep doing it in fits and starts, I figure. I can only do it for so long in a session before I get all bleary-headed and approach the probability of catastrophic bracket malfunction, though it is fun reading all the blogs together in order. The nice thing is it gets easier as it goes along, since the blogging rate attenuates over time.

I've written it before and I will again - this is a great service. Thank you for one-upping everyone else here by actually doing something.

It also helps put into focus the fact that, in between writing the greatest webcomic in the world, Onstad finds the time to write separate blogs for just about every one of his characters. I mean, sure, the posts are usually months apart, but he's keeping consistent posting styles for each character and crossover storylines that get little to no reference in the comic itself. Now that is dedication to his art.

I would not have agreed with you until I read them myself. Lyle's blog is a tour de force. If you haven't read it, you can remedy that by either reading it, or killing yourself.

I mean, I hate that it comes to that, but it does. Those are really your only two options.

Nice Pete's blog... is a THING.

Note that Ray's butler does not have visible eyes.

Well, neither does Ray.

But he sold them, y'know, so that would explain THAT.

Does Waterbury remind anybody else of Truman Capote? Maybe it's just the Uncle Culpepper aftershocks.

wasn't feeling it until I read the alt text

Ya, one of the best alt texts ever! No matter...

In the first panel it kind of looks like Ray has his hand in a stomach-pocket. The kind from novelty surgery.