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Roast Beef's parking ticket Tuesday, June 21, 2005 • read strip Viewing 54 comments:

That is stone cold.

panels 5-7

gold

I'm a big fan of panels 1-15

Panel 9: He was in the middle of putting that shirt on and got so worked up that he had to stop and write the letter.

Only then was he calm enough to knot his tie.

To me, this whole strip is basically just panel #10 and the rest is a prologue and epilogue.

Somewhere, Bruce Springsteen is scrambling to set Beef's letter to a pained, folksy ballad.

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I disagree with you about the boss, but couldn't Mr. Springsteen eat a bag of dick anywhere? The point of a bag is portability .

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this comment owns!

Love letter from a snake.

It doesn't get any better than this, people.

I was just thinking that.

This ticket is causing Beef hell of smackers.

the misspelling of "Ford Galaxie" is a nice added slap.

and i gess anyone who wants to get authentic 'beef plates should get "NEV 046".

Which will be really hard because California hasn't issued regular plates with three letters and three numbers since around 1979 . . .

they still do this in Nevada (the NEV part also supports this idea in my head even though that makes little sence) also it used to be a common scam for Californians to get Nev. plates and Licence. because it involved alot of easily exploitible loopholes. but nowadays, not so much.

True. Also, it is a pre-'79 vehicle, so it could have the original plates.

I don't see why they couldn't issue that as a vanity plate.

They don't issue vanity plates that look like regular plates in most states as it can cause some confusion. I work at a DMV in Vermont and we issue regular plates with the three letters followed by three numbers combination. We restrict vanity plates to only two numbers regardless of sequencing to help cops call in plates and our mail processing unit to sort out applications.

Clearly the Achewood police aren't fans of Peel-Out Summer .

The Department of Car Police.

[IMGS OFF]

Beef owns a fax, but no falcon.

I always thought that was a printer . . .

It is a fax.. alt-text confirms.

How does the alt text confirm its a fax? it says "I guess he's just going to hand the letter to the judge and stand there?"

Ha. I looked back at that and.. damn. I dunno what the hell I was thinking. think I was going for "it's not a fax".. drinking and typing don't mix.

Am I the only one who immediately assumed that it was one of those machines that automatically folds a letter into perfect thirds?

None of those machines still exist. They were all repurposed to roll perfect joints before the venture imploded.

all one of them.

Beef knows exactly enough Nation of Islam lingo, filtered through the two Public Enemy CDs he owns, to call a cop a "snake."

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Even though the first few characters deny it, I do like to imagine the cut-off text of the ticket to be 'that is terrible'.

the determination with which roast beef knots his tie is awe-inspiring.

I like how the alt text acknowledges that this is a plan that may not work.

and that chris has his own doubts about its validity.

That letter would make a great blues song. All you need is Bob Dylan to sing it.

Not me. I do not need Bob Dylan to sing this. Bob Dylan is an OK guy, but if he your go-to for blues, you've missed out on things.

Roast Beef does not fight for himself very well, but at least he not-fights with grim determination.

It wasn't until this strip that I saw a major link between Beef and Charles Bukowski, but now its kind of hard not to see it.

All I could think while sitting through 6 hours of Defensive Driving was: Man I wish I could contest this like Beef.

"Do you know what a LOVE LETTER is, motherfucker?! It's a parking ticket from a fucking SNAKE!"
-Frank Booth, kinda.

Beef appears to still be using an Apple Stylewriter. Good for him.

Talk about a computer which basically has AIDS.

That is the most polite parking ticket I've ever seen.

It looks as if the parking sign is somehow literally answering Beef's question. I mean he's looking straight at the thing, his head is turned. That parking sign is a dick. Needs some manners from the snakes.

this gets a five just for being a ford galaxy.

Philippe was the officer.

Panels 5-7 made me laugh so hard my boss heard and came over, telling me to quit screwing around.

You fight the syatem and the system WILL fight back.

somewhere in the Ford Galaxy...

He's so much shorter than the doorknob! One of those all-too-rare reminders of what he is.

The overly polite officer's remarks section always makes me laugh

The parking ticket is so regretful. "We are very sorry, but you should not park here."