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As for this comic…
There is, sadly, no actual bubble tea place across from the cancer center in Hamilton in real life. But we can pretend. And who knows? The cancer center’s situated in a pretty dynamic old-timey shopping district which is in the early stages of gentrification, so maybe a bubble tea place is on the horizon.
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Chapter: One of the BoysCharacters: Colin Daphne Miranda Phoebe Puck Tyler (aka Taylor)Tags: special guy support
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As for this comic…
There is, sadly, no actual bubble tea place across from the cancer center in Hamilton in real life. But we can pretend. And who knows? The cancer center’s situated in a pretty dynamic old-timey shopping district which is in the early stages of gentrification, so maybe a bubble tea place is on the horizon.
The kind of support one wants from your future-step-adopted-son-in-common-law.
It’s the bond that cannot be broken.
Shouldn’t that be: “To the Ballmobile?”
Formerly the “Ballsmobile” but now its cargo capacity will be halved.
And really, with this crowd, there’s not really much motivation to call it either. I mean, ‘ovarymobile’ would be more fitting, if less catchy.
How about “the bratmobile?”
Ooh, smart.
“I am the round dangly bits of the night.”
Bwahahahahhahahaaha
Aw. ^_^ Everyone is trying to support Colin in their own way.
It’s an honest attempt.
I can’t help but notice that Puck looks a little …. panicked in panel three.
Also, it looks like Miranda thinks there’s something strange going on with Mommy. Maybe her voice is cracking a bit under the strain….?
Well, forced cheeriness is tough work, man.
Is there going to be a scene of her worrying and confiding in Phoebe in the bubble tea shop?
Nah, I don’t think we’ll get a shot inside the bubble tea shop. Not right now, anyway.
In spite of the forced cheerfulness, I do notice Daphne and Miranda are still coming along without so much as a single snark or complaint….
“I am the slippery ovoid of the late night” – somebody else than me 😛
*snicker*
“We are your metaphorical scr0tum, Colin! We’ll hold you up whenever you sag!”
(Truth be told, if I ever have to go through anything like this, I hope my support group includes a few Daphnes and Tylers. People who will crack absolutely tasteless jokes to startle me out of any endless loops of brooding, dread and depression.)
Anything to stop the brooding, huh?
When I had a ad thing happen to me, I found that alcohol and sex helped more than anything else. YMMV, of course.
*ad=bad. Darned autocorrect
@Susan
I think AD was better !!
They can be awfully annoying.
There are certain times in life when thinking is a bad thing.
There you go. 😉
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Some of the best support I got was just silent company when my Grandpa died. Gave me the space to get myself put back together enough to be functional again.
Agreed. When death’s involved, quiet company is great. In this case, though, physical support and a ride home is pretty critical. Trust me: you’re not in driving-shape after this one.
That I can believe.
Will we see a car with a “batmobile” sign on it?
No. Definitely not.
BATMOBILE BATMOBILE BATMOBILE !!!!
I can’t actually argue with Tyler on him saying Colin isn’t his “special guy”. Though he might be… Kinda-sorta Tyler’s father-in-law at some point in the future? Maybe?
I’m not even sure how that’d work out given how Puck initially adopted Daphne and Puck/Colin has never really tied the knot… And it’s not like we know if Tyler and Daphne even like each other to begin with (I think Tyler likes her… Not sure if Daphne likes him the same way. Being Daphne and all.)
…Huh, never thought I’d be this confused about character relations in a webcomic…
Also, I have a question: has Tyler ever been bothered by the fact that Daphne is, in fact, NOT fully human but rather some dog-girl?
He might be into fur – you never know…
Not sure if Daffy likes anybody, including herself 😛
Daphne likes no one, but you could make a strong case for the theory that she loves some people – specifically all the people contained in panel one of this comic.
Tyler obviously is not bothered by Daphne’s slightly odd physiology. Whether he is specifically ‘into that sort of thing specifically’ is a matter of mere conjecture, and I personally would like to think that he’s not. He has, through communicative glances, expressed attraction to both Phoebe and Tracee, so his tastes don’t seem to be really… um… constrained.
The difference between a kink and a fetish. 😛
(Censor me if you must, but it had to be said!)
@Kaiser
Only Tyler knows if Daphne prefers to do it dog….. NO, NO, NO !
I refuse to ask the question, and don’t want to know the answer.
