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Metapost: More Comics Curmudgeon crap!

I’ve been plugging the merchandise steadily, but you and I both know that it’s been getting a bit stale. That’s why tonight I’ve taken some of your ideas and some ideas the Future Mrs. C. and I have been percolating on and revamped the Comics Curmudgeon store! You can still buy the Fence Post Frank hat (our latest model) and the “More Zippers, Mule!” shirts (timeless classics), but the mugs and other t-shirts have been replaced, and we have some sexy new items for you!

First, the new shirts. Show your solidarity with Milford’s unjustly accused by sporting a “Free Hutch” shirt.

Next, prepare for the inevitable spit-take with this fine mug, a desperate attempt to sex up America’s lamest burg.

And finally, what better way to show that you’ve “been there” than to sport boxers, a camisole, or (no, really) a thong that showcases your roadside status?

Thank you to the many fine posters who came up with the ideas for these. Alas, nothing is available from Cafepress in that hideous electric blue color.

Now, once you’ve bought this stuff (as I’m sure you will immediately) you are of course going take a picture of yourself wearing and/or using it and send it to me, right? Of course you are. I’m especially interested in some pictures from the ladies here — almost all of our current models are menfolk! I know the Future Mrs. C. is hard to top, but we strive for gender balance. (Please, though, no thong photos, or at least no photos of your thong on your … thong … area.)

What’s that address again? Glad you asked. It’s http://www.cafepress.com/joshreads, of course. Now go forth and purchase!

Oh, and I almost forgot to add that when I was making the underwear, I said, “I need to find a slutty font for this.” There’s a sentence you don’t get to say very often.

108 responses to “Metapost: More Comics Curmudgeon crap!”

  1. Whoo Hoo
    May 18th, 2005 at 10:06 pm [Reply]

    Wtg Josh on new hot items! and I am gonna buy some, but as far as a pic, oops?
    where’s my (real) brah the geek, I don’t know how to work this dig. cam. which I paid big bux for

  2. Honey
    May 18th, 2005 at 10:11 pm [Reply]

    There’s the font called “Lewinsky.” It’s made up of sperm drawings.

  3. Jowdygirl
    May 18th, 2005 at 10:15 pm [Reply]

    Great Job on the Hutch Renfro nickel-dime poker shirt !(lose your freedom for a seven-dollar pot)

    Count me in!

  4. TwoClubs
    May 18th, 2005 at 10:26 pm [Reply]

    A slutty font is a good font, I always say.

  5. Jowdygirl
    May 18th, 2005 at 10:33 pm [Reply]

    yeh, let’s find a slutty font for this:

    Megabird from Mark Trail plucks Meddleaholic from Jeff’s moneypit (aka yacht) drops her on Gil Thorp in his jammies

    News headline: Well-known celebrity coach Gilbert Thorp found dead in pink and white footed jammies, with an unknown terrorist old biddy landing on him in a freak accident.

    Unknown terrorist old biddy was covered with strange markings as if from a large bird, but the old biddy, even though bleeding, spouted platitudes endlessly,,,, until finally she said, bleedingly, “oh Rita my Rosebud”
    blubb
    ????

  6. Luban
    May 18th, 2005 at 10:42 pm [Reply]

    Love the new merch! And since I think I was the first to suggest the “Free Hutch Renfro” shirt, I guess I’m compelled to buy one! Now I just have to decide what size to get so as best to simulate Brent-Dog’s, uh, pecs…

  7. daChipster
    May 18th, 2005 at 10:57 pm [Reply]

    Judge: You are charged with 997 counts of comic copyright infringement and theft of pseudo-intellectual property rights. Have you anything to say?

    Josh: Hey, judge, got a picture of your wife in a “Roadside” thong? No? Wanna buy one?

    Judge: Case dismissed.

  8. Jowdygirl
    May 18th, 2005 at 11:01 pm [Reply]

    What’s pecs got to do with it…
    just a second hand Emotion,

    What’s pecs go to do with it
    just a second-hand devotion..

  9. fluffytufts
    May 18th, 2005 at 11:02 pm [Reply]

    I’m getting a “Roadside” thong to send to Edda. Toss in the fuzzy slippers and some sweet strip scrabble, and it’s two to tango, baby.

  10. Jowdygirl
    May 18th, 2005 at 11:06 pm [Reply]

    Judge: Mr daChipster: do you realize you are summarily demeaning our Guy the Joshter?

    daChipster: wtf? yeah…. so??? did you hear the one about…

  11. Jowdygirl
    May 18th, 2005 at 11:10 pm [Reply]

    Judge: Mr. daChipster: “I think you’re hot”

    daChipster: you got that right.

