I’ve got various things I could say about this comic, but I think I'll stay quiet. I’ll just say this: I know people will protest that doing the deed soon after birth is possible. The world has many siblings whose birthdays are a mere nine months apart; they stand as evidence of this fact. It is possible. But so is driving a car full of bees. It might be possible, but that doesn’t make it a remotely good idea.
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According to Wikipedia, “A wicket for skiing (also called a ticket wicket) is a short piece of light gauge, bend-resistant wire formed into shape to loop through the clothing of a skier or snowboarder.” It’s used as a place to attach ski lift tickets, in order to prevent ticket sharing.
…I don’t think that’s what Colin (or Gecko) had in mind.
Seriously, though, I’m assuming in this case it refers to either a ticket booth or a turnstile. It’s not an expression I’d heard before, but a quick Google search shows other people using it in this way, so Gecko didn’t just make it up.
A ‘wicket’ is a small door or gate. So the ticket wicket is that place where you buy tickets to something. Though if it had something to do with cricket, that would be even more awesome.
Eww the traumatic experience of hearing your parents talking smexy *shudders* But still glad to hear Puck’s capable of rewarding her husband’s heroic actions with some psudo-smexy time.
Speaking of Phoebe, I just saw the new(?) “I’m on a beach” banner ad. Is this perchance a reference to Isaiah Mustafa’s much-parodied Old Spice commercial?
Phoebe’s Canadian! This whole comic is as Canadian as maple syrup and fat lumberjacks! And as for the Phoebe ad, yeah, I think I was going for an Isaiah Mustafa joke. Kinda. I didn’t have much space for a speech bubble, so I decided to keep it short and stupid.
Go from baby jokes one week to sex jokes the next? I’m surprised that Puck is the one to bring up “other parts”. 🙂
And yes Daphne, it is creepy when your parent and their significant other play the “TMI card” around you. I turn 31 in two weeks, my dad is nearing 60, his girlfriend is as well, and it’s STILL gross when he goes into that by accident.
I think the other parts Puck is referring to may be different from the other parts you’re thinking of. But maybe not. And yeah, if Colin said that line, the comic would go from funny to jerky/creepy pretty fast.
Yeah. I think it’s safe to assume that. Let’s just put it this way: after a birth, ALL main-floor doors of your average house are seriously out of commission.
Yep. He’ll show up soon. That kid is seriously neglected in this strip, but there’s been so much stuff concerning Puck that I haven’t had time to really give Daphne her due. That’ll change a bit in the next two years.
Also… WE NEED A FAT LUMBERJACK AND FLAPJACKS JOKE SOON.
Ya know, for Canda, no offense. I just think it would be pretty funny, or bust an American Groaner.
I was thinking of Bear Hugger from the Punchout series there, but really, honestly, the only lumberjacks I’ve ever met have been thin, fit, and intensely manly. I am afraid and in awe of them. Because they jack lumber.
Well it doesn’t matter, it just has to be a lumberjack joke, like Colin has a lumberjack buddy who hits on say Daphne.. and propmptly sees freshly made flapjacks on the table and is like “Sorry hot stuff, but i have to go stuff myself with some hot cakes.” And Puck’s just standing there like, “… Whoa a man taking his focus off Daphne for the first time in history outside of Colin… the hell is going on here?”
Then we cut to Satan laughing but then smacking himself because his daughter just got REJECTED.
Too bad. For me, November starts the best 6 weeks of my year. We’ve got my birthday, US Thanksgiving a week later, and then we nestle in for the Christmas season.
Yep, when I flip that calender to November, it always puts me in a good mood. Yeah, the first two weeks are dull, but even then, I have my nephew’s birthday to look forward to, so there’s excitement there too.
Yep, for my family, November starts the best time of the year for us. 🙂
Glad to hear it. In Canada, all we have is Remembrance Day, which is solemn, depressing and mournful. In the darkest, dankest, wettest season of the year. Yay.