“I wish I hadn’t said that.”
“But you did, Oscar. You did.”
GUILTY
but not repentent
It would be hard for anyone who obsesses over Tracee to feel repentant.
Oh, and I don’t wanna know, either.
I would like to second the sentiment of F@#% skinny jeans. I don’t know why every pair of pants I buy is tighter around my legs than the previous pair of the same size (and me the same weight), but it’s on the verge of cutting off circulation. Thankfully my new jeans from Duluth Trading don’t seem to be part of this trend even if I had to order a larger waist than usual.
Do what my bf does: order from LL Bean. Their jeans have never elft the 40s.
Oh, and Victoria’s Secret came out with a fab new invention: tights with ankle pockets. You cam keep your keys and police whistle in them and they don’t make an unsightly bulge where people are looking. Hey, it’s a good reason to exercise
The good thing about being a man of my age: no one’s looking anywhere in my direction ever unless forced to. It means I can get away with not ironing my clothes, not combing my hair, not caring at all about my physical appearance, and no one ever really notices.
That’s how I’ve been living since I was 12.
I’m a man. I have the luxury of pockets big enough to not create noticeable bulges. And the misfortune of dealing with a body part that handles its own unsightly bulge.
@Susan
Does Victoria have a pocket for the DERRINGER ?
It’s not a Derringer. It is a Glock 9mm and it lives in whatever purse I am carrying that day
@Susan
Baldie gives me wise advice (sometimes – mebe).
He told me if I evah lost my extremely SHARP CLAWS, and DEADLY FANGS, I should also carry Pepper Spray for “Situations”.
He says to never use a Firearm unless EVERY alternative has been tried.
(do they make holsters for cats ?)
Salem Welcome to America, where there’s a holster for everything… and people who dress up their cats in humiliating clothes. You’ve gotta take the bad with the good.
I hate skinny jeans. I am not, nor ever have been, an athlete, but I’ve inherited at least a bit of my maternal side’s farm stock build in the fact that my thighs are quite sizable. Not fat, really – my fat goes elsewhere on my body, as most men’s fat does – but thick. And the pants in the store right now are totally not built for me. Like you, I often find myself buying pants that have a waist way too big for me, and then sort of cording the pants up with a belt. It never looks right.
Get thee to LL Bean, pronto. They ship free: https://www.llbean.com/llb/shop/32866?page=double-l-jeans-relaxed-fit
@Susan
Can’t beat LL Bean.
I’ve been told they even have a special catalog for Jackal/Human Hybrids.
Where else to buy tuques with holes for ears ?
But do they ship for free, to CANADA?
Dunno. But they keep insisting on their website that they ship free. Not that I believe everything I read on the Internet 😛
Ah, but it you order through Canada, it ends up being super-expensive even with free shipping. My wife is an L.L. Bean fan. Good stuff, but for Canadian buyers it’s not a cheap option.
Hey, you want cheap, ill-fitting jeans or expensive, comfortable jeans? The choicei s yours, Grasshopper…er, I mean Gecko 😛
But L.L. Bean… I don’t know. I’ve never liked the clothes I’ve gotten from there. They always fit okay but not perfect, and I can’t be bothered to return them.
“Okay but not perfect” is a far cry from “uncomfortably tight in the legs and seat” 😛
“It’s easy to grin,
When your ship has come in,
And you’ve got the Stock Market beat.
But the man who’s worthwhile
Is the guy who can smile
When his shorts are too tight in the seat,” -courtesy of my bf who just came home for lunch and maybe…
But they aren’t tight when I buy them in the store, because I buy fat man clothes. Even when I’m not that fat. They fall off me easily, but damnit, they’re comfy.
Get a belt for pete’s sake
The waist isn’t actually too big. I don’t know if it’s how they size or if other brands are mislabeling their waist size to make customers feel thinner, but ordering a size up provided a perfect waist fit for me. I made sure to do it after reading all the negative reviews saying “I usually wear a size _ but yours were too tight at that size.”
In what comic will the surgery actually occur!?!??!!? The suspense has been increased enough!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I don’t know. I really don’t know. I’m just winging this.
@EG
Can we possibly get back to TRACEEE by Christmas ?
For me ?
I think you mean “chop chop – get to it”… >_<
Schleppy Beardo sounds like the name of a character from an 80’s cartoon.
