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Major corporations and organizations do indeed often have a policy regarding pay-offs for people injured on their property. They don’t obviously publicize this info, but if you’re asking for a few grand (instead of a few million), they’re inclined to just give it to you.
Oh, and if you’re ever going to feign an injury, make sure it’s a soft tissue injury, like a muscle sprain or the like. They’re undetectable by x-ray, hard to medically disprove, and they’re the shady personal injury lawyer’s bread and butter.
This is, by the way, the very last comic relating in any way to the Canada's Funderland story arc. We're off to uncharted territory from here on in. (Uncharted territory, BTW, means a few one-off gags followed by a much shorter mini story.)
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NEW VOTING INCENTIVE: GET SHNORFY!!!
There's a new voting incentive up on TWC! If you’ve been following the comic over the past few weeks, you know where this is going. And you know whether you should be scared or excited.
CLICK HERE TO MAKE LEARNING FUN!
As for this comic…
Major corporations and organizations do indeed often have a policy regarding pay-offs for people injured on their property. They don’t obviously publicize this info, but if you’re asking for a few grand (instead of a few million), they’re inclined to just give it to you.
Oh, and if you’re ever going to feign an injury, make sure it’s a soft tissue injury, like a muscle sprain or the like. They’re undetectable by x-ray, hard to medically disprove, and they’re the shady personal injury lawyer’s bread and butter.
This is, by the way, the very last comic relating in any way to the Canada's Funderland story arc. We're off to uncharted territory from here on in. (Uncharted territory, BTW, means a few one-off gags followed by a much shorter mini story.)
I’m sure Daisy Mae also kept money in her blouse. Pockets are a silly invention.
Well, as a male, I can say that I’m personally glad for pockets. My pecs aren’t defined enough for me to be able to hold bills between them.
There’s only one “pocket” that a male could put stuff, and that spot is kind of smelly. Especially after walking all day in an amusement part on a sunny day.
Though, as illustrated by Mallrats, it does give you access to a wonderful prank on people you don’t like called “the Stink Palm”. 🙂
What, you don’t put money in the nerd’s pocket? Either one would be quite odorous.
The sock or the shoe.
I’m not sure what you meant by that, but my first thought was something akin to a person walking around using a nerd as a purse.
A fine moment in cinematic history, surely.
Someone could probably write a scholarly treatise on the nature (or non-nature) of pockets in comics. From Pogo Possum and Donald Duck’s pocketlessness which somehow still seems to hold things … to the more traditional pocketness of Popeye the Sailor Man.
I’m guessing that “pocketness” is a scholarly word.
Pocketness is a great, noble word, which Chrome is currently flagging for me as a spelling mistake. Let’s bolster it by increasing its usage!
“Pocketness” should not be confused with “pocketses” as in when Gollum asks “What has it got in its pocketses?”
But, then again, if I had written “The Hobbit,” Eowyn would have hidden the One Ring in her “Heavy Metal” breastplate thing whilst riding a flaming unicorn and fighting Smaug.
If you’d written it, from the little you just told me, it would have been better.
A little late to the party, but couldn’t resist the reference! It’s called “nature’s pocket” according to a dude from Futurama. “Make sure he doesn’t pick yur pockit.”
Logical fallacy here–When did Daisy Mae (or anyone in Dogpatch) ever have money?
Puck is way upscale by comparison. 🙂
In the musical of “Lil’ Abner” we’re told that the denizens of Dogpatch regularly receive unemployment pay — plus Daisy’s beau has some city-slicker money from dirty wrastlin’ or whatever. In both the musical and the comics, the folk of Dogpatch were regularly encountering gangsters, conmen, and city-slickers, so I would assume that some of these escapades involve money. (I remember one episode in which Mamy had to buy a train ticket to go to New Yo’k to save Lil’ Abner from the dangers of civilization).
Now, it’s possible that much of this money was counterfeit … or just Confederate money still in circulation. Either way, there seems to be some sort of informal economy at work here in Dogpatch (one could compare it to the economy of the Pogo’s swamp, which was even MORE informal).
But then again, the existence of Schmoos pretty much destroys any notion of a convention, scarcity based economy.
So, for the time being, I’m going to continue to image that Daisy Mae uses her tiny blouse as a pocket.
