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As for this comic…
So it’s come to my attention that a word central to this entire story arc, a word that starts with a ‘test’ and ends with a ‘tickle’, is actually a ‘black list’ word for my ad providers, meaning that a single use of that word will immediately shut off all ads on a site until it’s removed. And yes, that includes comments. I’d love to argue about the inherent insanity of such systems, but whatever. They’re trying to protect the legitimacy of internet ads as a valid forum for reputable companies. I’m not going to argue. (Mainly because I can’t win.) But if I can, I might request that commenters refrain from the usage of that word, and instead use an alternate one, like ‘shnestickles’. It’s dumb, but it actually helps me.
Well, that was uncannily true to life.
Centipede Condo it is !
It happened like that.
I think Puck promised Colin General Tso’s chicken to get him to see the doctor.
Possible. Very possible.
My son when younger spelled a euphemism for these as “en yoo etts” accidentally. They have been “enyuetts” to us ever since. It’s nuts.
That’s … kind of beautiful, actually. I approve.
So… ad companies have a fear of real anatomical words… They are total children.
It’s a serious problem for lots of sites. Like, consider educational sites. Many of them really can’t run ads because of the various problem words that must be contained in the articles. But whatever.
In my opinion, it’s a case of some larger advertisers being stuck in a previous century. They still think in terms of 1950’s TV: “My Three Sons, brought to you by Pepsodent!” In the world of the internet today, no one makes the mental connection between advertiser and the content surrounding the ad, or the video playing after it. But those larger advertisers stuck in the past are the ones that have the money, so until then, we’re in a constant struggle to keep them happy. Because we do like money, sadly.
B-A-L-L-S, perhaps?
B-A-L-L-S to that.
Nobody’s taking my shnestickles from me. Not unless they pry them from my cold dead hands.
… that went in a weird direction, somehow.
Stands for … Bionic Action Laser Legendary Soldier!
I guarantee that’s in an anime.
I don’t want to see it. I really don’t.
Me, too. But, then, if it’s an anime, I really don’t want to see it, anyway
I’m gonna call it TT and still consider it really stupid (and really weird).
As for the comic, if I worked with that, I’d probably stop sugar coating after 5 minutes at work.
Mostly as they might as well find it straight out instead of constant beating around the bush.
I know of some doctors that have a great way of communicating that is direct and clear, but a little more gentle. Then I’ve met some doctors (surgeons in particular) who are … less delicate. Still, we don’t want surgeons for their chitchat skills, I guess.
Surgeons are very apt to transpose their professional jargon and jesting references into patient encounters. This is often unfortunate.
It’s part of the fun, really.
It could be worse.
https://xkcd.com/1839/
Doc has a point there.
Eurologists in particular seem to have questionable hunorous sides.
… don’t make me go back, PLLLLEEEEEAAAAAASSSSSEEEE!!!!!!
More on that later…
No mention of the “colour” of Colin’s avocados (pick up a pair, and you will see what I mean). I’m sure that since Miranda has been born, they have been taking on an increasingly blue tint. Perhaps the size difference is due to an…accumulation…of 23-chromosome swimmers?
Horrifying. And not medically sound as a theory, but…
Doesn’t happen. They get reabsorbed after they become non-motile. Oh, and shnestes are a kind of pinky taupe color. Trust me.
@Susan
Once again, I am NOT googling that !!
Between the passing of laws that lets our ISPs sell our information (which affects our foreign neighbors), the passing of laws that allows our ISPs to throttle speeds for sites that don’t pay them not to, the youtube adpocolypse and the ad issues with webcomics, the internet’s in a bad state right now.
Let’s hope we can salvage it in 4 years.
It’s a bit rough. Honestly, I’ve fared better than most, so I can’t complain. But I’m very, very careful, and certainly self-censor to rock fewer boats. I wish things would be easier. And I wish the ad money were better. But it is what it is.
I hope the doctor didn’t just stop to sniff his finger after the exam…
Ew.
The sugar coating was cracked during labor, remember? It was she’d completely after the Apgar test.
There is only one doctor in this city of a half million people. He wears many hats, it seems.
Also, is this an example a Canadian heath care? An OB/GYN who also works as a urologist?
That being said, are we going to see the girl who renewed her license to print money?
@pat
We never see his face, so Doc may also sideline as Hot Dog guy !
That Is a possibility. Though from certain panels, we can see that the Hotdog Guy has a beard, so it’s unlikely…
We will indeed see the ultrasound tech again. Mainly because I thought she was cute and I wouldn’t mind drawing her again.
@EG
Can we see the IMMERSION TECHNICIANS again ?
In Bikinis ?
Nope.
@EG
Alright, alright.
Without their Bikinis, then…
Why not just a General Practitioner or Family Medicine Specialist?
