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May 22, 2007 -- a pig in goggles getting pretty badly harmed by a sentence
« on: May 22, 2007, 10:19:27 am »
http://achewood.com/index.php?date=05222007

Wow. This is just good. I'm not even laughing, I'm just kind of startled by the tone of this one. But I like it.
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Re: May 22, 2007 -- a pig in goggles getting pretty badly harmed by a sentence
« Reply #1 on: May 22, 2007, 12:11:10 pm »
The tone doesn't exactly suprise me, this is Beef thinking about marriage, it's not going to be cheery, but it is a dramatic turn from this arc so far.
Kind of suprising he doesn't equate it with something much more horrible.

Also: Ananke, I always like to pretend the dude in your avatar (you?) is making airplane noises while running around with his arms stretched out. I hope this is ok with you.

Edit: I love Onstad's night time backgrounds. Freaking beautiful.
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Re: May 22, 2007 -- a pig in goggles getting pretty badly harmed by a sentence
« Reply #2 on: May 22, 2007, 12:31:57 pm »
Well, I was actually more startled by the tone of the last couple of frames of the last strip. I'm more sort of intrigued at the continuation of this sudden stark unhumor. It seems out of place in the Achewoods of the past few months. I'm not complaining, mind.

"You even think for a minute there's some better way to play it?" A great line, and I'm really excited to see where this ends up. I'm expecting an Emeril & Spongebath consultation again.

Edit: Not me, but your imagination is completely acceptable here.
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Re: May 22, 2007 -- a pig in goggles getting pretty badly harmed by a sentence
« Reply #3 on: May 22, 2007, 12:32:08 pm »
It's like we walk around with dynamite in our mouths. This is just too deep for first thing in the morning.
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Re: May 22, 2007 -- a pig in goggles getting pretty badly harmed by a sentence
« Reply #4 on: May 22, 2007, 12:55:36 pm »
This strip skips over the most important fact: Does the NSC have a Sentence of the Week?
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Re: May 22, 2007 -- a pig in goggles getting pretty badly harmed by a sentence
« Reply #5 on: May 22, 2007, 03:00:32 pm »
Nearly any Achewood strip could have a missing fourth panel where a pig was pretty badly harmed by something related to the subjects of said strip. The missing fifth panel would involve the pig being cured, put into a fancy-looking wrapper and sent to the artist for the purposes of eating.
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Re: May 22, 2007 -- a pig in goggles getting pretty badly harmed by a sentence
« Reply #6 on: May 22, 2007, 03:32:06 pm »
I have indeed let my mouth-dynamite explode on occasion.
"I didn't say you were a bitch. I said you were acting like a bitch."
Conversely, I've been blown-up on too:
"I really just like you as a friend." Ka-boom! I imagine myself standing there like a looney tune after smoking one of those exploding cigars.

Anyone else?
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Re: May 22, 2007 -- a pig in goggles getting pretty badly harmed by a sentence
« Reply #7 on: May 22, 2007, 04:16:35 pm »
Being told by a girl that I liked, "Yeah, I went out with _________... we had a really good time, I ended up staying over at his place last night." In a way, I think this is almost worse than the "as a friend" line, because it prompts imagery. Infuriating, nauseating, imagery. Nothing makes a man lonlier than knowing the one he's after has found someone else.

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Re: May 22, 2007 -- a pig in goggles getting pretty badly harmed by a sentence
« Reply #8 on: May 22, 2007, 04:43:55 pm »
Good Strip. 
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Re: May 22, 2007 -- a pig in goggles getting pretty badly harmed by a sentence
« Reply #9 on: May 22, 2007, 04:50:21 pm »
Quote from: littlefallsmets on May 22, 2007, 03:00:32 pm
Nearly any Achewood strip could have a missing fourth panel where a pig was pretty badly harmed by something related to the subjects of said strip. The missing fifth panel would involve the pig being cured, put into a fancy-looking wrapper and sent to the artist for the purposes of eating.

It's like the Achewood version of adding "in bed" to fortunes.
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Re: May 22, 2007 -- a pig in goggles getting pretty badly harmed by a sentence
« Reply #10 on: May 22, 2007, 05:00:52 pm »
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Nothing makes a man lonelier than knowing the one he's after has found someone else to put his c*ck in her.

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Re: May 22, 2007 -- a pig in goggles getting pretty badly harmed by a sentence
« Reply #11 on: May 22, 2007, 06:18:07 pm »
This strip is great because it's true, really. And that's all I have to say about that.
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Re: May 22, 2007 -- a pig in goggles getting pretty badly harmed by a sentence
« Reply #12 on: May 22, 2007, 06:18:29 pm »
I want this missing fourth panel so badly. I can taste the dusty residue of previous explosions still clinging to the goggles. The undulation of the pig's jowls reeling from sentential impacts flappapates in my ears. Oh, if only I didn't know such a fourth panel were possible. And yet out of reach.
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Re: May 22, 2007 -- a pig in goggles getting pretty badly harmed by a sentence
« Reply #13 on: May 22, 2007, 06:34:20 pm »
Quote from: Golfhaus on May 22, 2007, 04:16:35 pm
Being told by a girl that I liked, "Yeah, I went out with _________... we had a really good time, I ended up staying over at his place last night." In a way, I think this is almost worse than the "as a friend" line, because it prompts imagery. Infuriating, nauseating, imagery. Nothing makes a man lonlier than knowing the one he's after has found someone else.

Sad...but very, very, very true.  I'm generally not a lonely person.  Most of the time I enjoy being single.  And it's very rare that I get smitten with someone to the point of actually wanting a relationship with her.  And, more often than not, said girl finds someone else before I can pony up the guts to let her know how I feel. 
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Re: May 22, 2007 -- a pig in goggles getting pretty badly harmed by a sentence
« Reply #14 on: May 22, 2007, 07:31:23 pm »
The depressed cat does not know which terrifies him more about the life-altering decision — the potential for misery or the potential for happiness.

Can't bury this one in the backyard, dude.
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