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February 23, 2007 - Looks Small, Is Small
« on: February 23, 2007, 07:10:07 am »
http://www.achewood.com/index.php?date=02232007

Poor Philippe is too young to understand the Breast Man / Ass Man debate and is left to watch from the sidelines with his little pen.

This is pretty inconsiderate on Téodor's part.  You just know he kept the elite Breast Man torch & grappling hook set for himself.  That fuck*ng guy.
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Re: February 23, 2007 - Looks Small, Is Small
« Reply #1 on: February 23, 2007, 07:26:28 am »
Now I am not a man who cries at movies or finds puppies cute, but whenever those jerks mess with phillipe, a little part of me dies. Hopefully one of the little parts Ive ruined with years of tobacco and alcohol abuse.
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Re: February 23, 2007 - Looks Small, Is Small
« Reply #2 on: February 23, 2007, 07:41:59 am »
Pretty much, if the alt-text transitions into commenting on the day's strip in relation to the breast man/ass man schism on into the future for weeks and months, it would be about as awesomely weird as I could ever ask for from the internet.

Yay, alt-text.
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Re: February 23, 2007 - Looks Small, Is Small
« Reply #3 on: February 23, 2007, 08:00:31 am »
I wasn't going to say this yesterday because I liked the strip so much, but I think I'd be happier if this didn't develop into a full-fledged story arc.  It seems much better suited as a sort of intermittent meta-theme, like these classic examples.
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Re: February 23, 2007 - Looks Small, Is Small
« Reply #4 on: February 23, 2007, 09:07:17 am »
Teodor isn't really "messing with" Philippe here - he saw it, thought "Philippe likes these weird little things, might as well blow a quarter on it and make his day". The problem is that Philippe has Unrealistic Expectations.
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Re: February 23, 2007 - Looks Small, Is Small
« Reply #5 on: February 23, 2007, 09:20:29 am »
When a pen that retails for 99 cents has 25% off, does it sell for 74 or 75 cents?

why do i have a can?  remove it at once
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Re: February 23, 2007 - Looks Small, Is Small
« Reply #6 on: February 23, 2007, 09:36:07 am »
Man, being a breast man gets you extra discounts at the dollar store? Goddammit, now I need to figure out the androphilic equivalent so I can buy hella tiny pens, plastic frogs, and witch taffy.
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Re: February 23, 2007 - Looks Small, Is Small
« Reply #7 on: February 23, 2007, 10:58:05 am »
The best part of the Wallet Pen's package design is the "TV" graphic, without any other contextualizing information.  Just kind of generally noting the existence of television.

I once saw an ad for some product in the Weekly World News with a similar graphic, which read "similar to those seen on TV."
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Re: February 23, 2007 - Looks Small, Is Small
« Reply #8 on: February 23, 2007, 01:04:42 pm »
We're keeping mrchee can-neutral, people. 

This one made me laugh a little, but then I read the alt-text and have been laughing off and on for the past five minutes or so. 

You can't buy a kid a $.15 present and expect him to get too excited about it.

Man, that's seriously the worst gift ever.  And Philippe's reaction to it was remarkably restrained, I thought.
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Re: February 23, 2007 - Looks Small, Is Small
« Reply #9 on: February 23, 2007, 02:00:36 pm »
Quote from: jough on February 23, 2007, 01:04:42 pm
We're keeping mrchee can-neutral, people. 

This one made me laugh a little, but then I read the alt-text and have been laughing off and on for the past five minutes or so. 

You can't buy a kid a $.15 present and expect him to get too excited about it.

Man, that's seriously the worst gift ever.  And Philippe's reaction to it was remarkably restrained, I thought.


I don't know. This is the same kid who was thrilled by the Walk Around Butt and Emeril Eyebrows. Had Teodor not paused long enough for Phillipe to get his hopes up then I bet he actually would've liked it.
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Re: February 23, 2007 - Looks Small, Is Small
« Reply #10 on: February 23, 2007, 02:43:21 pm »
I like how you can see every dream and hope crumbling in Phillipe's expression. Reminds me of myself at that age. Life was good, full of drama.
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Re: February 23, 2007 - Looks Small, Is Small
« Reply #11 on: February 23, 2007, 02:57:49 pm »
Quote from: CortJstr on February 23, 2007, 02:00:36 pm
I don't know. This is the same kid who was thrilled by the Walk Around Butt and Emeril Eyebrows. Had Teodor not paused long enough for Phillipe to get his hopes up then I bet he actually would've liked it.

Come on, not even Philippe could love this pen.  It's not even big enough to fit inside the packaging snugly.  All rattling around at the bottom, all sliding back and forth like some kind of spirit level.  There isn't even a clip on the end to put it in your pocket; there's just a little stub.  Talk about a pen which basically has AIDS.
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Re: February 23, 2007 - Looks Small, Is Small
« Reply #12 on: February 23, 2007, 03:03:30 pm »
This is so Mickey penis Pancakes pt. 2.
Not that I'm complaining.
Although I wish I had such a tiny pen. What a conversation starter THAT would be.
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Re: February 23, 2007 - Looks Small, Is Small
« Reply #13 on: February 23, 2007, 03:09:44 pm »
"Looks Small, Is Small" is seriously great marketing.  

It really separates this product from those which look small but are, in fact, not small.

A good example of that is the Verizon version of the Motorola RAZR phone: "Looks Small, Is Disappointingly Cumbersome (Particularly When You Try To Put It In One Of The Front Pockets Of Your Jeans)."
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Re: February 23, 2007 - Looks Small, Is Small
« Reply #14 on: February 23, 2007, 03:11:05 pm »
Quote from: katal on February 23, 2007, 03:03:30 pm
Although I wish I had such a tiny pen. What a conversation starter THAT would be.

I had to read that twice to make sure you weren't wishing for something absurd.  With all the Sick Fucks up in this, a man cannot be too careful.
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