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As for this comic…
I got up this morning (well before seven o’clock actually) and, in the spirit of this comic, downed a hefty handful of Skittles before getting down to work. Art imitates life.
After seeing this one, my wife commented that Puck’s morning attire was ‘very Puck’ and Phoebe’s was ‘very Phoebe’, which means I’m doing something right, I guess.
But what about the Lucky Charms? Certainly General Mills could have trapped into some of that magic. But on the other hand, bowls, milk, spoons and chugging a bowl of cereal just takes time.
Thank you. I can’t stand cereal with marshmallows in it. Never could stand them even as a kid. The marshmallows are always stale, hard, and overly sweet. Like packing material, that doesn’t like you.
That’s why you eat cereal with milk. After adding the milk you mix it and the marshmallows soften. They’re still super sweet, but some people like that.
Well, she has the cup there, so I’m guessing she’s downed at least a few swigs. Coffee has probably ceased to give her the boost needed, so she needs to combine medication, as it were.
And Beast Mode to me means something that only happens with girlfriends. I imagine Colin tries to call it that, but Puck won’t let him. Much to his chagrin.
“Akira may refer to: Akira (manga), a 1980s cyberpunk manga by Katsuhiro Otomo; Akira (1988 film), a 1988 animated film adaptation of the manga….” Ew, Manga
To be honest, I agree with your wife on their attires – Puck looks quite “I don’t really care, I’m wearing clothes” while Phoebe’s is more refined (in lack of a better word).
I’m not a major fan of Skittles personally, but I do eat them once in a while. Haven’t had any in the morning, come to think of it… I should try that next time I haven’t slept.
Eating candy first thing in the morning is sort of disgusting because your taste buds are still waking up, but like all disgusting habits, it’s kind of hard to stop once you start.
Whenever I babysit my toddler nephew and nieces, I make sure that I’m highly medicated on Cap’n Crunch, Lucky Charms, and whatever other sugary things I can find. ‘Tis the only way I can keep up with the little folk’s natural hyperness.
Indeed, it’s been my experience that WITHOUT sugar, my younger relatives act like drunken, barbarian, clumsy pirates rampaging all about. I only give them sugar when their parents are about, at which point the little ones act like insane, Skeksis-Klingon-Orcs a-pillaging.
Alas, I just can’t compete with that sugar insanity.
And no piggy-back rides when the kids are hyper. I’m tired of my head being used as a drum.
Well, there are those weird kids that are raised to never, EVER have sugar (which of course TOTALLY prepares them for life in Western society). They’re just ticking time bombs, if you ask me.
I don’t know what’s worse. The fact that this comic makes Puck look like a white trash candy addict, or the fact that I’ve done this exact same thing when I’m too tired to deal with puppies in the morning.
Well, I think we can safely replace the “makes Puck look like” with “confirms that Puck is” in your observation. But that makes you and me and Puck, so I guess we’re all in good company?
It definitely dates from the ‘good ole’ days of yore when referring to crippling vices or addictions as something innocent and sweet was par for the course.
With my grandma it was always “granny’s glass of wine” my family was never too big on subtlety and innuendo. Of course, anyone that scolded my grandmother for drinking the wine got a death glare that would make Donald Trump retreat into his toupee.
I never take sugar in the morning. It metabolizes during my daily run and makes me feel tired and hypoglycemic about Mile 2. I either have a strawberry-banana-wheat germ smoothie or Grape-Nuts with skim milk and fruit, depending on what my bf got at his last shopping trip.
See, I know that you’re an entirely different kind of people when you get to the ‘during my daily run’ part. You can emulate my life by replacing the ‘daily run’ with the ‘daily eating candy’ portion of the day. Which might explain why I inexplicably weigh 12 pounds more than I did last year.
Crap. Maybe I need to change the kind of people I belong to.
Well, people kept sending more of them. I wonder if Nathan Barnatt (origin of said giant bucket of Skittles) ever got through his boxes and boxes and boxes of them that the Skittles people had given him.
The internet offers many worse cases. Michael from VSauce on Youtube was born in 1986. Seriously. With the full beard and bald head, the dude looked 50 when he was 25.
I don’t know about this stuff because I am nulliparous. My bf has a seventeen year old and he says that little baby stuff doesn’t last long. I’m not a bit anxious to find out. Thank heaven for BCPs.
Baby stuff doesn’t really last long, but when you’re in it, it’s kind of like being on the front lines in WWI: you are aware that there is life outside this suffering, but you can’t comprehend anything except the suffering because it consumes your every waking moment. And most of your sleeping moments too. I am happy I had kids. I am also happy I had kids at a relatively young age, because having them at an older age might possibly have killed me.
Just a friendly reminder that if you want the PUCK+ experience, including access to all the past voting incentives, some sneak peaks, and other extra junk, you can become a patron of Puck for only a dollar a month!
CLICK HERE TO BECOME A PATRON OF PUCK! A PUCKTRON? That sounds rad, like gestalt transformer or something!
