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As for this comic…
This whole ‘hands legally recognized as lethal or deadly weapons’ thing is, by the way, not a real thing. From what the best sources can tell (and the best sources are some random dudes on the internet), the concept started with professional wrestlers, or boxers, or martial artists. They constantly got local tough guys wanting to ‘take down the champ’ in the back parking lot after a show. Saying that you couldn’t fight people because your hands were legally registered as lethal weapons was an easy out. Some people even got cards printed up as proof of their legal hand lethality.
Sure sounds cool.
Urbane what is it?
It’s sort of like wolfsbane, only for urs.
So Ur could be defined as bear (Ursa major-Great Bear) so Bearbane?
Possibly.Or ‘ur’ as a prefix is used to denote something that is primitive or early on in its state of development, so it might have been the very first bane, of any bane, to be generated.
U baffle me
THANKS !
‘Ur’ was also the name of one of the several pre-Pangea super continents in early Earth’s life cycle.
A “primate” continent, if you will.
It was also the name of a City in ancient Mesopotamia… In which case, Urbane would be a bronze age sophisticate!
Wait a second, sophists didn’t come around till the iron age!
Never mind!
Be careful, Daphne, she’ll Puck you up.
Nah, Daphne knows the line to ride.
Nice purple gameboy with Pokemon gold
I’m not saying it’s not Pokemon Gold, all I’m saying is I have a purple Gameboy Color with Pokemon Yellow slotted in it in a box in my room.
I believe it’s actually a ‘Pokemon: Special Pikachu Edition’ cartridge, but I may be wrong.
I thought someone would appreciate that. I tried to visually represent the purple transparent Gameboy Color look. It was … hard.
Actually it can be a real thing depending on if you have been officially trained in martial arts to a high level. Up near red, danbo and black in Tai Kwon Do it’s possible to be charged with assault with a lethal weapon if you fight someone without warning them first.
That was just what I was going to point out. It’s not that they have been Actually registered in some way, but in the eyes of the courts, you can be seen as trained to be deadly.
I’m still skeptical.
Citation needed
See, nine out of ten sources I found said that was NOT a real thing and was just an urban legend. I need legal precedence to accept it. LEGAL PRECEDENCE!
I think in most courts it’s more lethal intent. If you get into a brawl and just knock the stuffing out of someone in self defense the courts will just slap you on the back go “oh you kids” and let you go on your merry way, maybe after a few days in the klink. But if you’re in that same fight, the guy is retreating, and then you break his nose and shove it up his brain, that is a different matter that requires precision and intent and that’s when the chuckling and finger wagging ends.
But that’s just what I recall.
YOU CAN’T SHOVE SOMEONE’S NOSE UP INTO THEIR BRAIN! Your nose is made of cartilage. Your brain is completely encased in bone. This was a fallacy made up by Steven Seagal or someone else equally ridiculous.
The force can actually still kill. You have to break the nose first and you do get shattered bits of bone the cartilage is connected to. That and the force is what kills, not the soft gummy nose. So you can shove someone’s brain into their nose, it’s just not as clean cut as people think.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XiEvjntQBuk
The force required to actually break into the cranial cavity with one’s fist would probably snap one’s neck before it ever reached the brain. That said, like the video states, a hefty punch to the nose CAN kill you, just like any hefty punch to the head, but it’s through the sheer force of the blow and the brain smacking against the inside of the skull.
My source would have to be my Tae Kwon Do master. I was told by him that I have to warn someone 3 times before I’m free to beat the stuffing out of then. If you want to verify, maybe get in touch with one in your area?
Also it is actually the bone splinters that will kill you, not the nose itself. Learned that as what not it to hit. Don’t want to kill the guy…
THE BONE SPLINTERS GO NOWHERE!!!!! NOWHERE!!! THE BRAIN IS FULLY ENCASED IN A THICK BONY COVERING, AND IS FULLY PROTECTED ON THE UNDERSIDE! In fact, the bony covering is even thicker on the underside! And if the force of your fist can punch anything through that, then you need to rent yourself out as a superhero for hire. AND WHY AM I STILL ARGUING THIS?
