All but the first line of this is copied nigh-verbatim from a typically strange IM conversation I had with Balder this morning, so I’m crediting him as co-writer, making this is a full-on “Roth and Hagar on stage” moment. Have fun trying to figure out which of us wrote which parts!
This is not the first time, nor will it be the last, that a PartiallyClips was inspired by an online chat between me and Rob. It happened a few times when he was writing the strip, and it’s happened at least one other time while I’ve been writing it. We even recorded dramatic readings of a few of our IM conversations for our musical collaboration, Baldbox.
I seriously contemplated misplacing an apostrophe in “schools” in the final speech bubble. But (a.) I couldn’t bring myself to do it, because misplaced apostrophes make me want to stab bunnies, and (b.) I’d probably lose half my audience, since most of you feel the same way, if not stronger, and the bunny population would likely never recover.
MRS. SHOEBOX’S ASSESSMENT OF TODAY’S STRIP: Cute. I chuckled. But scary as hell.
In other news, I just recorded a reading of a rather quirky story for an upcoming episode of Escape Pod which should be going live in a week or two. And this week’s episode is recorded by my good friend Devo Spice! If you’re into sci-fi and podcasts and haven’t yet checked out Escape Pod, I hereby stare at you for an hour while blinking very slowly.
Time to shut up and sleep! Have a good week, people! See you Friday!
-=ShoEboX=-
A comment on commas, cute.
,,,, for thought. roflmoa!! thanks!
God, I miss Victor Borge…
Every time you misplace an apostrophe, God kills a bunny.
Think of the bunnies. ;_;
Also, I think I need to put “comma sympathizer” on my C.V. now.
Don’t forget our pal Woodstock spoke entirely in apostrophes. ”’ ””” ””’ ””””
I think,(chik) that this comic is pure brilliant!(fsht puit)
I also think,(chik) that not enough people know about:(puit puit) phonetic punctuation.(puit)
A comma is totally a letter. It’s the sound, Christopher Walken, makes between words.
Also, it’s what, William Shatner, uses, in place of, acting, talent.
Unless, he wants to, seem especially, dramatic, in which case, he uses… ellipses.
I heard the & used to be at the end of the alphabet, and it was called “per se and” and that’s why we say ‘ampersand’ because they’d say it at the end.. and per se and.. wtf man.. crazy kids.. in schoolhouses.
Lord, my soul is ripped with riot,
Incited by my wicked diet.
We are what we eat, said a wise old man,
And Lord, if that’s true, I’m a garbage can!
And, yes, I know that’s Victor Buono, not Victor Borge, but my brain got on a name chain.
My dead gay uncle claimed he was one of Victor Borge’s lovers. (had to rewrite that sentence a few times to make it reasonably appropriate…) He was his stage manager for awhile, until one of them had a hissyfit over something and his job ended. Jeez, you guys must also be like dinosaurs to even remember Victor Borge.
Nice one. But I can think of one minor adjustment if you wanted to add another dimension to this strip. And it can be done right at the beginning: have the principal say “Oh god. You’re one of them.”
Why?
SCREW THE F’N COMMAS.
Victor Borgia was so entertaining. My favorite bit of his was the lady who sat down at the keyboard one day and invented “duhn-Dun!” (see bottom of post for more details).
I quite agree with Mrs. Shoebox’s assessment, as I often do.
BLANDCorporatio: Good one, with the Christopher Walken.
…Nobody else in the world had ever thought to play those two notes (“duhn-Dun!”) together, like so: “duhn-Dun!” Now, you might not think that “duhn-Dun!” is a very important musical invention. But without “duhn-Dun!” , we could never have gotten “DUHN duh-dun duh, dun… duhn-Dun!”
(…It was better in the original audiological dialect.)