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[CortJstr]

I remember George Carlin bitching about improperly trimmed beards on guys with fat necks but this is the first I've encountered the concept with goatees.

And for some reason I almost typed ghoti but I know that's giraffe.

[V-Adore]

Finally, the bickering between Roast Beef and Ray is very charming and also revealing.  It's just about the only time that Beef shows cojones and can speak frankly.  He is so comfortable with Ray that he can rip on him, even though he is cowed by much of the rest of the world.

I was just about to post this. I find it the most interesting part of their dynamic, really -- that Beef is comfortable criticizing Ray's habits despite being cowed by the rest of the world, and that Ray tolerates Beef doing it despite his lack of tolerance for such things from other friends (like, say, Pat). It's interesting.

I have not observed that many bloatees, but I go to a hopelessly preppy college where there are not many dudes of gravity. I suspect once I get to grad school I will be able to observe this phenomenon in greater detail.

[Carlos del Vaca]

http://archive.salon.com/comics/boll/2001/07/12/boll/story.gif

[Golfhaus]

I find it the most interesting part of their dynamic, really -- that Beef is comfortable criticizing Ray's habits despite being cowed by the rest of the world, and that Ray tolerates Beef doing it despite his lack of tolerance for such things from other friends (like, say, Pat). It's interesting.

I've often said that you can tell how good a friend you are to someone by how much abuse you can heap on them with them just taking it. My best friend and I referred to each other as "fucker" and "bitch" for a long time. Also, it shows that Beef considers himself one of a few people who can tell it to Ray like it is - it takes a true friend to point out when you're doing something stupid to your face. Others will just talk shit about you to your mutual friends.

[MSC]

http://archive.salon.com/comics/boll/2001/07/12/boll/story.gif

Exactly.

[antioch]

Why is this making Beef so angry? Last panel, looks like he's going to throw down his pamphlet or whatever and storm out!
I wish "cauliflower ass" wasn't floating around in my head. Danged Onstad. Reading Achewood has its price.

[AlohaDawg]

Cauliflower ass sounds like cellulite....do dudes get cellulite?

[AlohaDawg]

See, I was first thinking cauliflower ass was like cauliflower ear - like a subdural hematoma of the ass, from trauma.

Gave a whole new meaning to getting cauliflower ass from three musketeers (although it's more frightening to picture three penisketeers)
(down cubby! down!)

[JordanB]

This strip reminded me a lot of another, funnier one:

http://www.achewood.com/index.php?date=11012004

Were it not for the line: "Dogg I cannot brook the gossamer bloatee" this strip would not have lived up to the one just linked to.

Also note that Ray is persuaded by Téodor, but not by Beef.

[pmcd9]

Dammit, I hate it when someone post a link to a former strip that points out how recent strips suck by comparison.

Not really, but damn, that similar strip from a year ago is way funnier than today's strip.

~Paul