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4 September 2007 - Do you fancy some Burger King?
« on: September 02, 2007, 06:16:00 am »
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I rather enjoyed this strip despite being the last person in the world to have not read Harry Potter. My only excuse is that I'm an English major who's always had a pile of other books to read. (It's a flimsy excuse, I know.)

Anyways, is this the earliest Onstad has ever put up a new strip? This one's dated for Tuesday despite it currently being Saturday night here on the west coast. That motherfucker is punctual.
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Re: 4 September 2007 - Do you fancy some Burger King?
« Reply #1 on: September 02, 2007, 06:26:01 am »
I havent read harry potter 1. However, the first time through I read "Ron" as "Rod", as in, the gay actor and it made this strip more interesting because I thought harry potter was going to find out what it was like to get his can rocked.
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Re: 4 September 2007 - Do you fancy some Burger King?
« Reply #2 on: September 02, 2007, 06:27:50 am »
I just watched boogie nights for the first time so there is a kind of synergy happening in my head.
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Re: 4 September 2007 - Do you fancy some Burger King?
« Reply #3 on: September 02, 2007, 01:08:57 pm »
I haven't read Harry Potter either.

Is Internet cartooning one of those jobs where you really look forward to holidays like Labor Day? I can see him feeling differently about Thanksgiving and Christmas than he would for October 11th or June 25th, but does he really circle Labor Day on the calendar and say, "w00t - three day weekend there!" Seems he could make them ALL 3-day weekends if he wanted to.

Them fuckers DID make too much money.
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Re: 4 September 2007 - Do you fancy some Burger King?
« Reply #4 on: September 02, 2007, 02:16:52 pm »
Oh, how can you not love that last panel?
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Re: 4 September 2007 - Do you fancy some Burger King?
« Reply #5 on: September 02, 2007, 02:55:34 pm »
Quote from: wombat on September 02, 2007, 02:16:52 pm
Oh, how can you not love that last panel?

I guess because I don't get it.
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Re: 4 September 2007 - Do you fancy some Burger King?
« Reply #6 on: September 02, 2007, 03:32:47 pm »
Quote from: CortJstr on September 02, 2007, 02:55:34 pm
I guess because I don't get it.

Just think of it as an allegory for The Great Gatsby. If you earn too much money, you'll just end up dead in a pool. Gunshot, laptop electrocution... it's all the same.
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Re: 4 September 2007 - Do you fancy some Burger King?
« Reply #7 on: September 02, 2007, 04:42:56 pm »
Spot-on mimicry of J.K. Rowlings' inert, sophomoric prose style is what made this one for me.
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Re: 4 September 2007 - Do you fancy some Burger King?
« Reply #8 on: September 02, 2007, 05:02:50 pm »
What I enjoyed was... the pointing out of the idea that after the Big Adventures and the Fabulous Prizes, you've gotta go on living and be goddamned careful what you wish for. Taking the large and rather stupid sense of good-vs-evil going on in a Harry Potter book and laying down what happened when the going gets mundane.

Anyone can talk about who and what they'd be when the going gets tough for a limited period of time, y'know?

But who we are when the going gets fuck*ng mundane is what actually defines us because, goddamn it, that's more than the balance of our lives in terms of time and space.

Much of the middle of Neil Young's career was on this topic.
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Re: 4 September 2007 - Do you fancy some Burger King?
« Reply #9 on: September 02, 2007, 08:51:16 pm »
I liked it.

Quote from: littlefallsmets on September 02, 2007, 05:02:50 pm
Much of the middle of Neil Young's career was on this topic.

Is anyone going to see him when he tours this fall? I probably am.
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Re: 4 September 2007 - Do you fancy some Burger King?
« Reply #10 on: September 03, 2007, 08:31:17 am »
Quote from: littlefallsmets on September 02, 2007, 05:02:50 pm
But who we are when the going gets fuck*ng mundane is what actually defines us because, goddamn it, that's more than the balance of our lives in terms of time and space.
That's good, I'm going to use that.

I'll be sure to properly cite.
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Re: 4 September 2007 - Do you fancy some Burger King?
« Reply #11 on: September 03, 2007, 05:32:35 pm »
Quote from: Doc on September 03, 2007, 08:31:17 am
That's good, I'm going to use that.

I'll be sure to properly cite.
What do the style guides have to say about citing internet message boards?
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Re: 4 September 2007 - Do you fancy some Burger King?
« Reply #12 on: September 03, 2007, 06:42:31 pm »
Quote from: jaydub on September 03, 2007, 05:32:35 pm
What do the style guides have to say about citing internet message boards?
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Re: 4 September 2007 - Do you fancy some Burger King?
« Reply #13 on: September 03, 2007, 07:33:51 pm »
Quote from: A-CAP on September 02, 2007, 06:26:01 am
I havent read harry potter 1. However, the first time through I read "Ron" as "Rod", as in, the gay actor and it made this strip more interesting because I thought harry potter was going to find out what it was like to get his can rocked.

this is EXACTLY what i thought slash imagined.  aaand I held onto that dream for at least three panels...
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Re: 4 September 2007 - Do you fancy some Burger King?
« Reply #14 on: September 03, 2007, 07:59:35 pm »
Quote from: A-CAP on September 03, 2007, 06:42:31 pm
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   3 September 2007 <www.touamb.com>.

 [author.] [“title or subject line.”] [type of post.] [posting date.] [discussion group.]
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