We have that day too, though earlier in the year; Memorial Day. But we have another day on the very same day, Veterans’ Day, to honor all of us who have served, living and dead. Both are parade days for us, though, and both are more celebratory than mournful.
I know well of both Memorial Day and Veterans’ Day: those celebrations of military conquest and great shopping. The Canadian version is sombre, grim, focused on the memory of the dead, and void of great shopping deals.
Didn’t know that Canada viewed those two holidays as “celebration of military conquest”. Because they’re not what they are about; Memorial day is about honoring the dead, Veterans day is to honor those still living, and what sacrifices we’ve made for our people.
That is what WE are taught about our holidays, anyway. But since I have no desire to argue international politics, I’ll leave it at that.
I’m just joshing ya. Canada tends to take a dim view of everything to do with American foreign policy (and everything to do with America, for that matter), so take it with a grain of salt.
Now, this would be the point where I made some light hearted joke about your country’s military, but its considered bad form to do that in the presence of “outsiders” (read “those who never served in any country’s military in their life”). It’s a solidarity thing, and it’s a faux pas to do that, you know?
barring freaks of nature (also known as “miracles”), sibling situations where at least one is adopted, very premature babies and polyamory
there are not siblings who are born 9 months appart
it takes a month for the cycle to reset
as such there are plenty who are born 10 months appart
Colin’s short term memory’s better than mine. Good to see his libido isn’t rattled after witnessing natural childbirth. Pretty sure he didn’t close his eyes. LOL.
I’ve heard that some guys experience a certain … lingering horror after witnessing a birth. Colin’s obviously not one of those. (To be honest, I wasn’t either.) But seriously, this is like driving through a town devastated by a hurricane and then trying to plan a vacation there two days later. Did you see the town? You really think the golf courses are going to be open?
Posted this in 192 ment for it to go here. Sorry.
Question? What would Phoebe do if she waled in on Puck and Colin doin’ the deed? I must confirm what she would do. her behavior stats she pass out like Fluttershy. But her looks and Puck 192 says she would want in on it sort of. Please answer this for me.
I … don’t know how you’re interpreting Puck 192, but … yeah, no. Phoebe’s looks are largely incongruous with her personality. Her behaviour, as you correctly identified, is fairly innocent and naïve. If such a thing happened, she’d be terribly embarrassed and probably flee. Phoebe is interested in fashion and aesthetics, and she can play on her sexuality when she wants to, but when it comes right down to it, Phoebe isn’t very interested in men. Or women. To misquote Hamlet, man delights not Phoebe, nor woman neither. Shoes delight Phoebe.
Now, I see Phoebe as someone who could get anyone she wants were she to try….but she doesn’t try. She’s attractive, she knows she’s attractive, but she’s smarter than anyone gives her credit for. She is very likely looking for the right person, having been burned out from the dating scene in her area (at least, that’s what I assume from what you just said), but has no desire to go out and look for him or her (not assuming anything about her preference either.)
Yes, I go from “class-hole” to analytical in less than a minute. 🙂
I would say that’s a fairly accurate analysis, really. She wouldn’t settle for some garbage guy whom she’d be better off without. She’s happy and successful on her own. That said, if the right guy came around (and he might … far, far in the future), she wouldn’t be afraid to start something.
I put coloured transparencies over the backgrounds of all my comics in order to spice up the palette a bit. Just trying to provide a little visual variety. But yeah, no wings on this Puck. No magic, either. Just some chick with pointy ears. Many have been disappointed.
I know this is hard to fathom for people like us, but freckles are apparently NOT a selling feature with all people. I find it funny that a quick Google search for ‘freckles’ produces lots of documents telling women how to fade or eliminate them. So yeah.
Indeed, it’s hard to imagine with these two that someone won’t take that big fuzzy bear home. They have the Tilt-A-Whirl, the Dunk Tank, the Bouncey Castle… Virtually five-eighths of the Carny-Sutra must still be open to them.
