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[Emmoh]

http://achewood.com/index.php?date=11212005

My first ever...yay.

[git]

Seems like Showbiz should have paid more attention when they were teaching you how to read analog clocks.

And...it's November 21, not 19...

[Lister]

Points to Roast Beef for a successful "teenage girl reading Tiger Beat" pose.

The moustachio'd cat's surprise, dismay, anger, and then disappointment did not make me laugh at him or feel sorry for him.

good comic but not A+++++++ would read again anyway

[Ben-San]

That is some crazy perspective on Roast Beef's prone body.

[Doc]

With the mustache and the overly exaggerated snap Showbiz kind of looks to me like a villian in an old black and white melodrama (melodrama, is that right? I know nothing of theatre or roping maidens to train tracks).

[V-Adore]

The rendering of the clock from Showbiz's perspective ("6?") makes this entire strip. It's a good example of an inspired visual redeeming an otherwise tired gag.

[CortJstr]

That is a damned fine expression on Showbiz at the end there.

[Carlos del Vaca]

Overheard in grocery store a while back:

Little boy:  Mom, what time is it?
Mom:  Well, the big hand is on the two, and the little hand...
Boy:  Mooooooooooooooooom, you know I can't do thaaaaaaaat!

A future Showbiz in the making.

[side_show]

Oh, I remember a really anxiety filled time in grade three when I had to stay in for recess because I was getting over Pneumonia, and my teacher, who was a nun, whose name escapes me right now, told me to tell her when it was "quarter after two."  I told her okay, but then I secretly freaked out because I didn't know what the hell she was talking about.  She came back into the classroom and was all, "I thought I told you to tell me when it was quarter-after!"  And I was humiliated and had to confess I didn't know what "quarter-after" meant.  I still have time telling paranioa to this day, and always wear a digital watch or no watch at all because of it.  Damn you Sister Whatever-you-name-was!  Damn you!

[Emergent_C]

I feel ya, side show. I could read at a 4th grade level when I was in 1st grade, but seriously got flunked out of my British school (we were living in Singapore at the time) because I couldn't tell time or tie my shoes. Dang.

Then, of course, I transferred to an American school, and they didn't really care that I still hadn't learned how to tie my shoes or read an analog clock by 3rd grade. Uh, well, I can do both things really well now.

In conclusion, "What's long, stiff, and lives in a furry black cave when not in use?" if fuck*ng funny. Or maybe I'm 5.

[Hobo Frenzy]

Oh man, it's sad but I wear an analog watch and sometimes I'll look the watch for a good 3 seconds then pull out my cell phone and check the time with that. I can tell time with those silly hands but sometimes I'm just to lazy/tired to do it.

Interesting piece of info: The shortest hand is called the First Hand, the long hand is called the Second Hand, and the optional fast moving skinny hand is called the Sweep Hand. Most people don't know this.

[JorgeFabregas]

I feel ya, side show. I could read at a 4th grade level when I was in 1st grade, but seriously got flunked out of my British school (we were living in Singapore at the time) because I couldn't tell time or tie my shoes. Dang.

You're going to be a little office boy making 50 pounds a month! Or something.

Is there some dyslexia going on in this strip, or is it just confusion?

[Factitious]

Interesting piece of info: The shortest hand is called the First Hand, the long hand is called the Second Hand, and the optional fast moving skinny hand is called the Sweep Hand. Most people don't know this.

Shouldn't the second hand be the one that indicates the seconds?

[mrchee]

Interesting piece of info: The shortest hand is called the First Hand, the long hand is called the Second Hand, and the optional fast moving skinny hand is called the Sweep Hand. Most people don't know this.

Shouldn't the second hand be the one that indicates the seconds?

You must remember that there is nothing that makes sense about analog clocks.  Nothing

[Turbo Ninja]

You must remember that there is nothing that makes sense about analog clocks.  Nothing

Particularly when the "sweep" hand only really "sweeps" on your more-expensive watches.  Your typical Swatch will tick.