Well, I’m just of the thought thaat this guy seems to be covering too many bases to just be a GP. And personally, I don’t think that I’ll be choosing a family medince specialist. If a person can’t stick with being a GP, then they won’t be getting anything from me.
Nah, this dude is everywhere on a level that doesn’t really make sense. But it DOES make sense in the world of sitcom logic, like Dr. Hibbert on the Simpsons. Dude does EVERYTHING.
Okay, I mean that I can accept the guy in Puck’s World (tm, me (Rides and kiddie meals avaliable soon.)). I was remarking more that a real life guy just doesn’t seem practical in today’s day and age.
That’s the point of being a general practitioner. They HAVE to cover ALL the bases, to know when to send for help
@Susan
I think tonight, about 10PM, Doc gives Colin a shot of Jack Daniels, a JackKnife workout, and finally, a BandAid (or a Tourniquet).
@Susan
I may have been watching too many old Westerns this weekend…..
What the hey is that PINK CHART on the wall ?
I’ll post it on Patreon as a bonus. It’s pretty funny.
Well, it’s good that Puck’s nagging got him to the doctor. How much nag has a nag to nag if the naggee won’t nag out?
@RN
NAGGERS are people who annoy me.
@Salem: Too bad, it comes with the XX chromosomes. 😛
@Susan
Straight from the horses mouth. (I don’t think you’re an actual horse BTW) (also did you notice what I did there? Horse, nag….nvm)
That genetic predisposition for nagging CAN be a good thing as irritating as it is. It took the combined efforts of my girlfriend and my daughter to get me into the ortho clinic. Two days after the MRI results I was in the operating room. Rotator cuff repair, subacromial decompression, distal claviculectomy, open bicep tenodesis, you name it they had to fix it. And boy o boy did it suck. On the plus side it got me off diaper duty for six weeks. Negative side, I couldn’t hold or really take care of my baby. I couldn’t be alone with her because I couldn’t properly care for her. Always needed her mother, or my son or daughter around to help. I felt pretty useless i must say. But now I can pick up, hold, and carry my baby without excruciating pain. All thanks to that nagging.
Good for your wife/significant other! We women nag because we have almost no other way to get their attendant males to pay attention and do right. Well, we have one other method, favored by Lysistrata, but…
@Susan
“Lysistrata”, huh ?
Another long word, written by Susan.
I am so NOT looking it up.
Especially now, that the NIGHT TERRORS have finally subsided.
You clearly aren’t big on Aristophanes. Which is a shame, because Lysistrata is one of the big inspirations for Puck.
*Is glad for the first time that they made her read Greek plays in English 101*
@EG
@Susan
The moment I google Aristophanes the monitor will EXPLODE with horrific images of some quivering, festering disease so unbelievably NASTY that Susan BF gets COMBAT PAY for treating.
At first I’m yak up a Hairball. Then shudder and fall to the side. Finally, a month of sleepless nights with SCREAMING NIGHTMARES.
You people have tricked me before !
@Salem: Lethal Midline Granulomatosis! Boo! 😛
So sad that you can’t write a story about a guy who (after a bit of nagging from his wife) does the responsible thing and goes to the doctor for a cancer screening. If it was about a woman getting screened for an equivalent cancer, you’d be praised for serving the community.
Well, it’s not like the bots are really passing judgement on the theme or topic. It just has a list of set words and phrases that sometimes (though not always) are marks of content that is not ‘ad-friendly’. I legitimately don’t think they would actually take offence. Only the mindless bots take offence, but let’s not kid ourselves here: the bots run the internet.
“Mr. Happy And The Twins” was an ex’s euphemism. Sound like one of Colin’s twins may have turned to evil?
Whenever you have twins, pop culture has taught me that one is ALWAYS evil.
Speaking just of myself, I have, “Ms. Happy, her little knobby friend, and the Girls That Guys Like But Don’t Make That Big a Deal To Their Owner, Unless She Is Wearing a Tube Top Or Low Cut Dress” YMMV 😛
Reading this strip reminds me that I should never visit WebMD.
Never consult the nightmare fuel.
That’s my job. Wanna see what that ultrasound looks like with a hydrocele?
O-KAY….
(ARUGULA !!)
You asked for it, you got it!
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@Susan
My O-KAY was meant as sarcasm – SARCASM !!
The Night Terrors rejoice !
I guess the doctor is still holding a grudge because Puck punched him in the face.
Even so, I’m surprised he can keep his job with his kind of bedside manner.
Am I the only one who wonders if EG has this exact condition, and is just hoping someone (mainly Susan), can offer him some cheap Medical Advice ?
Oh, sorry.
FREE Medical Advice !
@Susan
BTW, I’ve got this weird itch on my butt, and……
… licking it doesn’t help …
… and ….
…. it kinda resembles Ruth Bader Ginsburg, and … (I’m going to be moderated now, aren’t I ?)