A thought just occurred to me. We have never met Daphne’s real parents. We saw a silhouette of a guy I’m assuming was her dad around the time she first appeared on Puck’s doorstep, but we never saw his face, and we haven’t seen her mother either. Are we ever going to find out who they are, or why they abandoned Daphne?
Heh! The Nookie Coaster is closed, but the Tunnel of Love is still open. Then again, being a Legendary Fairy of Lore means Puck can also breathe quite well through her cute little nose for extended periods. Ah, the possibilities. 😀
Almost as bad as a buddy of mine, who would yap and yap and yap about that kind of stuff, to almost no end. Even telling about how to put her on the kitchen table (where they eat) so she can (pun probably intended, he said it with something of a sneerish grin) @#$$#@ @#$# @ @#$$@ #$@#$@#$@ @# @ @@# #.
Sadly? Why sadly? Puck actually has lots of female readers. I’m not going to go so far as to say readership is a 50/50 split, but it’s probably at least a 60/40 male to female ratio for readers, so you’re not alone! And I won’t call you ‘dude’ anymore.
I remember hearing my kid say, “There should be a law against anyone over thirty ever getting it on, ever again.” No kid, especially teens, want to hear their parents talk smexy.
Maybe he can exchange the coin to ride…, yeah, can’t think of cute term for @#$@## or @#$@#@#$$@#.
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I’m going to be severely disappointed if this kids first words are “Ticket Wicket”
What’s a ticket wicket by the way. And I’m making the assumption that it has something to possibly do with Cricket, perchance?
According to Wikipedia, “A wicket for skiing (also called a ticket wicket) is a short piece of light gauge, bend-resistant wire formed into shape to loop through the clothing of a skier or snowboarder.” It’s used as a place to attach ski lift tickets, in order to prevent ticket sharing.
…I don’t think that’s what Colin (or Gecko) had in mind.
Seriously, though, I’m assuming in this case it refers to either a ticket booth or a turnstile. It’s not an expression I’d heard before, but a quick Google search shows other people using it in this way, so Gecko didn’t just make it up.
It’s the little gate! The door where you get the tickets! Dang it, it’s right there on Dictionary.com! Enh, maybe it’s a Canadian term, I don’t know.
A ‘wicket’ is a small door or gate. So the ticket wicket is that place where you buy tickets to something. Though if it had something to do with cricket, that would be even more awesome.
Its also a gate in croquet.
It’s ANY kind of little gate. Croquet is awesome.
There was a wicket in Return of the Jedi. I’m fairly certain that he didn’t have anything to do with tickets though.
The younger generation is already scarred for life.
No soup for them, right?
what if they are “nookie coaster”?
Well what if I said I’d be disappointed if they weren’t one of those two?
Eww the traumatic experience of hearing your parents talking smexy *shudders* But still glad to hear Puck’s capable of rewarding her husband’s heroic actions with some psudo-smexy time.
Pseudo-smexy is always better than no smexy at all.
That is hardly traumatizing, my parents told me the story pf how i was conseived while i was in elementary school.
Now THAT’S trauma. Ew.
They may not have any video of the birth, but they’ve got some great footage of the conception.
GAH!
Eh not really, but my love of video games took on a whole new meaning after hearing tue story.
Do we want to know?
Phoebe’s Canadian?
Speaking of Phoebe, I just saw the new(?) “I’m on a beach” banner ad. Is this perchance a reference to Isaiah Mustafa’s much-parodied Old Spice commercial?
Phoebe’s Canadian! This whole comic is as Canadian as maple syrup and fat lumberjacks! And as for the Phoebe ad, yeah, I think I was going for an Isaiah Mustafa joke. Kinda. I didn’t have much space for a speech bubble, so I decided to keep it short and stupid.
Oh, I’m a lumberjack and I’m okay…
I’m not a lumberjack. Though that fact makes me rather sad.
