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Funny, in Texas, it only takes 6 months. If you do that, you might get a letter in the mail informing you of your marital status change. It only takes signing up to share an apartment with both your names on the lease and the landlord/lady turning it in. You get the letter six months after the census office gets the lease notice.
Or you can do something like sign in as husband and wife at a motel (yes, it’s a legal document). That is immediate after presenting that to a census clerk.
I’m sure there’s some tax reason for the state giving everyone a shotgun wedding like that. Sounds fishy to me. Not sure what the law is up here, but I’m sure that Puck and Colin have passed the post after ten years.
Not exactly. Despite some misconceptions, common law marriage isn’t the same thing as an actual marriage in the eyes of the law, but it is a bit of a shocker.
If memory serves you have to be living together uninterrupted for six months, be able to marry, be willing to marry, sleeping together, and present yourselves as married in public.
Which, to me, begs the question “How does a couple present themselves as unmarried in public? Go around saying “Oh, have you met Tina? She’s totally not my wife, though some people might make that mistake. (Totally not my wife.)”
… They’re supporting each other and a kid and not sleeping with other people. They even have a relatively positive emotional bond. Sounds pretty legit to me…
Not to mention the money. Colin might be content with a simple registration at city hall, but I think Puck would still want a memorable occasion. And memorable weddings do cost a few pennies. ^_^
Strike that. I think Colin might actually try to surprise Puck with a nice, festive wedding. He’s not the brightest bulb in the chandelier, but I’ve got this feeling… It may be completely wrong, of course. ^^
Well, anyone who doesn’t think a massive wedding story arc will happen in the next few years obviously doesn’t know my penchant for cheesy, predictable plots.
Pretty sure it’s still around; as I understand it’s really big in the U.K.. Around here though (stateside as well), I can find a few of their confections in import shops; other than that it’s just the various holiday-themed candies at Easter.
I… Kinda-sorta saw this question coming (that they haven’t gotten married yet).
I do, however, love Puck’s comment in the last panel.
And your office flooded?
…Well ouch. As curious as I am, I’m also too tired to ask.
…Wait, I just did.
I have a terrible house design. I love my house, but the garage is in the basement, with a driveway that slopes down toward it. This is a flawed design in lots of ways, for lots of obvious reasons. There’s a four-inch pipe that drains the rainwater, but it got partially blocked with all of the sand that the city put on the street during our crazy awful winter. Over $700 later, it’s draining.
Yeah, and I made a raw comment about it back then. Last week I thought I was tired, now maybe it’s my mind that’s going. See you next week where I make another inane comment about something obvious.
I love her ears too, but I’m surprised she doesn’t get deformity comments – pointy ears aren’t that common. At the very least, questions about there being a Con in town.
It might have been caught by my spam filter. If it’s a Facebook page, it might get rejected because I’ve gotten spammed with thousands of Facebook spam posts.
Grandma MacTavish isn’t the one feeding the baby. She at least acknowledges Puck as the mother, and as someone competently taking care of the grandchild, be it in ever so small a way.
I just went through my spam box and found it. Believe it or not, I had to sort through 250 spam posts before I found it. (I haven’t cleaned the folder in a few days, which means there are close to four thousand trash messages in there.) My spam filter is a creature of my own creation, and it works wonderfully, but sometimes innocent emails get caught in the snag.
Mama MacTavish is calling Puck a sl@+. Why should the man marry you when you’re just giving him sex. It’s an old phrase: Why buy the cow when you can get the milk for free. Along with Puck being a sl@+, she’s implying that Colin only wants Puck for the sex.
Zebra, there is an old saying “Why buy a cow when milk is free?” About girls who have sex before marriage. Gramma MacTavish is implying that since Puck has been having sex outside marriage, she is being stupid, as well as implying that she is a sl@*.
Ah, a visit from the in-laws, what a rare treat. It ranks right up there with having a root canal without anesthetic or a flat tire at 3:00 in the morning on a lonely road.
