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The Guests Gather. Thursday, July 10, 2008 • read strip Viewing 645 comments:

A comment left by geordie was marked lame too many times and excluded. (marked lame by clever-nickname, pygmalion00, SaulBellow)

Yeah-yeah's skills as a video game savant were sadly underused in his mortal life.

Also, The Sandlot.

Video games were originally developed by medical researchers as a cure for milk-fog. If only they'd been created sooner, many a child could have been saved.

Are they talking about killing Little Nephew?

Yeah I'm fairly sure that's the creepy implication that ought to lead to another awesome story-arc involving Ray all bartering with Charon and smacking up hell-bitches.

Ray comes back at the end with pennies on his eyes and it becomes the next big thing in the hip-hop community.

He refers to Little Nephew as "the stupid man's child."

Is this somehow a reference to LN's actual father? Or is he confused and is referring to Ray?

I'd say referring to Ray, it is the stupid man's (Ray) child, but not his Son.

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hi catgrl131... i couldn't but help feel your eyes boreing into the back of my head...

I'm sick of these god damn sock puppets.

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I will chubby anything mentioning The Sandlot.

Fooooorrrrr eeeeeevvvverr..... fooooooor eeeeeeeever.... fooooorrr eeeeeeeeeeevvveer...

Taffy punishes at the lightning box

He amazes the knees; the potty runs out of the body.

Also, I really hope the fourth panel foreshadows the next arc.

I'm waiting for him to come out of his "milk fog" and tell us a joke...

...cuz every Laffy Taffy has a joke inside...


(boooooo)

It may be hard to tell, but Molly's mother is actually shoving her to the aisle beffony has even begun.

Wow. "Before the ceremony" was the intended phrase there. But Assetbar decided that most of those letters were too cool for my post.

:(

Beffony is probably a Welsh name and she has begun evenly

"Beffony" couldn't be a Welsh name. It has too many vowels and not enough Ws.

I think she's zipping the dress.

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I have played videogames with people just like Taffy. I feel Little Nephew's pain.

And he votes.

I agree, Miatas are pretty Hasbro.

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So if you were a doctor you'd still be driving a Miata?

You can resent it all you want. I just wouldn't drive one in California unless you are a cute 21 year old chick, in which case it's OK. Presumably the standards are different in the old country. But why would you have a roadster in a place with constant weather?

I'm a 24 year old male in Oklahoma and drive a miata. Yeah, they're silly, but they're silly fun and you can pretty much beat the shit out of it. Is it such a bad thing to like that car :[

It is certainly not a bad thing to like that car. Ray drives a stable of Escalades, a japanese roadster makes no sense to him

Didn't the movie "GO" establish that a man who thinks the miata is a hot rod is basically "hot for the rod"?

even gay men don't think the miata is a hot rod

I'm being serious, no car is as fun to drive as a tiny roadster, and the miata happens to be much more reliable than anything else in that category. For people to which cars are appliances or launchpads, this holds very little sway. The fact that women are drawn to its cutesy looks are immaterial, they have been known to drive the most hideous cars as well

I've really only seen pointy-looking blonde women in their 50s drive Miatas.

I actually used to love the car, until I got a chance to (try) and sit in one...

I am 6'4". This will not happen. (at least, in that model year)

Just got my GOF book. More hatin' on Miatas in the appendices at the back. They replaced the Jeeps with them for one year in 1989 but they made the drivers feel like "dickheads".

Are you trying to write like a lolcat or are you just slightly Japanese?

For Oklahoma, this is a car of class. Hell, sputtering around in my Accord makes me feel like the god damned king of town out here

in my head, i always call Miatas 'cigarette cars'.
does this make sense?

also, i really want one in James Bond Z3 blue.

it's all about British Racing Green, which is what I hope Doc Andretti is rocking

so long as it isn't Mexican Truck Green, i am okay.

being from texas, i assume you mean that green that really is crayola "blue-green"

yes.

Whoah, lamed out of existence for the first time. I'm so proud.

The weather isn't all that bad in Britain, why I drove to work with the top down today (although I did put it back up in case it rains). And I do have a hardtop for the winter.

In fact, I read that more convertibles are sold here than in Continental Europe because it's too hot for them there, people drive around with the top up and the a/c on.

...but I'll admit that if I was a doctor I'd probably drive a Honda S2000.

If I were a doctor I would walk to work. Because it's good for you.

I'd eat sauerkraut too. If I were a doctor.

A real doctor would eat his or her cabbage RAW

Sauerkraut's got HELL OF nutrients, plus lactic acid and lactobacillus! Any doctor worth his or her salt should be wolfin' it down.

Of course I have turned the lamed tolerance paramters way up so that it takes a lot more than 3 to make them disappear. I feel like the heavily lamed comments are often the most important to read.

The doctors in my family drive Toyotas.

Oh, I see. It's okay guys, he's British! They have that Top Gear thing where Jeremy Clarkson and an attractive midget tells them that Miatas are totally okay.

Oh crap. Then what is Adam Carolla going to tell us is cool?

Oh okay Miata means 'MX-5'.

Stigmatised as a hairdressers' car in dear old Blighty.

That's actually true.

https://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=4951925

Apropos of nothing, I'm about the same height as the midget, but not nearly as attractive.

milk...fog...?

Oh dear.

Taffy is one of those kids who never stopped nursing!

Ladies and Gentlemen:

>Ahem<

"Being at an advantage neurochemically due to an oxytocin/prolactin induced state that is jokingly referred to as milk fog."

Yours,

The Internet

On closer inspection, that term is applied to the mother in the quoted context ... which I hope ... grargh

It's nothing sick, it's just how old-timers refer to their wife. Especially British old-timers.

Old Greeks refer to their wife as "Mother," too. Like that Oedipus fellow.

No, I was talking about the term "milk fog" - thanks for playing, though!

mmm..oxtocin! now flavored with nine amino acids!
yummy!

A new species of carnivorous slug has been discovered in Wales. Cardiff University and the National Museum of Wales are asking gardeners to keep a look out for the white slugs...


...Chucklebot loves Todd's huge rod.

It's a cigarette, no?

Sometimes a cigarette is just a cigarette.

I'm just puzzled as to why Todd's lugging around something with that much Kotex.

It's because he has to lead the cigarette break during the ceremony.

Oh my god, you're right. You're absolutely right. Ignore my post about Todd and the cig below. He is going to be the Bishop of Cigarette Breaks.

Do you (insert name) take you (insert cigarette brand), to have and to hold, and to smoke, as long as the fag shall last, or until you get cold or bored, whichever comes first. You may now light the smoke.

The Bishop's cope is woven from tobacco leaves and his crosier is studded with tarry tumors. The congregation is wearing sunglasses and the communion chalice is filled with whisky.

Pat! Don't wear a cope!

Kotex is the filter. I also would've expected Todd to smoke cigarettes without so much filter.

Yeah, I know. Pretty soon Todd is going to be wearing a gunny sack cause bitches aint taking their cunt pills. I guess he gave up as Philippe's runningmate, though I'm still surprised to see him abandon his values.

I can't help but wonder who the hell is that doing a handstand in the bg of the 2nd to last panel..and why

My guess is that it's Simon.

Those are the Autumn Sons distracting the guests with physical antics.

god damn right they are. chubby for you.

You win a prize!

You're fucking right. Lame my post to Hades, I have no idea what I was thinking.

You created your own stereotype that gay middle-aged men cannot keep themselves from doing acrobatics in public.

Or was that already a stereotype?

Obviously you've never been to San Francisco during Bay-to-Breakers, carob lips.

I was there playing guitar with two of my friends. One dude (drunk) gave us $20 because we played something that he and his drunk wife could dance to.


Best. City. Ever.

Wasn't Simon some kind of circus performer? Coulda been him... not a horrible guess.

Circus Performer? Oh, you mean Dreamwheel and the Child

I did indeed.

120 seconds too late to get the chubbies and glory for myself... made the mistake of going back a strip to see if I'd remembered the season correctly

You win today westsider
You win today

ah, continuity! thank you, westsider. thank you, chris onstad.

Is "booking return passage" a way of saying that they're going to kill Little Nephew?

Just considering it....

Shall we vote?

I vote... yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah

I second that vote. Yeah. (I also vote that the alternative must be 'nyeah')

nyeah nyeah nyeah nyeah nyeah

The votes are tallied. The masses wait. This summer...democracy is in action

This Fall...

DEMOCRACY IN ACTION!!!!

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fuckthatishugedamnyouassetbar
obamacomesforyounext

TUESDAY TUESDAY TUESDAY!!!!!

Naarrgh?

I took it to mean they're planning on snatching him up and taking him back to Wales with them so that Taffy has a friend to help lift the milk-fog.

On the topic, I wish to know who Little Newphew's dad is. I cannot find reference to the answer anywhere.

Help me Obi-Wan-Ka-N'assetbar...you're my only hope.

Molly's father thinks that Ray is Little Nephew's dad.

You didn't answer the question!

I gotta say, if Little Nephew starts posting hip-hop/Welsh blog entries, they are going to be damn near impenetrable.

I will penetrate them. I promise you this.

this should be an out of context t-shirt.