…I’m unsure how to feel about Daphne’s ethics here.
I find Puck’s though to be hilarious.
I always make Daphne do things I sort of wish I could do, were I not burdened with a conscience. So it’s never anything SUPER terrible or criminal, but those actions that skirt the boundaries of morality, that we all think about doing.
Believe it or not
Puck’ walking away
I never thought she would take that gree-ee-een!
Hustling the man
With some injured hobos…
Whoooooo could it beeeeee?
Believe it or not, it’s Daph-neeeeee!
Does this mean that Daphne is Canada’s Greatest Hiro?
The Greatest Canadian Hero is, without a doubt, Red Green. Or the Mackenzie Brothers.
Have you forgotten the frantics? Tae Kwon leap?
For shame, you have relied too much on the twelfth grade reader of the tome known as “Super Mario World.”
Bowser and Blue is a particular favorite of mine.
We praise the colo-rectal surgeon! Misunderstood and much maligned! Slaving away in the heart of darkness, working where the sun don’t shine!
Look at what’s happ’ning to me-eee.
I can’t believe it myself.
Suddenly I’ve got ten grand in my shirt.
It could’ve been somebody else…
Daphne is showing her lack of experience here. You always abjure the filthy nature of the filthy lucre, then you impound it.
I’m not sure her Lucre is filthy! I’m sure she’s found a way to launder it!
Up here in Canada, the bills are polymer, so you can actually wash your bills yourself. No more taking it to a professional money launderer!
So that’s why a certain space princess keeps cutting her fingers.
Well, she’s still young. She’s got decades to learn the craft.
I laughed way harder than I care to admit at this.
Puck… I can’t really argue with her logic that she doesn’t want it, but then again. Free cash.
Now I’m curious what the next arc will be – and if it’ll last as long as this one, or be shorter. Or longer. Who knows! (EG, I hope, knows.)
Well, it’s not exactly free cash. Remember that Daphne’s damage to the park was evaluated at 19,000 dollars, and Puck agreed to pay it to keep Daphne out of prison. So, that 10k isn’t free money so much as just over half of what Daphne’s crimes have cost Puck.
True. We can’t have our heroes come out of this heavily in the black, now can we?
Next arc is WAY shorter. Like under twenty comics. Guaranteed.
Scruples, it’s what keeps her from not having to use Colin’s socks to stuff her bra.
I didn’t know scruples had any relation to bust size, but good to know.
Scruples? not the smell?
I’m sorry ma’am, your chest is killing the local plantlife and small animals.
Purrrrrrrrr
Not a Tracee purr. That deserves CAPS.
But purrs none-the-less. Well done to all.
(do they DO none-the-less in Canada ?)
Wat – no answers ?
(I forgot the entire Northland has migrated to Old Orchard Beach this time of year.)
Up here, it’s called nonetheless.
Ok, I may be the feline equivalent of a FUDDEE-DUDDEE (is that it?).
But are any of those Big Bucks headed towards Phoebe ?
Whose loaned bucks sprang the clan from Funderland Prison ?
Likely not, if I know Puck.
Indeed, two wrongs don’t make a right… but three lefts do!
Wisdom
That’s my middle name: Electric ‘Three Lefts’ Gecko.
For our American friends, our $100 bills are brown, our $50’s are red, our $20’s are green, our $10’s are purple, and our $5’s are blue. We have coins for $1’s and $2’s (Loonies and Toonies). Hence the brown colour of the cash Daphne handed to Puck…
Also – the dimples on Tracee’s back are cute…
Like Maestro Fresh Wes once said, “At home, I make bills of brown for my sound; in the States, green like the grass in the ground. When I’m in England, they pass my pounds now. I clock cash in every town!” Yes you do, Maestro.
And I’m not sure what those dimples are called, but it’s something to do with the sacral triangle. It’s been a long time since I took anatomy.
Those aren’t dimples, they are the skin attachment of the posterior superior iliac spine 😛
There you go! That’s what they’re called! I know where they go, I just don’t know the details.
What a BUZZKILL…….
*preens*
Gotta admit, that Preening is well deserved.
My buzz died with style !
So why didn’t the hobos just pocket the money and leave her in the lurch?
