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Lyle's sink bath Tuesday, January 3, 2006 • read strip Viewing 65 comments:

Go on, make up a tune and sing Ray's lyrics to it. It is OK, everyone wants to do it. It is natural.

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Uh dude that's the Chevy logo

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He's a gear-head, through and through. Remember when he built Phillipe's car, said "feels good to be wrenching again." I have personally known three out-of-work mechanic/alcoholics.

Did they all shave their chest hair into the shape of their car manufacturer of choice's logo?

It's probably actually shaved out of his fur, since a tattoo wouldn't show there for that reason.

See, that's why you should never go dual-class. Do you put your XP into mechanical skill or alcoholism?

One of my uncles. Well he has a job NOW, but he didn't. Still alcoholic though...

How can you not know this?

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I can't speak for him, but I was able to accomplish it by not giving a shit about cars.

Holla.

I have a mini cooper logo tatooed on my chest

...fear me


FEAR ME

Was it for the money?

Hella apt. I came here to check the comments for mention of Lyle's 'Ford' tattoo.

I was raised in a country where the kids of the Holden families fought the kids of the Ford families (while the Valiant families were a little bit weird and spooky), and I still didn't recognise it as Chevy.

I give *just* enough of a shit to know it was a car logo, but that was probably partly due to what we've been shown about Lyle's character.

mad props for your icon

He'd rather push a Chevy than drive a Ford.

Pat has a Ford. That is enough to make it a natural non-choice.

Roast Beef has a Ford also. His Galaxie is enough to counterbalance Pat's Mustang 2.

Shit. My name is actually Pat, and I actually drive a Ford.

Things are not looking good.

Also in the past year I have become vegetarian.

Oh no oh no oh noooo-

And you're slated to turn 26 in a couple of years.

And it is a stylized bowtie logo, so it is in the appropriate position on Lyle's chest.

Lyle! You got the Chevy logo tattooed on your chest! How come?

'cause guys with Peugot logo-tattoos always end up getting their asses kicked.

I hear "Moon River."

And is it me, or has Lyle aged really poorly since the beginning of the strip?

right there ray is skating the dream of Susie from Albany. He dream is that she and her dad no longer have diabeties or poverty.

HER

No, she was right.

Believe he meant word twelve.

Yes, jocelynthepink, BELIEVE!

Ray has skated the fuck out of the painting in my mind.

God as my witness, I'll one day have a restaurant where salads can come "new girlfriend style".

So this was 2 years ago, how's the restaurant plans coming along?

The greatest example of dialogue in the history of western literature? MAYBE

5'd for panels 2 through 5 alone.

Hell, just panel 5, even.

I( tried to say the last line to some guy who was into rap, and he was all ???

Ray Smuckles has icky moves!

Is the skate move in Panel 5 even possible? I'm having trouble imagining how one could skate with feet crossed, but both pointing outwards.

Five stars.

that is such as a basic Cross Over why only the front foot is even really touching the ground

Man, I love this one. I love Ray's meta-commenting.."Classic Lyle"

That line made the strip for me. So good.

Transmogrified Calvin = chubby.

I need to remember that last panel. Dudes find it hilarious but girlfriend endure it at best.

Ray, Ray, Ray. Tennis is too 80's, and you then pick rollerskating?

At least he's not wearing the stirrup pants from the Christmas catalog while he skates...

#1 - Panel three just might be the best panel ever.

#2 - I must immediately enter any house I visit with "DAAAAAAMN, PEOPLE. OH HELL YES."


The only reason I gave this a five instead of a four is that when I got to the last panel, I hit a section in Gang Starr's "The Militia" which matched up perfectly with Ray. Classico.

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Ray: Crazy-ass Raccoons!

crazy ass-raccoons!

Man, I hate it when I get ass-raccoons.

Totally low-class, you know.

The carpet's luxurious pile is perfect for tracing patterns with roller skates.

I was just wondering where Lyle & Ray's pictures on their blogs come from...

AND NOW I KNOW.

Oh nice spot, nice, I knew there was something familiar

The presence of Lyle completely explains the smell of simmered-up pinto beans.

I love your icon so much.

I'm always reticent about the appearance of rollerskates.

You sittin' in the sink! Why come?

No Ray don't wear those rollerskates don't you know that they guarantee that you will die of diabetes

Not just whiskey. Of course you need whiskey to bathe, but it is excellent to have soap also.

Why did the strip end here when Lyle most assuredly chugged the last of that bottled and then smashed it on Rays head for making him listen to this little rhyme?

This proves that I am indeed a nerd, and it's most likely already been said, but DUDE: ROLLERSKATES. that's an omen... right? wow. This may be the first strip I've seen where rollerskates don't pose a threat to the achewood universe.