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Is it a lie? Or is it an ass? Monday, March 11, 2002 • read strip Viewing 45 comments:

this is an important strip. we found out what a robot's ass looks like.

A comment left by cailetshadow was marked lame too many times and excluded. (marked lame by thomgreenwood, cavebaby, indolent, froggle)

Are you forgetting Lyle and Teodor's exclamations? "It's not funny"? BOO TO THAT.

Also of note: Lyle appears to be drinking both from the bottle and a coffee mug. Manly.

Nah, when Lyle and T get to watching TV on the couch , they always share the bottle, not the goblet.

the bottle is his version of linus' blanket, it is always with him.

This feels like one of the earliest strips, maybe because of the double reply in panel 3 and a punchline in panel 4 - just like "Who wants five minutes in the bathroom with the FAO Schwartz catalog?"

So true. Perhaps fitting to mark the end of an era, with The Party arc about to change everything and all. Chubbied.

Lyle and Teodor were wrong to be worried. A robot's ass just looks like this.

BOO TO THAT

boo. but a classic strip.

Lie Bot: would he even lie about his own ass

apparently not?

What use does a robot have for an ass?

everybody poops. everybody.

WHY FIND OUT

In Lie Bot's case, so that when his lies are uncovered people can accuse him of talking out of it.

apparently a robot's ass looks like a slice of bread

Oh good, I'm glad I'm not the only person who thought so. Lie Bot seriously has Wonder Bread Ass.

that's better than a wonder bread outfit, i suppose

better than Cauliflower Ass

boo, Liebot, boo.

The real mystery of Achewood: Who says, "IT MUST BE", and who says, "WHY FIND OUT"?

I think Teodor says "IT MUST BE" and Lyle "WHY FIND OUT". Lyle doesnt give a shit, he already knows it's bad. Teodor simply infers that it is bad, and has a much more visceral reaction due to his need to attempt to analyze and understand the world around him.

I thought it was the other way around, but just because Lyle's speech bubble is slightly higher up than Teodor's in the second panel. However, major respect to you for having actually thought the matter through with regard to each character's attitude and outlook on life.

CHUBBY TO THAT

It's a trick question: Blister said both lines.

Alt text: "Lie bot: Would he even lie about his own ass"

This is one of my favorites.

it just looks?

it looks just?

what are you saying

Sometimes, when I am doing something completely unrelated, I will think of this strip. And then I will have to explain to people what made me giggle.

A bum is a horrible thing to waste. Thank you LB.

nice ass cleavage, lie bot

The strip that spawned a thousand comments in other strips.

This is easily my favorite single strip

Two instances of Lie Bot telling the truth. One, it is indeed time to see his ass, as he proves later. Two, that is indeed how his ass looks.

Unless... That is some kind of false ass, and he has lied on both counts. Hmm...?

This is probably the first strip that made me laugh out loud.

i miss them playing around inside the television

I said "Boo to that" to my manager the other day.

And he said "Pack up your fucking desk, hecci! You don't work here anymore!"

"Why Find Out?" has been my response to most classes offered at NYU

One of my favorite strips, period.

Lyle's mustache used to look like one of those new pizza cutters.

I actually use "boo to that" in conversations because of this strip

The day before Achewood changed forever.