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@achewood "One of Your Shoes is By the Dog Food: A Tale of Things Not Worth Mentioning During Married Life," is out in September on Harper-Doubleday.

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Re: Volume 3
« Reply #15 on: December 08, 2010, 12:30:00 am »
Quote from: wombat on December 07, 2010, 11:40:42 pm
I guess I was really excited to get the book, because I was in such a rush to open the package that I sliced the cover with my pocket knife, making a long cut all across the title.

It's OK, I guess. I am not one of those crazy collector people who needs an untouched copy of a thing in a plastic bag. I can still read it. And I kind of smushed it back together so you can hardly see it.

well, dayum!
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Re: Volume 3
« Reply #16 on: December 08, 2010, 03:45:18 am »
Quote from: wombat on December 07, 2010, 11:40:42 pm
I guess I was really excited to get the book, because I was in such a rush to open the package that I sliced the cover with my pocket knife, making a long cut all across the title.

I'm not sure 'stad deserves such an enthusiastic fan.
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Re: Volume 3
« Reply #17 on: December 08, 2010, 03:48:47 am »
Quote from: Asherdan on December 08, 2010, 03:40:19 am
Doesn't everyone carry a folding blade for small tasks and social occasions?

If you don't...Stocking Stuffer.

This is what I carry.  Comes in handy more often than you'd expect.
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Re: Volume 3
« Reply #18 on: December 08, 2010, 06:03:53 am »
Quote from: AugustWest on December 08, 2010, 03:48:47 am
This is what I carry.  Comes in handy more often than you'd expect.

What's that thing about when you've got a hammer everything looks like nail?

Damn if I didn't need a pair of pliers a bunch of times when moving house recently though. Oh really mister shitty ikea desk? Someone stripped your screws to hell when putting you together? PLIER'D!
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Re: Volume 3
« Reply #19 on: December 08, 2010, 08:02:46 am »
i was marveling at her enthusiasm, not at her having a knife.  i carry one as well
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Re: Volume 3
« Reply #20 on: December 08, 2010, 01:17:36 pm »
I have a Leatherman that I used to carry when I worked at the zoo, but fortunately this was just a tiny Swiss army knife, or I probably would've totally destroyed the thing.
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Re: Volume 3
« Reply #21 on: December 08, 2010, 02:52:58 pm »
Quote from: Asherdan on December 08, 2010, 04:09:58 am
Remember that charged top-line I put in a few weeks back? I snipped a nice stick off with it the other morning

At this point, I thought the charge on your fence was strong enough to cut through a sapling. I was trying to figure out a way to suggest that your horses may be too obstreperous to actually be owned by a human.
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Re: Volume 3
« Reply #22 on: December 08, 2010, 03:03:09 pm »
I took this picture last week.  Leatherman is a very useful tool.
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Re: Volume 3
« Reply #23 on: December 08, 2010, 09:19:33 pm »
How are the gun turrets working out?
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Re: Volume 3
« Reply #24 on: December 08, 2010, 11:51:07 pm »
Arent you worried about fires? I would be worried about fires.
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Re: Volume 3
« Reply #25 on: December 09, 2010, 02:13:33 am »
So yeah, you're worried about fires, but its taken care of. Cool.
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Re: Volume 3
« Reply #26 on: December 16, 2010, 02:21:44 pm »
I noticed my first inconsistency last night. He drastically changed the final panel of Philippe's Wedding Day.

Of course I forgot to bring the book with me so I can't type the new ending verbatim but it involves Montmontre reminding Beef that he's missing therapy.
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Re: Volume 3
« Reply #27 on: December 16, 2010, 05:08:32 pm »
Quote from: CortJstr on December 16, 2010, 02:21:44 pm
I noticed my first inconsistency last night. He drastically changed the final panel of Philippe's Wedding Day.

Of course I forgot to bring the book with me so I can't type the new ending verbatim but it involves Montmontre reminding Beef that he's missing therapy.

"Montmartre where are Woman-Man and Mr. Tears"

"THEY'RE WAITING FOR YOU IN THERAPY"

"Oh my god I forgot it was Friday… Philippe I gotta run oh my god"


I prefer the original version.
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Re: Volume 3
« Reply #28 on: December 16, 2010, 09:46:20 pm »
Perhaps in the intervening years, a few of Mr. Onstad's own imaginary friends have suicided, making the original hit too close to home.
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Re: Volume 3
« Reply #29 on: December 25, 2010, 09:29:02 pm »
Quote from: CortJstr on December 16, 2010, 02:21:44 pm
I noticed my first inconsistency last night. He drastically changed the final panel of Philippe's Wedding Day.

I just noticed this as well. I've re-read most of the archives several times (geek) so it really jumped out at me and was quite disconcerting.

Given that such as Ray's rad chillies are included and many margin notes are devoted to how unhappy Onstad is with these strips, my guess is that there must be a fairly specific reason for removing a joke about suicide as opposed to a cosmetic change. I wonder if it's an Onstad change or an editorial change?
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