They aren't dead anymore, remember? Heaven was raided and everyone was returned to Earth.

Nope. Remember that in the police blotter, they arrive in a spectral boxcar. Molly's apartment complex burned down, killing Molly and anybody else in the apartment complex, but she did not live with her parents.

I believe that all of her relatives are on a furlough from Heaven. Perhaps St. Hoppy had something to do with that? Or maybe there's the opposite of a Friendly's restaurant in Heaven. (Mongolian Barbecue?)

You're right. I am so completely incorrect, and to top it all off, I double-posted. Thank you for not letting this go un-rectified, and for doing it as gently as you did. I will not make this mistake again.

They aren't dead anymore, remember? Heaven was raided and everyone was returned to Earth.

Also why do the bots have animals on their heads?

The same reason that animals wear robots on their heads, of course.

Science.

Because it's turtles all the way down.

I think Vlad is in his traditional cultural get-up, and Lie-Bot is making fun of him.

Such DICKNESS!

Vlad's Wedding Garb, Explained
The Hmegoldt, the traditional formal male costume of Volgidania, dates to the mid-1100s. It is customary at any function where you or I might wear a full suit or tuxedo, and it is also the uniform of the Volgidanian army (although the "singing" blackbird mounted on the civilian headdress is exchanged, in this use, for a more menacing closed-beak bird).

Didn't you get the newsletter?

i love it

It is the custom of Vlad's home country, which Lie Bot is mocking.

The wings are a nice touch.

I find myself COMPLETELY unable to look at Lie Bot without laughing. I am so glad I forgot to look at this until I was home from work.

who is dancing in the background of Panel 12?

Obviously it's John Jacob Niles.

I was thinking maybe Ray invited some of his old buddies from the underground circuit, just to show them how casual he is about it all. They're making a bit of a scene, though.

oh man oh man john jacob niles 4ever

i heart john jacob niles

See comment above, Autumn Sons entertaining.

man yes those silhouettes are definitely troubling, I dont think anyone invited wolfman!

The sere leek crunches as it tightens around Teodor's fragile neck.

My alt text says "Tacodor".

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Even the Alt Texts are not immune to AssetBar's tyrannical strikes.

"Tacodor" sounds like the kind of character a fast food restaurant would make up to appeal to children. Like the Hamburgler and Ronald MacDonald having magical adventures. "Where is Tacodor this week, kids? Has he hung himself with a wilted leek?"

I see Tacodor as the evil one. Danchilada and Timale are the good ones.

Tacodor is what your office smells like after you discard half of your taco bell meal for being incredibly lackluster.

It is obvious that Tacodor is Teodor's evil twin because where Teodor symbolizes all that is just and in good taste in cuisine, Tacodor is all about quickly slapping greasy meat in between a thin slit of corn and wheat like a sweaty man on a desperate Saturday night discreetly spraying on another spritz of Axe as he approaches the middle-aged redhead standing on the corner, putting on her robin's egg eyeshadow that she blink-blink what the fuck blink-blink pulled out from under the folds of her belly-skin.

Chubbied for slapping meat between thin corn slits.
I am now having ideas about edible food erotica.

Ladies and gentlemen...

... THE TACADOR!!!!

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Ha ha ha! The bull is incensed at the sight of his own dear sister, ground up and placed in a crunchy taco shell!

Given the alteration of the word original word, I think that the Tacodor should be fighting a taco, not using a toca to fight a bull. Toro means bull, I think.

For 'Toreador' ( meaning: "Bull-Fighter" ), that's absolutely correct.

However, I could use 'Matador' as the basis ( meaning: "Kill-Agent" ), thereby making him the "Taco-agent"... or: Taco-nator!

... if I was being a dick about terms, that is...

Damn, boy, well played. Linguistic virtual chubs!

Any linguistic chubbs should probably go to 'dskim', since he called it out on the fly. After his comment, I spent some time looking up roots and origins and coincidentally found a way to legitimize my hastily (and tastily) photoshopped buggery.

Bulls are so unreasonable.

Circle of life, bitches .

The bull has come to a cartoonish screeching halt and begins licking the taco... is he... smiling as well?

oh, and PINK BOOTS! Woo!

Tacodor makes me think of a cartoon supervillain that a hamburger-themed superhero must defeat. "Gore-Tex" conjures to mind a similar image.

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The name Tacodor conjures the image in my mind of a brave yet flamboyantly dressed man who must duel the dangerous tacos with a mix of agility and grace. This is the life of the tacodor, an intoxicating cocktail of danger and tago murder.

This looks so Strongbad. Such suspicious eyes.

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oh, The Cheat, i can't believe what cool boots you have on where did you get them?
*cheat noises*
oh, i see, a cute girl and an astronaut gave them to you.
*imperative Cheat noises*
yes, i'll go get you a patty melt.

OH-KAY hot soup is on my eyes!

i can do it. i can do it nine times.

(yes that was a sex joke about loneal. duh. we fuckin hate feminism around these parts for reals )

Honey, after the jokes hedonismbot has made, ain't nothing bother me.

(They weren't jokes, I am trapped in his house and I am bald, someone help me please, when he sees I've been using the Assetbar again things are going to get very ugly.)

but wouldn't rescuing you kind of ruin everything? i mean, you know... with the gender politics and all.

(notice i did not mention that we could get a girl achereader to rescue you because a) margargaret is definitely drunk and b) girls can't rescue people that's silly)

oh god i feel bad saying stuff like that even in jest

SO...I am capably of rescuing someone...if only I wasn't so drunk. Is that...a compliment. I'm confused. And drunk.

Oh people, don't these lumpy womenfolk tell the silliest tales. Hilarious!

(Seriously, you know I don't like you talking about This Thing We Have. It's not going to get ugly for you. It is going to get beautiful. I am going to dress you up as me and me as you and we are going to do beautiful things until all the walls are ashamed and the water runs clean with glory!)

Archivist's note- because of an image on Assetbar I decided to watch Blue Velvet twice last night, so it might get weird around me for a while

...oh look--an ear!

That quickly went to a weird place.

You mean an AWESOME place!

That reminded me of Beef's invisible friends. "Where's Tacodor? Oh my god! He suicided?"

Your comment. Laughter bubbles from within. I have run out of chubbies to give you. A single tear runs down my cheek.

And a tilde over the a, no less. How does one pronounce that? Tay-ya-codor? I hope the copyright is silent.

FUN FACT! The correct word in this case is not "hung" but " hanged ".
Examples:
Teodor has hanged himself with a wilted leek.
Teodor is hung like a cranberry.

I should have told everyone this when the comic first went up.

good call on crazy-olde sounding english.
but seriously.

Leeks, of course, being a symbol of Wales, and I'm guessing an ingredient in one of the Welsh dishes he was working on?

Molly's parents refer to each other as "mother" and "father." Is that a 17th century Welsh thing? Or does it have to do with it being a wedding and thus emphasizes their roles in the ceremony?

What planet are you from?

I think of it more as a thing that creepy religious people to assert their role as baby-makers for the lord, rather than as men and women who have sex.

Put a "do" in there somewhere.

Sheesh! My maternal grandparents called each other "Mother" and "Father" because that's what they were, parents to children. Don't read too much into it, I'd say.

I think most couples-with-children-over-60 refer to each other as "Mom" or "Dad" at least once in a while. At least on my planet.

It doesn't have to be old people. I just gave the example of my parents (earlier than this, but now below) because that was sufficient to rule out the 17th century Welsh religious types. My siblings and their spouses call each other "Mom" and "Dad" around the kids. It's convenience and clarity in operation.

My parents call refer to each other as "mom" or "dad" around my siblings and I sometimes too, but it seems odd with Molly's parents referring to each other as "mother" and "father" when they're talking to each other and their kids aren't even there.

I guess it's not as strange as I initially reacted. The first thought that popped into my head when I read it was of cartoons where the main character's parents don't have names and just go by "_____'s mom/dad," which made it seem sillier than it actually is.

Haven't any of you people seen a Ma and Pa Kettle film?

So did my parents, before Dad died.

:( Hugs?

Damn you, Assetbar, I was trying to make a nice caring empathetic post, and you made it look like I was being snide.

No, we got ya.

It must be a thing of younger generations that you do not understand this. My parents called each other "Mom" and "Dad" (or "Mommy" and "Daddy" when I was very little) because that's who they were to us kids. There were nine of us, and my mom always ran through all of the names to get to mine.

Anyway, I'm with saulbellow here. It has nothing to do with the Welsh, the 17th century, or any religion; and quazifuji and margargaret are from other planets.

I've definitely heard married people refer to each other as "mother" and "father."

My wife and I do the same thing. We have no children.

... that you know of.

No kids, not father and mother. Duh.

This has always been one of the creepier things my old-time Wisconsin grandparents do. While I get not calling your spouse by their first name to your kids ("Your mom went to the store", etc.), to constantly address your spouse, with whom you bone, by a name that is meant to show a birth relationship to your own parents is just flat out fucked.

Man, it's just a culture thing. Language is plastic; words like "mother" and "father" do not have the same fixed meaning for all people. It's not that weird.