Also…
TWC VOTING INCENTIVE: GET SHNORFY!!!
As for this comic…
I got up this morning (well before seven o’clock actually) and, in the spirit of this comic, downed a hefty handful of Skittles before getting down to work. Art imitates life.
After seeing this one, my wife commented that Puck’s morning attire was ‘very Puck’ and Phoebe’s was ‘very Phoebe’, which means I’m doing something right, I guess.
It makes a lot of sense that a Celtic Fae would want to taste the rainbow!
The rainbow tastes like carnauba wax.
But what about the Lucky Charms? Certainly General Mills could have trapped into some of that magic. But on the other hand, bowls, milk, spoons and chugging a bowl of cereal just takes time.
There’s no magic in those gross little marshmallows, no matter what my daughter thinks.
Thank you. I can’t stand cereal with marshmallows in it. Never could stand them even as a kid. The marshmallows are always stale, hard, and overly sweet. Like packing material, that doesn’t like you.
That’s why you eat cereal with milk. After adding the milk you mix it and the marshmallows soften. They’re still super sweet, but some people like that.
They’re still gross.
You’ve met packing material that actually likes you?
All of it always tears, binds, sticks to things it’s not supposed to – and won’t to things it’s supposed to.
“You’ve met packing material that actually likes you?”
Everyone loves popping bubble wrap.
You do have a good point.
But Anise loves them.
But has she had any coffee yet?
Well, she has the cup there, so I’m guessing she’s downed at least a few swigs. Coffee has probably ceased to give her the boost needed, so she needs to combine medication, as it were.
The coffee cup is just full of Skittles.
Possible, actually.
Coffee flavored Skittles.
Skittles! Wire the Rainbow!
My mom really enjoys coffee.She has me make it for her because I make it very well.
it could be worse – chocolate covered jelly beans! sugar high in combination with the seretonine rush of chocolate should be declared illegal!
Don’t forget chocolate covered espresso beans. Sugar from the chocolate mixed with caffeine that makes your head explode.
I’ve had those, but my inherent built-up resistance to caffeine made them have little effect.
Kinda like Wolverine in X2 when the soldier tranquilized him?
Much like.
I tried them and didn’t like them. So I handed them out to the neighborhood kids and went inside. I don’t think their parents forgave me for that.
I’ve SEEN THOSE at one store around here. I had to use all of my willpower not to buy a big bag.
Jelly Belly actually makes 3 different varieties of chocolate jelly beans. Milk chocolate, Dark Chocolate, and Mocha
I’m actually more of a chocolate-covered jujube kind of guy.
But isn’t that taking the bee’s juju for granted?
I think that’s part of the fun.
Hey, if it’s good enough for Beast Mode, it’s good enough for Puck!
It’s good enough for Beast Mode?
American football player.
Not the kind of football that involves hitting a ball with your foot.
Ah. Thanks for the clarification. For a nerd like me, ‘beast mode’ refers only to Predacons’ and Beast Wars Transformers’ alt-modes.
And Beast Mode to me means something that only happens with girlfriends. I imagine Colin tries to call it that, but Puck won’t let him. Much to his chagrin.
-snort- she looks like she just had a sugar org 😛
If there’s one thing we’ve established through multiple comics in this series, it’s that Puck orgs really, REALLY easily.
One learns something over the course of 600 years hooray!
Nah, she isn’t glowing
YOU may see a faint white halo behind Puck. I see a miniature version of the white event that destroyed Neo-Tokyo in Akira.
The hottest of rage burns white at its core.
Skittle-induced ragegasms?
“Akira may refer to: Akira (manga), a 1980s cyberpunk manga by Katsuhiro Otomo; Akira (1988 film), a 1988 animated film adaptation of the manga….” Ew, Manga
To be honest, I agree with your wife on their attires – Puck looks quite “I don’t really care, I’m wearing clothes” while Phoebe’s is more refined (in lack of a better word).
I’m not a major fan of Skittles personally, but I do eat them once in a while. Haven’t had any in the morning, come to think of it… I should try that next time I haven’t slept.
Eating candy first thing in the morning is sort of disgusting because your taste buds are still waking up, but like all disgusting habits, it’s kind of hard to stop once you start.
Whenever I babysit my toddler nephew and nieces, I make sure that I’m highly medicated on Cap’n Crunch, Lucky Charms, and whatever other sugary things I can find. ‘Tis the only way I can keep up with the little folk’s natural hyperness.
You can’t compete. You’ll never reach the zenith of insanity that a small child on sugar can reach.
No one said you had to give the child the sugar – they get the oat bran for breakfast! That ought to help even the scales.
Smart.
Indeed, it’s been my experience that WITHOUT sugar, my younger relatives act like drunken, barbarian, clumsy pirates rampaging all about. I only give them sugar when their parents are about, at which point the little ones act like insane, Skeksis-Klingon-Orcs a-pillaging.