  12. BaffledByLoveForChip
    May 18th, 2005 at 11:22 pm [Reply]

    Judge: Meddlin Mary, you have been convicted of messin’ around with grievin’ Rita, do you want to say anything before I pronounce sentence?

    Med.Mary: Do you like coq au-vin?

  13. Mike M.
    May 19th, 2005 at 1:32 am [Reply]

    “Honey” wrote:
    > There’s the font called “Lewinsky.”
    > It’s made up of sperm drawings.

    That’s called “Monica’s Dress” at http://tinyurl.com/8qxt9

    Another slutty one from dafont.com is “Lipstick Traces” at http://tinyurl.com/8gtwj

    There’s a preview function.

  14. Charles
    May 19th, 2005 at 2:47 am [Reply]

    So you mean if I bought one of the Roadside thongs and took a picture of me wearing it on my head, you’d find that preferable to a picture of it being worn properly by a hot, hot, white-hot woman?

    Frankly, the whole idea terrifies me.

  15. darthChipster
    May 19th, 2005 at 2:55 am [Reply]

    So I just got back from the 12:01 AM opening of Star Wars Episode 3, with my 13 y o son, and I logged on to the star wars website.

    They have a feature where you submit captions to a picture every week and they print the funniest ones.

    After literally years of submissions, they picked one of mine FINALLY!

    http://www.starwars.com/community/fun/caption/2005/05/captions20050517.html

    In that universe, I’m known as “jung_padawan.”

    I tell you all this by way of proving that I actually have a life beyond this blog, and that I’m not some total geek.

    Oh

    wait

    Never mind.

    The Force will be with you, always.

  16. big baby jesus
    May 19th, 2005 at 6:13 am [Reply]

    alls i’m sayin is i hope you sell mad thongs, yo. this site gone be rollin in pics of fine honeys in they underwear.

  17. Islamorada Girl
    May 19th, 2005 at 6:37 am [Reply]

    Yeah! I’ve ordered my Milford mug, all the better to toast the death of Gil Thorp!

  18. Wren Wah
    May 19th, 2005 at 6:47 am [Reply]

    Judge: “Islamorada Girl, you have been accused of solicitation while wearing an electric blue metal bustier and carrying a dented sword”
    I-Girl: “I’m a honey, but you’re sugar”

  19. Wren Wah
    May 19th, 2005 at 7:06 am [Reply]

    Mark Trail is going to need more than just a new hat if that squirrel finishes the business its working on at just the right time.

  20. TwoClubs
    May 19th, 2005 at 7:12 am [Reply]

    Apologies to Lennon/McCartney
    ………………

    Picture your aunt in a boat on a river,
    With ol’ Doctor Jeff, and marmalade skies
    Somebody calls her, she answers quite slowly,
    She’s lost in kaleidoscope eyes.

    Cousins and losers from stories gone by,
    Rotating ’round her head.
    Look for the girl with the white helmet-hair,
    And she’s gone.

    Mary in the sky with platitudes.
    Mary in the sky with platitudes.
    Mary in the sky with platitudes.
    Ahhhhhhhh……Ohhhhhhhhh…

    Follow her down to a bridge by a fountain
    Where Cornerstone people drink marshmellow tea,
    Everyone smiles as you drift past Momzilla,
    The one who makes Spam Fricasee…..

    Aunt Mary’s taxi appears at the curb,
    Waiting to take you to lunch.
    Coq au vin upsets your tummy and poof,
    you are gone.

    Mary in the sky with platitudes.
    Mary in the sky with platitudes.
    Mary in the sky with platitudes.
    Ahhhhhhhh……Ohhhhhhhhh…

    Picture yourself on a train in a station,
    With plasticine porters with looking glass ties,
    Suddenly Mary is there at the turnstyle,
    The girl with the kaleidoscope eyes.

  21. RBF
    May 19th, 2005 at 7:45 am [Reply]

    GREAT JOB TwoClubs !!!!!!

  22. yellojkt
    May 19th, 2005 at 7:49 am [Reply]

    Have we given up on anything resembling a plot in MW? We are on Day 4 of the Platitude Cruise with no port in sight. Somebody DO Something!!!

    That goes for you too, Amos! Parts of me are turning azure, just watching you muff this up.

  23. fluffytufts
    May 19th, 2005 at 8:06 am [Reply]

    Oh, for the love of God, I’ve aged another year and Edda and Amos are *still* beating around the bush. Has Amos lost that sudden je ne sais quoi he turned on Edda while they tangoed? Why is he just sitting there! Unworthy geek!

  24. laska
    May 19th, 2005 at 8:14 am [Reply]

    I have a sneaking suspicion that someone gave the writer of MW a book of quotations for his birthday.

