xud
+3 -0
People really talk like that too yo
People really talk like that too yo
chaesar
+30 -0
That is just Onstad's Stanford vocabulary working itself. If you don't use it you lose it.
Uncle Culpepper describes thirst like its a gunshot wound.
That is just Onstad's Stanford vocabulary working itself. If you don't use it you lose it.
Uncle Culpepper describes thirst like its a gunshot wound.
hellofyellin
+22 -0
Man, toothsome is such a good word.
Sounds like you should be saying it whilst drinking a mint julep and sitting on a broken-down cotton gin.
"My, a fresh biscuit would be mighty toothsome at this juncture."
Something like that.
Man, toothsome is such a good word.
Sounds like you should be saying it whilst drinking a mint julep and sitting on a broken-down cotton gin.
"My, a fresh biscuit would be mighty toothsome at this juncture."
Something like that.
redheron
+2 -2
Words are great. And I'm ridiculously pleased by the idea of a vocabulary being a thing with a sort of mind of it's own.
Words are an interesting animal.
*giggle*
Words are great. And I'm ridiculously pleased by the idea of a vocabulary being a thing with a sort of mind of it's own.
Words are an interesting animal.
*giggle*
dusty
+0 -0
Most of the time when people try to use big words they just end up making a mess of it, often getting further from their real meaning. Here he's actually used them to make the imagery much more clear and precise, which in theory is the purpose of using more obscure, and ideally more carefully chosen words.
Most of the time when people try to use big words they just end up making a mess of it, often getting further from their real meaning. Here he's actually used them to make the imagery much more clear and precise, which in theory is the purpose of using more obscure, and ideally more carefully chosen words.
senseihollywood
+7 -0
Colonel Sanders, meet Foghorn Leghorn...
Colonel Sanders, meet Foghorn Leghorn...
stuart
+8 -0
FIGHT!
FIGHT!
rowboat
+0 -0
Foghorn Leghorn isn't real. He'd lose.
Foghorn Leghorn isn't real. He'd lose.
woodenteeth
+10 -0
Ah, but then Foghorn can never actually die. The Quandry!
Ah, but then Foghorn can never actually die. The Quandry!
stuart
+5 -0
nobody points out this would be the founder of a chain of places for eating chicken vs. a chicken
nobody points out this would be the founder of a chain of places for eating chicken vs. a chicken
woodenteeth
+2 -0
Foghorn was a Rooster! No roasting the roosters red rocket.
Foghorn was a Rooster! No roasting the roosters red rocket.
digdugz
+5 -0
I bought a chicken with a ding-a-ling
I bought a chicken with a ding-a-ling
vulpes-aurum
+0 -1
Chubby for the reference.
Chubby for the reference.
dracer2
+0 -0
In Australia there is a major fast food chicken chain called Red Rooster.
In Australia there is a major fast food chicken chain called Red Rooster.
woodenteeth
+0 -0
I am from that country. Please don't point out the holes in my argument.
I am from that country. Please don't point out the holes in my argument.
fineoakstructure
+1 -0
Yes, he has other holes where your pointed finger can...man you know what? fuck this
Yes, he has other holes where your pointed finger can...man you know what? fuck this
woodenteeth
+0 -0
You tried. That's important.
You tried. That's important.
buttermoths
+0 -0
Finish him, I say!
Finish him, I say!
djwhiterabbit
+1 -1
Perspicacious!
Perspicacious!
epicurus
+0 -0
I have a great fondness for Uncle Culpepper's dialogue. I have said Panel 5 to people a few times with amuzing results.
I have a great fondness for Uncle Culpepper's dialogue. I have said Panel 5 to people a few times with amuzing results.
cheeks_jd
+32 -2
dude it seems like you say a line from every single comic you've commented on.
dude it seems like you say a line from every single comic you've commented on.
poostick
+0 -1
zing!
zing!
epicurus
+30 -0
You know, reading back through, it is true and it is kind of sad. I am apparently incapable of writing my own dialogue.
You know, reading back through, it is true and it is kind of sad. I am apparently incapable of writing my own dialogue.
woodenteeth
+7 -0
Onstad just following you round with an auto-cue, which is basically a laptop hog tied with rope round his waist. Constantly walking backwards... here comes that girl you've always liked "live in 4, 3, 2 - "
Onstad just following you round with an auto-cue, which is basically a laptop hog tied with rope round his waist. Constantly walking backwards... here comes that girl you've always liked "live in 4, 3, 2 - "
epicurus
+1 -0
This would make an awesome tv show. Or at leas6 a plot for a crappy guest comic. Chris: call me.
This would make an awesome tv show. Or at leas6 a plot for a crappy guest comic. Chris: call me.
woodenteeth
+0 -0
Man... knowing that Chris writes all your lines... well it lends this particular comment quite a large slathering of hilarity!
