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As for this comic…
Dedicated readers may have already noted that though Puck has punched and/or injured many, many people in the past, she has never actually harmed Phoebe in any way. And Phoebe has never actually harmed anyone. Ever. Until now.
That’s a very good question Puck. A very very good question.
Find out the answer by mailing in 32 cereal box tops to:
The Answer
1232 Avenue of the Americas
New York, NY
10036
I only have 31. What’s the deadline?
Oh, you just missed it! It ended yesterday. (As all these things seem to do…)
There’s an ATM there…
Do we just cram the box tops into the slot thingie?
The ATM is just a front. It’s actually a door. Have you ever tried OPENING the ATM? Go on. Try it. It’s fun!
…I’m calling from jail.
Something about Federal Deposit yadda yadda..
And they took my box tops, too!
1232 Avenue of the Americas is in Zip Code 10020.
Well, I could’ve got it right, but then I thought it would be too weird if I were identifying a legit address.
Doesn’t matter—the machines would sort it anyway.
Face it, Puck. You have been pushing your luck with forcing Phoebe on rides. You just got pushed back.
I’d say her luck has been pushing back solidly for the past while, and she hasn’t taken the hint.
Come on, Phoebe’s never harmed anyone? The daughter of the devil? I have my doubts.
well, in fairness, she’s also the daughter of Elizabeth Taylor…
Which doesn’t actually reduce the chances of harming someone. Liz did have a bit of a temper. Though it usually got vented on her husbands. Which, more often than not, meant Richard Burton.
Well, not within the context of the comic. Though knowing her line of work, she’s probably had to call security on some unruly patrons a few times.
It’s fitting! it’s not at all what I was expecting, but does prove that there is indeed justice in the world!
Dawn of Justice, even.
Dawn of Justice ?!?!?! That would be a black monolith falling from space and landing squarely on Puck, and followed immediately by the opening bars of Richard Strauss’ “Also sprach Zarathustra”… To bad we might have to wait until 2061 for this to happen…
If humor is all about subverting expectations, then a punchline complaining of subverted expectations is doubly humorous (or is it squared? … either way, it veers perilously toward Literature … not entirely unjust in the modern adventures of a 600+ year old prankster . .. but methinks ’tis time for another barf joke. Zounds!)
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My sincere compassion for Phoebe’s obvious distress, both at being trapped and then at hurting her BFF, is somewhat subverted by wondering how her top will interact with the g-forces of the ride. It is sure to be magical.
Either that or the humor negates itself and winds back at zero. And unfortunately, this joke only really works if you really, really know the characters. But those who do will find it funny, I guess.
And Phoebe’s top will interact with the g-forces of the ride the same way that it reacts with all gravitational or centrifugal forces: by blithely ignoring them.
Oh, I laughed; then I felt guilty. But only for a sec.
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And “Hail to thee, blithe spirit. Bare thou never were.”
How Phoebe was able to be the first one to land some form of damage in their friendship? Probably because (my opinion) Puck realizes that if she doesn’t want to go back to having no life for another 600 years, she won’t lose what few friends she has (so… Phoebe and Colin. Basically. Awesome!) Yes, I realize she has Miranda but once Miranda moves out, she’ll go back to doing… Well, nothing. Again. At least if Phoebe and Colin isn’t around to “support” her (“support” being arguable). I don’t mention Daphne as I’m 99% sure Daphne is only interested in making money and not really helping Puck out.
Or Puck just never had a reason to punch Phoebe before. Either or.
You’re right on the money there. Puck knows the value of the people in her life. Even Daphne. And treats them accordingly. Most of the time.
I’m sure we all wanted to see one of them belt the other a good one. Let’s follow them while they go work Colin over—probably coming as he did lose the baby…
And violence for all! Reverse Tiny Tim is happy.
“And Devil curse us, Every one!” ?????
Now you’re into the reverse Christmas spirit!
I love that Puck isn’t necessarily mad that it happened, just that she didn’t get the first blow in.
(yea, long time reader first time commenter, back to lurking)
Lurk on, noble lurker! And yeah, Puck’s really not used to being on the receiving end of the fists. I think she’s in too much shock to be angry.