Because she confiscated their shopping carts beforehand and held them for ransom.
With ten thousand dollars they could buy *two* shopping carts…
But they could never replace the memories…
Maybe they’re hobos for a reason. I don’t see too many former rocket scientist hobos after all.
I’ve only ever met one, but he knew too much and government fried his brain.
He should have gotten a tin foil hat.
Lovin Daphne’s T-shirt, not too many people seem to remember the Greatest American Hero anymore.
Few people do. About a decade ago, I re-watched season one and two, and I have to say that show was WAY better than anyone gives it credit for. It was honestly about the first thing outside the comic page to explore the idea of the real everyday (inconvenient) life of a superhero.
I watched an episode, the pilot I believe, about a year ago.
I didn’t think it aged well.
I might have to give it another go, though. Seems I’m getting more nostalgic, lately.
The ‘superhero’ bits haven’t aged well at all. Particularly distracting is the stuntman’s wig, which looks NOTHING like the actual actor’s hair. William Katt was well known for his curly blond locks, but the wig was like a spherical-shaped yellow fro, and was super distracting. The stunt work, though, is pretty impressive.
What ages really well is the stuff that NOT the superhero stuff: the everyday life parts, and how they relate to the hero gig. It also spoke to me because the character was a high school teacher assigned to teach alt-ed (basically working with the toughest kids in the building), and at the time, that was MY job. (They’d obviously ripped it from Welcome Back Kotter, but still.)
Speaking of old 80s shows;
Do you remember a mid-80s show that had a midget/little person/whatever that was a computer genius and fought crime?
I vaguely remember the show in total, but one scene I specifically remember;
He was helping a teenage runaway who got mad and took off running down an alley.
The midget is chasing after him and a neighbor comes out to see what the hub-bub is.
The midg’s response is that “one of my robots got out, Mrs (?). Nothing to worry about.”
So, his bots are well known.
The star also wears a tam as part of his regular outfit.
I think he had a full beard/stache.
That show was called ‘The Wizard’. I only vaguely remember it, but yes. It was a real thing. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=na9_tBeDTK0
Yes! Your memory of vague nostalgia never ceases to amaze!
Seasons 1 and 2 were great; season 3 was when the network started interfering a bit more and demanding certain plot elements (more monsters, etc.), and things just turned bad. Still, there are a few good points for season 3, and it can be worth a watch for nostalgia’s sake if nothing else.
But whatever you do, do not watch the pilot for the (thankfully never made) spinoff series, “The Greatest American Heroine”. That was truly cringe-worthy. I almost think I’d rather watch the Star Wars Holiday Special again before I re-watched that bit.
Now I’m sure that someone is going to go watch it out of sheer curiosity; all I can say is that you have been warned!
Note that I specified seasons one and two. Season three was … a problem. And not Cannell’s fault.
I have, indeed, watched the pilot for “Greatest American Heroine”. I only barely escaped with my spleen.
Heh. I gotta say, for all the changes you make to her and the very, very different struggles she has, I’m glad she’s still the same old Puck. You’ve stayed very true to the original personality from Shakespeare.
Interesting that you say that. To my mind, Shakespeare’s Puck had very few defining personality traits. He liked to play tricks, he liked to watch people make fools of themselves, he was unfailingly loyal to his master, and… really, that’s about all we got. I would say this Puck doesn’t really play many tricks. She sometimes enjoys watching foolish mortals be foolish, but it’s not consistent. And though loyal to her friends and family, I’d say that this Puck’s loyalty is more of the grudging variety than the unquestioning kind.
I’d say this Puck’s primary traits (fiery temper, moral ambiguity, rampantly id-dominated psyche) aren’t there in Shakespeare. You could make a case for this Puck sharing character traits with many other characters from that play, though. Shakespeare’s depiction of Hermia and Helena, certainly, are a big source of inspiration for me: looking like delicate flowers, but quite ready to scream, accuse, and gouge people’s eyes out if wronged.
Agree about Hermia and Helena
My ODT copy of Midsummer Night’s Dream is a comic by Brooke McEldowney with the Pibgorn and 9CWL cast playing the parts. It’s interesting that Puck is also female in it, being played by Pibgorn, but she is also in love with Oberon (and, erm, INTIMATELY INVOLVED with him. So, there is obviously some female quality to Shakespeare’s Puck that goes outside the written lines.
