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As for the comic…
Anyone not see this coming? Seriously, this was just sort of inevitable. Though to be clear, Puck and Phoebe will not also end up in pseudo-jail. I’m only allowed so many ‘fourth panel – cut to jail’ cards before my deck runs dry.
Has anyone said “BUSTED” yet?
No. Except you.
Genghis Kahn of stupid! I am going to steal that, it’s just….. perfect!!!
The Great Kahn’s quote even applies with no alterations!!!!
“I am the wrath of GOD, and your sins must have been dark and terrible for him to send someone like me to punish you.
See? Still works perfectly. Colin punishes people with his stupid all the time.
I’m guessing his students don’t mind too much. He probably forgets to collect their papers etc all the time.
Exactly. I’m not talking about my own approach to teaching here, but I know of some teachers who are seriously lacking in the brains department yet encounter very few professional issues. Why? All their students seem like geniuses to them, and they mark accordingly. As a high school teacher, you get into way more trouble if you’re actually intelligent.
Somehow, “Genghis Khan of Stupid(ity)” levels seems to me to be the type that LOOKS at you and answers “huh?!?!”after you call their name and wait for Great Khan of Stupid to walk into a low ceiling that maybe you SHOULD have warned them about if you were a real friend and did not enjoy the slapstick comedic potential of the said Khan walking into said low ceiling…
You WOULD think he would learn AFTER the THIRD time…
I think that you can have all sorts of Genghis Khans of stupid. They can be conquering new and unique territory simultaneously! Because unlike the Earth, the territory of stupid is boundless.
The Daphne line to Colin is so hilarious!
Man, I really try and root for the C-man more times than not. This time…I got nothing Lol
it’s like rooting for Wile E Coyote to hope Colin does something intelligent.
But it’s somewhat redundant to have him do something THIS stupid.
Hey, he’s a moron, but he’s a vaguely lovable moron. You really wish he has the ability to be smarter than he is.
The most intelligent thing he ever did was to marry Puck…
OOPS! Just realized that they are not, in fact, married.
So there you are: Colin has never actually done anything intelligent in his life.
Marrying Puck would be intelligent?
I want to disagree.
Yeah, I’m inclined to disagree too, actually.
Yeah, this is more a ‘hang head in disappointment’ moment.
Honestly, I know Colin’s trying to “be da Man” but in this situation, pitiful begging would have suited him better. “Please don’t tell my wife, if she finds out I lost the kid she’ll kill me! You don’t want to be responsible for murder do you?”
Come to think of it, they are still not technically married, what do they usually refer to the other as? Partner? Significant other?
See, this is why you’re not the Genghis Khan of stupid.
And I don’t really know what they refer to each other as, which is why I tend to avoid having them say any dialogue that requires such a thing.
I know what Puck will be calling him as of right now: Dead Man.
I’m like that kid in The Sixth Sense: I see many dead people.
lol, love Miranda – ooooooooh…
Dat’s good parenting right there, man. Lead by example.
That guard deserves a raise! ^_^ Sterling work!
Baby’s thoughts: “I didn’t know daddy had to be put down for a nap, too.”
They got a nice crib set up for daddy and everything.
Baby: “Not fair! Daddy, big sis and her boyfriend all get to nap together and I’m out here by myself…”
Life is unfair, kid. Life is unfair.
That has to be the best insult I’ve seen from Daphne since… Well, she remarked that it was Puck’s fault that she didn’t win a poker tournament (due to being a minor).
While I do get that the guard just does his job, I can *also* understand Colin’s desire to well… Get his child to ‘saftey’ (back home, rather; saftey is more so for himself).
So let’s recap: Daphne and Tyler ends up in ‘jail’ for lighting Shnorf village on fire, Miranda is there because someone found a lost child and brought her there due to Colin needing to take a leak and Colin is there for being… Colin.
…I am almost curious if Puck will be most pissed at Colin or Daphne for this.
Well, I don’t know which one Puck will be angry at, but I do know one thing: Puck will be angry.
Ha! The Genghis Khan of stupid, that’s awesome. Instead of horses, all of his men would get little donkeys, mmmaaybe hippity hops.
Genghis Khan of stupid only rides ostriches.
