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[Carlos del Vaca]

http://www.achewood.com/index.php?date=05152007

I was wondering if we'd ever hear about Envelópe again.

[jaydub]

I thought Plath offed herself by jumping in the river.  Or was that Virginia Woolf?  Either way, a G-scale railroad re-enactment is indeed daaaaamn tacky.

I think a partially disrobed Real Doll version of Elizabeth Cady Stanton left carelessly discarded next to a half drunk box of Franzia would be a suitable display of tackiness for Ray.

[V-Adore]

Man, all this after Envelope threw a fight for him and got extensive plastic surgery to disguise the fact? Ray really is the textbook definition of Ungrateful.

[CortJstr]

Your belt is supposed to match your shoes? Man, fashion is too hard. I don't get this matching thing at all.

I never did see the point of switching hands when eating with a fork and knife, though. If you cut up everything all at once that would make sense, but you have to cut as you go.

[Golfhaus]

Your belt is supposed to match your shoes? Man, fashion is too hard. I don't get this matching thing at all.

I never did see the point of switching hands when eating with a fork and knife, though. If you cut up everything all at once that would make sense, but you have to cut as you go.

You're not allowed to cut everything up at once?

[side_show]

Oh man.  I spent way too much time in university reading Ariel and the Bell Jar over and over.  You know what?  She's really not that good.

[oball]

This one doesn't really click with me.  I had hoped for a funnier strip on my birthday.  I only have one other.

Oh well.

[linnea]

I thought Plath offed herself by jumping in the river.  Or was that Virginia Woolf?  Either way, a G-scale railroad re-enactment is indeed daaaaamn tacky.

I think a partially disrobed Real Doll version of Elizabeth Cady Stanton left carelessly discarded next to a half drunk box of Franzia would be a suitable display of tackiness for Ray.

Virginia filled her pockets with rocks and drowned herself in the river. Sylvia attempted suicide about a million times before she finally lost (some people say "succeeded" but I don't really think that's the case here). She put her head in the gas oven in their flat in London.

[melack]

Plath also made sure to open the windows in the adjacent room, where her children were. Nice gesture, sure, but kind of marred by the overall result.

[theinevitable]

my little bro' just read The Bell Jar and really liked it. Which is weird, as he's not much for pleasure-reading normally.

I cut up everything at once until really recently, when my dad made a comment. My parent's method of teaching me manners seems to mostly have consisted of "someone will tell him eventually." They also were big on doing things where suddenly they accused me of having horrible manners, as if they had taught me the proper way to do things and I was purposely mocking them by holding my fork the wrong way.

um, don't drink Franzia people. It leads to problems. (also don't drink tequila, but that's because it's just nasty.)   (it took me a minute to remember who Elizabeth Cady Stanton was.)

[RMJ12345]

They also were big on doing things where suddenly they accused me of having horrible manners, as if they had taught me the proper way to do things and I was purposely mocking them by holding my fork the wrong way.

MY PARENTS DID THIS TOO. God, it's funny that you would mention it on this strip because I remember I got in a huge fight with my dad when I was in eighth grade because I did NOT move my fork between hands just to take a bite of meat. I agree with Ray - it is tacky (well actually, I don't see why it's tacky - more useless) and a waste of energy and no one notices. Except Ray and Bill James, apparently.

My dad told me that someone probably hated me because I didn't switch my fork.

[Drastic Action]

It appears Ray is saying that moving your fork between hands just for a bite is what is tacky, not failing to do so.

[linnea]

Plath also made sure to open the windows in the adjacent room, where her children were. Nice gesture, sure, but kind of marred by the overall result.

Apparently she sealed the door to the childrens' room with wet towels in an effort to protect them, and I'm guessing that she opened the window in their room. However, it's pretty surprising that they didn't get CO poisoning -- hey, maybe they did, but they were removed to fresh air by the neighbors or something and recovered. Even if you open the window, you can still be injured or even die in a carbon-monoxide poisoned room. I am reminded of a story that I read in the Rocky Mountain News about a dude who tried to kill himself in the garage. He ended up changing his mind, but someone else was asleep in the bedroom upstairs and died from CO poisoning. The CO molecules have an affinity to hemoglobin and hog all the space on your RBCs, thereby crowding out the oxygen.

[RMJ12345]

It appears Ray is saying that moving your fork between hands just for a bite is what is tacky, not failing to do so.

I know. My dad takes the point of view opposite Ray's. What I'm saying is that they both care about it, and I don't understand why.

[Golfhaus]

I feel for rumjay. Having to choose between her father and Ray.

I'd just say screw it and eat without hands at all, trough-stylezz