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« Reply #30 on: September 29, 2004, 01:46:50 am »
Ladies and gentlemen, The prick is back in town.
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« Reply #31 on: September 29, 2004, 02:12:06 am »
Note to self: do not ask Jiffy Lube guy to add Chex Mix to oil. Also do not eat Chex Mix because it tastes bad
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« Reply #32 on: September 29, 2004, 02:37:26 am »
....Did Phillippe brush his teeth with lube? How is that Captain Kirk-esque?

Also, Ray's dilemma is very, very familiar to me. It's the backslide, man! How can you fight it!
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« Reply #33 on: September 29, 2004, 04:48:17 am »
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....Did Phillippe brush his teeth with lube? How is that Captain Kirk-esque?

Astroglide, my friend. Astroglide.

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Also, Ray's dilemma is very, very familiar to me. It's the backslide, man! How can you fight it!

It's like Odysseus, man! You just can't!

(I have a miniature version of the same problem, albeit without the Odysseus sex; a friend of mine from last year, with whom I used to hang out and discuss movies before she dropped me like a hot rock because of overly-complicated and depressing circumstances, is in my gym class. I have no idea what to say to her, so I just don't say anything, which I think is for the best. Meh.)
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« Reply #34 on: September 29, 2004, 01:55:48 pm »
As much as I enjoy Onstad's creative output, I really don't think I'd enjoy being around him personally.  If his blog really represents him and isn't another characterisation then he's kind of a spoiled jerk.
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« Reply #35 on: September 29, 2004, 03:53:56 pm »
Hell, if I was renting a car and it smelled like cigarettes, I'd take it back -- I'm a smoker, but mrs|Choop ain't -- and if they then proceeded to give me a car with what could turn out to be serious engine problems, I'd take that one back too. When you procure something from a vendor, you have a responsibility to that vendor to let them know whether that something sucks. Well, maybe you don't, but it's the good-guy thing to do.

I just wouldn't want to hang out with O because I know I can't bring the funny like he can, and I'd be out-classed in front of everybody else there.
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« Reply #36 on: September 29, 2004, 04:36:38 pm »
If today's strip is any indication, you won't have to worry about being out-funnied by Mr. Onstad.
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« Reply #37 on: September 29, 2004, 05:24:36 pm »
I don't know, the whole asking for the shittiest car on the lot then being indignant when you get exactly what you've asked for thing:

Onstad:  I want you to kick me in the nuts.

Clerk: Huh?

O:  I mean it.  Really.  Kick me in the nuts.

Clerk:  No way.

O:  Seriously.  I want a size 12 to the nads.

C:  But I can't...

O:  Sure you can.  Just haul off and scramble my eggs.  Hard.

C:  Are you sure that...

O:  Totally.  I do this all the time.  It'll be funny.

C:  Well, if you're positive -- No, I can't do it...

O:  C'mon, crack my marbles.  I'll be your best friend!

C:  Well, if you insist.

WHAM!

O:  Hey!  Why'd you kick me in the nuts?

That and the whole "They got the wrong kind of caviar on my flight to Kauai" vibe just rubs me the wrong way.
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« Reply #38 on: September 29, 2004, 06:23:41 pm »
Well, he was being sarcastic:

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I made a mental note to stop telling the clerks to give me their worst cars, as Hawaiians cannot apparently appreciate sarcasm or, in fact, normal ideas (more on this later).


But his above statement sounded sincere, like he really wanted a shitty car (it's the "I mean it!" that removes the sarcasm bit).

Maybe the book deal has made him too bourgeois, too big for his britches. He just needs a britches-expander or something.
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« Reply #39 on: September 29, 2004, 08:03:31 pm »
I'll vouch for any mainlander who has a problem with local customs and ways of doing business. But that's not the real problem. The real problem is that, like so many other vacation spots, they really DON'T CARE. You're gonna be there no matter what and there is no chance that you can effectively threaten a car rental place on Kauai with a boycott.  And, you're gonna be gone in a week, maybe 2.

 The Hawaiian he references? Lives on what may be the most beautiful island in the Northern Hemisphere, also would be competitive for the world title. Ya think the Hawaiian is looking forward to a fine vacation in Onstad's neighborhood? Unlikely.

This is the place where you can be an ugly American and still be in America.
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« Reply #40 on: September 30, 2004, 01:57:13 am »
I think it was Eustace Dobbs.

Eustace K. Dobbs.
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« Reply #41 on: September 30, 2004, 09:53:21 pm »
how long does something remain updated?

once it's updated, it stays updated forever, right?

so, if you make a thing, and you update it, you would say that it is updated.

but then, when you update that thing again, it's still just updated.

which means that calling it updated doesn't really help me any, does it?


i'm worried about Lyle.  drugged people do crazy stupid things.
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« Reply #42 on: September 30, 2004, 09:57:46 pm »
It's a 24-hour globe. I usually leave things like "updated" live for a day or two so that all the readers can notice. Not everyone reads Achewood 24 times a day. Some people are moms or doctors.
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« Reply #43 on: September 30, 2004, 09:58:03 pm »
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i'm worried about Lyle.  drugged people do crazy stupid things.


I get the feeling that Lyle is perfectly capable of handling himself in most situations.  

As for updated stuf, I know several around here are fond of those new-fangled RSS readers, but I like blo.gs myself.  You give it a list of blogs you read, and it will (for the most part) tell you when they were last updated.

Edit:  Of course, the service would have to be having problems when I point it out...
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« Reply #44 on: October 01, 2004, 01:40:56 am »
Ray's latest blog entry is absolutely lovely. It's very poetic while also being so very Ray... I'm hopeful for him and Tina, I really am.
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