Would not Genghis Khan of stupid be like trying to ride swallows and having your followers try to make wing flapping sounds using coconut halves ?!?!?
That would work too.
Mmm. Now Puck and Phoebe will have to bail out the four of them…
A Seagal fan I’m guessing, EG? I’m surprised that no one’s pointed out the references yet. 🙂
‘Fan’ is not exactly the word, but I’m glad someone noticed. I’m sort of proud that it was smooth enough to go over everybody’s head.
I’d give it a 9 out of 10 😛
I am somewhat of a fan, so it sort of jumped out at me.
*snort* “Genghis Khan of Stupid” I gotta remember that line!
Every once in a while, I comes up with somethin.
Thank you for that. This comic has always been good for a laugh and after 300+ postings it is nice to see that you still have it.
I try not to lose it. Whatever ‘it’ is. Maybe the fact that I don’t know what ‘it’ is helps me.
I’m still impressed that you manage to keep up with this strip while teaching. I’ve been a high school teacher (math) and my wife is still a teacher. Add to that your Read, Write, Rock project that you contributed to, and you are stellar!
Yeah, that game project predated Puck’s restart. I wouldn’t be able to work on two art projects at once. It only gets really hectic during January and June for me. Those are the seasons of misery at my school, for both teachers and students alike.
Re: Today’s vote retrospective. I actually liked Ertha Kitt the best…
That is a valid answer. My vote is Newmar, but that’s just because I personally think few women have ever been quite as hot as she was in that show. Kitt’s a good close second. The only answer that is completely invalid is Anne Hathaway.
Anne Hathaway is invalid and no mention of Halle Berry ?!?!?!?! You can’t be giving Halle Berry a pass here ?!?!? No way !!!! Where is the “Lee Merriweather as Catwoman” Brigade, Gecko ?!?!?! Although a Newmar fan myself, I might fall in to the Merriweather organization if the numbers there might warrant quicker promotion possibilities…
Halle doesn’t get a pass, she just wasn’t playing THE Catwoman, i.e. the one from Batman’s rogue’s gallery. She was playing a completely unrelated character that Warner Bros. slapped the “Catwoman” name onto because a Batman film was running late, and they had a “script” lying around.
And for the record, yes, any of the ’60s TV versions of Catwoman were superior. Hathaway did at least make an effort to play her as a brilliant jewel & art thief. It’s not HER fault they kept slipping bits of Miller’s nonsensical version into the script.
I’m with you. The Halle Berry movie doesn’t count. And I’m not going to blame her. I blame everyone else involved in that movie. But yeah, I suppose Anne Hathaway did a decent job with the goofiness presented her.
Halle acknowledged how bad that “catwoman” film was. She actually showed up to accept her Razzie award it.
Here’s a quote from her acceptance speech, “I want to thank Warner Bros. for casting me in this piece-of-sh–, god-awful movie.”
There you go. Halle Berry is great. That movie is not. That’s my final take on the matter.
Newmar did a Twilight Zone episode where she played a devil, and was absolutely brilliant!!! So brilliant, that any time I think sexy thoughts about her I fear I may have just lost my soul…
My vote goes to Michelle Pfeiffer
Julie Newmar was a wonderful Devil, and the Best Cat Woman – EVER.
“The Genghis Khan of stupid” is a good line, but my favorite Daffy line is when Puck pointed out Tyler was ogling her butt, and she retorted that “it is a work of art.” That works on so many levels. :p
The response was that it was ‘aesthetically pleasing’. The ‘work of art’ idea would have been way too smart for me to pull off.
*Will work for grins*
Colin . . . God in Heaven is doing a face-palm at your . . . stupid is too kind a word.
I always figure out how to write Colin by imagining myself in a scenario, and then imagining the worst possible thing I might possibly do.
“Genghis Kahn of Stupid!” Brilliant Daphne! Magnificent! I, too, will file off the serial numbers and make it my own. But… it applies just as well to you, just now. Looking on the you and your fellow stupidians, all lined up in a row, one would almost think you’re all related. Will Puck and Phoebe rescue you or land in the clink with you? Either way would funny. ‘Twer best rescue, else how else to spring all of you? One of the best Puck stories ever.