I’ve seen a few stage productions in my time. About half of them cast women to play Puck. It’s not a very gender-specific role (much like Ariel in the Tempest that way, who is legitimately not identified by gender in the play) and so yeah, it works.
Well, I guess that’s all true… However, in some aspects, she certainly does fit the trickster archetype, even if it’s not in a necessarily active role. In the baby shower arc is when she really kicks it up a notch, and that’s about it. She does have the original Puck’s trait of making snarky asides, though.
True. Very true.
So, like, not a part, but the whole thing?
Exactly.
Tsk tsk Daphne, you have so much still to learn.
About hypocrisy? Yes. About duplicity? Not as much.
ElectricGecko will the Happiest Place in Ontario chapter be available in a pdf book like the earlier section of the comic?? also will there be another compilation of the various voting rewards made??
To answer your questions, yes, there will be a print book (and a PDF copy) of comics 200-400 or so, which will come out shortly after comic #400, so we’ve still got a year or so before that becomes a reality. As for the voting incentives, I have top secret news on that front: all the voting incentives are now going to be posted on Patreon. If you head over to my Patreon page and care to pledge a buck, you’ll get access to all of them. They’re not all up yet, but they’ll be popping up over the next few months, including all the new ones that weren’t in the PDF collection.
I’m a PATREON ! PURRRRRR……
That family of mice I terrorize and extort are just going have to pony up a bit more each month.
“Hey Pixie & Dixie, get your furry arses over here, pronto” (heh heh heh)
I noticed. And thank you. Your dollar will hopefully not be in vain.
Phoebe busting out of a Birthday Cake is worth what I do to those mice all by itself !!
I wish I could post a pic of what I did to “Gramma” last week when they were slow with the pennies.
Let’s just say she won’t be down for breakfast. anymore.
( ok, she was MY breakfast – kinda’ stringy, tho )
I forgot all about Patreon, but I think you’ll find a little something extra in your bossom-booster from now on.
Yay!
Money: the OTHER kind of Mammagrow.
Daphne’s scheming goes deeper than I realized. I’m impressed.
Well, she’s good at what she does. Really, though, now that I think about it, she’d have been smarter to hire the hobos to go steal the gnome in the first place.
Canadian Hobos are clearly superior to those directly south of your border if Daphne would even consider them for a skilled Technical Enterprise that even she failed at.
You know, I rethought that statement exactly three seconds after making it. Never send a hobo to do an agent’s job.
Why does everyone here hate hobos so much?
I am the greatest of all Hobos, and thou shalt have no other Hobos before Me!
@CH
There are no other hoboes !
(see, I’m on board)
What Puck says is in case Colin is listening somewhere.
What Puck does is because they have a mortgage and a kid who may need to go to college. ^_^
The first point may actually be likely.
The second point is valid for sane people, but Puck? She borrowed just short of ten grand from Phoebe recently, but what’s the chance that this money will go to Phoebe? Probably little. The chance that this money will go to the mortgage (also held by Phoebe) or the kids’ education is even slimmer, I’d say. It may be spent on magic beans, though…
Did you buy these grits from the same guy who sold Jack his beanstalk beans?
Are you sure about those five minutes?
Where’s Miranda?
I dunno. With Colin?
Any Dingo’s in Canada ?
https://youtu.be/ghCTZF61ey0?t=17
Lets face facts here. Its probably not the first time Puck has stuffed dollar bills down her top.
Us hobos have feelings you know. We feel hunger. We feel anger. And we carry sharp, and or pointy objects with which to express our anger. Just saying.
Oops. Forgot I already said something.
To quote Lady MacBeth, “Methinks the lady doth protest too much.”
Well, what’s the fun in protesting a little? None!
As dem Cajun would say, “Daht be true, yes.”
Daphne, it’s called a “Lie”. Non-bad people can do it too.
And believe me, she appreciates it.
Man, I’m sure I could have got money out of the city of Boston twice, but I never bothered to. I don’t have enough Daphne in me.
This is a real thing. Speaking as someone who knows someone in management inside a large organization that deals with the public. You just have to ask. Preferably naming your sum. And if it’s below their threshold, the money is yours.