Heh. Just noticed I’m the second person to use the word “perchance” in the comments for this strip. What’re the odds?
With the erudite and intelligent crowd that reads this comic, the odds are high.
Go from baby jokes one week to sex jokes the next? I’m surprised that Puck is the one to bring up “other parts”. 🙂
And yes Daphne, it is creepy when your parent and their significant other play the “TMI card” around you. I turn 31 in two weeks, my dad is nearing 60, his girlfriend is as well, and it’s STILL gross when he goes into that by accident.
I think the other parts Puck is referring to may be different from the other parts you’re thinking of. But maybe not. And yeah, if Colin said that line, the comic would go from funny to jerky/creepy pretty fast.
I guess that Puck is talking about the attic window instead of the back door, huh? 🙂
I’m sorry, I hope that wasn’t too gross.
Yeah. I think it’s safe to assume that. Let’s just put it this way: after a birth, ALL main-floor doors of your average house are seriously out of commission.
I love how YOUR joke about a rollercoaster turned into MY jokes about a house. 🙂
House. M.D.?
Phoebe is the opposite of Cinnamon on “SHOTGUN SHUFFLE”
Got the names mixed up, meant Daphne instead of Phoebe.
Those two names are admittedly too similar. Many, many people mix them up.
So, the picture of that roller coaster that was shut down by the hurricane, that’s the nookie coaster?
Yep. That’s a reasonable visual representation.
Unfortunately, washed out in the literal sense is just tooooooooo gross man.
Time flies when you’re having fun, even if the Nookie Coaster is closed for repairs…
Exactly. I like that ride that spins you while the creepy carny plays that R.A.T.T. song on the speaker. That’s my favourite.
A record player?
I seem to remember Daphne has a male friend who keeps a close watch on her assets.
I suspect he’ll be showing up again soon.
Yep. He’ll show up soon. That kid is seriously neglected in this strip, but there’s been so much stuff concerning Puck that I haven’t had time to really give Daphne her due. That’ll change a bit in the next two years.
Ha I got their innendos!
Also… WE NEED A FAT LUMBERJACK AND FLAPJACKS JOKE SOON.
Ya know, for Canda, no offense. I just think it would be pretty funny, or bust an American Groaner.
I was thinking of Bear Hugger from the Punchout series there, but really, honestly, the only lumberjacks I’ve ever met have been thin, fit, and intensely manly. I am afraid and in awe of them. Because they jack lumber.
What about ordering flapjacks after driving on the railroad tracks, after you suddenly say, “Oh yeah, and don’t drive on the railroad tracks.”
Well it doesn’t matter, it just has to be a lumberjack joke, like Colin has a lumberjack buddy who hits on say Daphne.. and propmptly sees freshly made flapjacks on the table and is like “Sorry hot stuff, but i have to go stuff myself with some hot cakes.” And Puck’s just standing there like, “… Whoa a man taking his focus off Daphne for the first time in history outside of Colin… the hell is going on here?”
Then we cut to Satan laughing but then smacking himself because his daughter just got REJECTED.
A bizarre scenario indeed…
Phoebe seems depressed in the new vote comic she needs cheering up.
It’s easy to get depressed in November in Canada.
Too bad. For me, November starts the best 6 weeks of my year. We’ve got my birthday, US Thanksgiving a week later, and then we nestle in for the Christmas season.
Yep, when I flip that calender to November, it always puts me in a good mood. Yeah, the first two weeks are dull, but even then, I have my nephew’s birthday to look forward to, so there’s excitement there too.
Yep, for my family, November starts the best time of the year for us. 🙂
Glad to hear it. In Canada, all we have is Remembrance Day, which is solemn, depressing and mournful. In the darkest, dankest, wettest season of the year. Yay.
We have that day too, though earlier in the year; Memorial Day. But we have another day on the very same day, Veterans’ Day, to honor all of us who have served, living and dead. Both are parade days for us, though, and both are more celebratory than mournful.
