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As for this comic…
I don’t have much to say, beyond the fact that it feels weird drawing characters checking the time by looking at their phone instead of a watch. But Phoebe doesn’t wear a watch anymore. She used to, on her left upper arm, though. The 90’s were weird, man.
OGLING – (snicker)
Seriously, is OGLING evah a Good Thing ?
That depends on what you are Ogling
@PrGabb
And if you get CAUGHT.
Yes sir. Whatever you say Mr. Harvey Weinstein.
It’s a good word. Its sound is just so perfectly connected to its action, somehow.
I’m changing it – officially – to OOGLING.
That way the Verb more closely resembles the Noun it is most often associated with.
😛
Ooh, I endorse that change.
Salem has arrogated to himself the powers of Humpty-Dumpty. See Alice in Wonderland, as I am sure I don’t have to tell all those English teachers out there 😛
@Susan
Thanks !
( I guess )
From Alice Through the Looking-Glass:
‘I don’t know what you mean by “glory”,’ Alice said.
Humpty Dumpty smiled contemptuously. ‘Of course you don’t — till I tell you. I meant “there’s a nice knock-down argument for you!”‘
‘But “glory” doesn’t mean “a nice knock-down argument”,’ Alice objected.
‘When I use a word,’ Humpty Dumpty said, in rather a scornful tone, ‘it means just what I choose it to mean — neither more nor less.’
‘The question is,’ said Alice, ‘whether you can make words mean so many different things.’
Ogling is NEVER a good thing, as it shows disrespect for females in general and the one you are with in particular, and can induce fits of screaming rage and nights on the couch. Not that I know, personally, but I hear things.
I agree. Looking (silently, stealthily and quickly) is human nature and no one can be faulted for that. But to ogle is to take human nature one step too far. And it is a serious offence.
Phoebe adores oogling.
And the currency that follows it.
No, I’m pretty sure she doesn’t. Though the currency is accepted.
@EG
Oh, you’re wrong on this one.
Phoebe is a very intelligent “young” LADY (tho she could be a thousand years old), and is perfectly capable of excelling in any number of fields.
I believe she enjoys the attention men give her. She’s confident, capable, and is not intimidated in the least.
I think she is even happy that they enjoy OOGLING her. She aims to please.
Yes, working at HOWLERS is not something many women would enjoy. Most ARE likely only in it for the money.
But I don’t think Phoebe is one of those.
Phoebe is 29. She’s not a thousand years old, though she may live to see her thousandth year, because her immortality status hasn’t been established yet. She did have a real birth, though, and a real childhood, and went to high school and all that. And she’s 29. Or so the story goes.
I think that Phoebe does not enjoy the attention men give her, but I also think she doesn’t really mind the attention either. I think Phoebe fundamentally doesn’t understand the male brain, and sort of doesn’t care. She’s kind and friendly and polite, and if men are happy to give her large tips, that’s fine by her. I think she has so little enmity in her soul that she really does assume the best in everyone, and if people misbehave, her reaction is basically like, “That was weird,” and she carries on.
I feel like I could write a treatise on Phoebe’s unusual mental processes. I feel like they’re hard to explain, but that I understand them nonetheless.
@EG
I’m pretty sure that Men are forbidden – BY LAW – to understand the Female Mind.
After all, there are women, small on top (like Robin in ye olden days), who would (and did) sell their First-Born child to be larger up there.
Why would Robin do that except to invite OOGLING ?
Silly cat. For self-esteem and for attracting that kind of man. Some women think having large breasts makes them more attractive. Hence the large market for breast implants (augmentation mammoplasty). Some of us feel attractive with svelte, easy to maintain mammaries. Some of us wouldn’t want to be seen as attractive by a certain kind of man. I know two women who have had REDUCTION mammoplasties and are very happy they did so. They feel better without chronic low back pain and having their bra straps cut into their backs. They are both in happy, stable relationships. I would add that both of them were considerably larger than Phoebe preop.
@Susan
“I would add that both of them were considerably larger than Phoebe preop.”
OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG – PLOP
(Kat passes out from overactive imagination)
Heh, one of them, though her name is Clarice, got nicknamed “Aptly.” When newbies asked why, we would say, “She’s the head nurse on Chest Surgery. Aptly named.”
Hehe, sometimes I slay myself. 🙂
Oglings are just little Ogs. Nothing wrong with an Ogling.
So cute. So Og.
I’d thought it was Ogg. I’ll have to reread Wyrd Sisters again.
Ok Salem, how many cans of tuna did you bribe EG with?
@Lokitsu
Obviously – ENUFF !
To what end?
If it *is* the last time you see Colin…well, better luck next time.
You can only go up from here!
That is probably the smartest thing that Phoebe has ever said!
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: Phoebe is not dumb. She’s naive and overly trusting and a bit of a space cadet, but not dumb.
In my capacity of the President of the Phoebe Fan Club, I say…yeah!
@Susan
I call VP !
Me Me Me !
@Gecko: I agree, and I STILL say it’s the smartest thing she’s ever said.
I wonder how long it’ll be before the younger generation doesn’t get what’s funny about “Oh goodness, look at my wrist.”
I think it’s already happened.