She’s going to be so grateful that Colin is well, Colin and not like the rest of his family me thinks. Though she may kill him more for the Wendy’s girl gag considering it’s just ammo right now.
My Mom once tried to tell me the cow thing when I was a teenager but she botched it and said: “Why buy the cow when you get the sex for free?” Still makes me laugh my ass off to this day. True story.
My mom told me to be careful with the girls because you never know when one will leap out at you from the closet with a chainsaw. My family has a strange sense of humor.
I have just discovered Puck and wasted spent several hours reading through the entire archive. It’s brilliant, and my time from now on will be waiting from one Tuesday to the next. One thing that puzzles me — why does Phoebe never have a boyfriend? With her looks and the way she dresses she must have guys hitting on her every day. Are none of them good enough for her? Or do the horns and tail put them off? (Apologies if this has been asked before)
First, thanks for letting me know you liked the comic. It always makes my day when someone lets me know that they like my stuff. As for the Phoebe question, it’s a bit of a puzzler. Certainly it’s not for a lack of suitors. Some people have said they suspect Phoebe is gay; I’m not entirely sure myself, but my best theory (and how I try to write the character) goes like this: Phoebe really hasn’t progressed past the emotional development of a twelve year-old. She likes attention, and she doesn’t mind men in the abstract, but not in the flesh. Guys and relationships, to her mind, would be a little inconvenient and would likely mess up her hair. Or something like that. Phoebe (like a twelve year-old girl) values female friendships far more than romantic ones.
At some point in the future, I might introduce a romantic interest for Phoebe, but I’m really not sure I could do that without ruining the comic. I have ideas, but they’re not fully fleshed out yet. And given the slow pace of this comic, it would be years before we got to that point.
Vote on TWC and follow along as I work on the cover for Puck Volume 1!!!
I haven’t made much progress on the cover this week (due to some unforeseen circumstances like a flood in my office), but a new voting incentive will be up in a day or two, so check back soon for an update!
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I wonder if Colin’s family will get a college fund started for Miranda.
That sounds like something way too useful for them.
How did Colin turn out so not-a-jerk-ish? Was his family all out of evil to pass around by time he was born?
damn, double post. get rid of this one, please.
as for Colin not being a jerk… every family has a ‘black sheep’. turns out that’s good in his family.
I think he’s the recessive genes baby.
Well, Nana MacTavish hasn’t really been evil yet.
Judgmental, yes. Evil? Not so much.
Yet.
Yeah, she’s not evil, exactly. She’s just not … nice. There’s a difference.
Two strips! I called it!
You win bragging rights! Sorry, that’s all I got.
Soooo… ten years? Sounds like common law if they have such a thing in Canada… or something similar.
Funny, in Texas, it only takes 6 months. If you do that, you might get a letter in the mail informing you of your marital status change. It only takes signing up to share an apartment with both your names on the lease and the landlord/lady turning it in. You get the letter six months after the census office gets the lease notice.
Or you can do something like sign in as husband and wife at a motel (yes, it’s a legal document). That is immediate after presenting that to a census clerk.
I’m sure there’s some tax reason for the state giving everyone a shotgun wedding like that. Sounds fishy to me. Not sure what the law is up here, but I’m sure that Puck and Colin have passed the post after ten years.
wait, what? in common law countries you might find yourself married overnight? o.o
Not exactly. Despite some misconceptions, common law marriage isn’t the same thing as an actual marriage in the eyes of the law, but it is a bit of a shocker.
If memory serves you have to be living together uninterrupted for six months, be able to marry, be willing to marry, sleeping together, and present yourselves as married in public.
Which, to me, begs the question “How does a couple present themselves as unmarried in public? Go around saying “Oh, have you met Tina? She’s totally not my wife, though some people might make that mistake. (Totally not my wife.)”