I know well of both Memorial Day and Veterans’ Day: those celebrations of military conquest and great shopping. The Canadian version is sombre, grim, focused on the memory of the dead, and void of great shopping deals.
Didn’t know that Canada viewed those two holidays as “celebration of military conquest”. Because they’re not what they are about; Memorial day is about honoring the dead, Veterans day is to honor those still living, and what sacrifices we’ve made for our people.
That is what WE are taught about our holidays, anyway. But since I have no desire to argue international politics, I’ll leave it at that.
I’m just joshing ya. Canada tends to take a dim view of everything to do with American foreign policy (and everything to do with America, for that matter), so take it with a grain of salt.
Now, this would be the point where I made some light hearted joke about your country’s military, but its considered bad form to do that in the presence of “outsiders” (read “those who never served in any country’s military in their life”). It’s a solidarity thing, and it’s a faux pas to do that, you know?
barring freaks of nature (also known as “miracles”), sibling situations where at least one is adopted, very premature babies and polyamory
there are not siblings who are born 9 months appart
it takes a month for the cycle to reset
as such there are plenty who are born 10 months appart
Okay, ten months apart. (How absolute the knave is!)
sorry, if I came across as rude,
it was not my intent
Not rude at all, man. You were totally right. I was just jumping at an opportunity to quote Hamlet. I’m weird that way.
Colin’s short term memory’s better than mine. Good to see his libido isn’t rattled after witnessing natural childbirth. Pretty sure he didn’t close his eyes. LOL.
I’ve heard that some guys experience a certain … lingering horror after witnessing a birth. Colin’s obviously not one of those. (To be honest, I wasn’t either.) But seriously, this is like driving through a town devastated by a hurricane and then trying to plan a vacation there two days later. Did you see the town? You really think the golf courses are going to be open?
Posted this in 192 ment for it to go here. Sorry.
Question? What would Phoebe do if she waled in on Puck and Colin doin’ the deed? I must confirm what she would do. her behavior stats she pass out like Fluttershy. But her looks and Puck 192 says she would want in on it sort of. Please answer this for me.
I … don’t know how you’re interpreting Puck 192, but … yeah, no. Phoebe’s looks are largely incongruous with her personality. Her behaviour, as you correctly identified, is fairly innocent and naïve. If such a thing happened, she’d be terribly embarrassed and probably flee. Phoebe is interested in fashion and aesthetics, and she can play on her sexuality when she wants to, but when it comes right down to it, Phoebe isn’t very interested in men. Or women. To misquote Hamlet, man delights not Phoebe, nor woman neither. Shoes delight Phoebe.
Thanks for that. Hence why I called myself Alpha Paradox.
Now, I see Phoebe as someone who could get anyone she wants were she to try….but she doesn’t try. She’s attractive, she knows she’s attractive, but she’s smarter than anyone gives her credit for. She is very likely looking for the right person, having been burned out from the dating scene in her area (at least, that’s what I assume from what you just said), but has no desire to go out and look for him or her (not assuming anything about her preference either.)
Yes, I go from “class-hole” to analytical in less than a minute. 🙂
I would say that’s a fairly accurate analysis, really. She wouldn’t settle for some garbage guy whom she’d be better off without. She’s happy and successful on her own. That said, if the right guy came around (and he might … far, far in the future), she wouldn’t be afraid to start something.
I like how the colour of the upholstery keeps changing. Not an ordinary car, this is a fairy car.
But where are the coloured, shimmery fairy wings?
I put coloured transparencies over the backgrounds of all my comics in order to spice up the palette a bit. Just trying to provide a little visual variety. But yeah, no wings on this Puck. No magic, either. Just some chick with pointy ears. Many have been disappointed.
How can anyone be disappointed in Puck? Have you SEEN the freckles?
The freckles man… The freckles…
Or is it the horror… The horror…
Meh, either way.