I don't know, of all the words I'm familiar with, I'd figure 'Mother' and 'Father' to be the most static among English speakers. Mother meaning a female who has birthed something, father meaning a male who has sired something. Which, would make it an acceptable term of endearment when referring to the mother or father of your child.

I could easily be wrong though, I'm no language usage expert.

maybe in your honky-ass culture

Ouch, man. "I just don't want pityparty to point out my cracker-ass in front of Ann."

ya freak bitch!

This has nothing to do with your post and is flat out crass but I just have to give a shout out to your Mr Bananagrabber av. "Look, a s::whistle::eagull! A-gulp!"

Jon Stewart actually does that whistle all the time .

Stereo, I knew Mr. Bananagrabber. Mr. Bananagrabber is a hero of mine. Stereo, Jon Stewart is NO Mr. Bananagrabber.

Does this man look like a banana grabber to you? I submit that he does.

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I be lieve when considering the character, Michael Bluth settled on a banana that grabs other bananas, good sir. And Mr. Stewart is not a banana. BOO YA.

why would a bananna grab another bananna?

Because "izquierda" is Spanish for "LEFT TURN!"

Your mom sometimes calls me "Daddy", but I think this is a different kind of thing.

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Oh snap!

someone just got told

::consult graph::

Oh...snap...?

Oh man this is so funny, with your permission, I'd like to get this as a tattoo. Don't want to steal the idea, but this is so sweet.

This is not even mine, I just like the picture. It comes up rather near the top if you do a GIS for "oh snap" (although this was at work so STRICT search was on, might be differen't with no filter at all).

Yeah I know, man, at home I'm gettin nothin but pictures of chicks snappin dudes dicks in half. Overzealous fellatio is a serious problem affecting one out of every ten out of every twenty thousands dudes lucky enough to get blowjobs in the course of their lives and it can be a rather souring experience.

Maybe for celery-dick losers.

heh, that just reminded me of those old Vlassic pickle commercials where that crazy stork showed how you could snap a Vlassic but not the 'other guys'

ugughshghghh

I had my briny, knob covered green shwance snapped by a stork once. Crane actually. Much more enjoyable than you'd think. I figure it is what it would be like to bone Paris Hilton

Was it your Crane Wife?

oh ho ho!
We certainly listen to classy music here on the Assetbar.

If you decide to go for something less permanent you can buy this flowchart emblazoned on a shirt and other things here

*crosses fingers and places them upon The Book of BBcode*

Wait three days and that will be a toothpaste for dinner t-shirt

who is that cavorting in the background of panel 12?

Bensington Butters, Lord of the Dance and of post-menopausal real estate agents.

Reality TV goes to a new level.

Read the rest of the posts, dammit.

Damnit! When I posted this there wasn't replies to the replies to the replies to the replies to the post with the correct info! My reply to the reply to the reply of the question can sink into oblivion, and I hope it takes me with it! Darn kids!

Assetbar: Up to 125 posts per hour, to screw your post over even more.

Sorry, I was talking to cheesecake

Mmmm... cheeeesecaaaaake.

...Cheeeeeesequaaaaaaake...

I really hope the miter means that T-T-Todd's performing the ceremony. That would be sweet.

Todd is the Bishop of Nicotine and will lead the cigarette break.

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Y SO SRS?

whoa, huge slam on Heath Ledger from outta nowhere.

Philippe's situation is going to end up in tears (or other body fluids) at a rather inconvenient time.

also: I'm surprised that miter didn't set Todd on fire when he put it on.

It didn't feel like going through the effort, given the probability of him doing it himself when he tries to light that enormous cigarette.

It may just seem like it's big because Todd's small, but compare a normal cigarette to a normal squirrel. That's a huge cigarette.

No, see, he's not going to smoke it himself--it's his gift for the wedding!

Or rather, for after the wedding night...

this is actually the first time we've seen chucklebot in ages.

i was also going to mention the lack of nightlife, but seeing as dude manages to hurt all and sundry, i figure there's hell of reasons for him not to be invited.

SINCE HE MADE YOU CHUCKLE THAT IS

I wonder how rough his chuckles are these days.

He's just trying to get inside your head, you know?

If I didn't get the reference, I'd assume this was either a medical or a sexual thing

Naw man, he's just been mining the dark veins in the service of his craft
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He helped kill Roast Beef and caused Ray some brain damage. Yeah, I'd leave him off the guest list.

I am seeing no Chucklebot as I look at the strip. What are you talking about?

psssst! Behind Todd's cigarette.

Indeed, the gay robot is in the panel with the awesome phallic imagery.

Ah. I did not recognize him in his chuckle tuxedo (chuxedo?), I guess.

Poor Phillipe holding it in until he needs surgery.

Never a good idea. It seems way less awkward to have to play Fish-In-The-Toilet than to publicly wipe off peed-on rings in the middle of the ceremony.

a Theatre Kid in the making.

Phillipe! Don't do it! Remember Tycho Brahe!

I think you mean "Phillipe! DO IT! Remember Tycho Brahe!"

Wait wait. Do Molly's parents want to kill Little Nephew?

no, they just want to kidnap him.

...which, since they're ghosts, means they will be killing him as well. oh, damn.

NO!

I will be so amused if this happens

The great thing about this is that the pre-wedding/wedding story arc is as drawn-out, painful and awkward as a real wedding.

Taffy seems to be modeled on The Who's Tommy .

SEE HIM

FEEL HIM

TOUCH HIM

HEAL HIM

Who is the Uncle Ernie? Or did Ray just bring the head?

Iambic heptameter. Beautiful.

chubby to this and the original post, yes. gorgeous.

Lyle would make a wonderful pedophile.

DO YA THINK IT'S ALRIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIGHT
TO LEAVE THE BOY WITH LYYYYYYLE
HE'S HAD A FEW TOO MANY TONIIIIIIIIGHT etc

Of course there would be no holiday camp, but Lyle vomiting a football three feet (with a spiral).

Where the hell *is* Lyle, anyway? He's been conspicuously absent from these wedding strips.

I knew the song Pinball Wizard by heart after hearing it only once. I do not know how this happened.

Pinball Wizard's got such a supple wrist.

How do you think he does it?

I don't know! What makes him so good?

Ain't got no distractions. Can't hear no Donar Kebab.

He don't see lights a-flashing, he plays by sense of smell!

Plays by intuition, the fucker don't look at all.

That winter-born Welsh kid...

SURE PLAYS A MEAN LIGHTNIN' BOX

dana da da da DAAAAAA

dana da da da DAAAAAAAAA

Don't see no gyro roastin', plays by sense of smell.

God DAMN it.

Chubbied 'cause I like yours better.

Thanks for what you did, there. You are alright, kid.

Pat's nape looks pretty well shaven.

Methinks Rod is prone to a bit of exaggeration. There's a pretty huge disparity in attractiveness between Heidi Klum and Queen Elizabeth II. Plus Rod's a porn star. Why so jealous?

He's being tactful. After getting an eyeful of Pat's Dad, he doesn't want to risk incest infidelity. Pat's Dad: the basic Pat model, more seasoning, no asshole factor. I mean, what's a bear to do?

Simon doesn't have an asshole?

Juillard has so much more to offer than bitches who are so smart they can't shit.

I think he's talking girth rather than basic attractiveness. I'm guessing he means the ship , not the Queen.

Or perhaps the highway .

Nobody but wikipedia and the road signs call it that.

Yeah I think he saw the slim and trim Simon and got a touch of the Low Self-Esteems. It happened to me when a pregnant lady at work was wearing the same outfit as I and we looked wayyy too much alike.

phy i was going to chubby you for your correctness but i have no chubbies left. but i think you are pretty darn correct, sir.

Something tells me Ray is going to scheme his mom and dad into some romantic shenanigans, a la The Parent Trap without the pre cocaine Lindsay Lohan

Liebot tells you that.

Ugh. I just had a mental flash of that. Not the old folks doin' -- have at, folks, just don't frighten the horses -- I mean the post-cocaine Lohan. It strikes me that she'd be good company for Showbiz.

All both tryin to steal each others' money before they realize that neither of them have any. That is, until she gets her next movie in order to buy another week's coke.

Linsey Lohan! How dare you have a terrible cocaine addiction at Roast Beef's wedding! HEY! Don't you do cocaine at ME, you son of a bitch!

Oh look, I am a horrible speller of names and things. Also, I suck at showing possession in a grammatically correct way. I am just horrible at everything today (and yesterday).

yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah

John Hinckley, Jr. is going to be gunning for you now. Lindsay Lohan indeed, harumph! *muttering* Stupid kids and their stupid remakes, so much better back in my day when people had original ideas... *trails off*

FUCK! it was Hayley Mills in Parent Trap not Jodie Foster, I guess you're safe from Hinckley, this time.

Damn... did you just confuse Parent Trap and Taxi Driver? That seems difficult.

Parent Trap and Freaky Friday. Why do I know this?

Lindsay Lohan got to remake both of them, back when she was the ginger Shirley Temple.

Yes margargaret. At least I didn't get Parent Trap and The Accused confused.

Or LITTLE DARLINGS and SILENCE OF THE LAMBS

Was that the one where the kids try to get their parents together by sending them to the same X-rated movie?

