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The Conniptions Monday, March 7, 2005 • read strip Viewing 51 comments:

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This one, prick?

Interesting. The unseen upshot of raising my Lame comment-viewing threshold to 8 is that I can now see the comments of yours that are entirely innocuous.

Not any more.

:(

mine's at 200 until i see a comment that it actually screens

Ray, Beef, Teodor, Lyle, Pat... I dig how this storyline features so many of the characters.

I think Lyle should kick Pat's ass for that.

shank 'em if ya got 'em, boys.

Pat - don't be hatin'. You wanted to play, and T asked for a note!

Ray needs pepto, Pat needs horse tranquilizers.

Pat's "ahem"ing at the beginning is a nice little manifestation of his dickery. Also note how Beef is cringing in the eighth panel (second one in the second row).

Beef hates prog banjo music so freakin' much.

Beef has endured much abuse in his time, but it still causes pain.

Paul Prudhomme sex tape is guaranteed to give me nightmares, but Lyle assumes everyone will want to gather around it.

Yikes.

[IMGS OFF]

[IMGS OFF]

The mere idea gives me conniptions.

The star of this strip is "Paul Prudhomme sex tape."

If Lyle were in a non-Nice Pete band, this is what it would be called.

Not just that, but "bootleg". Unless that's how you say pirated version in America, that means a mock-up with lookalikes and a poor video quality.

That's how you say pirated version in America. Because that's what it means. Arrrgghh.

...Oh yeah.

Alternatively, check out who's the dick about terms.

Bootlegging is a rich tradition in America. Terms have been therefore created to describe situations

If I am ever in a band (I won't be) I would say that when asked to play a chord. "no dude play an E there man"

"this one, prick?!

'AAAIIIGHT!' is starting to really grow on me as something to insert into diabolical musical rants.

this one, prick = classic Pat

Beef's absolutely pained expression in the eighth panel says it all.

The fact that he doesn't leave, that he just sits there and endures, tells a lot about his character.

jesus. pat really is an absolute dick.

The unnecessarily ferocious prick makes my teeth clench in anger, but I love it.

Man, I say "aight" all the time, now I feel hella evil.

Lyle's line is awesome: "Hint: Me. It was me. Living room, now."

Upon re-reading this strip, I realised that I completely stole Lyle's dialogue from the eleventh panel when writing in my blog about getting a place at uni.

And there was me thinking I was original and funny. Bummer.

5 for "this one, prick ". Typical unbridled dickery from Pat.

I never noticed this until now, but everyone plays the banjo in a different way. Teodor's was kind of regular and playful, Beef's was in a monotone, and now Pat is playing the banjo like an asshole. You can tell.

There is more going on in this strip than has happened to me in most weeks.

The elite combination of panels 9 and 10 truly make this strip.

the face that roast beef pulls in panel 8 is exactly the face i always wanna pull whenever someone tries to "impress" me/someone else with the guitar.

and i guess it's the face everyone else wants to pull when i try to "impress" them with the guitar.

I read "Lyle! You adorable IDIOT!"

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"Man, Lyle, that ain't no Paul Prudhomme! This is just a grainy copy of the Dom DeLuise sex tape. And here I was getting all excited."

My god. I had completely forgotten this arc.

It's beautiful .

Notice how Doc Andretti assumes Ray will take the meds he prescribes because Ray scream "AAAIGHT!" right after he presecribes them.

Doc: *hangs up phone* Well it seems I finally got him to do something I asked mother.

Lyle doesn't have time to wait for people's guessing.

Hint: Me. It was me.

Looks like pat removed his hideous shoes for his banjo performance.

I thought those were socks.

Panel 12: how is the banjo suspended in mid-air with no strap and no hands???

Pat is playing Pete Yorn.