Speaking as the younger generation… I still wear a watch. And I never use a phone to check the time…
Well, you’re obviously a throwback to an earlier era. God bless you and your anachronistic ways.
This weekend we discussed the hand gesture for “talking on the phone”. Fist with pinky and thumb extended makes no sense to kids raised on smartphones; they hold up hand with all fingers curled around imaginary iPhone. Just wait until everything is implants!
I like that it says Tyler is tagged, despite being (barely) visible in the first two panels.
I’m curious, is she actually heading to her job or is she for once lying and just claiming this in order to get away from Puck as she feels a LITTLE bit threatened by being present?
@Kaiser
Awww…..
Tyler and Daphne are holding hands.
(or at least Tyler is holding her PAW)
I don’t think so. Maybe? Unclear from the visuals.
Hey, his elbow appears. That counts. And Miranda’s forehead appears too.
I think she legitimately has to go to work. Hence the outfit. Though her shift might ACTUALLY start in a few hours.
I’m sure everything’s okay in the operating room and Colin’s in good hands.
What did EG do with “Old Daphne ?
She’s progressed from a Tween whose hands could not be pried from her Video Game controller, into a young woman with NO CELL PHONE IN SIGHT !
She is actually speaking to the people right in front of her, and not to some remote entity.
(Kat is Konfuzed)
Well, there needs to be the odd moment of sincerity. Emphasis on the ‘odd’.
Surgery next week, please.
Her bewbs are shifting ….
I know it’s merely a reference to her ostensible work schedule, but I guy can hope…
I suspect that any canny waitress, er, server, working at Hooters, er, Howlers, has long ago made the acquaintance of Body By Victoria, and her bewbs wouldn’t shift if you held her upside down and jiggled. 😛
Agreed. Shifting is dangerous in blouses cut so low.
@Susan
Can we verify that scenario somewhat ?
For science.
Actually Susan, Last time I was at hooters, there was a certain amount of Jiggle…. it was my birthday, and the entire staff sang the Hooter…. errr… Howler pokie for me.
the first 3 verses were completely innocent, but the 4th? where they stuck their nametags in, and pulled their nametags out, then stuck their nametags in and they shook it all about….
I will carry that memory to my grave and have a dumb grin on my face because of it
If anyone asks, I don’t know you.
I don’t really wanna know, but I suspect you have a history of generous tipping. That said, I have only been in a Hooters, er, Howlers. once, and my primary feeling was being sorry for those girls having to put up with the leering comments I heard all around me. And, no, they didn’t try and recruit me. 😛
Baldie’s never been in Howlers.
The closest he ever came was when he was dragged to a Strip Club for a co-worker’s Bachelor Party. He tells me he found it disagreeable.
Tho he admits if that Party had been held in Howlers he would have enjoyed himself. At least then he could have pigged-out on the Chicken Wings.
I’ve honestly never been. And I don’t want to go. Like you, I think I’d feel sorry and embarrassed for everyone involved.
In fact, they closed down the local ‘Howlers’ establishment in Hamilton about five years ago. So actually, Phoebe is working for a restaurant that no longer exists. Though I guess the fictional reality doesn’t have to follow real reality.
I’ve been to 3 different “Howlers”, and only one of them have I been to more than once, so I doubt I got that particular dance cause I’m a generous tipper.
That being said, tip is 15 percent, 20 percent if I’m impressed with the service (ALWAYS), and I make it a point to learn my servers name and call him/or her by name in every restaurant I go to. (you would be surprised how much better the service is when you treat your waiter like a person and make them feel appreciated)
@DLKmusic
The Ladies may be making assumptions based on YOUR APPEARANCE.
Maybe so, Susan, but you just created a hellacious mental image that I must eradicate befor my next Howler’s visit – which will be my first.
It seems that things may be leading up to a few cracked facades perhaps maybe.
Only the slightest cracks.
So, the dikes holding back the oceans of emotions may develop a slight fault?
I’m stick of people judging or laughing at me for checking my watch to check what day it is. SO WHAT!? MY WATCH HAS THE DAY ON IT! CHILL!
Your watch has the day on it? Dude, are you from the future?
Baldie (my human pet) had a Watch like THIS.
@SalemCat (who is super-kewl)
Then they stopped making the Batteries for it.
Sad Story.
You think drawing people checking the time on their phone instead of a watch is weird, try BEING the guy who wore a watch for so many years that he checks his wrist first for the time before thinking “Oh, right, phone.” even though he hasn’t worn one in almost a year, due to the band having broken.
See, I never liked wrist watches. So I never wore one. For a little while in the early 2000’s, I actually carried around a pocket watch. It … stopped working.
Well, you know what they say about watches. One hand is shorter than the other.
Unless it’s digital. Which all of mine have ever been.
Sorry, Puck…maybe get less hot friends.
I feel like Larry David saying that lol.
That’s a very Larry David thing to say, I suppose.
…You know Puck, these days your bewbs are drawn pretty much the exact same size. Even Daphne isn’t far behind; If you factor in her more slender teenage frame, she’d be proportionally identical also.
Yeah, well, it’s the inevitable result of me failing to draw more than one body type. I have two bodies I draw: one male, one female. I can try to vary them, but they end up kind of getting samey unless I try really hard.