I see a lot of couples at these films.

"Starring Hayley Mills, and... Hayley Mills!"

MST3K chubb!

Poor Philippe is so afraid of dropping the ring in the toilet that he forgoes relieving himself.

Philippe is holding it

NO TOUCHING!

...that was for you, greene

I'm kind of lost: who's "your father" in panel 11? It seems to be a free-floating talk balloon.

Rod Huggins.

To Simon's dad, who is apparently a thinner, less sleazy Rod.

Yo who's Simon? I seem to have forgotten something.

I'll assume that was an earnest question.

Simon is Pat's (now gay) dad.

However-
If you were calling attention to the fact that I said Simon's dad instead of Pat's dad because I am in a Percocet-induced stupor after sinus surgery two days ago, however -- fuck you.


Ignore that second "however".

DAMN YOU PERCOCET

I'm so pissed off I'm gonna go take some more.

Any kind of sinus or dental or any other surgery that happens in your face totally sucks. Hope you feel better soon.

Yeah the doctors don't tell you that you have a 3 day nosebleed. THREE DAYS. Then you throw up blood. I didn't know it was safe to lose this much blood. I feel like I have ebola, minus the dying thing. And I haven't even ruled out the death yet.

But I digress. Thanks, ethelthefrog.


Uh, I've had sinus surgery a couple of times, as well as two tonsillectomies and additional procedures where the tonsils used to be. I never threw up blood, let alone having a three-day nose-bleed. On the other hand, a co-worker of mine had some rare bleeding disorder that was only discovered after her sinus surgery, as it led to multi-day nose-bleeds. Have you been back to the doctor?

Well, I had two polyps removed and a deviated septum fixed, so basically the drainage of blood from the nose to the stomache is what caused it all. I talked to my doctor though, and he basically said that it should stop today.

Just for future reference: polyps don't need to be removed by surgery (and considering they often come back, it's often not the best option). I had an ENT surgeon say I had no other alternative after a CatScan showed pretty heavy blockage and polypy goodness. It's clear now. The answer was acupuncture, herbal tablets that the acupuncturist sorted and sinus flushing (with salt water). Saved A STACK of money in the end. And wasn't carved up like a ham.

That said having your deviated septum undeviated must be rad. Nose breathing made easy.

Acupuncture?

Are you a... a wizard?

can you teach me magic please

Great. Wizard. Yes daidai I'm a wizard.

*sigh*

Tryin to help a brother out here.

In all seriousness though, do you happen to have any idea what those supplements are? My main problem was the septum, but I'm a singer, and recurring polyps can be a pretty serious thing. This was my first surgery for this crap -- and I'd prefer it be my last.

I have a followup appointment soon and I'd like to go in with a little more stuff to ask about.

I'm a singer as well. Eucalyptus Oil and Hot Water in a bowl and your head over it is good if you can feel stuff blocking up. Andrographis is pretty impressive as far as keeping the sinus' clean as a whistle.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrographis_paniculata

Oh... and by the by, Olive Leaf Extract is awesome for your throat if it stucks getting gross.

I also had a deviated septum fixed, and a polyp removed. (I was carved up like a ham.)
I haven't had a migraine headache or a bloody nose since then! It was definitely worth the two weeks of pain, head-fluid-flowage, lost sleep, and the fact that my voice now sounds different to me.

My god , the amazing feeling when he yanked out the splints...
*relief*

[/gross medical talk]

Yeah, obviously if the condition is fairly advanced you don't want to be waiting for the Wizard Magic to sink in. Just get them to carve up.

I don't think the acupuncture orherbs did anything, but saltwater has a proven effect on it. Alternative medicine is bullshit.

Aw hell yeah. Neti pot it up dudes!

I used a Neti pot for a long time, but I found that the plastic squeeze-bottle technique worked best for me...

You ever try explaining these things to someone?? They look at you like you just told them to pop off their head and scrub it out with a lung brush!

Hah. Alternative medicine. You know about China yeah? Heard of them? Not really an alternative medicine.

And good luck with the no herbal remedy thing, I'm sure Penicilin will just solve everything for you.

Where was that loser who said something about not trusting anything that bleeds for 5 days and doesn't die?

That guy, wherever you are: KEEP YOUR EYE ON DAIDAI.

whoa, let's not be hasty. daidai could die at any moment, and then your post wouldn't make any sense

That was me, quoting Mr. Garrison from an old episode of South Park. The comment was made in jest, but it got lamed all to hell, and I figured I would just get more lames if I actually admitted quoting South Park, so I left it alone and just pretended it never happened. For the record, I have declared the day that I made that post to be non-canon.

Quoting South Park is slightly embarrassing, while being a misogynist douche is shameful. You have been redeemed in my eyes.

You're on drugs and you're throwing up blood. That is totally raw. You should go to a concert.

daidai, I read these comments from the bottom up. I just recently had to undergo something pretty similar, and I feel ya. Just want to say sorry for being caustic.

Actually, what I underwent wasn't similar at all. I just took some amoxycillin and MY BLOOD VESSELS STARTED BURSTING. Felt like ebola, at least. Especially when blood flowed out my ass.

I don't think that was from the pills...?

"...and that's when I realized the doctor had both hands on my shoulders..."

...I was in my bathroom.

Dear lord I hope the doctor wasn't in my bathroom, raping me.

I had an awful, just awful response to this, then looked and found you were underage, and deleted it. I hope you get better quickly and have a positive life

Doesn't suck as much as dental surgery that doesn't happen in your face.

That is very true.

Ugh, there's a Teeth reference in my Achewood.

Hey, in text that sounds way less sarcastic and way more caustic than I meant it to. That movie was weird, 's all I'm saying.

Gee you found a film about vagina dentata weird, what kind of freak are you?


P.S. Teeth is fucking weird.

ethelthefrog, i am diggin on that spinnin' kitty, to let you know.
maybe it would go by the name MC Meowmix.

That's Rod talking to Pat while watching Simon shake hands with Cornelius.

Simon is your father.

Father refers to Molly's dad, as referenced earlier.

(Note, this is a lie meant to belabor a point)

Pat's dude-pal is referring to Pat's father.

Rod is asking Pat to confirm that Simon, who is pictured in the panel, is indeed his (Pat's) father. They are wearing the same shirt.

Carob lips.

Men, be careful at the polling stations when you vote this year.

he kicks men's asses
and he votes

Onstad has yet to offer that in the shop.

I think as much as he appreciates the fanbase, he knows none of us are worthy to have such a sticker adorn our vehicles.

CHUCKLEBOT!


So thats what the "post" button does. Whoda thunk it?

A challenge: Lets all get through Friday saying nothing but "yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah". I am an air traffic controller, so watch the skies.

Remind me not to fly again, ever.

It's a YEAH YEAH YEAH YEAH YEAH YEAH Friday!

Chubbied for inventing a phrase that is impossible to say without giggling.

"dickolas_wang"?

Though I would like to claim that I invented that, it was given to me by a friend.

This is as all nicknames should be.

Well, Tipist was given to me by a friend as well, so we're even.

Your mom was given to me by a friend.

You are welcome, by the way

If big women are your thing, then have at it. My dad knows karate though, so you better be sneaky about it.

She loves you, YEAH YEAH YEAH

Sheesh, did this ever get separated from wang's YEAH YEAH Friday comment!

That was the first song I thought of.. and was quite confused that it hadn't come up earlier.

https://www.thebestpageintheuniverse.net/images/yeah2.mp3

Like Philippe, I too have an irrational fear of things that may go wrong

Relax. I've had hundreds of shifts where no one died.

"I've been working here for 18 years. In 1975, no one died. In 1976, no one died. In 1977, no one died. In 1978, no one died. In 1979, no one died. In 1980, some one died. In 1981, no one died. In 1982 there was the incident with the pigeon. In 1983, no one died. In 1984, no one died. In 1985, no one died. In 1986... I mean, I could go on."

The pigeon...the pigeon did not die.

first post

Oh, at first, I thought you said you've had hundreds of SHITS where no one died.

The footsteps of Ramses Luther on the garden path crunch like the sound of bones snapping under the boots of conquerors.

Someone should tell Philippe the tale of Tycho Brahe, 16th century Danish astronomer and mentor of Johannes Kepler, who died of a burst bladder because it would have been impolite to leave the table. There are times when one can be too polite, Philippe. Knowing the difference is what makes you a man.

Actually, nowdays people 'spect he died of Mercury poisoning.

I should have read this before posting above! But yeah, apparently it just backs up into your ureters and tubules. You can still die though!

OW! MY URETER!

Damn, a tubule cramp again!

Tycho Brahe had a false nose made of electrum and a dwarf who could see the future. He once got an elk drunk. Science used to be way more awesome.

Would a man like that hold in his urine just to pay the king his propers? I think not!

Can someone explain the "Heidi Klum to my QE2" thing to me? I want to understand why Rod will not meet Pat's father besides the fact that they are wearing the same shirt, but I do not.

Heidi a svelt babe. QE2 a big fat ship.

Though both fuck seals, so maybe not the desired chalk / cheese analogy.

