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The Philippe Times Thursday, October 7, 2004 • read strip Viewing 87 comments:

Lyle was clearly trying to say that he wanted to help Philippe out, but it's hard to articulate that when you're piss-drunk and you'd just been watching All in the Family. (He should have called Philippe "Meathead"; it would have enhanced the effect.)

Not to mention the fact that he can barely make himself understood through written English. Though I suppose his calligraphy could come in handy for the banner.

Actually, Lyle's handwriting is immaculate, as we see during their trip to Germany.

Again, he can barely make himself understood through written English. Yes, he draws very pretty letters, but when you put them all together they don't make a lot of sense.

https://achewood.com/index.php?date=03252004 Again I say thee nay, sir.

The blogs (which began about three months after the Berlin trip) paint a much different picture. I guess it just comes down to what you consider to be canon which basically will lead to an argument without end as neither of us is actually right or wrong.

For example, I will grant you that during Lyle's trip to Scotland it is revealed that, when sober, he can be quite eloquent . You could view this as a point in your favor, but then I could just even it up again by asserting that he definitely wasn't sober when he wrote that note in Berlin.

See - this can go on and on and it's basically guaranteed not to get any more interesting for you, me or anyone. Best just to end it here.

The really sad thing is that this isn't even close to being the most utterly stupid and pointless argument in Internet history

Well, your mother.

However, your FACE.

for what it's worth, my penis

Well, fuck ya'll 'cause MY AXE.

... my cake? =(

Poor Roast Beef. He can't even write a sports article without the world all just getting to be too much for him...

No matter, Roast Beef is a God among cats.

coincidentally, roast beef is a god among meats.

A comment left by tinhand was marked lame too many times and excluded. (marked lame by Overmedicated, erincandy, stephanopoulos)

tectonic. Not to be confused with Teutonic , which is basically Smugfuck for German.

If thats the cause of earth quakes then no one's safe. The whole earth is made of them, earth quakes occur due to friction when two plates rub against each other at fault lines. Now we know.

I think you mean move away from the fault lines. Moving away from the tectonic plates would constitute moving vertically upwards, into the atmosphere.

Would you not be safe from earthquakes there? Tinhand may be on to something...

Or down into the mantle.

Philippe takes inspiration from Fievel!

seriously. that gave it a 5.

Philippe was already 5.

And he is going to be a turtle! oh, joy!

Fievel was one to say, "Never say never!" I do not recall the little mouse saying something about someone being out there for everyone. Huh.

And Beef, as usual, takes inspiration from Beef.

Philipe believes that if Fievel can make it through hard times, he can too!

Fievel comes from Circumstances.

The birth of another legend.

....hmm. Why is Beef wearing a black sleeveless shirt.

I was wondering the same thing. Maybe it's Lyle rubbing off on him. Or maybe Molly is one step closer to having him go shoe shopping...

it is a garment he dons on occasion

Beef, who do you think you are putting on such airs?

He is so arrogant!

it looks a little Will Trueman for Beef

(I hate myself for knowing his last name)

it's a black garbage bag with head- and arm-holes.

Why does anyone wear black sleeveless shirts? They are never okay. Never.

(I am going to get lamed by Lyle fans and metallers.)

Hmm, I think I have to disagree with you. My ex-girlfriend used to wear a black sleeveless shirt around the house sometimes and she looked pretty hot in it, I thought.

Well, it's different for girls. Sleeveless shirts are specifically designed for girls to wear as actual clothes - not under other shirts, or the result of hacking the sleeves off a perfectly good shirt.

Oh crap I sound about ninety.

Not if you attract all of them first.

True. My ex was a bit of a metaller and he wore vests and the like all the time (ugh). And the current metaller that's all about me has pretty much been wearing a black sleeveless top every time I've seen him.

Nasty. So much underarm hair.

"all about me"

That is fantastic.

This "metaller", and every straight male on Achewood.

tekende: Is this not a phrase you are familiar with? Begin to use it in your life all the time.

laserblade: Whu?

I meant to say "Acheworld."

Not quite.

i used to work in a factory. it would get up to 110 degrees(40? for you...) during the worst of the summer. at that point, since shirtless wasnt an option, sleeveless shirts did provide a small bit of comfort.

I hate the Metrioles, and refuse to buy any paper, even for a penny, that would cover them.

I think every presidential candidate should include what they plan to dress as for Halloween as part of their campaign platform. Then the candidate with the best costume could be elected president. It makes about as much sense as what we do now, and more people would feel like they could make an educated decision about it. (Not that eight years with the Bush administration as made me cynical at all...)

*should be has in that last sentence, not as .

Bumble-bee, turtle... Why is Philippe not happy as an otter?

When was the last time you went as "human" for Halloween?

Uh, last year. There's quite a large number of fictional characters who happen to be human.

You make a good point, but I'm still issuing you a virtual lame because I could practically hear your huffy, nasally-ass voice responding to that.

The transition from Sleeping to Having An Idea is instantaneous . Classic.

I imagine he was having a dream where he was writing a newspaper so good that everyone in the world stopped fighting so they could stop and laugh at the comics.

Need I remind you?

HI! <--> YES!

Nature. Always. Wins.

I think Philippe's little drawing there is a pretty good drawing of a face.

The question is: how long are the Motel 6 rooms rented for?

Philippe just straight wakes up with amazing ideas. Just like the day he was born.

Beef is the man. Who else is gonna help a kid all set up his own news paper?

splash, folks. splash. jive is fine on this great day.

Shaddup, you, Philippe!

Man, Phillipe is right. Shrimp are fantastic.

But what is your favourite flavour?

Today Beef's wardrobe was provided by Mac from It's Always Sunny.

whats up with beef's black shirt today? I bet he feels VIGOROUS.

FROM WORKING OUT.

every geek has a sleeveless shirt in the bottom of the drawer from when he was "going to start working out regularly"

he wears it on laundry day

His right arm seems worked out though.
Oh Beef, all awake at night but doesn't want to bother Molly.

Suzanne takes your hand and she leads you to the river.

Jimmy Smitts is famous enough to get an off-hand mention in Family Guy, but this may not have been the case in 2004.

I think you'll find that Jimmy Smits is famous enough to be THE PRESIDENT.

wait why would baseball fans care about baseball season?
...doesn't make sense...
oooh! he's going to be a turtle!

I can't believe this stuck! Like every Friday we get a copy of the Philippe Times, I don't see how the little guy has the attention span to keep rolling with it.

Today's Blogs

Ray: Time After Time
Roast Beef: Man places to rent are so crappy
Philippe: Magic Rocks!

how right you are, Ray.

Quote:
She used to be a little thick around the middle, you know, like it would bunch up when we were in missionary position,


Oh, Ray.

Anywhere.

Damn Metrioles just can't buy a win

When I was eight or so years old I started a newspaper of my very own. It consisted entirely of cartoons that I drew on notebook paper, mainly such classics as "Beeline" (A cartoon about a clumsy bee), Animal Time (about animals), and The Adventures of Super Pencil (he is Number One, not Number Two).

Varnish: This sounds like the greatest newspaper known to mankind, and I would pay up to 1 cent to read each issue of greatness.

Lyle is a prick chapter xxvii

OH PHILLIPPE! YOU ADDORABLE LITTLE SOCIAL-LIBERAL!!!

I find it wonderful that such a journalistic feat could be available for a mere one cent.

when I was reading Philippes paper in the last panel, just for a second I wanted to turn the page and keep reading.

In tough times like these, journalism could really learn from Philippe %u2014 he is five.