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March 16, 2007 - "songs sung in the key of lie"
« on: March 16, 2007, 07:00:51 am »
http://www.achewood.com/index.php?date=03162007

You have to enjoy how Ray deals with the hatred of an old man.

"Man, I got to disagree." The dude is Bargaining.

The dude was born Bargaining, lives Bargaining and will die Bargaining.
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Re: March 16, 2007 - "songs sung in the key of lie"
« Reply #1 on: March 16, 2007, 07:01:43 am »
This is perhaps the best way the arc could have ended.

"a toilet seat that smokes a cigar"
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Re: March 16, 2007 - "songs sung in the key of lie"
« Reply #2 on: March 16, 2007, 07:03:38 am »
Also, "I think you would shoot a baby."

Coming from Dr. Leon Sumbitches, that is entirely sincere and entirely cold. Daaang.
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Re: March 16, 2007 - "songs sung in the key of lie"
« Reply #3 on: March 16, 2007, 07:42:19 am »
weak effort
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Re: March 16, 2007 - "songs sung in the key of lie"
« Reply #4 on: March 16, 2007, 08:46:57 am »
Leon is just in a bad mood because he still hasn't heard back from his colleague Dr. Ueuys about his plan to eradicate disease in Africa.  He is beginning to lose hope.

Those poor Africans.  Not only will they stay sick, now they will never know the delicious taste of a Smuckles' Christian Burrito.  Hard times indeed.  Life is never neat; life is always bad.
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Re: March 16, 2007 - "songs sung in the key of lie"
« Reply #5 on: March 16, 2007, 09:46:05 am »
Wow, this one actually made me slap my desk. I like the increasing scorn on Leon's face in panel 4.
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Re: March 16, 2007 - "songs sung in the key of lie"
« Reply #6 on: March 16, 2007, 11:38:46 am »
Onstad didn't feel like investing six days of effort into Lie Bot and Vlad mooning everyone from a Datsun while screaming "Success!" so he just wrapped it up as is.
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Re: March 16, 2007 - "songs sung in the key of lie"
« Reply #7 on: March 16, 2007, 03:17:19 pm »
Yeah, that felt rushed to me. This arc could have gone another two, three strips before being packed in.

I mean hell, all Beef got to do was check a Wikipedia entry.
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Re: March 16, 2007 - "songs sung in the key of lie"
« Reply #8 on: March 16, 2007, 03:24:38 pm »
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FIN.

This always makes me far happier than it has any right to.

I agree that it seemed a bit dashed there, but the call was pretty well executed so I can live with it. And to be honest, I'm not entirely certain that it could have gone much further without being overstretched; maybe it was just not too well structured rather than cut too short.

I think Leon's being a little harsh. Ray's a lot of things, but he is not a guy who shoots a baby.

(EDITED for being posted entirely as a quotation, with implications not worth deep consideration.)
« Last Edit: March 16, 2007, 04:09:46 pm by Ruta Bagas »
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Re: March 16, 2007 - "songs sung in the key of lie"
« Reply #9 on: March 16, 2007, 03:53:08 pm »
Man Leon really laid it on thick here. And for what? Cause ray said it was an amateur automobile historian and wanted a 25 dollar token payment? I'm coming out in favor of ray here. If leon really wanted his money to be safe he would have played along with ray.
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Re: March 16, 2007 - "songs sung in the key of lie"
« Reply #10 on: March 16, 2007, 04:36:15 pm »
I don't know, man. if I were a (terrifying looking) philanthropic African millionaire, I would not trust a man who made fun of me over the internet. With my billions.

of dollars.
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Re: March 16, 2007 - "songs sung in the key of lie"
« Reply #11 on: March 16, 2007, 04:39:17 pm »
Quote from: theinevitable on March 16, 2007, 04:36:15 pm
I don't know, man. if I were a (terrifying looking) philanthropic African millionaire, I would not trust a man who made fun of me over the internet. With my billions.

of dollars.

Ha ha. Point taken.
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Re: March 16, 2007 - "songs sung in the key of lie"
« Reply #12 on: March 16, 2007, 05:37:24 pm »
2/10
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Re: March 16, 2007 - "songs sung in the key of lie"
« Reply #13 on: March 16, 2007, 09:22:53 pm »
I give it full credit for the Stevie Wonder reference.
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Re: March 16, 2007 - "songs sung in the key of lie"
« Reply #14 on: March 16, 2007, 09:42:08 pm »
It was only until the last strip that I was beginning to get into the story, so the fin gives me a shucks, but whatever, as long as Monday's strip is entertaining then it's all good.
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