Does "QE2" always mean the ship? I thought he was referring to the Queen. Elizabeth.

II.

To quote lawbot "YES" QE2 is the ship. The Queen is Queen Elizabeth II. You're going to have beefeaters knocking on your door soon.

Plus aged crone Queen Bess would be Simon not Rod if this was an age/attractiveness thang. Its a size/attractiveness thang.

I'm trying very hard not to make a joke involving the words "Rod Huggins", "queen" and "beef eater".

Oh good, I didn't. Did I?

Yes QE2 refers to the big boat.

i love your avatar

I dunno.. the Carlton beats Hypno-Obama.

But what beats Raiders of the Lost Ark?

Roast Beef yelling a chicken to death while the chicken clucks insolently back. Seriously, each one of these avatars made me laugh harder than the last.

I'm sorry I broke the chain with my blurry assed album cover.

I dunno London Calling is pretty fucking much a classic man. (I'm sorry I broke the chain with my picture of the Challenger only seconds before it exploded)

That is rad. THAT...IS...RAD.

It is the raddest thing

Ray mid-piss shiver. Sorry Conchita!

This is true, mine is pretty alright, guy.

I'm assuming Rod is referring to our 82 year-old monarch rather than the cruise liner of the same name, i.e. he is less attractive than Pat's dad.

Hey! Agreement Five!



Yeah!

The Todd would be happy. (Not to be confused with Todd.)

Pat is promoting the use of "carob lips" within the Vegan community as an eco-telligent alternative to traditional terms of endearment such as "cupcake" or "sweetie-pie" which propagate offensive, dairy-centric, bovine-insensitive stereotypes. And as for "honey" - do you have any idea how derogatory and INSENSITIVE that SLAVE-NAME is to the plight of BEES?!!?

[IMGS OFF]

Preach on, my brother. Preach on.

This film is why the bees are dying.

...of shame?

BEES???

BEADS!!!

BEADS?!

These Bleeds here?


OK that is a bit a stretch so I'll explain, its from an outake from Cannonball Run featuring Sammy Davis Jr. and Dean Martin. They are talking about Rosary Beads and Dino is a bit drunk (surprise!) and says "Rosary Bleeds" and this is Sammy's response. Hilarious, if you have seen it.

"How about I take those rosary bleeds, and shove them up your nose?"

Always have a chubby for the Cannonball Run refeences.

"Pull over! We want to bless you!"
"Oh, I've gotta bless her!"

and an out-take at that!

give 'im a couple of enemas and *tsk tsk* ..call me in the mornin'

thegrayhoodie is not on board

Do we know if Pat's succeeded in his "project" to sway Rod over to the vegan side? Rod seems to just be mocking Pat here in his trademark bitchy-yet-flattering manner.

Additionally, this vegulon would kick the tempeh out of any self-righteous Pat who tried to come between my partner and all of the various sweet carnophallogocentric* nicknames I whisper in her ear.


*Google it - I'll wait up.

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I'm sorry you soiled yourself.

At least none got on the mayor.

yeah yeah yeah
yeah yeah yeah

Dude. I was totally feeling a chubby on this until you got off topic at the end and possibly called Onstad a neurotic cocksucker. No chubby for you.

Also, I'll pass on the shirt.

Hmmm... you see he lost me on "Satanic Fags"

He lost me when he said he thought it would be cool to wear a Hawaian shirt at a wedding.

Also, the non-sarcastic use of the word "bro".

I know exactly what you mean, bro.

Listen bra, don't call me bro!

I'm not your bro, man!

I'm not your man , dude!

DON'T. CALL. ME. DUDE!

I hear dude and I come unglued.

I'm not your dude, babe

H-bot, I thought you would be pleased that the exchange took off this time.

I mean, I'm not your babe, chief

I am quite pleased, both at the exchange, at to be your chief. I promise to serve with distiction.

I always thought it was spelled "brah"

And pronounced "braaahhhhhhhhhhhh"

It's pronounced Bbleeeeeggghh. Uhkggggg....bleeeegggh"

*Me throwing up.

Drinking mid-day! *BRAAAAAAP!*

Also, ::giggles::

woodenteeth, I am posting on this comic because of you. Thank you. I know longer will hide in the years 2001-2006. I...I'm a changed man.

I very much look forward to more foetus_punch around here.

Had to be said.

A deep bow shall be taken upon my awakening in the morning. For now, I need to go throw up corn chips and look at the interesting swirling patterns that the patina of bile, mucous, half-digested corn chips and raunchy oysters will make. Adieu.

I read "necrotic cocksucker" 2 times before my vision kicked in.

I can't wait for Phillipe's disaster.

"...because of a problem?"

I really hope none gets on the Mayor.

That's not carrot juice, it's otter piss!

King piss? [IMGS OFF]

That's not otter piss, THAT'S MY WIFE!!

Fuck.

I already see that shirt crumpled up on my floor.

I strongly object to any video game that sanctions the killing of doner kebab guys.

Really I loved "Gyro Wars 2: Falafel Goes West".

I haven't had a lighnin' box in ages. Does anyone know what game this is referring to/poking fun at? Castle Wolfenstein/Medal of Honor at the same time?

Hey, is that footage of Loneal and Hecci?

No, they both have hair

Maybe it's the top-half of one of fattybeaver's awesome avatariconbouncybouncythingies!

Where is hecci lately... hedonismbot?

She's out of town somewhere, according to her livejournal. I'd look and see where she actually went, but I don't care enough right now.

I know where she is, but I feel it would be rude to tell all of Assetbar. It involves a beach and swimsuits, though.

You big tease!

I'll post the picture after she walks off the cramp I gave her

Is Liebot being W.C. Fields? Seems so to me.

the glorious return of ramses

The goat is talking to me.

You leave Ms. Nicks alone now

Daaamn . Check out the collarbones on Miss Lady!

I know right, bitch got curves comin' out of the woodwork.

I was thinking she'd be sealing the deal in her Welsh getup, which would just be a really sad way to start a Honeymoon. Beef all not knowing how to undo the buttons properly, Molly acquiring an unfortunate smell after wearing something that's been in the closet for 400 years.

yeah she is looking a good deal more human in that panel than in any other although this seems to be a trend in onstad's art as of the last 4 months or so

I'm pretty grossed out by that panel for some reason. It just looks wrong, she has no mouth, she has massive collarbones, and just a lot more detail to the body than usual. It's well done and all, but in my head she's a squat little cat girl, not an elegant feline lady.

I guess I'm just surprised to see her grow up. *sniffle* I always cryticize at weddings.

also seriously where is her mouth
is it that she's sucking in to fit in the dress, and somehow that makes her mouth leave her face?

I agree. Her neck just looks way too long. And her hip bones are poking out. Gyugh.

Thanks for saying this, you two. I would have brought it up myself, but I just outed myself as fat a few dozen scrolls up, and I didn't want to be accused of drinking the Haterade.

Loving the "I always criticize at weddings" line, autre.

It was actually "cryticize," even better with the tears.

Ohhhhh, I get it now. Natalie Dee was right, cats R dumb .

Her neck and general proportions there make her look like a "hattoushin" (%u516B%u982D%u8EAB) - the "eight heads high" Shift-JIS art cats from the Japanese BBS 2channel.

I think it also just looks disturbingly close to https://m.assetbar.com/achewood/uua78lWf7.

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I'm guessing she isn't 100% feminist, and actually has other qualities that define her. That said, I completely want to see the response to this. I'll heap on.

loneal, you are a girl right? What do you get out of this comic? Girls can't read. This doesn't have any fashion or Justin Timberlake pictures. What brings you to Achewood?

Actually, I think it's the raw animal magnetism of Hedonismbot. I know that's what draws this lady to Achewood.

If women want anything involving animals, they should be getting it from the latest copy of Tiger Beat!

And shouldn't you be in a kitchen or in labour right now? Why are you wasting time better spent on true womanly pursuits reading this?

Isn't there a penis nearby that needs attention?

Because feminists can actually have a sense of humor, Assass, whoops, I mean Daidai.

I half made that post to make fun of feminist literature, but the other half I meant in the sence that Achewood isn't exactly a mainstream comic.

I, for one, wouldn't have ever started reading it if I hadn't spent a summer in california and had some high person show it to me at a party.

I was hanging out with smoking college kids -- the people most likely to surf the internet for things which could lead them somehow to Achewood.

Feminists aren't exactly what I would consider the leading demographic here -- nor are british people. Nor are old people actually.

So how the hell are people finding Achewood?
I'm lookin at you pogo, loneal, and you several British people out there.

And for that matter, catgrl, you are the only person your age (that I know of) on AssetBar.

How does everybody find this comic?

I found it by being an Internet geek, mainly. I have a bookmark list of literally about 50 webcomics that I read every day. If you're reading Dinosaur Comics or whatever, you're eventually going to run into Achewood, as it's not exactly obscure within the webcomics community.

Also, I attend Onstad's alma mater, and Achewood is printed in the campus humor magazine, so we have a higher-than-average exposure to Achewood on my campus.

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[IMGS OFF]

Jesus Christ, how the hell did you know that? Turns out all you need to do is do a lot more f-f-fuckin'!