Glad it’s working so far. And yeah, Daphne’s certainly no one to talk. (Really, no one in the comic can talk. This whole comic should just be renamed ‘Stupid People: The Series.’)
In Panel Two, Miranda’s hand on her chin makes her look like she’s contemplating what Colin is saying…I suppose she, a near-infant, could be contemplating, ’cause anything’s possible with this group.
I think it’s more a transitional thumb-sucking hand position, but it might be deep contemplation too. Never can tell with babies.
“near-infant”?
she’s practically a new-borne.
she’s won’t be out of the ‘infant’ category for a few nonths, maybe 2 years (comic-time)
Enh, Miranda’s age is sort of nebulous. I mean, a previous comic showed her sitting up in a high chair and eating some baby mush, which usually starts around six months. But in all honesty, I haven’t really been clear on that sort of thing, and her size seems to … um, fluctuate depending on the panel. (It’s hard to draw babies, man! Hard!)
“What are you going to do about it?” is the perfect example of an assertion in the form of a question … because one does not really want to know the answer.
Especially when asked of any sort of cop.
Yeah, it’s never a good idea.
I think I know how this storyline will end. Puck shows up at the Lost Kids Office, gets really mad at Colin and Daphne, start a ruckus and at the end of the day she along with Phoebe will end behind bars in the same cell.
Nah, I can’t end up having ALL the characters in jail. This isn’t the ending to Seinfeld, y’all! (If I needed to end the comic for real, maybe that would work, but this is just a single story arc.)
See in this situation I would hope that the actual police have been summoned. Otherwise we have what amounts to the security guards committing kidnapping and false imprisonment.
What law did Colin actually break to be put in the cell?
What is the security guard going to do when the park closes? “Ok out you go and never come back.”
What’s more Colin should be safe from Puck at least for awhile. Why would she ever think to look in the baby lost and found for them?
Oh, the authorities have already been called. Trust me.
Oh well, then I predict all but Phoebe wind up in jail. Considering that Puck looks like someone that escaped a trailer park somewhere and probably accidentally threw her vomit covered purse into the trash.
Not to get all legalistic here, but there is no false imprisonment. In common-law states (unless varied by statute) private security can stop persons on premises who appear to be committing a crime, at least until law enforcement arrives.
Now often they don’t – it’s not worth having a fight over petty thievery – but in the instant case the security guard has reason to belief Colin attempted to kidnap a child and then threatened the guard. That’s plenty enough to lawfully detain him, at least in the USA.
Otherwise shoplifting would be a much more popular sport.
I can see it now. Juvie for Daffy and Tyler. Foster care for Miranda. Colin in Special Ed. They have to reopen Alcatraz for Puck. And Phoebe. Fuhgeddaboudit. No jury in the world would convict her of anything.
You know this world well.
Nah, Phoebe’s the slam dunk here. They just send here to Province just east of here, that uses Ancient Regime “Code Civile” and put Phoebe up for the charge of Witchcraft. – Horns, Devil’s Tail, Satan’s Daughter, and the clincher is that she speaks English!!! Phoebe will be tossed in the Gilbert to starve before a proper (English Common Law) court would come to order…
I am pretty sure they would reopen Kingston Old Pen for Puck. 200 years of mold on the stone work there would be an accidental death sentence (and may be the reason why the government stopped using it)
Ever since they closed Kingston Pen, hard time just ain’t as hard in Canada.
Come to Texas, Phoebe! We love you here!
You do realise there’s no chance Phoebe ever gets convicted of anything because all lawyers work for her dad, right?
I’m curious why the guard isn’t in the character list. He’s shown up more than some of the people in there, and is probably going to show up again later when they get out.
Papa Shnorf would be a better contender for inclusion. The guard, well… Maybe. If he never recurs outside of this theme park, then I wouldn’t add him. If he pops up again, though…
Guard = Bore
No argument there.
Maybe they should have one wallet for baby documents and whoever has the baby has the wallet. Like the diaper bag only easier to carry.
NAH! That wouldn’t be FUNNY.
That would be smart. Fun fact: I know of exactly zero parents who do that wise thing you suggested.