As for warning someone three times, that sounds like proper courtesy. But I don’t think that any martial arts training is really given special consideration in a court of law. It would more be connected to the actual damage that you inflicted upon someone. I mean, you get into a fight knowing a martial art, but the other guy just ends up with a few bruises, is the court going to care? No. If you get into a fight NOT knowing a martial art, but you smash the guy’s head repeatedly on the concrete, is the court going to care? YES.
“YOU CAN’T SHOVE SOMEONE’S NOSE UP INTO THEIR BRAIN!”
Tell this guy that: http://oi67.tinypic.com/sfwm5c.jpg
He tried to rush my Tuna.
He won’t be trying that again.
The telltale sign that Puck’s hand are about to enter “lethal weapon” mode is when flames start coming off of them, much like Axel from Streets of Rage.
I really, REALLY want to create a Streets of Rage clone starring the Puck characters. Too bad I don’t have two years of free time kicking around to make that dream become a reality.
Colin: flimsy punch, Cower in fear
Puck: Red (head) Rage, Crimson fisting, Broadside
Daphne: Basically all the famous moves from straight fighter.
I was always curious what the deal was with when people said “Hands are legally registered as deadly weapons”. It always sounded kinda cheesy to hear. Eh, might just be me.
I can’t really argue on Puck’s behalf that most people seem to think that freckles = cute.
Then again, I’ve never cared much for them, but that just might be me. I dunno.
NEVER MUCH CARED FOR FRECKLES?!? Begone with you! Begone, I say!
Wait, come back. I guess to each his own.
Rockbiter: They look like big, good, strong hands. Don’t they? I always thought that’s what they were. My little friends. The little man with his racing snail, the Nighthob, even the stupid bat. I couldn’t hold on to them. The nothing pulled them right out of my hands. I failed.
Atreyu: No you didn’t fail. I’m the one who was chosen to stop the nothing. But I lost the Auryn, I can’t find my luck dragon, so I won’t be able to get past the boundaries of Fantasia.
Rockbiter: Listen, the nothing will be here any minute. I will just sit here and let it take me away too. They look like big, good, strong hands. Don’t they?
Actually, his hands looked like latex foam, which isn’t really strong at all.
Finally we get a good look at Phoebe’s latest creation.
It’s Halloween every day !
(I like Halloween)
You got a decent look LAST comic too.
Well, you got me there.
I’d still like to see the SHOES.
Oh Puck, if you wanted to be taken SERIOUSLY, you wouldn’t be living in east-end Hamilton. If you were on the West Mountain, Ancaster, Westdale, or Dundas (MAYBE the East Mountain, but NOT Stoney Creek), then (and only then) would you be taken seriously. [/sarcasm]
BTW – my better half has pointed out to me that freckles have been “in” on fashion- and super-models this year. Who knew?
They have. But who takes super models seriously?
Do they have TUNA ?
Hands legally qualifying as deadly weapons? I’m sensing an untold story here…
There are so many untold stories lurking underneath these comics. Mind you, I don’t think they’d generally be very interesting, or at least no more interesting than the stories currently unfolding, so I think they’ll remain untold.
Maybe you could slip one in as an extra in the next book…
I got freckles all over my arms, and I always get taken seriously. Probably since I can throw cabers.
But I believe the initial lack of respect was what motivated your ancestors to start throwing cabers those many centuries ago. And dang it if the caber-throwing didn’t work!
Oh, cabers! With a “b”! I knew I must be doing something wrong; no one seemed terribly impressed at my ability in throwing little green buds…
I have Italian relatives that throw capers around like nobody’s business. Oddly, it has done little to improve their physiques.
CABERS ?
I had those once.
Baldie (my human dad) squirted me with juice, and combed me out, every day FOR A WEEK !!