But for real now: I have the feeling I told this sory here before, but since I can't be arsed to check, I'll just tell it again. Once apon a time, when I was a wee lass of but eleven, I was searching the internet for some comics. A lot of them were pretty sucky and the main characters were all (mostly) dudes, so I had the brilliant idea to search "girl comic". "Hmm, Cat and Girl, that doesn't sound bad. *Click*" I was greeted by a large anthropomorphic cat and an interesting, funny comic. Now, upon reading the bit where they time-travel to the nineties, I decided to look up "90's" on Google Images, and what did I see but xkcd's 90's flowchart! Oh boy! Anyhoo, I was reading through the archives of that until I came across the Achewood parody strip. "Heh" said I, "That's pretty funny. I wonder if the actual comic is lik- *PTHCHOW* (The sound of a mind being blown)"

Fin.

I am catgrl's age. I started reading this comic when I was eleven.

Oh my god, Foetus_punch, just put a stake through my heart right now. I don't even remember how I found this comic anymore. Probably because at the time I was a weed-smoking college student and there's a lot from that period of my life that I have trouble remembering.

When I was eleven I was reading R.L. Stine thrillers and starting puberty. Excuse me while I go examine my wrinkles and ponder where it all went wrong.

Oh, that's the fake catgrl131, see the "1" in the screen name? Troll. Ignore.

Ah. You mean the catgrl who is a huge bitch, as opposed to probably okay.

Yeah, I'm the one who's probably okay.

Well, hello. According to the masses, we are of an age.

Foetus_punch and Catgirl, sittin' in a tree ...

NOT DOING ANYTHING BECAUSE THAT IS ILLEGAL

Hey, the fake seems to have been removed or something. Strange to see my comment all isolated from meaning anything.

Naw, it's still there. Trolls neither recieve nor deserve a gender identity. I mean the dolls, of course. The fake catgrl is just a hermaphrodite.

I found this comic because I read Dinosaur Comics as one inclined to appreciate creative linguistics. Eventually, I noticed North's links at the bottom, and that ended up branching off to Achewood. In my experience, few people get linked to Achewood just because their stoner friends read it.

Actually. Side-rant. You know, there isn't any particular leading demographic here. Many stoners read this comic, but so do a ton of young intellectuals who don't touch the stuff. Doctoral students read Achewood, as do the middle aged, as do the high school crowd. If anything, Achewood's target demographic is just the flat out "quirky" demographic. We are mostly people who have either been through (or know people afflicted with) depression. Mostly introverts. Those are a few of the scarce traits that actually bring us all together. Certainly not our choice of herbal intoxication.

Nevertheless. What's the big deal? Are you unable to entertain the notion that, indeed, humor is not based on demographics or ideology? I know, I know. Treasonous talk. Perish the thought. All that jazz. But you're expressing some seriously odd biases in these posts. I'm curious as to where you're coming from, because I honestly don't get it.

The only thing I can really see in common with all my fellow Assetbaristas is that this little exchange, when put all together, makes us seem like a bunch of no-fun-niks who suck at parties.

Is that the handface you want to put out to the world?

Easy now, Rostov is great at a party. The good doctor has hands like an octopus

I like Internet comics. One lead to another one, to another one, to this one. Dude. You're pretty witty, things you post are usually well thought out... the drugs are Doing Things to your brain perhaps. I will cast a healing spell.

Okay, so now you have me curious. What exactly is the expected Achewood age? What do you mean by 'old?' And where do those of us in our fourt.... errr... thirty-nines.... fit in this scenario?

Old was meant to be over 55. Old as in, "Hey, check out that old codger! Isn't he a hoot!" not old as in "When is this old guy going to die?"


Cause I get the impression that 99% of the world's population has never talked on an internet webcomic forum about strange, strange things with people older than their parents.


As for the expected age: for some reason I always figured webcomics were read from the 15-35 age range.
I have no idea why and I have absolutely no way to back up why I thought that.

Well, I'm fairly certain the average participant in internet humor forums is a male between the ages of 15 and 35. 18 to 35 year old males are one of the larger markets for anything, really. The only corroborating evidence you need there is to go ahead and hover over all the avatars.

There are some outliers, sure, but the strip most highly rated is "Ray Gets Sort of Stoned" and I'm seeing an awful lot of young dudes here, with a few notable exceptions in regards to age and sex.

So I don't think your assumption was that crazy. Any broad stroke is going to have some detractors, but to say that Assetbar, like the rest of participant-based internet humor areas, doesn't mostly attract disaffected young men would be silly.

Remember the shock on Handface Afternoon because there were a few older people and ladies?

i am the same age as loneal, and i found achewood via a friend's friend from australia who became my AIM friend and sent a me a strip a few years ago.

Australians have the best sense of humour.

...it just runs backwards...

Is it bad I forget how I found Achewood? I used to read Penny Arcade alot, which if I remember correctly doesn't reference Achewood at all!

And the idea of reading Dinosaur Comics and then finding Achewood is funny, since it was the reverse for me. I kinda decided I like Dinosaur Comics better than Achewood now. I dunno, I've never NOT laughed at a Dinosaur Comic but plenty of Achewood's have left me dry.

Now, I would rather read Achewood than 99% of the webcomics out there. I love Achewood.

Yeah, Penny Arcade doesn't reference achewood because it is terrible. And for that matter, Dinosaur Comics are a lazy comic that repeat the same formula. And I don't just mean the art; the writing is just pretentious wikipedia entry after pretentious wikipedia entry. It's okay, but...well, you suck, good sir. You suck so hard that I'm going to eat a bucket of ice cream while thinking angrily about you until you DIE.

I didn't lame you though because opinions don't deserve that.

OUTSIDE: I'm Sorry I Find Dinosaur Comics Funny.

INSIDE: Have A Chubbu.

BACK: Differing Opinions Is So Lol.

I'm laming myself for using html.

The grudging repecto-meter just went up a notch.

I fall into the "referred to it by a stoner friend" category...

(Although he never did the forums... Mark--you're a pussy!)

heh. he'll never read that...

Hey, fuck you man!

Mark???

Yes. Yes, this is Mark. Dickbag.

16 years old, my ASS!

You're not the real Mark!!

Uuuummm...

Oh, shit, I can't run away! I'm on the Internet! I'm trapped, dude!

I can't remember how I stumbled across Achewood, but it was years ago, before the commenting thing began. My younger brother might remember, because I told him about it right away and he's still at the same job with the same email. It must have been some article or something on the web about the strip, because it it the first on-line cartoon I ever saw. Those early Achewood days were strange and wonderful, not knowing if anyone but my bro even looked at the thing, laughing uncontrollably. Then I took a long break due to circumstances, and when I came back, all you idiots were here! So I commented my way up through the archives, and was lucky enough to be around on handface weekend.

Not to sound like a completely pedo stalker (this will sound like I am a pedo stalker), but catgrl isn't the youngest person here. That is howl, the girl with the steampunk watch as her avatar. What I want to know is why the under-17 demographic is entirely female. Are guys that age really as dumb as I remember?

Yeah but Howl is either lying and reading books in the womb or so mature that as far as I'm concerned she does not count as a thirteen-year-old (almost fourteen if I remember correctly).

loneal, I started reading this bad boy when I was eleven. Do not dismiss howl out of hand.

I AM SIXTEEN YOU GUYS

I TURN 18 TODAY!

You can buy cigarettes and porn, vote, AND rent heavy farm equipment! Congrats!

WHOOO! PROP 44!

I agree with daidai. Feminists are idiots. Also, they're really a disturbingly homogenous bunch. Very few differences between the lot of them. Why can't they see a perfectly good situation for what it is and stop being sluts? And what, do you still expect chivalry? Fuck. Oh, and one more thing: you claim to be against sexism, but we never see any MEN'S help centers, do we.

Okay, so I should probably point out now that I am joking and daidai is a huge jackass. And Ioneal always seems to have people defending her, so thumbs up, lady.

you claim to be against sexism, but we never see any MEN'S help centers, do we

That is maybe my favorite anti-feminist argument ever. "If it was really against sexism, it would be called humanism."

I want to make a joke about your username and being pro-choice but I can't come up with a good enough one. Maybe hedonismbot can help me out here.

Okay, I replied to myself because I am an idiot. See above.

Ha ha, we have lots of mens support centres in Melbourne. Up yours rest of the world!

Foetus punch: Worst. Birthday Party Drink. Ever.

I think foetus punch was one of Raiden's finishing moves. Scorpion could do it from across the screen.

Here's a good one: I support post-natal abortion. Although that has little to do with actual foeti, so perhaps "Bitch, if you get pregnant I am going to punch the foetus out of you". Not really a joke, just something my friend's boyfriend said to her.

Oh, I thought it was some kind of drink. Dis-a- pointing .

Uh well dang man I guess I would not call it "old-fashioned" to think that so much as totally ignorant, but I know you're (kinda) joking. I um guess I like Achewood because of the way it plays around with language, and because I identify strongly with Roast Beef's neuroses and depression, and because Philippe is really hilariously cute, and because it is the most intelligent and literary comic in existence, and because it makes me laugh and stuff? I've said before that I'd like more female characters and/or a more three-dimensional Molly (which this arc is happily starting to provide), but I submit that it is actually pretty easy for feminists to read Achewood because it very rarely relies on the tired gender humor you see in so many webcomics (or pretty much any other medium, including Assetbar).