Man... knowing that Chris writes all your lines... well it lends this particular comment quite a large slathering of hilarity!
farqussus
+1 -0
You write your dialogue? How do you get other people to say their lines?
You write your dialogue? How do you get other people to say their lines?
woodenteeth
+4 -0
I would imagine with a gun and a smile.
I would imagine with a gun and a smile.
epicurus
+1 -0
Photos of gagged relatives and a finger across my lips, along with a raised eyebrow, as if to say "Play along now, and say nice things about my dick!"
Photos of gagged relatives and a finger across my lips, along with a raised eyebrow, as if to say "Play along now, and say nice things about my dick!"
anzio
+0 -0
I have noticed that when you introduce someone to Achewood, they tend to become just infatuated with the dialogue to the point it replaces they're own natural dialogue. This awesome at first, but then it seems as if this friend can't do anything but speak in Achewood dialogue. Then things get annoying.
I have noticed that when you introduce someone to Achewood, they tend to become just infatuated with the dialogue to the point it replaces they're own natural dialogue. This awesome at first, but then it seems as if this friend can't do anything but speak in Achewood dialogue. Then things get annoying.
evolume
+0 -0
how many dear nephew's have you?
how many dear nephew's have you?
evolume
+0 -0
oh panel 5. i can not count panels.
oh panel 5. i can not count panels.
ctrl_z
+1 -0
lol you say "delectable spiced meat"
lol you say "delectable spiced meat"
satyr
+0 -0
Yes. Yes, he does.
Yes. Yes, he does.
skiddyfisk
+2 -0
Alt text: mah-'toor, 'eye-talyun
Alt text: mah-'toor, 'eye-talyun
cdl146
+2 -0
If I could talk like Uncle Culpepper without looking like I get most of my calories from Bert and Ernie dolls , I totally would.
If I could talk like Uncle Culpepper without looking like I get most of my calories from Bert and Ernie dolls , I totally would.
closefriend
+8 -0
So this means that Sondra Smuckles started as Sondra Culpepper, a belle of Southern extraction who fell prey to the charming ways of the Man With the Blood on His Hands.
This is going to be just like Biff in that Back to the Future cartoon, a Smuckles ancestor for every occasion!
So this means that Sondra Smuckles started as Sondra Culpepper, a belle of Southern extraction who fell prey to the charming ways of the Man With the Blood on His Hands.
This is going to be just like Biff in that Back to the Future cartoon, a Smuckles ancestor for every occasion!
taiiga
+0 -0
use of the word conscripted is RAW
use of the word conscripted is RAW
drycup
+1 -0
I do, I say, I do declare I would feel uncomfortable addressing such kin in that there thong garment.
I do, I say, I do declare I would feel uncomfortable addressing such kin in that there thong garment.
jyuu
+0 -0
Uncle Culpepper is obviously not so easily flappable.
Uncle Culpepper is obviously not so easily flappable.
achilleselbow
+1 -0
I was tempted to somehow connect 'flappable' with the preceding reference to a thong in the form of some witty double entendre, but then I thought better of it.
I was tempted to somehow connect 'flappable' with the preceding reference to a thong in the form of some witty double entendre, but then I thought better of it.
heccibiggs
+0 -0
..Can it really be done? I can't quite think of a way to make it work.
..Can it really be done? I can't quite think of a way to make it work.
dangelder
+0 -0
Think of Paris Hilton in just a thong, walking around, flappable in the wind.
Think of Paris Hilton in just a thong, walking around, flappable in the wind.
thatcrazycommie
+1 -0
Next time I order a pizza, I hope to use the phrase "confederacy of additional vegetables."
Next time I order a pizza, I hope to use the phrase "confederacy of additional vegetables."
presterjohn
+7 -0
The fact that Uncle Culpepper pronounces the 'ed' in 'parched' as a separate syllable rocks.
Onstad rocks for knowing how to convey this.
The fact that Uncle Culpepper pronounces the 'ed' in 'parched' as a separate syllable rocks.
Onstad rocks for knowing how to convey this.
unsentletter
+0 -0
Oh! So that's what that mark means... hmm! Excellent.
Oh! So that's what that mark means... hmm! Excellent.
jonnay
+2 -0
This is my second favorite story arc. Let it be known.
This is my second favorite story arc. Let it be known.
dumase
+4 -0
It wasn't too long ago that having a pepperoni pizza, with vegetables compromised its purity.
The south sure has come a long way.
It wasn't too long ago that having a pepperoni pizza, with vegetables compromised its purity.
The south sure has come a long way.
bixschmix
+0 -0
I am in the south, and I still prefer my pepperoni pizzas unsullied by the compromise of additional vegetables. (Extrapolate nothing from this statement; sometimes a pizza's just a pizza.)