Like on G.I. Joe? It sounds more like a 30’s cartoon character to me.
I looked up “Schleppy” on Urban Dictionary, since I was confused by the resemblance to the Yiddish word “schlep’. It seems to mean “run down, frumpy” if you are an Urban Hipster. Sounds like Colin and half the men I know. But not my bf. He looks nice and neat in his scrubs (that he would wear all the time if I let him) and LLB outfits. He doesn’t let me call them”outfits,” though.
Never had it. Know what it is. But bubble tea is forever spoiled for me cause of a 3 panel comic. Of a cup of bubble tea, with a face…. (first panel): I’m bubble tea :}…. *beat panel* (last panel) “Suck my balls”
Funny. But you can get past that. Imagine a delicious sweet beverage made in an insane range of flavors, but then add mushy jujubes. This is a concept that is absolutely repellent to many people (like my wife, who hates jujubes and most sweet drinks) but perfect for me. It’s like my love of candy can now be satisfied in drink form!
🙂
On one hand, it must be great for Colin to have that many people who want to be there as emotional support during his surgery.
On the other, I bet he’s also grateful that Tyler’s got enough state of mind to create some levity with a bad joke.
Both are important in this kind of situation, I think.
Bubble tea, eh? I googled it and the nearest place that serves it is in Houston. Poor people down there! They need all the happiness they can get. *Sips her own tea, no sugar*
That’s honestly adorable, although I can understand Colin feeling smothered.
Well, as long as it’s adorable, who cares if you can’t breathe?
@Buggle @EG
OH NO ! That’s it, isn’t it.
Daphne is “borrowing” some scrubs, sneaking into recovery, and then covering Colin with a fluffy pillow until, as you say, he is SMOTHERED.
The only thing she’s concerned about now, is the lawsuit going to be more successful if Colin is (how do I say this) – an actual ANGEL, or merely a TURNIP.
And it’s not personal, mind you. For Daphne it’s just business.
I think I agree with those who see Puck bottling up at least a low-level freakout. But what really strikes me is panel one Daphne, because I think that is the… least disdainful she has ever looked.
Sadly, I doubt Collin will recognize the significance of this, for her, overwhelming display of affection.
Yeah, I’ll agree with you there. But such is life: we don’t even notice the landmark events in our own story sometimes.
@T’Renn
Obviously Daphne is smiling in anticipation of drugged patients recuperating in semi-vegetative states.
She’ll “borrow” some scrubs, a large HazMat Box, and help herself to any “abandoned” valuables.
She’s done it before at Nursing Homes.
She’s multitasking. Colin will be unconscious for a while so why not make a little money – those t-shirts won’t buy themselves!
@rewinn
Considering Colin will be groggy, and unable to make sound decisions, this would be a prefect time for Daphne to interrogate him.
Checking Accounts Numbers, Passwords, ATM PIN – all gold for Daphne.
She might even get Colin to reveal the location of The Family Jewels.
Groan. (But just between you and me, well done, man. Well. Done.)
Puck doesn’t leave Colin enough pocket money to buy ice cream and you think he has access to “Checking Accounts Numbers, Passwords, ATM PIN numbers…”? And I thought that the Goodfellas were so poor they have to rent Phoebles a bedroom? Dream on, cat!
Oh, and why is Phloebles wearing her Howler’s outfit? They close at 2AM here, and it would be 5 AM or so to get up to go to the Outpatient Surgery Department. Or are you implying that Phloebes went home with a customer and is just getting home?
5 AM? Uh… Not here. I think my arrival time was around 10 or 11 AM. I remember getting up later than I normally do for a day’s work. And as for the outfit, Phoebe’s working a lunch shift later.
@Susan
Don’t rain on my parade, girl !
Daphne may be planning to force the surgery go horribly wrong, and when the mega-lawsuit settlement arrives she’ll CA$H IN !
I mean , just look at her smirk.
As for Phoebe – good catch ! Looks like she has some ‘splainin’ to do !
Different in Canada, then. At our facility, they want them there by 7:00 AM sharp, so’s they can watch them to make sure they don’t eat or drink anything. Exceptions are made for locals, though, but you had a general.
See, in Canada we have this thing called ‘trust’. In that, when you tell a patient not to eat or drink anything, you can trust that they’re not total morons and will, indeed, not eat or drink anything before the surgery. Plus, it’s a publicly funded system, so the public dime wouldn’t look kindly on the idea of paying extra for space for people to sit around for hours before their surgery, and staff to monitor them. That’s crazy talk.