I feel better now.
Almost feel bad I BIT him.
(ok, lie. i don’t feel bad)
I’ve got freckles all over my hands, arms and shoulders too, and people also take me seriously…
No, really, they DO…..
Quit laughing you guys! This is serious!
They only take you seriously when you’re wearing long sleeves, though. And gloves.
If U R a guy, we R not asking for pics.
Otherwise………..
Definitely a guy, SalemCat…
won’t share my pics, but if you ask nice I’ll share some of my chicken…
Yummmnnn……
Frankly, Puck’s MOUTH should be considered a lethal weapon! (So should Phoebe’s, but in a different way!)
Daphne’s as well, and in the first sense!
I’m … not sure whether any of this has suggestive undertones or not.
Totally Innocent.
At least it is if the walnut I call a brain doesn’t get the reference.
I’m with you, Geck…. seems like my innuendo detector is on the fritz again!
I think Daphne’s referring to when Puck gave Phoebe’s dad what for while pregnant with Miranda.
Well since Colin didn’t end up in the hospital, I don’t think that’s the incident she’s thinking of…
Go, Puck! Prove it on Daphne! Shove her tablet into her brain *through* her nose!
Oops, sorry, channeling my inner “Cosye Lytle Lane yf Rage” 😀
Remind me not to cross U
Yikes !!
Hmmm…. To Do list for today (my day off).
Laundry… check
Croceries… check
Housecleaning… check
Don’t piss off Susan Schroeder…. Check (I think)
Miranda doesn’t seem happy with mom’s new look at all.
Glad someone noticed that.
Miranda: “Mommy’s face is wrong…”
That would, indeed, be the non-present speech bubble I was going for.
Miranda: “I should start crying in 3… 2…”
*Legally* qualified? Jesus, what did you do, Puck?
It might possibly relate to that time she beat up the chick in the wheelchair.
The wheeled-woman deserved it.
Just sayin’
WHEELED WARRIORS!!!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y9K0SzFIf4A
I watched the WHOLE thing. On your recommendation.
It is insanely LAME.
You have completely faked me out again.
I want my 2 minutes back.
To make up for this, have Puck do something awful – OR – display Tracee.
(tracee, tracee, tracee, tracee)
You take that back! That is the SECOND best super-obscure 80’s cartoon intro after Silverhawks. Oh, and there’s Bionic Six, so third best. But I’m forgetting about Denver the Last Dinosaur, so fourth? Wait, and there’s M.A.S.K. so that’d make it…
I DO take it back.
But I’m a super-lameo Cat. any hoo.
You really should have emailed me that 2 Kilo of Tuna, beech.
Notice I am completely ignoring the FIRST best super-obscure 80’s cartoon you have threatened.
One Word : ZORAK.
Don’t make me go there !
Objection!
Space Ghost was a 60s cartoon, not an 80s. And Coast to Coast came out in the 00s. Not that Zorak sucks, Zorak is all, Zorak is life. But it just wasn’t around in the 80s.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dy4YFDSDW4w Most epic game of Shadowrun ever!
I’m glad you called foul before I did.
OMG, where do you people FIND these things???? Between Your link and Nick Manly’s link, I think my IQ dropped ten points!!!
If you’re gonna do classic 80’s stuff… how bout She-Ra or ThunderCats?
Sheez
She-Ra? ThunderCats? COME ON. That’s pedestrian 80’s garbage. You want the REAL DEAL? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fmlSNvOQnkE
Or this! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tpuhLkh358Y
Or this! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9zvRNKs9Z2M
Or this! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ls2lvNYrZVI
Or this! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aGEH8943OoY
Seriously, I could keep going. I grew up on pure, refined TV trash.
I’m not finished!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bK6hb602588 You will never guess who hosted this!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eliQEStzhu4 And if you think they missed the point in this one wait till you see the next
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mf2_g52p__Y Yes, just this to brighten up your day.