I am in the south, and I still prefer my pepperoni pizzas unsullied by the compromise of additional vegetables. (Extrapolate nothing from this statement; sometimes a pizza's just a pizza.)
charchar
+4 -1
I am from the South, and I talk like Uncle Culpepper when I am drunk. And I am always angered and dismayed when nobody applauds my vocabulary.
As far as pizzas, I feel the pepperoni was some erstwhile wayward delivery boy.
I am from the South, and I talk like Uncle Culpepper when I am drunk. And I am always angered and dismayed when nobody applauds my vocabulary.
As far as pizzas, I feel the pepperoni was some erstwhile wayward delivery boy.
heccibiggs
+0 -0
Oh man that is awesome.
I am from South London and I too dislike vegtables on my pepperoni pizza.
Oh man that is awesome.
I am from South London and I too dislike vegtables on my pepperoni pizza.
fuzzyshoo
+0 -0
oh man i would love to see someone from england transplanted into the southern US
oh man i would love to see someone from england transplanted into the southern US
i_love_kate
+0 -0
I am relatively sure that there are romantic comedies to this effect.
I am relatively sure that there are romantic comedies to this effect.
alzuna
+2 -0
This will probably make me sound terrible uncultured but the Southern gentry type of speech always makes me think of the movie 'O, Brother Where Art Thou' and in particular that bible salesman character, Big Dan...Man, I love that movie.
This will probably make me sound terrible uncultured but the Southern gentry type of speech always makes me think of the movie 'O, Brother Where Art Thou' and in particular that bible salesman character, Big Dan...Man, I love that movie.
unsentletter
+0 -0
This may not make the most sense... but I can't read about Uncle Colonel Culpepper without my thoughts occasionally tracing back to one (quarterback) Daunte Culpepper .
This may not make the most sense... but I can't read about Uncle Colonel Culpepper without my thoughts occasionally tracing back to one (quarterback) Daunte Culpepper .
neonaoneo
+1 -0
5'd purely because it was genius the way he made me know that Culpepper pronounced Italian with the I rhyming with eye
5'd purely because it was genius the way he made me know that Culpepper pronounced Italian with the I rhyming with eye
stagnantdisplay
+0 -0
Uncle Culpepper is the kind of guy that says Suh instead of Sir.
Uncle Culpepper is the kind of guy that says Suh instead of Sir.
stagnantdisplay
+0 -0
Oops, didn't see the one where he calls Little Nephew "young suh". Which is funny, because I was also thinking that he is the kind of guy that would say "I demand satisfaction", which he also says to Little Nephew.
Oops, didn't see the one where he calls Little Nephew "young suh". Which is funny, because I was also thinking that he is the kind of guy that would say "I demand satisfaction", which he also says to Little Nephew.
mrclumpy
+0 -0
It's like an affectionate parody of 19th-century writing and a wonderful example of the same in its own right.
It's like an affectionate parody of 19th-century writing and a wonderful example of the same in its own right.
carlyle
+0 -0
I expected some kind of friction between Ray and his uncle.
Ray wears nothing but a thong, glasses and some medallion thing. Culpepper is like Epitome of High Society.
I expected some kind of friction between Ray and his uncle.
Ray wears nothing but a thong, glasses and some medallion thing. Culpepper is like Epitome of High Society.
icecube
+0 -0
Blood is thicker than water it would seem.
Blood is thicker than water it would seem.
anzio
+0 -0
I have actually been mildly confused by this comic. Culpepper notes that Ray looks like his grandfather from his mother's side of the family, when it has become clear that every Smuckles male looks essentially the same, glasses included. So both of Ray's grandfathers happen to look alike? I guess that makes sense, all cats more or less look the same. Did I... answer my own question? I do not know.
I have actually been mildly confused by this comic. Culpepper notes that Ray looks like his grandfather from his mother's side of the family, when it has become clear that every Smuckles male looks essentially the same, glasses included. So both of Ray's grandfathers happen to look alike? I guess that makes sense, all cats more or less look the same. Did I... answer my own question? I do not know.
jamb23
+0 -0
Out of interest, do people from the (Deep) South really say "confederacy" in every day conversation out of the context of The Confederacy, as in panel five? If so, I like it. It's a bit like how people in Britain use empire in everyday conversation, e.g. "That lady had an empire of buttocks!" (note: no-one in Britain does this).
Out of interest, do people from the (Deep) South really say "confederacy" in every day conversation out of the context of The Confederacy, as in panel five? If so, I like it. It's a bit like how people in Britain use empire in everyday conversation, e.g. "That lady had an empire of buttocks!" (note: no-one in Britain does this).
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