Oh, wow, Puck got clocked in the eye. Will she develop a black eye to complete her trailer-trash look? Only time will tell.
“If your mother ever got into a fistfight at a high school athletics contest—you *might* be a redneck!” Or is that redhead? 😛
Of course she’s going to get a black eye. We have expectations to meet here.
And the look on Puck’s face is the look you make after you spit into the wind?
That’s why accomplished rednecks are able to do so at an accute angle. It’s able to clear the mouth of unwanted liquid assets, and slso able to clear everything else. . . that is until it hits the driver/windshield/dog in the next car, thus causing the third worst traffic jam in North America.
And no beach ball or tailgaters… unless you want road kill steak.
Of course I would find you here 😛 Hi pat.
You say that the way someone says that line in a sleazy dive bar. Should I take that as a slight? 😉
Not at all, we run into each in the comment sections of many webcomics to the point I’ve ceased to be surprised by it.
Ah. Well then, great minds think alike. And read the same webcomics.
I’m evil awesome that way.
Lurking here and there,
not having a comb for my hair.
I did it like this, I did like that
I did it eith a whiffle ball bat annnnnnnd
Yo.
‘Sup.
Jim Croce FTW.
Well there was that possible mental assault that Phoebe laid on Puck near the very beginning of the 2nd run. I really do not think you want to regain partial memory only to find out your unemployed and owe 150 large to the local howler girl…
And who knows? Maybe Puck fainted smacked her head on the table and got a concussion Puck did look worse than a NHL player after being boarded…
There’s a job for Puck. Goalie for the Make-Beliefs ?!?!
Yeah, I’m totally not including ‘mental anguish’ as an act of aggression from Phoebe. I think she causes that to Puck just be virtue of her existence. Unless you want to read all of her actions as secretly something sinister…
I think it would require many, many, many years of training from Daphne before Phoebe is capable of plotting anything “secretly something sinister…”
Not that it could give you various plot lines to mock the Star Wars movies, Gecko – with Daphne acting as the Emperor….
I’m used to roller-coasters with the long bar that goes across your lap instead of between your legs, but I’m also used to them resting a little higher on my abdomen… So while I knew those orange things were going to fold down toward them, I wasn’t expecting it to look so much like a crotch-monster… like the facehuggers from Alien adapted to crotch-hugging. 😛 Made me giggle. I’m sure that’s just what they look like at that park tho.
This is the new type of coaster, and it braces your hip so that the rest of you is totally free. It works well, though some body types (read ‘fat people’) can’t actually ride it because the bracer can’t get to their hip.
It looks incredibly unsecure, like all you need to do to fall out of it during a loop is to spread your knees a bit.
I kinda hope this isn’t based on a real ride. Been quite a few years since I’ve been to CWL.
The Leviathan has a harness just like this. It is very secure, but it does have an inordinate number of restrictions. You cannot be too tall or too short. You also need the harness to connect directly with your hip, which means you cannot have much excess weight on you. About 30-40% of the population can’t ride it safely.
GET SMAQED, PUCK!
It’s the ‘q’ that makes it cool.
Smaq Attack!
*Smaq attaq
😛
The wit remains uber-sharp as always 😀
Glad it works. Sometimes it feels a little dulled by the wear and tear of life.
I think Satan’s daughter has ‘fallen pretty far from the tree’.
About the furthest from the tree one can fall.
Oh my god I see where this is going, when the family goes to try and pick up the baby the child services or something like that are going to give them a hard time because it looks like they’re all trailer trash what with two delinquent kids, an inept father, a bimbo mother wearing kids sized clothes and sporting a black eye and a slutty demonette.
Well, I’m glad someone sees it. Because I’ve telegraphed this punch pretty bad.
Puck just needs two things to complete her trailer trash look. Another big-ass OranJrink and to be six months pregnant. Also, I doubt you remember when you said “telescoping a punch,” then were rather quickly set to rights in the comments. Looks like even teachers can learn.
I CAN learn. Sort of.