What, no scheming about naming a dog "J.J. the Land-Retard?"

Personally, I have fully planned to name my own dog this.  When I am actually able to own a dog, which will be in a couple years.  So I will probably not win the contest, but I still like the name.

I feel spitting out food for the sake of allergies, while not polite, is always acceptable.  The drunkenness, however, would have been a nice touch as well.

Removing your right frontal lobe, especially, limits your ability to Gage your behavior's conformance to norms.

Hahaha!  Psychology pun!  Yay!

Okay.  Back to lurking.

As of yesterday's and today's strips, this ark is totally redeemed.

I think my favorite is Phillipe's sudden blank face as the Roofies sleep deprivation hits.

STUPID JERK FRIDGE!!

With this strip, I now understand the Emeril Adoration.

Also, am I the only one who initially thought that the book conversation had somehow inspired Beef's member to begin singing?

I don't think it's "collecting" so much as "homeless guys wandering around where there's lots of old junk", but I'm almost positive that there's some trashspotting link lying in wait.

That was actually one of my first thoughts as well.

This strip didn't exactly jive with me either.  I think it's something with the dialouge moreso than the art?  Possibly the way that Phillipe's innocent jabber completely fucks with the creepy mood Onstad is trying to set?  I dunno.

I don't quite buy that the Swamp Dudes are all innocent.  Mostly because I don't actually think that they're blind.  Not sure why though.  Maybe because Pigman seemed to communicate with NoFace via pointing in the last strip. 

MY POWER LEVEL IS OFF THE SCALE

That... is fuck*ng brill.

I would love to see Beef win this thing, but my gut is that they're gonna team up to take on the Fight itself. 

On my list of predictions though, Beef winning ranks way higher than Ray winning.  If Ray was really willing to beat on Beef in order to win, he would have already done it.  I could totally see Beef just getting resolve from this though.  I mean, Ramses talked to him!  Ramses told him to hush Ray!  And everyone was talkin' about how he was shivering?  Well, look at that last panel.  There is no shivers.  That is stone cold resolve. 

The only reason I see Beef not winning is that were he totally focused on winning, he would have already done it as well.  'Stad's a good storyteller man.  You don't delay and delay unless your ending is going to be completely different than what was expected going in.

Though I think the only way I will be disappointed is if Ray wins not-on-accident.

I have... no idea what is going to happen.

This is an awesome damn plot twist.

Maybe Rodney is the dude who's been working the crane?  Maybe they're just hallucinating from the whiskey?

Either way, I want one of those hats...