Also, I mean, it is sweet that you read The Awakening and all, but feminism and feminist-friendly literature have evolved a little since that was written. I don't seem to remember any drowning in The Handmaid's Tale or any abandoned children in Stone Butch Blues. Has Allison Bechdel been putting out some stuff I haven't heard about? I would feel incredibly betrayed if Elizabeth Tallent has changed her subject matter without letting me know.

And hey, that Virginia Woolf shit was important when it was getting written, even if it seems a little passe now. To completely dismiss wanting to be free of marital bonds and ties to children that society pressured you into having really ignores the shit women had to go through in the past. If the only option society gave you was getting married and having kids, any modicum of sexual or economic independence seemed out of reach, and it was actually pretty reasonable to wish you could escape that all and have a career and affairs the way men could. As a white dude in the 21st century you've got about a million times more social privilege than even the rich white ladies back then, so it might be kind of hard to imagine for you, but I am confident you can do it if you try really hard. Maybe use some of them painkillers and hallucinate it or something.

In conclusion, you can go on assuming whatever you want about feminists and the ways they are entertained, I guess. Hard as it may be to believe, though, we have senses of humor just like real people!

Sincerely,
Loneal

PS I don't think you can use the word "neither" with three options.
PPS Get better soon!

Scratch that. What I meant was: THERE'S A WEDDING! I LOVE WEDDINGS!

In a few years it'll be all "Awww look at the baby!"

That's why I'm here too! But I'm disappointed that there wasn't a strip about the bridal shower--maybe an all-girls trip to Vegas? And what about shopping for the wedding dress, and picking out items for the gift registry? Achewood should have more scenes to appeal to use ladies.
(I read Achewood every day, but never post. I'm just breaking out of lurker mode to be weakly sarcastic.)

Hey.

Woops. Sorry I definitely didn't intend to be cruel at all with what I said, and looking back I totally understand that I was being a douche.

I was half making a feminist joke and half wondering how it is that AssetBar has such a diverse core of people posting on it. It is that diversity that keeps me coming back to this website every day to see not only if a new strip is up, but also what everyone else has said.

I didn't mean to be an ignorant pigdog or anything, I was really just messing around and ended up looking like a total bitch fool.

This was about the least intentional bit of ackassery I have ever been involved in, except maybe one time in middle school when I said a 'your mom' joke to a kid whose mom actually had died like a week before (...I felt so bad I bought and wrote a card. With my own money.)

I never meant to get on any nerves or anything, but I entirely see how I did so. My bad, I am drugged up, angry, and generally say stupid things.

Hope I don't seem like an asspie anymore.

(I ran out of things to call myself that made me giggle)

Oh hey man, I just responded with a bunch of requisite snark, I ain't worked up at all! No hard feelings, for serious!

Ok good.

Now falseprophet, between reading Basketball Weekly and the Fried Chic...

--PUNCH!

Hehe. Chubs all around!

Heh.

Want to know how to stop gladi8orrex from raping this post?

..also, Fried ChicPunch is quite delicious. I had it at the Cunty Fair once.

See I thought daidai was talking about reading the magazine "The Fried Chic."

I was talking about bthe Fried Chicken Observer.

It is informative, but in all of the wrong ways.

'Ackassery' made me laugh really hard until I realized that it was probably a mistake.

Also, you know how friends of people undergoing chemo sometimes shave their head and the like? I think my doy is doing that because I have been puking blood and bits of corn chip and bleeding from the nose for half an hour, occasionally getting a gentle enough reprieve from 'the heaves' to type some sheeit.

Oh wow, someone else actually did the "Your mom!" thing to an orphan/momless kid as a middle school student?

I can relate, daidai. I can relate thrice ; three different kids. It was a big school, there was a rash of freak accidents those four years, and I had no tact.

I never wrote a card.

No moral.

I should add that I totally didn't mean to, none of the times. I just didn't have a lot of material or witty ripostes back then.

Your momma is so dead, she ...

Yo' momma so dead, even the maggots are complaining about the smell.

Let the rough chuckles gush forth.

Let the pus and putrescent gases from yo mamma's fat dead corpse gush forth

I said the same thing to a kid I was friends with in elementary school. He got really pissed off and walked away. I found out later that his mother had been murdered, and they found her body in a dumpster.

The End! No moral!

Front: I'm sorry I made fun of your mother so shortly after her death.

Inside: But seriously, she shouldn't have been wearing that dress

Daidai is someone who is sometimes very rude to people without meaning it, but he is always careful to make a nice gesture of apology. If only more were like him the world would be both more contentious and more polite.

I would rule the world .

But would be rather displeased with the women.

That's not funny.


Sincerely,
Maximus

Well the way I see it, there are two responses to this. "Uhh, thanks but I'm not exactly looking for your INput" and "Hey Maximus. Sssssssip. Up yours, Maximus." So let's call it "Maximus' delite" and you can choose whichever one you like best.

I gave this comment a chubby.

I gave you a high five (in my mind).

Well I guess the line between meta-meta and meta-meta-meta commenting and lightbulb changing jokes can be a little blurry. Understanding is nice but not required, but no offense intended.

(not meta-) sincerely,

Maximus

Oh hey that one that Howl said that one time! I get it now.

I have been a cock to a stranger. Please accept this virtual high five as a token of my apology.

Riiiiiight... cause certainly there are NO SIMILARITIES between any of the millions of books written by middle-class white males.

I was introduced to Acheweed by a former acquaintance of mine who sent me an Internet Link to one of the "Saddest thing in the world" strips. I clicked around a bit, saw maybe ten strips, and closed it.
Later that day I spent a frantic couple minutes searching for what I had seen earlier 'cause I didn't remember the name or anything, but I found it again. Since then I've read it regularly.

Stanford spirit.

so basically, a person could put a web cam on assetbar...
a little script that snaps a capture from the web cam, and uploads the image file...
every time people refresh, they would get a fresh capture from your web cam. all you have to do is make an [img] post referencing the image file in question on your server

they could.

i don't know why they would ...lest they haz ruuuuude chestal appendages.

The rudest!

That's not catgrl. Ignore it. It's gonna keep doing this to any username it can think of, so if you see a post that's obviously out of character or self-insulting without being funny, check the username and ignore accordingly.

Oh yeah, look at that.

CURSE YOU ACHILLESELBOW, CONSTANT THORN IN MY SIDE! IT WOULD HAVE WORKED IF NOT FOR YOUR MEDDLING! ONE OF THESE DAYS I'LL GET YOU KIDS! JUST YOU WAIT!

Differences between merry ol' England and Abroad #2897: just look how much water there is in that toilet. Round these parts, that would do 50 flushes / 100 wedding rings.

What the hell is going on behind Pat and Rod?

livery featuring Sons. 'ready referenced above.

Sigh, this is turning into megatokyo

[IMGS OFF]

V-chub, because I am too friendly, apparently.

i dream that onstad was thinking of her when he drew molly's hair and will look at this crude mspaint, gently sigh, and take a contented sip of his chamomile tea.

I'm surprised that there isn't already a 5 page thread analyzing the tired tread pattern on Smuck's tires

So does Lie Bot live with the Onstads, or what?

Yes.

Which begs the question: will Onstad make a guest appearance?

Looks like a Goodyear Polyglas "red line" to me. You know Ramses comes correct. https://www.yearone.com/serverfiles/headline.asp?hid=818AB11896

you asked for tire nerdery, you got it.

I love ham

Then why don't you marry it?

Because ham loves another. It's the classic love story: boy meets ham, boy loves ham, ham rejects boy because ham has deep love for young handsome rabbi that can never be requited.

So given that Iorwerth and Gwladus are both dead, do you think that they're going to kill Little Nephew in order to get him on their "return passage"?

DUDE is anyone else really, really worried about what Molly's mom meant when she said "book return passage for Taffy's new friend"? I mean... what exactly does tat mean? Is she talking about LN?

I'm worried about whatever they have planned for LN, because Ray is definitely not Paying Attention.

Maybe they will commission someone to perform the death act upon him.

Taffy is indeed still dead, his paranormal powers allow him to succeed at video games. He is also the one that caused the ship to sink, resulting in Molly's (and the entire family's) deaths. He is not just a "Winter Son" in the literal sense, but a dark shade that has been given temporary leave to roam the Earth again.

Such a foul, demonic child is the only thing that could stem the prodigious flow of life from the loins of the Saunders. This comic contains an extreme amount of foreshadowing, and dark things will come to those that associate with TAFFY.

Am I the only one confused by the latest Story Arc on the main page drop-down box still being "Leon Sumbitches"?

I know that's basically a huge non-sequitur, but still. I started reading Achewood a couple storylines after that one, and I remember wondering when it was gonna change over.

I only bring this up because I realized today, apparently they have names that aren't on the site. I'm not complaining so much as wondering if anyone else had noticed this, or if I was in the Twilight Zone or something.

*sigh* I am not an Assetbar celebrity. I have not said something witty. I have asked a question with no answer, and deserve no response.