In Canada, would the patient’s family sue if a cheating jerk ate a waffle before his hernia surgery, barfed, inhaled it, got aspiration pneumoniaa nd died? They sure would here. Trust everybody but cut the cards.
Canadians are far, far less litigious. (The lawyers are working on it, but the courts up here generally have less tolerance for the ‘someone facilitated my own idiocy’ lawsuits. It’s a different country up here. It kind of looks the same, but the culture is different in a million small ways.
But Colin is the breadwinner of the family – wouldn’t all the accounts be in his name?
I was primary breadwinner in my house for about a decade, and nothing was ever, ever in my name.
@Susan
O M G
BOTH of Daphne’s hands are behind her back.
Concealing TASTY TREATS to offer to Colin, and thus ensure $$$ PROFITABLE $$$ consequences ?
Is there any depths that JACKAL won’t since to ?
@EG
“Plus, it’s a publicly funded system, so the public dime wouldn’t look kindly on the idea of paying extra for space for people to sit around for hours before their surgery, and staff to monitor them.”
NO WAY !
A Locked Closet, Blindfold, Handcuffs, and a Gag would keep Colin safe for almost no money at all.
And just to be safe, 48 Hours would be prudent.
Might just cut down on Elective Surgeries, too !
There’s already a strong disincentive for elective surgeries in Canada. It’s called “You pay out of pocket for them”. Stops most of them from ever happening.
I’m just locked into these beautiful citrus-y colors and you threw in a beautiful balance of contrast to bring it all together. Nice!
Well, it’s not intentional. Sometimes I just kind of lose steam on the colour front.
Good to see some crossdressing at last! Is Colin going to Pugsley or Lurch? (Because of course Phoebe is going to be Morticia) Although, Daphne as Wednesday and Tyler as Pugsley are a better fit.
(What about Miranda as Hand?)
Tracee as Thing. But that’s later.
@EG
TRACEEE as “Thing” !
You wouldn’t dare.
Well, maybe we’ll get to see inside the cabinet. How’s that for a tease?
Yeah, but she is unavailable for makeout sessions. Which I would expect from a happily married fairy like Puck.
Heh, Autocorrect tried to make that “takeout.” Back in your cell, witch!
@Buggle
Well, I’d like to know who “PUK-MEZ” is addressing.
Because it couldn’t be MOI.
I’m MUCHO Fuzzy and TRES Adorable.
(what does this “make out” mean, anyways ?)
I’m not sure whether cats have any equivalent to “make out”; their premating rituals seem rather sparse. Unlike dogs, which seem ready to practice on anything, anywhere, anytime.
@rewinn
Yeah, you’re right. Sparse. To non-existent.
(whimper)
That’s because the male cat’s anatomy is equipped with SPINES! Never wanted to have a cat after that, and I didn’t date *ANYBODY* for a month or so.
@Susan
Not anymore.
No Spines – No Nothin’
(DAMN YOU TO HELL BALDIE !)
So that explains your regard for Tracee how? A masochistic desire to rub her feet while she moans about what a tough day she had with Satan chasing her around the mansion?
I call bull! They wouldn’t have removed your SPINES, just your cat-shnesticles!
@Susan @Buggle
Jeepers, it is “Kik the Kat Day” ?
@Susan
Ahhhh …. when it comes to TRACEEE my entire body is a furry rub-engine !
(whiskers twitching in excitement)
Yeah, but without the “boys,” the spines wouldn’t have the chance to come into play, if you follow my drift 😛
@Susan
oh ……… no
i’m just going forget you said that
ignorance is bliss – and i’m pretty cheery
Colin’s shirt is excellent in this comic
THANK YOU! Someone noticed!
@Justin
@EG
I don’t understand Colin’s Tee.
You never played Pitfall for the Atari 2600 then.
@EG
It’s an ALLIGATOR !
(or Crocodile – or Cayman – or ROCK LOBSTA !!)
Dam those singing ladies are sexy.
It’s ok, I don’t think TRACEEE is the jealous type. She shares.
At MGH you have have to show up at 6:30 in the morning.
Yikes. That sounds … early.
God, yes. I didn’t sleep the night before so I wouldn’t oversleep and, well, surgrey.