I’ve lived in Texas 35 years and I’ve never heard of that…
Yeah, common law marriage is pretty similar up here. So you could technically say they’re married in a sense, but really, who buys that?
… They’re supporting each other and a kid and not sleeping with other people. They even have a relatively positive emotional bond. Sounds pretty legit to me…
I would agree. And I think with Puck and Colin, it’s more a case of just not finding the time rather than actively avoiding the experience.
Not to mention the money. Colin might be content with a simple registration at city hall, but I think Puck would still want a memorable occasion. And memorable weddings do cost a few pennies. ^_^
Strike that. I think Colin might actually try to surprise Puck with a nice, festive wedding. He’s not the brightest bulb in the chandelier, but I’ve got this feeling… It may be completely wrong, of course. ^^
Well, anyone who doesn’t think a massive wedding story arc will happen in the next few years obviously doesn’t know my penchant for cheesy, predictable plots.
CADBURY’S!!!
Cadbury has a free dairy bar? Where? And why? Here in Canada, Cadbury is only known as a producer of chocolate.
MILK chocolate. Or to be using a cheeky pun, perhaps Colin’s mother would quip, MILF chocolate.
Colin’s mom is no MILF. Puck, on the other hand…
I love Cadbury.
It’s rare in the USA now.
Folded ?
Pretty sure it’s still around; as I understand it’s really big in the U.K.. Around here though (stateside as well), I can find a few of their confections in import shops; other than that it’s just the various holiday-themed candies at Easter.
I… Kinda-sorta saw this question coming (that they haven’t gotten married yet).
I do, however, love Puck’s comment in the last panel.
And your office flooded?
…Well ouch. As curious as I am, I’m also too tired to ask.
…Wait, I just did.
I have a terrible house design. I love my house, but the garage is in the basement, with a driveway that slopes down toward it. This is a flawed design in lots of ways, for lots of obvious reasons. There’s a four-inch pipe that drains the rainwater, but it got partially blocked with all of the sand that the city put on the street during our crazy awful winter. Over $700 later, it’s draining.
I hope they sloped your SEWER PIPE in a better direction than your Driveway.
EGAD !
You don’t want to know how they built my house.
No, you don’t….
MacTavish?
Yep. That’s Colin’s last name. It was a big reveal back in strip 223.
Yeah, and I made a raw comment about it back then. Last week I thought I was tired, now maybe it’s my mind that’s going. See you next week where I make another inane comment about something obvious.
Well, I’m in the same boat, so I’m not going hard on you.
On an amusing note, I finally saw an ad for Puck on another comic I read. The “Puck Yeah!” one. 🙂
Glad they’re out there. I’ve been spending more on ads recently, and it’s led to a marked increase in site traffic. It’s a trend I tend to continue.
Love Puck’s defensive posture and emotive ears. Mrs. Mactavishis not really giving advice, she is just sneering.
Gotta love Puck’s posture in the first panel and emotive ears in the last
It’s not always easy to ‘act’ through drawings, but when I can, I try.
I love her ears too, but I’m surprised she doesn’t get deformity comments – pointy ears aren’t that common. At the very least, questions about there being a Con in town.
People just never seem to notice. Weird, huh?
Before the MacTavish clan arrived, Tracee was the only semi-regular female character without pointy ears. It’s not an uncommon trait so far.
Yeah, certainly there’s enough pointy-eared types walking around in this universe that it wouldn’t stand out too much.
Okay, that’s weird/ It won’t post when I have my website filled in and when I erased it it did
It might have been caught by my spam filter. If it’s a Facebook page, it might get rejected because I’ve gotten spammed with thousands of Facebook spam posts.
One positive thing about these events?
Grandma MacTavish isn’t the one feeding the baby. She at least acknowledges Puck as the mother, and as someone competently taking care of the grandchild, be it in ever so small a way.
