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The flivver and the Hardy Boys Friday, December 2, 2005 • read strip Viewing 97 comments:

I would seriously pay any reasonable amount of money to read that book.

The Hardy Boys: The Mystery of the Pandering Cat

The Hardy Boys: The Case of the Glass Vial of Pot.

The Hardy Boys: The Case of Ketel One

Literally! A whole case of it!

I would seriously pay any reasonable amount of money to attend Metropolitan Sex College 9.

freely discussing orgasm and jazz music in the hallway is a huge step forward in the educational realm.

Did anybody else major in Orgasm there? I'm having a hell of a time trying to find a job with my major.

You can always be a male prostitute.

The correct term is Orgasm Contractor .

Yeah, seems like self-employment is more your route.

his younger, blonder brother - haha

Metropolitan Sex College 9 sounds like a pretty good school

All M.S.C.'s are known across the country for their active student groups and in-depth course loads, but they're damn near impossible to get in.

Nice slow release triple-entendre you got going on there.

The slow release is a lecture in one of the 200 level classes.

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I also wonder if it is from outer space, what with it being the ninth and all.

or there are at least eight other sex colleges in the area!

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But it would do to be a cock to a friend.

Damnit. Would not... It would not do...

Plan 9 from Outer Space?

YES

Plan 9 from Outer Space is an old, bad movie. That movie is what zeroasalimit was making a joke about. It was an okay joke.

Plan 9 from Outer Space was a movie. They made a movie about a guy who made a movie. Somebody made a joke about the movie, then several other people said that they got the joke. Then some more people derided them for explaining the joke, then the joke was explained to them, again.

Why am I still reading all of this?

and now the joke is dead

with each consecutive post his heart-rate slowed. His family wept helplessly as the blips began to slow. His wife held his hand even as it grew cold and limp.

He deserved better than this.

That could have been so good . If only you had used a thesaurus.

Now THAT'S what I call being a cock to a stranger!

And if you had used a thesaurus, you could have written
Now THAT'S what I call being a cock ( douche- n.; prick -n.; twat- n.; jerk- n.) to a stranger!

I'm disturbed by the idea of a thesaurus that lists 'twat' as synonym for 'cock'.

Yes, well, it's just a book, what does it know? I mean, we're all just bio-masses along with other sentient life to a thesaurus.

it's like v9.0?

Michael Foucault was the head of Philosophy at the University of Paris 8.


That's funny... all of the people who founded the Metropolitan Sex Colleges studied Philosophy at the University of Paris VIII during the same period.

I'd pay an entirely UNreasonable amount of money to read this book.

sounds like my high school.

heck, I would seriously pay to attend that school.

Why was Ray dressed thus? Was he really just helping out a friend? Truly, he is a man of mystery.

Even if he really was helping out a friend, that doesn't do much to explain the getup.

Some friend of his really needed a stand-in for either Neil Young or Neil Diamond .

or both!

Really, Cornelius should answer with a "Hullo" instead of "Hello." "Hello" was more of an exclamation than a greeting for Brits, while "Hullo" was a greeting. It lasted well up until the thirties or fifties, which is when Cornelius seems to come from.

/asinine horseshittery

Don't be an asinine horseshitter, Spiny Norman.

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You are correct. Lucky for professorhazard, he was using it as an adjective.

you must love it in my asscrack, otherwise you wouldnt be all up in it every single time.

You must love being an asshole, otherwise you wouldn't constantly be spewing shit everywhere.

What I am saying is, maybe I wouldn't be on your case so much if your comments were not mostly bullshit.

im pretty sure you have want to be my babys mother. you dont have to hide behind some self-appointed post-cop facade because im actually flattered that you would think of me in that way.(it wouldnt work out between us because youre self-righteous and a cockhead)

I will PAY MONEY to see you two fight it out IRL.

IRL, that guy doesnt even exist. when i turn off the computer, i forget about him until i see that he has replied to one of my comments.

This is as may be, but I think he's saved it with 'I need to visit the loo'. I am British*, so of course this is in fact like an actually completely normal thing to say, but it also feels very un-American somehow.

Oh god I'm looking for a footnote and it's not there IT'S NOT THERE

oh what the hell why have I done that ! I have no idea where my thought processes were at 5 months ago. Ummm I can only guess that maybe I meant to say something like, I would say I was English, but since I have lived in Scotland for 7 years and my mum is Welsh, 'British' seems more appropriate? Maybe?? But why would I have thought that was useful information? Or not typed it?
I AM SORRY DUDE

alt text: Ray knows how it is.

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Nice try. Have a go at thinking.

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The Harvey Boys? Paul and his younger, blacker brother, Steve?

Friends, I'd like to take a moment to tell you about the Bose Wave Radio system....
(fully expecting to be lamed by people who have no idea who Paul Harvey was or what his schtick was about)

Paul Harvey... good day !?!

yeah thats right folks, *puts hands on hips* I made a reference to a thing... bet you haven't heard of it. fully expecting you to lame me. cant wait in fact

i LAMED YOU SO
FUCKING
HARDDDDDDDD

And NOW, you know, the REST of the story.

(It is pretty much impossible to mimic Paul Harvey's speech in text)

When this strip first showed up, it took me five read-throughs to understand what the fuck was going on. If only I'd read Hardy Boys books as a kid and known what a flivver was.

My God I've waited all my little life for Hardy Boys parody. The use of the word "chuckle" cinches it.

I realise that I could communicate my way through life on Achewood references

Cornelius kinda looks more like Teodor in this one. Maybe its just me.

It's the lack of the trademark glasses.

I thought it WAS Teodor until I read these comments... as it happens.

This strip I think is linked in spirit to this, one of the funniest Onstad blog posts [url=https://chrisonstad.blogspot.com/2005_10_01_archive.html]

So, the sex college is really a high school.

nice combo of wodehouse and dixon. (pierce-arrow)

Why did I read that as "orgasm and jizz music"?

Probably reading too much of the Star Wars expanded universe.

https://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Jizz

i would like to know more about ray's "helping a friend" situation

NOW WE KNOW

That's 19th century gentleman's garb. Ray is totally pullin a Vincent Vega here.

The last panel perfectly describes Garfield High School in Seattle.

Oh man, I was about to post Nova Alternative.

Ooooooohhh shhhiiiiiittttt!!

Looking up images of Garfield HS on Google, I ran across this logo of the Otters, a Gay and Lesbian Water Polo team that trains there. Almost as cute as Philippe.

[IMGS OFF]

https://www.otterpolo.com/

[IMGS OFF]
Correction: NO otter is as cute as Philippe.

So ray has upgraded from Honka Toy Truck to a slightly bigger toy.

And I don't blame him. That piece looks righteous.

"Honka Toy Truck" is the first thing you've said that made me laugh

For Honkies of all ages. Some restrictions apply.

Everything in this is perfect.

Phillipe is five.

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one of my all time favorite strips

"freely discussed orgasm and jazz music"

The two Great Taboos of their time, surely.

I will give a 5 for any Hardy Boys reference - but more especially for an awesome one like this

I could live my life exclusively with orgasm and jazz music.

Oh wait...that's what i do anyways...

You're not Pogo! Don't try to be Pogo!

I KNOW POGO

Pogo's kind of a dick to strangers.

I blame this on him being of age

Oh God.

Oh God, I love Ray.

That is so good.