  25. laska
    May 19th, 2005 at 8:28 am [Reply]

    Either that or he’s channeling the spirit of Dear Abby.

  26. Mary Margaret McMerkin
    May 19th, 2005 at 8:40 am [Reply]

    Hey, y’all, I’d love to buy the new thong, but then I’d have to remove my electric blue…er…wig in order to wear it.

  27. Anne Nonymous
    May 19th, 2005 at 8:45 am [Reply]

    More slutty fonts, mule! And if too many of Josh’s female readers buy the thong, I predict an upsurge in sales of Cialis, Levitra, and Viagra. Stock prices will surge. You heard it here first.

  28. O'Really
    May 19th, 2005 at 9:04 am [Reply]

    There once was a blogger named Josh
    who read comics so that we could nosh.
    Turns out it’s a trap
    to buy more of his crap
    to make his lifestyle real posh.

  29. Moesy
    May 19th, 2005 at 9:08 am [Reply]

    Dr. Jeff is finally gonna get the roo-roo! In today’s MW, the Queen of Heavy Meddle says,”there’s no hope or joy except in human relations.” & Dr. Jeff’s expression says, “FINALLY!!!” The big fancy 4 day yacht cruise must have convinced Mary that he’s the one to fill in for her dearly departed after all these years. Well, either the yacht or the 6 bottles of wine they’ve had since embarking.

  30. yellojkt
    May 19th, 2005 at 9:22 am [Reply]

    I don’t think Jeff wants the roo-roo. Remember, people pick death over roo-roo. If my choice was death or roo-roo with the Master Meddler, I’d pick death.

  31. Impossible Robot
    May 19th, 2005 at 9:33 am [Reply]

    Woo hoo! Milford High School Football Rules!

  32. Darth Packer
    May 19th, 2005 at 9:41 am [Reply]

    Woo hoo! Milford High School Football Rules!

    Not for long. Not after the district forces Gil to kick the offending parties off the team. Then he will have to go get some of the Soviet Woman Shot Putters that are on the girls softball team to suit up for football. If he has to resort to that, you can count on a winning season.

  33. yellojkt
    May 19th, 2005 at 9:56 am [Reply]

    What are the rules for Milford High School Football? Gambling could be a sixty day benching. Of course, at MHS, that doesn’t even take you through the first quarter.

  34. Mike Donovan
    May 19th, 2005 at 9:56 am [Reply]

    I have bought the “Hutch Renfro nickel-dime poker shirt”, which I must say is the greatest t-shirt ever… if you read Gil Thorp.

    It will be tough to explain it to my poker buddys without looking like a complete tool, but I’ll give it a shot.

    I think I’ll play it off like he’s a real person.

  35. Battlefield Streaker
    May 19th, 2005 at 10:08 am [Reply]

    Kick them off the team!? Are you out of your mind?! This is MILFORD for God’s sake! High school sports is all we have to live for, now that Marty Moon’s off the air and Hutch’s gambling den is shut down!

  36. TwoClubs
    May 19th, 2005 at 10:14 am [Reply]

    If I were Dr. Jeff, I’d take advantage of Meddlin’ Mary’s coq-induced trance and push her into the river.

  37. Darth Nark
    May 19th, 2005 at 10:51 am [Reply]

    How about coq as the official drug of the Kollege?

    Then we could all be coq heads.

  38. Sassy_Rocks
    May 19th, 2005 at 10:58 am [Reply]

    The obsessive compulsive, anal retentive neighbors in FBOFW are as evil as the bad cheque writer Kourtney, or Anthony’s jealous wife, Therese. There is no grey area between good and evil, you’re either a holy pontiff (Patterson family) or Abu Musab Zarqawi-like evil terr’ist (Kepplefroths), much like Mark Trail except without the telltale sideburns connoting evil… Hey! That seems like a great idea for conducting American foreign policy!

  39. RBF
    May 19th, 2005 at 11:04 am [Reply]

    Better than what we have now, Sassy!

  40. RBF
    May 19th, 2005 at 11:05 am [Reply]

    Darth Nark: I think you just gave Josh another idea for a shirt.

  41. Darth O'Really
    May 19th, 2005 at 11:35 am [Reply]

    Mary went off on her platitude
    which left Dr. Jeff with an attitude.
    It very well seems
    that it was his dream
    to be doing coq and having Roo-Roo

  42. leathermessiah
    May 19th, 2005 at 11:37 am [Reply]

    Drat it all! Bring back the Mark Trail mug! I wanted that one, but I’ve been too broke to get it.

