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Title: 20th August 2008 - Ten Seconds of Planning
Post by: MrCB on August 20, 2008, 08:49:25 am: http://achewood.com/index.php?date=08202008 (http://achewood.com/index.php?date=08202008)

I don't know why, but this strip just doesn't sit easy with me. Maybe it's the conning the kid into believing that is prayer's are answered, maybe it's telling the kid to pray, maybe its just that it's hell of wrong for a five year old otter to not want anything for his birthday.
Title: Re: 20th August 2008 - Ten Seconds of Planning
Post by: KeithHernandez on August 20, 2008, 09:20:46 am: I thought they were tricking him at first, but for some reason now I kinda think they knew he wouldn't want anything and were trying to make him happy (cause he is warped from all that damn praying).
Title: Re: 20th August 2008 - Ten Seconds of Planning
Post by: Doc on August 20, 2008, 09:48:12 am: Has Onstad suddenly decided that Phillipe's unusually (for Achewood at least) conservative religious upbringing needs to be the focus of the next big character arc?
Quote from: Onstad
Ray finds his fighting roots... Check.
Pat finds his gay roots... Check.
Beef and Molly get married... Check.
Let's see... oh yeah! Phillipe at Jesus Camp.
Title: Re: 20th August 2008 - Ten Seconds of Planning
Post by: dejavroom on August 20, 2008, 12:39:40 pm: Onstad made a point of having Ray's sack a-dangle.
Title: Re: 20th August 2008 - Ten Seconds of Planning
Post by: Death Ray on August 20, 2008, 01:38:56 pm: Quote from: MrCB on August 20, 2008, 08:49:25 am
http://achewood.com/index.php?date=08202008 (http://achewood.com/index.php?date=08202008)

I don't know why, but this strip just doesn't sit easy with me. Maybe it's the conning the kid into believing that is prayer's are answered, maybe it's telling the kid to pray, maybe its just that it's hell of wrong for a five year old otter to not want anything for his birthday.

If anyone's sweet, innocent prayers deserve to be answered, they are those of a cartoon otter's. Unlike the rest of us, we know that Phillipe will not go praying for the Chinese synchronized divers to suddenly decide to win over the Swedish judge by engaging in a little freestyle aqua-scissoring. His prayers are pure of heart, and had better be answered by hook or by crook lest we be forced to concede that life is without hope.
Title: Re: 20th August 2008 - Ten Seconds of Planning
Post by: Turbo Ninja on August 20, 2008, 03:46:19 pm: Quote from: Death Ray on August 20, 2008, 01:38:56 pm
Unlike the rest of us, we know that Phillipe will not go praying for the Chinese synchronized divers to suddenly decide to win over the Swedish judge by engaging in a little freestyle aqua-scissoring.

CONFIDENTIAL TO CTO: THIS is the kind of content you'll get people to pay extra for.
Title: Re: 20th August 2008 - Ten Seconds of Planning
Post by: pmcd9 on August 20, 2008, 04:08:42 pm: What the hell happened to Little Nephew? Have they not even realized he's gone?
Title: Re: 20th August 2008 - Ten Seconds of Planning
Post by: colmore on August 20, 2008, 04:25:31 pm: Man I wish my roommates and I had a random 5 year old hanging out with us. That would be awesome and not at all a reason to call CPS.
Title: Re: 20th August 2008 - Ten Seconds of Planning
Post by: Golfhaus on August 20, 2008, 11:59:36 pm: I find it interesting that Onstad remembers the birthdays of his characters. Philippe's birthday (http://achewood.com/index.php?date=08222007), of course (http://achewood.com/index.php?date=08222005), is known for theatrics.

Beef's friends try to do good on his birthday (http://achewood.com/index.php?date=04212005), but he just can't appreciate it (http://achewood.com/index.php?date=04222002).

I wonder if the characters' birthdays match up with people in Onstad's real life. His wife says, "Don't forget to get your dad a birthday gift, dear," and he says, "Oh shit, Teodor! (http://achewood.com/index.php?date=10022001)"
Title: Re: 20th August 2008 - Ten Seconds of Planning
Post by: Toaster on August 21, 2008, 12:54:15 am: I've been meaning to ask for, like, three years: What the Hell is a stomper (http://"http://achewood.com/index.php?date=10022001")?
Title: Re: 20th August 2008 - Ten Seconds of Planning
Post by: Arachno-capitalist on August 21, 2008, 01:10:46 am: The stomper is a construction vehicle. http://achewood.com/index.php?date=08032005 (http://achewood.com/index.php?date=08032005)
Title: Re: 20th August 2008 - Ten Seconds of Planning
Post by: Limmo on August 21, 2008, 09:54:53 am: No strip till Friday, but another New Yorker sandwich piece instead.

yay.
Title: Re: 20th August 2008 - Ten Seconds of Planning
Post by: robot_god on August 21, 2008, 10:12:51 am: Yeah, that gift was pretty lackluster compared to what they set up in the past (man giving birth, Todd not doin' coke). . .

. . .but at least it's better than this surprise (http://achewood.com/index.php?date=02232007) (it will dissapoint you as well).
Title: Are you made of STONE?
Post by: revdj on August 21, 2008, 02:25:02 pm: I thought this was HEARTWARMING.

And yes, I think Ray was faking to make P. happy!
Title: Re: 20th August 2008 - Ten Seconds of Planning
Post by: Turbo Ninja on August 21, 2008, 03:51:02 pm: Quote from: Arachno-capitalist on August 21, 2008, 01:10:46 am
The stomper is a construction vehicle. http://achewood.com/index.php?date=08032005 (http://achewood.com/index.php?date=08032005)

Not necessarily. Stompers (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9pko_iTP4sQ) were (are?) little 4x4 toy trucks. I remember you could change the tires on them from spongy "indoor" sets to rubbery "outdoor" sets. They took batteries and you could make them drive over obstacles like smaller Hot Wheels/Matchbox cars or green army men. Most of mine looked like pickup trucks but there may have been Tonka-style construction vehicles or other varieties.