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Achewood => Achewood => Topic started by: RMJ12345 on May 07, 2007, 05:35:47 am
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I don't like what you're doing here. I don't feel like I have a lot of outs. (http://www.achewood.com/index.php?date=05072007)
What's with Beef wearing a different shirt? And I'm not sure I get the variance in Ray's competency level/articulation.
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This arc feels a little bit like a case study to me, and attempting to compose a reply made me realize why: because I am actually thinking about how, precisely, Ray might have been affected by this traumatic brain injury and how that's affecting his behavior. Dang. Maybe I do need to go back to graduate school and funnel this into productive avenues.
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I am loving Ray's shirt. That is exactly the shirt a retarded person would wear, collar buttoned entirely to its fullest.
Also "I don't feel like I have a lot of outs" might have just become my favorite phrase. Ray is always such a roll-with-it type of guy; it's great to see him nervous about things.
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Anyone else not surprised that Beef chews his nails?
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I like this strip plenty, but I hate the way those dice look.
When I was a kid, dice were my favorite thing to draw.
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This is a fruit and fruit don't never wear ##### is your correct thread title.
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my band is gon' be called Sex Receptacle.
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When you die in a plane crash my band's name is gonna be The New Sex Receptacles.
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This is a fruit and fruit don't never wear ****** is your correct thread title.
Correct thread title and wisdom for the ages.
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When you die in a plane crash my band's name is gonna be The New Sex Receptacles.
My first album is going to be called "Nevermind the Sex Receptacles, Here's the Peach."
edit: Also, I really enjoy the way Onstad is drawing Ray's... muzzle... to be puffy with the two crinkle folds at the nose. It strikes me as cute and I don't know why. Also, I want an actual strip with Phillipe and Ray... or Lie bot and Ray. At this point either of those would be very good.
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I am loving Ray's shirt. That is exactly the shirt a retarded person would wear, collar buttoned entirely to its fullest.
Also "I don't feel like I have a lot of outs" might have just become my favorite phrase. Ray is always such a roll-with-it type of guy; it's great to see him nervous about things.
If it was colder out Ray would also have mittens attached to his sleeves. Plus his ****** are like 3 inches above his belly button.
[edit: my post count is now the same upside down as it is right side up. The last time this happened was way back at 1961]
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My first album is going to be called "Nevermind the Sex Receptacles, Here's the Peach."
I need to preorder that right now.
I am thinking that when Ray regains full control of his faculties, he is going to be totally appalled that his glasses are still held together with tape.
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[edit: my post count is now the same upside down as it is right side up. The last time this happened was way back at 1961]
It symbolizes math!
Even when mentally impaired, Ray is still fundamentally Ray. He has become Guy on the Bus Retarded, as opposed to Downs Syndrome Retarded, which would have lost its comedic potential much sooner.
That said, I still think Onstad passed up a golden opportunity to take this arc into creepier territory by having Ray spend some time at that Simple Moments place. To see the Stoned Lightning idea transition into that brand of Achewood story would have been beautiful indeed. I expected the Pet Rocks and the laser pointer to be instrumental in his escape. Alternatively, Onstad could have gone for a "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" kind of thing. Ray would have made a terrific Randle McMurphy.
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Temporarily-Brain-Damaged Ray is no longer smart enough to know that he has enough money where he never has to worry about anything. Normal Ray knows that his massive amounts of bread mean that he can be sexually aroused by fruit and no one can touch him or judge him. TBD Ray isn't smart enough and so he knows fear.
This is very interesting.
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I like the way Ray's mouth has gone a little bit "Philippe". It symbolises regression.
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Haha I like how he is wearing a sweatshirt backwards. By he I mean Ray. In the last panel.
Worst. First. Post. Ever.
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I'm very curious about Ray's choice of footwear. Now that he is TBD, does he prefer the classic Velcro strapped sneakers, or has he jumped on the Crocs band-wagon?
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Temporarily-Brain-Damaged Ray is no longer smart enough to know that he has enough money where he never has to worry about anything. Normal Ray knows that his massive amounts of bread mean that he can be sexually aroused by fruit and no one can touch him or judge him. TBD Ray isn't smart enough and so he knows fear.
This is very interesting.
Unless he calls the frickin' queen to ask about her peach-eating habits. There will always be people out there above Ray.
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Haha I like how he is wearing a sweatshirt backwards. By he I mean Ray. In the last panel.
Worst. First. Post. Ever.
Don't worry - there are others - far, far, worse than yours.
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Haha I like how he is wearing a sweatshirt backwards. By he I mean Ray. In the last panel.
Worst. First. Post. Ever.
Asherdan had mentioned that was a turtleneck, and I was about to be all, "Really? It looked like a hooded sweatshirt worn backwards." Then I got beat to it. By someone's first post.
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So what's the consensus here? I think it's a turtle with the back portion obscured by the rearward head twist.
Seconded
I figure 'Stad is just picking clothing options that seem out of character for Ray while he's TMD. He'll probably be wearing a baseball cap with the bill pointed forward next.
[ALSO EDIT] Thanks for giving me today's blood to throw on the assbar waters.
You've certainly put their noses out of joint over there. All Asherdan comments with 10 lames for perfectly reasonable comments...
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Wait... didn't one of our best-loved posters have that exact same avatar as nabeel84 has now? Is it a coincidence? It... it can't be.... Is it... No. I'm not even going to say it. I can't handle this!
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Turtleneck and arkarbee, respectively.
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re: peaches and #####...
dig through your change jar and find a Georgia state quarter. failing that take a look at this thing:
http://www.pickyourown.org/images/giantpeach.gif (http://www.pickyourown.org/images/giantpeach.gif)
Technically in South Carolina, which technically produces more peaches than the peach state (which these days doesn't produce too many at all really).
Anyway, the concept that big ol' peaches might need themselves some ##### isn't exactly exclusive to the short bus token holders.
I for one think it would be interesting to keep Ray mentally handicapped roughly as long as Beef hung out on the moon. And let a few arcs pass before this one actually resolves.
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Exactly my reasoning. I mean, a hoody isn't exactly unusual for Ray.
Spell it out for me Smells. I've had avatars disabled since the Great Paul Brown Eye Episode of '03.
**stepping in for the presumably comatose Canucktopian**
Arkabee used that avatar, but unless I'm mistaken, its a TOUAMB stock one from the musician list (Freddie Mercury).
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colmore-- I passed that giant peach frequently, back when my family sometimes went to Charlotte Knights games.
...yeah, the stadium is in SC. I am pretty sure that is the peach I am thinking of.
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There is a similar water tower in Chilton County, Alabama. It was the lone bright spot on the long and lonely drive to Montgomery. That and the Stuckey's/Dairy Queen with the Battlezone cabinet.
Also, the winning line in this one for me was "Just... it needs to get dressed. Please." That is a perfect sentence for someone who is flustered and Unable To Deal With This Right Now.
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Wait... didn't one of our best-loved posters have that exact same avatar as nabeel84 has now? Is it a coincidence? It... it can't be.... Is it... No. I'm not even going to say it. I can't handle this!
It's not him. I just got here. And Freddy Merc jumped out at me. Please don't break down. Breathe in through the nose, out through the mouth.
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It's not him. I just got here. And Freddy Merc jumped out at me. Please don't break down. Breathe in through the nose, out through the mouth.
Well, you are still more than welcome here. Really though, Freddy is awesome. If anyone's dead ghost is going to give me AIDS, I'd rather it be Freddy. Do. Do. Do. Another one bites the dust!
Now that my friends is creepier than any naked peach.
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It's more than an avatar. There are a lot of similar letters in the handle.