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Kmart, Lyle, and Viet Nam Wednesday, September 17, 2003 • read strip Viewing 41 comments:

His warring days may be over, but he knew what to do in an emergency like that, wheelchair or no.

I can just see that guy. wheelchair at least 10 years old, long unkempt hair, low, gravely voice.

I saw that guy take the bus to Hooters one time.

i sell that guy dates on a regular basis.

You...what? Are you a pimp?

Or an exotic fruit salesman?

He's an erotic fruit salesman

This is a perfect little staircase of banter.

I have a hankering for some dried fruit about now.

Hooters does indeed have a monopoly on the crazy old man market.

Once upon a time, my brother and I were eating at a Taco Bell in downtown Denver, on 16th Street Mall, and there was the exact guy from this comic strip - only he had been homeless for about ten years and had a growly voice that sounded like it'll do a death metal band proud. This man, he spoke the greatest crazy talk that I have ever had the privelige to hear. At one point, apropos of nothing, he screamed/growled out, "I know everything!" And for a single, perfect moment of terror, I was truly and sincerely convinced that he DID know everything, and that his condition was the inevitable result.

The 16th street mall? That sounds like an average day there.

As a former pawn shop employee, I can tell you that Hooters is not the only place where crazy old men congregate.

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I'm standing here, totally not returning your high-five.

I was on the bus with that guy recently.

whoa, was it the same bus mira saw him taking to hooters?

oh necessarily

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Who lamed this? God, some of you people are like crazy cat ladies with respect to Philippe.

Can you think of any other reason it may have been lamed?

Is this a Retardo comment... with absolutely no reference to homosexuality? My mind is blown.

Just read it as "fuck that otter".

That otter is Philippe.

Philippe is five.

I always make sure to chubby comments made by retardo that don't involve him being an idiot, just for a little positive reinforcement.

Lyle doesn't give me many, but this is a classic.

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Lyle is a stuffed tiger.

I've started using this in the kitchen, when somebody drops something or injures themselves. "Man down, Ethan" from Mission: Impossible works, too.

Veteran or veterinarian?

Panels 3 through 5: Lyle getting left hanging on a high-five.

Either that or he's a fan of Hitler.

Nah, I think he's just...pontificating. You know? With his arm held out for emphasis and excitement.

A high-four.
Lyle apparently only has four digits on that hand... and the thumb is intact, so he probably only has four (or less) on the other one too.

this is one of the best ones

Oh god that last panel. I have tears.

*Take some dry ice, put it in a plastic soda bottle. *Add a little bit of cold water, then screw on the cap and throw it as hard as you can as far as you can.
*Expectantly await the satisfying "Pop!"
*Repeat until grounded.

Absurd scenario descriptions out of the mouth of great characters like in the last panel here is partly why I love achewood.

"You got a man down," he said.

ha ha ha[/laughter]

this is such civil interaction for Lyle and Phillipe...crazy.