Alas, I just can’t compete with that sugar insanity.
And no piggy-back rides when the kids are hyper. I’m tired of my head being used as a drum.
Well, there are those weird kids that are raised to never, EVER have sugar (which of course TOTALLY prepares them for life in Western society). They’re just ticking time bombs, if you ask me.
I see the mug likes to brag about being the world’s best…
It’s an egotistical item, to be sure. It’s been Puck’s mug for years now, and it’s easy to see why. I mean, it’s the best.
For the record, my own mug at home is a sizable one with Puck #214 printed on it. My wife made it for me a few years back.
Is your wife really into crafts?
Nah, she got a print shop to do the mug. She’s big into knitting, though other types of crafts not so much.
Heh! Maybe she could knit one of Colin’s hats or something…
Now my only question is, where did the skittles come from? If Puck has the powers to create skittles on demand, I want in.
She probably leaves small stashes everywhere around the house, like a squirrel with nuts.
I don’t know what’s worse. The fact that this comic makes Puck look like a white trash candy addict, or the fact that I’ve done this exact same thing when I’m too tired to deal with puppies in the morning.
Well, I think we can safely replace the “makes Puck look like” with “confirms that Puck is” in your observation. But that makes you and me and Puck, so I guess we’re all in good company?
I count as good company? Well that’s new.
Well, it’s coming from me, so it might not mean much.
I love the phrase “mommy’s little helper”… Sounds akin to “grandpa’s ol’ cough syrup”, although skittles probably will do more harm to your liver.
LOL. I love the “Granny’s Rheumitiz Medicine”
It cures what ails ya. It’s also good for blowin’ up stumps.
It definitely dates from the ‘good ole’ days of yore when referring to crippling vices or addictions as something innocent and sweet was par for the course.
With my grandma it was always “granny’s glass of wine” my family was never too big on subtlety and innuendo. Of course, anyone that scolded my grandmother for drinking the wine got a death glare that would make Donald Trump retreat into his toupee.
https://youtu.be/E-62QgzmcDQ?t=21
You know where I’m coming from.
I never take sugar in the morning. It metabolizes during my daily run and makes me feel tired and hypoglycemic about Mile 2. I either have a strawberry-banana-wheat germ smoothie or Grape-Nuts with skim milk and fruit, depending on what my bf got at his last shopping trip.
See, I know that you’re an entirely different kind of people when you get to the ‘during my daily run’ part. You can emulate my life by replacing the ‘daily run’ with the ‘daily eating candy’ portion of the day. Which might explain why I inexplicably weigh 12 pounds more than I did last year.
Crap. Maybe I need to change the kind of people I belong to.
I got in trouble with my doc for losing too much weight. During the summer she makes me weigh in once a week first thing.
I need a little bit of that: some of that ‘losing too much weight’ factor to counteract my ‘fat Skittles eater’ factor.
And the twist is that the Skittles actually contained amphetamines!
They don’t already? I think they do.
That comeback was so sweet, I can’t even play off of it. It must be made of M’nM’s!
Only the ones with the “sour” coating.
That explains a lot…
Today I got my mom a special cup for her coffee.
I’m trying to think of a way to reference Danny Sexbang’s love of Skittles with Puck’s dependency on them to “wake up”. Drawing a blank.
And now, I’m wondering if they ever got through the big bucket of Skittles that they referenced when Danny was still relatively new to the show. 🙂
Well, people kept sending more of them. I wonder if Nathan Barnatt (origin of said giant bucket of Skittles) ever got through his boxes and boxes and boxes of them that the Skittles people had given him.
I had to look up these people and I saw that Barnatt kid was born in the early 80s. Just a pup, that wee lad… who is balding…
80s… balding… kid… NNNNOOOOOO!!!!!
[Disclosure; I’m a 70s ‘grown man’ – with a full head of hair (I won that lottery)]
The internet offers many worse cases. Michael from VSauce on Youtube was born in 1986. Seriously. With the full beard and bald head, the dude looked 50 when he was 25.
I agree with your wife too. Things are going back to “normal” for them. ;P
If this is your normal, then you know you’re doing well.
I don’t know about this stuff because I am nulliparous. My bf has a seventeen year old and he says that little baby stuff doesn’t last long. I’m not a bit anxious to find out. Thank heaven for BCPs.
Baby stuff doesn’t really last long, but when you’re in it, it’s kind of like being on the front lines in WWI: you are aware that there is life outside this suffering, but you can’t comprehend anything except the suffering because it consumes your every waking moment. And most of your sleeping moments too. I am happy I had kids. I am also happy I had kids at a relatively young age, because having them at an older age might possibly have killed me.
Good simile. *takes her BCP like a good girlfriend*
Puck is looking unusually hot to me sans morning breath. Drawn with a natural flair with a hint of seduction.
The ‘morning robe off the shoulder’ thing is a slight homage to Blondie, the original domestic comedy with a hint of seduction.