Maybe…
EG, it was. No biggie, I just erased it
I just went through my spam box and found it. Believe it or not, I had to sort through 250 spam posts before I found it. (I haven’t cleaned the folder in a few days, which means there are close to four thousand trash messages in there.) My spam filter is a creature of my own creation, and it works wonderfully, but sometimes innocent emails get caught in the snag.
Ever read the Smackjeeves comic The Geek Gets The Girl?
I wonder if Puck is going to let Colin’s parents and sister hold Miranda.
i dont realy get whats being said implied etc in the last 2 panels could some one please explain for me
Anyone want to field this?
I will.
Mama MacTavish is calling Puck a sl@+. Why should the man marry you when you’re just giving him sex. It’s an old phrase: Why buy the cow when you can get the milk for free. Along with Puck being a sl@+, she’s implying that Colin only wants Puck for the sex.
ah thank you now i get it 😀
I knew the usual grilling from Colin’s mom was coming but wow…the humor in that last panel was CLASSIC!
But I love that type of humor anyway. 😀
I love that type of humor too. (Which I guess is evident.)
A Surprisingly perky dairy bar at that.
We’re talking metaphorical milk here. But yes.
Zebra, there is an old saying “Why buy a cow when milk is free?” About girls who have sex before marriage. Gramma MacTavish is implying that since Puck has been having sex outside marriage, she is being stupid, as well as implying that she is a sl@*.
What a stupid saying.
Maybe, I, um, live out in the country and the Supermarkets that sell Milk are few and far between ? Or they only sell Skim Milk ? Or, ….
Screw it. Most people get married so they can have frequent, easy SEX.
I thought most people got married because, well, I dunno, really. Because they’re getting older and they don’t really have anything better to do.
Ah, a visit from the in-laws, what a rare treat. It ranks right up there with having a root canal without anesthetic or a flat tire at 3:00 in the morning on a lonely road.
All the best experiences are shared through this comic!
Psst !
I’ll take a lonely country road any day for a flat over DETROIT !
Don’t hold back, Grandma!
She’s going to be so grateful that Colin is well, Colin and not like the rest of his family me thinks. Though she may kill him more for the Wendy’s girl gag considering it’s just ammo right now.
Colin certainly looks rather wonderful compared to his family right now.
My Mom once tried to tell me the cow thing when I was a teenager but she botched it and said: “Why buy the cow when you get the sex for free?” Still makes me laugh my ass off to this day. True story.
I don’t want to visit your farm, that’s for sure.
My mom told me to be careful with the girls because you never know when one will leap out at you from the closet with a chainsaw. My family has a strange sense of humor.
I have just discovered Puck and
wastedspent several hours reading through the entire archive. It’s brilliant, and my time from now on will be waiting from one Tuesday to the next. One thing that puzzles me — why does Phoebe never have a boyfriend? With her looks and the way she dresses she must have guys hitting on her every day. Are none of them good enough for her? Or do the horns and tail put them off? (Apologies if this has been asked before)First, thanks for letting me know you liked the comic. It always makes my day when someone lets me know that they like my stuff. As for the Phoebe question, it’s a bit of a puzzler. Certainly it’s not for a lack of suitors. Some people have said they suspect Phoebe is gay; I’m not entirely sure myself, but my best theory (and how I try to write the character) goes like this: Phoebe really hasn’t progressed past the emotional development of a twelve year-old. She likes attention, and she doesn’t mind men in the abstract, but not in the flesh. Guys and relationships, to her mind, would be a little inconvenient and would likely mess up her hair. Or something like that. Phoebe (like a twelve year-old girl) values female friendships far more than romantic ones.
At some point in the future, I might introduce a romantic interest for Phoebe, but I’m really not sure I could do that without ruining the comic. I have ideas, but they’re not fully fleshed out yet. And given the slow pace of this comic, it would be years before we got to that point.
As long as she doesn’t get knocked up in the first five minutes and then years are spent focusing on another pregnancy… that idea seems fine.
How about having Puck make mention of History.