*sigh*
I meant “they”, not “you”. Of course you’ve seen the freckles.
I know this is hard to fathom for people like us, but freckles are apparently NOT a selling feature with all people. I find it funny that a quick Google search for ‘freckles’ produces lots of documents telling women how to fade or eliminate them. So yeah.
Where in Canada does Puck take place?
Hamilton.
If the Nookie Coaster is closed for repairs, they can always take a spin on the teacups. Or play a little skee ball.
The ring toss sounds fun, but it sounds potentially hazardous.
There’s also always that game where you squirt the clown in the mouth with the squirt gun.
In the context of this conversation, I am now suddenly very uncomfortable.
Daylight come, and me wanna go home.
As long as someone wins the really big teddy bear, I think it’s going to be okay.
Indeed, it’s hard to imagine with these two that someone won’t take that big fuzzy bear home. They have the Tilt-A-Whirl, the Dunk Tank, the Bouncey Castle… Virtually five-eighths of the Carny-Sutra must still be open to them.
A thought just occurred to me. We have never met Daphne’s real parents. We saw a silhouette of a guy I’m assuming was her dad around the time she first appeared on Puck’s doorstep, but we never saw his face, and we haven’t seen her mother either. Are we ever going to find out who they are, or why they abandoned Daphne?
Probably. At some point in time. When I run out of other plot concepts.
Heh! The Nookie Coaster is closed, but the Tunnel of Love is still open. Then again, being a Legendary Fairy of Lore means Puck can also breathe quite well through her cute little nose for extended periods. Ah, the possibilities. 😀
Geeeeeaaaaaaaah.
That is all.
Kinda vulgar compared to mine, huh? 🙂
Yours was a classy kind of crass.
I’m more of a classy type of a–hole. A “class-hole” if you will. 🙂
Thank xkcd for that one. 🙂
Almost as bad as a buddy of mine, who would yap and yap and yap about that kind of stuff, to almost no end. Even telling about how to put her on the kitchen table (where they eat) so she can (pun probably intended, he said it with something of a sneerish grin) @#$$#@ @#$# @ @#$$@ #$@#$@#$@ @# @ @@# #.
x.x Whens the next puck?! XD I actually enjoy reading this comic more then the others..
There are no others. Only Puck.
XD no more Puck comic? o.O XD I wanna read more Puck!
New strip every Tuesday, dude. Or every Monday night around 9:00 EST, if you want to be precise.
XD Sadly to say I’m a female an I enjoy this Comic.
Sadly? Why sadly? Puck actually has lots of female readers. I’m not going to go so far as to say readership is a 50/50 split, but it’s probably at least a 60/40 male to female ratio for readers, so you’re not alone! And I won’t call you ‘dude’ anymore.
XD Your fine I dont bite XD Pucks the best comic I’ve ever read
~Shoves Garfield aside~
Get that cat outta here!
I remember hearing my kid say, “There should be a law against anyone over thirty ever getting it on, ever again.” No kid, especially teens, want to hear their parents talk smexy.
Maybe he can exchange the coin to ride…, yeah, can’t think of cute term for @#$@## or @#$@#@#$$@#.
Well, some would say that a lot of people don’t really figure out what the heck they’re doing until thirty, so that would be unfortunate.
It’s worse when your parents are nearing 60 and still making those jokes.
Did you know that a demon named Pazuzu was who possessed Regan in the Exorcist?
I thought the demon’s name was ‘Gerald Ford.’
The original sister princess had 9 sisters not 12 the sisters from England France and Germany were added later.
Remember, Canada gave the world “Space Moose”..
(You’re welcome)
How can they be anything other than grateful?
Car of bees, lol!
There is wisdom in what you say!
I can’t take credit for it. I think I stole that concept from a Louis C.K. bit.
I’ve seen people who remove killer bee hives in Arizona do just that. It was on YouTube, but still.