*grips bathroom sink, leans closer towards the mirror*

I am not an Assetbar celebrity, I have not said something witty...

it might be an extension of the asset ghetto theme. the interface to the story arcs leaves to be desired. so does your mom, for that matter, but that's another thread for another day

it's kinda creppy how achilleshell et al won't ignore me. they MUST read all my posts, because they are worried of not knowing what others are reading of my posts. hey achilleshell, get a life. fuck off.

ps- weren't you going to fedex me your testiculars? I never received tem yet. I didn't get a tracking number or nothing. remember - on dry ice. very iportant. thanks

I wish I knew what you were talking about ... is it that each strip has a name, and so do the arcs?

I'm not sure what you're not getting, so pardon me if I seem condescending when I explain myself.

Front page, achewood.com (not using Assetbar):
[IMGS OFF]

The arcs are all listed there, but only through Leon Sumbitches. But the description of the new book gives names for the newer, unlisted arcs.

I was mainly posting to see if anyone was around back when these were updating regularly... or if they ever did. I just have no knowledge about it.

Taffy is my favourite character in Achewood EVER

either todd is a very small squirrel or that is a giant novelty cigarette. at biggest, a regular sized smoke would be about right for todd to use as a cane.

except flimsy 'cos it's made of paper and leaves.

Has nobody noticed that Spongebath is wearing shorts?

maybe nobody mentioned it 'cos his short wearing doesn't surprise and Emeril's doing so would only make sense..?

*shrug*
s'my guess.

Well, those pants were a prison.

Dammit, that was Emiril's pants.

Yeah but they are "dress" shorts.

Have the boy lay out my formal shorts

"The boy, sir?"

"You! You lay out my formal shorts!"

That is pretty much my favorite thing in the entirety of Futurama.

Oh my God, I absolutely love Taffy.

I think Ray is thinking about finding a new doctor. I have driven a mx-5 (miata) they are awesome. They handle like a freakin' dream. Not heaps of power but just enough, find a coastal or mountain road and you become Fangio. Not that Ray would understand this as he drives a gaudy apartment conmplex.

Emeril is unhappy because of his overly tight pants in the background, and he is probably thinking about how he should cut down on the congee. somebody else has almost definitely already noted and posted this.

maybe i should kill myself

No they haven't, yay for you. Now don't fuck it up by posting something about Molly's parent talking about killing Little Nephew to take him back to heaven.

oh no but i already went and killed myself!

Octafish this is very patronizing.

Now you have a patron. I actually meant a heartfelt congratulations at posting a new observation so late in the day, sorry if it sounded patronizing. So many people have posted the LN thing it was driving me nutso. I hope when you get back from the heaves that you have no more. Get better soon, I hope the oysters weren't tinned, that is bad shit (literally).

I'm sorry, octafish. Although it is nice to have a patron. Just remember: I'm nobodies boy-love.

I thank you. And they were not tinned, I hope. I don't...really know.

But, who are the guys in the background of the next-to-last panel?

Autumn sons diverting the guests additionally with physical antics. Let's pay a little more attention, huh redonismbot?

Awww, I was too subtle. I was riffing on Octafish chastening the fetal pugilist not to rehash something that was up higher in the thread. It was meta (no it wasn't). It was ironic (no it wasn't). It was too light a touch to convey well online (yes it was). I'll do better in the future, when I'm not in these tight pants.

That was entirely my bad.

These pants and your basement are a prison.

Look, like I said, if you just puts the lotions on it's damn skin...

We need a sarcastic font on the internet. And I wasn't being chastened! It was heartfelt! LOOK, DAMN YOU! I AM A MAN TODAY.

In other news, the Fetal Pugilist is now my sidekick. I am...Abortion Man!

Oh Jesus Fucking Christ a bloody mangled foetus wearing boxing gloves and flapping around hoping to die and looking up at me with those large black eyes Oh God why.

Don't do that. In other news, your grammar makes it look like that Emeril's pants are in the background while he is elsewhere. That would make me unhappy, especially if it was happening at a wedding. So maybe your grammar would make you feel like killing yourself. But that seems a little harsh.

Irony. My first sentence was a retarded baby of the English language.

Don't do that? Uh-oh I'm neither dead or vomiting.

I AM LIVING IN SIN.

hehe ^.^ [second sentence]

Little Nephew could have at least worn a tie.

Aaaah! I would kill for a doner kebab right now. Why isn't this a thing in the United States yet? They would make mad bones in any college town.

In my experience the notion of a restaurant catering specifically to the extremely drunk (to the extent that going in there sober would actually be a matter of remark) is a particularly European one.

Ok, why is this not a thing in the states!! I want delicious kebabs!! I want my damn kebab!!


(The mooost beaautiful giiirl I have ever seen-

(With a kebaaaab))

(this post brought to you by the parenthesis.)

You can get these things in New York and a few other bigass cities. He's right next to the klav kalosh guy. It doesn't taste quite like the Euro brand through

In Oxford, they don't even bother to make it a restaurant. You drunkenly stumble up to a damn van on the damn street or you get no kebab. That way, not only the cooks and kebab consumers but also a myriad of passersby get to hear you make a fool out of yourself because you are American and don't know what Ribena or a chip butty are. It also increases your public humiliation after some boys dare you to brave the high street in your underwear and you're really not drunk enough to justify it, but you do it anyway, and then the kebab guy asks you if you want sauce on your chips and you say no and he says, "I can see you're already saucy enough."

Not that I'm speaking from personal experience or anything.

I wanna party with Loneal.

That is good to know, because I think I have given you 3 of my precious chubbies on this page.

aw, shucks. i ain't special.

This is actually the opening scene of Magical Sex Blokes 4 .

Are you Amy Winehouse??

We have Kebab Vans in Melbourne too. The Greeks won't sell a Gyro or a Souvlaki from a van but the Lebanese are more than happy to sell Kebabs. My favorite Kebab Van is called "Mr Funny Kebab" although it used to be written in a weird font and looked like "Mr Furry Kebab".

Where's Roast Beef? I just saw Sex and the City, so I'm starting to get nervous. Though Big and Beef are nothing like each other.

This is an Unacceptable Reference.

I actually paused for a long time before pushing "post" with the concern over offending people. But I thought assetbar could use some of this. I'll behave from now on.

Don't you let him tell you what to do. I haven't seen the movie, but there ain't nothing wrong with some S&tC appreciation. I feel like I should reference something really uncool here just to be contrary...

Anybody watch the season finale of Real World??!!1!

Holy Mackerel! It's Chucklebot!

I hope Philipe doesn't pull a Tycho Brahe.

You're only the 48th person to make that joke today

Your avatar...is...is that cat being anally violated? Are you a sick cat rapist?

Furry! Ah! Ah! Ah! They are coming for us!

I love ham

Really? Why have you not mentioned this before?

PLEASE MAKE THAT BUMPER STICKER!!!!

Fun story: When Ramses Luther Smuckles walks anywhere, the ground beneath his feet crunches.

Do you know why?

It's because he's not walking on the ground; the soles of his shoes are _embedded with teeth that he's had to kick out of people's faces._

That's what makes that crunching noise.

Ramses is a pretty swell cat for an ass-kicker of men. I don't think my own dad would be so involved in the wedding of my best friend.

Yeah, that was one of the weirder aspects of the wedding arc to me. I kept trying to figure out why Ray's father, who by all accounts pretty much abandoned him, would be lurking around his best friend's wedding.

Made for some good laughs, but it was still sort of odd to me. I mean, I wouldn't even get that involved in my best friend's wedding. A Cuisinart, those are expensive.

I feel that it is probably because Beef is basically the co-champion of the GOF. He bucked the rules with Ray and succeeded, and for that Ramses has much respect.

You have to remember that Beef pretty much pulled off the GOF win for Ray.

life's the same, Tekende and Stereo,
life's the same, except for my shoes


seriously though, good catch, guys.

life's the same, you're shaking like tremolo

I really really wish I had a chubby here for you, Kickstart. One of the best albums ever.

Before the explanation that they were the Autumn Sons distracting with physical antics, I thought the shadows in the background of panel 12 might have been The Tenmen warming up for the reception.

your avatar


is so cools

hey zombiezero. your avitar is very clever. and it was interesting the first couple of times I saw it spin around. now it's just fucking annoying. please turn that thing off or I am going to find out where you live, come over, cut your head off, put it in the freezer, and attach your avitar in it's place with double sided scotch tape. you have been warmed.

I have not replied to this troll since we made our pact, but I feel obligated to do this.

Zombiezero, I know you are new here, and you should be aware that this "catgrl" who has responded to you is a troll imitating the real catgrl. If you're put off by this troll response, please do not take it out on the real catgrl, who is a 14-year-old girl. The real one's username is catgrL131, while the troll is catgr1L3L (they look the same when not capitalized).

I was just thinking, Patrick doesn't have a son yet, right? So will the curse of Gladdington Castle end with this generation?

Yes

Ya think so eh? Wait a minute.

"hey Onstead - get over here a minute."

{waits}

Oh my GOD, Assetbar has grown so FUCKING LONG

That...that's what she said?