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[Enkidu]

Fuck along, now.

An interesting line of logic - on one hand it seems that Ray is instigating a series of rude comments that set people in bad moods (like that recent commercial I can't remember enough about to find a youtube link).  On the other hand you've got Pat, who is always in a bad mood no matter what.  Teodor's rebuttal is basically throwing a lit match into a blazing forge furnace - it makes no difference whatsoever.

[theinevitable]

but... but... pat is right!

damn.

[jaydub]

Careful inev, moral rectitude is cold comfort indeed.

[jaydub]

Cornelius' crack about the insurance industry's BMI calculation is pretty amusing, although I wonder where he got the weight figure for Mr. Wood.  Most of the easily referenced bios for him say weight: unknown.  One says 160lbs, but it's struck through.
Careful with that link, by the way.  It has kind of a panting, fanboy atmosphere that might take some explaining (unless you are, in fact, a panting Elijah Wood fanboy).

[derelictsound]

"Fuck along, now" = best line in recent memory.

[JorgeFabregas]

Wow. This strip was really lame. Nothing interesting or amusing at all. It may be the first time I've ever thought that. Just some generic Patness.

[V-Adore]

"Fuck along, now" is so great. Cornelius is just a little too genteel for any other comeback, and it totally works.

[dejavroom]

Yes. If the whole strip was just a set-up for that last line, it was worth it. And why am I so terrified of Téodor's tiny tiny leg?

[Teatime]

Total character comic, which makes me disappointed that Ray, who gets enough attention, was mentioned.

Also, good call on the thread title.

[Victoria Waterfield]

I have just given a can to everyone who said that "Fuck along, now" made the whole strip. Because I anticipate using that line ALL THE TIME now.

[linnea]

Heh, I love that Ray is flipping the bird with BOTH hands. The rest of the strip is kinda meh. Making fun of Pat for being socially responsible is kind of like shooting giraffe in a barrel. Not a very good show, imho.

I dislike the way that Pat's arguments are presented as invalid because he makes the zero-alcohol claim. The arguments about American wastefulness are totally valid - it really does take that much grain to produce a pound of beef. The Escalade might get 12 mpg if it was rolling downhill.

Meh. Far from my favorite strip.

[V-Adore]

The point, I think, isn't that Pat's claims are invalid, it's that he's making them in a fundamentally irritating and non-helpful way. It's reasonable to discuss the cost of meat farming when someone's doing grocery shopping, but doing it while the steak is actually being cooked is, at best, misguided; the only possible options at that point are that the steak gets eaten anyway, just more irritatedly, or that it gets thrown out, at which point it all goes to waste. The Escalade point is invalid, but Pat is making it to Ray, who is well-established as a conspicuous consumer with a low Pat tolerance, so why should we be surprised that Ray flips him the double deuce?

[MattFish]

The point, I think, isn't that Pat's claims are invalid, it's that he's making them in a fundamentally irritating and non-helpful way. It's reasonable to discuss the cost of meat farming when someone's doing grocery shopping, but doing it while the steak is actually being cooked is, at best, misguided; the only possible options at that point are that the steak gets eaten anyway, just more irritatedly, or that it gets thrown out, at which point it all goes to waste. The Escalade point is invalid, but Pat is making it to Ray, who is well-established as a conspicuous consumer with a low Pat tolerance, so why should we be surprised that Ray flips him the double deuce?

And V beats all of you crumbs with supreme Fuck You Pat Analysis (Fyoopah)

I really like the questions that arise from Pat's reaction face to Téodor's snub. In the first he looks aghast, the last: indignant. The middle one is just puzzling. Is it slightly quizzical? What does the little concave triangle mouth even mean, especially when paired with a raised eyebrow? Is he thinking "What? Who wouldn't enjoy the taste of three acres of grain?"

[V-Adore]

What does the little concave triangle mouth even mean, especially when paired with a raised eyebrow? Is he thinking "What? Who wouldn't enjoy the taste of three acres of grain?"

I'm sure that, if Pat hasn't already sampled a steak best-stitute made of all three acres of that grain, he is devising one right in that panel.

[theinevitable]

Pat will invent one. He will invent one and feel like he has won, even though he has completely missed the point.