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The MoviePhone Defense Friday, July 9, 2004 • read strip Viewing 58 comments:

I have actually used a similar excuse, because of this strip, & it worked! Thanks, Onstad!

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mrsmuckles, I like that you are enthusiastic, but every comment I have seen you make is a repeated line from the strip. Please, dude.

Perhaps he is quoting lines from the strip so people will find the appropriate strip when they search for it?

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You're seven dollars! Yes you are! Yes you ARE!

My mother knew that I would be seven dollars some day!

Your MOM was seven dollars!

His mom bought me dinner last night.

Man i paid like ten, fuck...

Your mom that I...BONED?

you have helped me many a time, good sir.

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Face it, if everyone on here stopped just quoting lines from the strip, these message boards would be an average of, like, five comments long. And four of the five that would be left would be all, "I totally use (insert line of dialogue from any given strip here) in my everyday conversation! It's so funny of me to do that!"

I have absorbed much of Beef's vernacular through the study of this medium. However I don't find it humorous. It is somewhat useful, sets me apart from the crowd. Also moving my chair three feet obtains a similar effect.

Seven dollars, it must be said, is most definitely not class money.

I win seven dollars all the time. It's nice to see my history come to life.

I have made the same face as Ray's 3rd panel face a lot of times.
Hangovers.

It's the "I thought it was my alarm going off but it was my phone and the guy i was drinking with earlier needs a ride to the hospital but it's 5am and i'm still drunk" face

Yeah, there's a lot more going on in this strip than meets the eye. Namely that after hiring a known sex offender to mutilate his body in front of several children, Ray thought it was appropriate to celebrate by getting extremely fucked up.

Love panel 5. That pause as he gets himself together which totally undermines his performance. Brilliant.

I could go on forever about the writing in panel 5. Note especially the use of "or also."

Why did I not ever realize before that Ray wears his shades to bed? He must really not want people to know he sold his eyes.

A really amazing strip. If you think about it, Ray WAS insane to get Nice Pete to do that given the legal issues... or was he?

If I could rate this strip a million, I would. God, the timing.

This makes the previous strip so much funnier.

Oh boy! Seven dollars!

It's like a baby lamb!

I have no idea what you mean by this, but by God, chubby.

Oh, reference to this strip. :)

You ARE seven dollars! YES YOU ARE!

One of the best phone excuses I've ever laid eyes on.

this strip, and the one previous, are examples of the sum being greater than the combination of parts. they complement each other well enough to raise both their scores. this point has already been made.

I think this is my favorite strip in the entireity of Achewood.

I have lived panel 3.

If I disappear one day and the news has to post my photo it's likely the only photo they'll have on hand is like panel 3. That is the only face I can make anymore.

Ray's address changes. It's usually 11 Via Vera, not Via Verde. Also, in another one it was 811 Via Vera.


Whenever I see the 11, I first read it as "Il," like in Italian. Except "via" is feminine, so "Il via" doesn't make sense.

Just take a deep breath, man. It's going to be OK.

I'm pretty sure you could still find Spider-Man 2 in theatres in July Aught-Four, but yeah, he's grasping at straws.

Panel 3 - we have been there.

Did you know you have to get registered as a sex offender if you get caught peeing in a public place? Imagine explaining that to the neighbors though, they're not exactly sympathetic.

There is something so great about sleeping Ray.
Quite cute, actuallly.

Today's Blogs

-Ray-
It's Friday Night at Ray's!

-Philippe-
No New Ink Jet Printer :(
It's Super Windy!

-Lyle-
crappy sony sport radio
cousin in town

-Molly-
HYMEN ON BOARD

-Onstad-
That little stinker.

Quote:
"Then I take that key for his new Mustang and stick it into his arm, like a needle."

I think I forget sometimes that Lyle is more than just a do-nothing bum. He's also a violent criminal.

Lyle's blog post can pretty well be summed up by one of Shane Macgowan's finest lines:

"I recall we took care of him one Sunday.
We got him out the back and we broke his fucking balls.
And maybe that was dreaming and maybe that was real,
but all I know's I left the place without a penny or fuck all."

I know Lyle's main guy is Lemmy, but I have to imagine that he and Shane would have plenty to talk about, as well.

Ray's blog mentions Hoegaarden. Hoegaarden is an excellent beer. Not as good as Stella, though.

Ray's last sentence kills me every time i think about it.

i am thinking about it right now.


baha. hilarious.

I also feel that the little motion lines as he flings the phone aside deserve an honourable mention. They are like The Last Word.

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Best strip ever.

I love this comic.

This strip is amazing beyond words. The look on Rays face in panel 3 makes it for me. Plus, "known sex offender"...I think Nice Pete is the most awesome psychopath there is. The things he does are horrifying yet incredibly amusing because he always has this LOOK on his face...amazing

An all-time favorite. Bravo.

one of the best strips, but what the hell is up with two molly blogs talking about hymens in a row. what? what??

in the third panel ray is terrified he's about to be told he has diabetes