There was that hilarious sub-genre of incredibly adult movies and properties being adapted into kid-friendly programming. Best kids’ shows Troma ever produced.
ARRUGULA !!!
The Gecko flipped his “NERD GUN” onto FULL AUTOMATIC !
I am soundly beaten – on my back – all paws in the air – helplessly twitching.
I may never recover…..
OMG. I am traumatized for life!!!!
Come, SalemCat. Hopefully this isn’t anything that can’t be fixed by bingwatching something intelligent…. Like Bill and Ted
P.S. All hail Zorak
“P.S. All hail Zorak”
My house used to go NUTZ every time Space Coast blasted him on Space Ghost Coast to Coast.
https://youtu.be/fzP9KUBP4uA
Here
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6mhbxlz_wrI
Something to help with the recovery.
“Here
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6mhbxlz_wrI
Something to help with the recovery.”
Less twitching now.
Beginning to hold down food…..
Worst part of it all, is that I’m resisting the temptation to find those episodes of Toxic Crusaders and watch them.
I had thought that movie Toxic Avenger was gonna be really cool, like Attack of the Killer Tomatoes, or Saturday the 14th. Instead, it was something that bombed as a bomb! that’s…. really hard to do.
Maybe the cartoon series will make up for it
They had a toy line too. But unlike the movie, all that junk was early 90’s and not true 80’s street cred material. (That’s right, millennials! Get your Captain Planet garbage out of my face!)
Now, Colin, remember not to piss her off, the sweet embrace of death isn’t going to save you when you piss the girl who beat the s#$% out of Satan.
He won’t remember. He never does.
I’ll be sure to write that in his obituary.
What the heck is wrong with this ARC ?
There is no TRACEE !!!
(sob sob sob)
I knew there was something I liked about it. Besides the possibility that Daphne would get her tablet stuck through hr nose and cribriform plate (Google THAT!) and scramble her squash. (Did I mention I have a doctor for a bf?)
“(Did I mention I have a doctor for a bf?)”
So, is there a Medical Term for Tracee Addition ?
Wait, wait, I really don’t want to know.
Too late! I asked him and he said “bimbophilia” :p
I do like that !
Ever heard of the age old riddle What has 4 legs in the morning 2 legs in the afternoon and 3 legs in the evening? The answer is Man
Morning Afternoon and Evening of life 4 legs is hands and knees
as a infant 2 legs is upright as a adult and 3 legs is old age the 3rd leg being a cane.
DEEP, dude
Are there any riddles concerning TRACEE ?
Yeah. What is blonde and tan with spotches of green in various fissures and slutty all over?
Oooooo….
I like that description – A LOT.
Purrrrrrr…….
uhm… Shnorfette?
What…
You have to change all your puck avatars now
First you need one yerself.
Will it be a Viking Helmet, or Scooby Doo ?
Well, the freckles are coming back. So I’m not going to all that work quite yet.
I knew it! First time a sunbeam hits the bridge of her nose : hyper-freckles! Acanthosis erythrocans! Like unto melasma! (Did I mention I have a doctor for a bf?)
Hey, ElectricGecko, I hate to be “That guy” but the white duck is missing off Miranda’s dress.
P.S: Loved the retro GameBoy also the added Pokemon yellow goodness :D.
You must be seeing things, man, because that duck is TOTALLY on that shirt. And always was.
(Heh. They’ll never suspect a thing!)
I much prefer Wolves to Ducks: //www.puckcomics.com/?comic=puck-119
You’ve made that very clear.
Bf’s comment on this one. Is she saying Chuck Norris isn’t elegant?
Chuck Norris has freckles?
Sour Sweet has freckles.She’s a Crystal Prep student and takes part in the Friendship Games.
I’m really loving Phoebe’s little ensemble she’s wearing. Sort of has that 80s Wolverine thing going for it.
That was probably my subconscious inspiration here. Now that you mention it, you’re very right.