Try scratching it. With all claws out. Pain trumps itching very quickly (the two feelings are carried by the same nerve fibers). 😛
@Susan
When I went to rake the damn thing, it saw me coming and croaked RESIST.
(maybe I can just suffocate it in my Litter Box)
Don’t worry about it. If it is as old as RBG it’s sure to die of old age
By completely raw coincidence a near-elderly cute coworker expressed today how she felt about her husband finally going to the doctor for a problem that they’d known about for a long time. He was just toughing it out and she didn’t like it one bit but … let’s hope they caught whatever-it-is in time.
This is a long winded way of getting around to pointing out that there’s value in making fun of guys’ reluctance (…we are more diligent about changing the oil in our cars than in taking care of our own bodies…) and it’s great that you can fit it into the story with humor because anything that is too obviously a Message is ineffective.
No punch line. Sorry.
@rewinn
I guess my human pet Baldie is an aberration.
He is a huge believer in taking advantage of each and every medical advance that he can afford – or that his Insurance will cover.
But he is no idiot !
He scoffs at the commercials on TV that promote foolish “supplements” that are touted to “cure” conditions that Medical Science can actually address – and often at surprisingly little cost.
Sadly, there is no RX – yet – that can actually grow back his lost follicles.
(If only he would quit looking at his High School Yearbook and sobbing. It keeps me awake !!)
I watch all those Youtube hair transplant commercials with fascination. I have not lost my hair … yet, but I keep dreaming there’s an escape hatch. I know there isn’t, but … Sigh.
When it comes to hair loss, I just shave my head. I got a new Driver’s License photo a few years ago, and I noticed how far my hairline receded in the four years between then, and said “screw it, I’m not watching it get worse!” and took my razor to my dome.
That’s the brave course. And always looks better than the dude losing his hair who grows it long in a failed attempt to hide it.
Hey look, Ma! I’ma doin’ good in the world!
“near-elderly cute?”
@Susan
(Millennial for 31)
This has nothing to do with the comic. My woman gave birth to an 8 pound 3 ounce baby girl @3:37am May 23.
I’m a dad!
Again…
Congrats!
Baby Girl Hobo is NOT awaiting moderation.
Unlike this comment…
I’m too old for this $#!+!!!!!
ComedyHobo’s woman gave birth Tuesday morning.
Moderate THAT!
@CH
Congrats !
@CH
Hopefully “your woman” breast-feeds (you misogynist !).
It’s better for the baby, but mainly makes the man’s job so much easier !
Though to be a good partner (but mainly to amuse me), I pray you balance the situation by performing more than your fair share of “POOP PATROL”.
First off congrats, ComedyHobo. Wish you all the best.
Concerning the strip. I had that in RL. Noticed some swelling in one of the boys, ignored it and hoped it would go down. It didn’t and I still put off going to check it out. Finally after over a year I went in. I was LUCKY. When they checked it out with ultrasound, it turned out to be caused by a sics. Nothing but fluid retention. I think that the time prior to my finally going in was when my hair started going grey. Had I gone in when I first noticed it I could of saved myself a lot of grief. One of the dumbest things I’ve ever done was NOT going in immediately. Like I said before, I got lucky.
Yeah, I apply that logic to my car all the time: “It’s making a funny noise, but it’ll probably go away soon.” And it never does.
As a counterpoint (which we’ll get into shortly within the context of the comic), I had this IRL. And it wasn’t fluid retention. So yeah. Moral of the story: weird things with your boys are best checked. (And really, weird things with most parts of your body are best checked, I guess.)
Baldie tells me adores visiting his UROLOGIST.
Either he is seriously twisted, or he’s messing with me.
(probably both)
@EG
Your car makes FUNNY noises ?
Baldie’s car only makes horrifying noises.
He wants to TRADE you.
When we had lectures on the Second Law of Thermodynamics and Chaos Theory in my chemistry course, the prof gave as an illustration, “That is why when your car engine gives a loud ‘CLUNK!’, it doesn’t start running better.”
@EG
Baldie’s car has only a Cassette Player (yes, it is old, and he is cheap).
Anyhoo, about three years ago it began exhibiting really bad behavior. It was screeching, whining, yowling (like me when I’m hungry and haven’t been fed), chewing up tapes and spitting them out – all in strings (again, like me).
He simply sighed, and gave up. Listened to the radio only for more than a year.
One day he either forgot, or felt brave (I’m going with forgot), and he stuck a Tape in. IT WORKED PERFECTLY.
Ever since it’s totally behaved itself.
WEIRD, JUST WEIRD.
I’m trying to imagine what Colin’s x-rays might have looked like but I remembered there is nothing attractive about anything at a carnival sideshow…so I’ll trust what the good doctor said. 😀
Yeah, let’s leave things to the imagination. Or the non-imagination. Because who wants to imagine that?