  43. CuteLucca
    May 19th, 2005 at 11:59 am [Reply]

    Joy of joys, here I have a link to an old 14 page comic where Dr. Rex Morgan MD (a personal hero) informs us all that alcohol and unborn children do not mix.

    http://www.ep.tc/problems/one/rex-cvr.html

  44. yellojkt
    May 19th, 2005 at 12:08 pm [Reply]

    Hey, the Kelpforths just want to use the public spaces they are paying good rent for without tripping over baby trash. Mike has some nerve thinking he has a right to store crap in the hallway.
    The selfish bastards should watch their own kids and rent a storage shed.

  45. Darth Kortney
    May 19th, 2005 at 12:41 pm [Reply]

    Just you wait and see. The Kelpfroths are going to need something from the Saint Pattersons.

    A perscription filled in the late of night.

    A puff piece written about them for People Magazine.

    Something that the Pattersons can do.

  46. PizzaBagel
    May 19th, 2005 at 12:44 pm [Reply]

    Darn Franco-Canucks! If comics could speak, I bet Mike pronounced “foyer” as “foy-AY” or worse yet “fwah-YAY” and not “FOY-er.” Grrrrrr!

    You stand your ground, Mr. Kelpfroth/Van Buren/Thumper/Weeble! Don’t expect any assistance from landlady Lovey Kreplach, though. You know whose side she’s on from the get-go.

  47. Darth Chef
    May 19th, 2005 at 12:54 pm [Reply]

    I have a suspicion that if the Kelpfroths “approached” Lovey Kreplach in that special way that Mike does, things might be different. Lovey wouldn’t know which way to turn.

  48. yellojkt
    May 19th, 2005 at 1:02 pm [Reply]

    Don’t tell me about Mike’s “approach”. He couldn’t get Deanna out of her pants without a wedding ring. He has those boyish good looks, but I think his “approach” could use some work.

  49. J.Po
    May 19th, 2005 at 1:08 pm [Reply]

    OMG, great Rex Morgan comic book…and those of us Kardinals in the Pennsylvania Diocese get an additional laugh by recognizing the irony in its distribution by that modern, forward-looking organization, The Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board!

    Next up: the PLCB presents “Platitudes and Pinot: Mary Worth Discusses How To Deal With Alcoholic Loners.”

  50. yellojkt
    May 19th, 2005 at 1:12 pm [Reply]

    There once was a wuss named Mike
    Whose neighbors below he didn’t like
    They took a fall
    Out in the hall
    Tripping over his bratty kid’s trike.

  51. J.Po
    May 19th, 2005 at 1:21 pm [Reply]

    Azure? Good God, they’re INDIGO now! We need a pinch-hitter for Amos, quick! Fluffytufts? Yellojkt? Both of you? All of us?

    With regard to the squirrel in Mark Trail, I’m not certain that it’s about to deliver a payload on Mark, I believe it is doing Bakasana (Crane Pose):

    http://www.yogajournal.com/poses/468_1.cfm

    You see, the plot lines in Mark Trail are so ponderous, the animals have taken up yoga to pass the time. Namaste, Bob Crane.

  52. Darth O'Really
    May 19th, 2005 at 1:29 pm [Reply]

    You beat me to it Yellojkt, but I will still offer my humble limerick

    There once was a dad name Mike
    who sire a couple of tykes
    But when it came to messes
    he’d rather THUMP! with the Mrs
    and let Lovey pick up the trike.

  53. yellojkt
    May 19th, 2005 at 1:29 pm [Reply]

    There was a family downstairs named Kelpfroth
    One day the thumping wife caught a Cough
    Deanna had some strong meds
    Gave Winnie some Sudafeds
    Now they don’t mind mattress dancing up in the loft.

    And this version scans better:

    There once was a wuss named Mike
    Whose neighbors below he didn’t like
    Out in the hall
    Winnie took a fall
    Tripping over Mewidith’s twike.

  54. NotPatterson
    May 19th, 2005 at 1:31 pm [Reply]

    Hey, PizzaBagel, pretty much every English-speaking Canadian pronounces “foyer” “FOY-ay”.

  55. yellojkt
    May 19th, 2005 at 1:36 pm [Reply]

    Not bad, Darth.
    We need some rhymes for Milborough, then we can really go to town.

  56. laska
    May 19th, 2005 at 1:42 pm [Reply]

    LOVE the comic book, although I’m concerned at the surgery done to Linda under local anesthesia- it looks like they took her whole hand, leaving her with a stump! Ken has a great line that’s just BEGGING for a t-shirt:

    “You scare me with that kind of talk, Dr. Morgan!”

  57. yellojkt
    May 19th, 2005 at 1:51 pm [Reply]

    Mary and Jeff went for a ride on his boat
    Around her, disembodied heads did float
    They got out the meth
    And snorted what’s left
    And that explains the glazed look on the old goat.

    Stop me before I rhyme again.

  58. Flasshe
    May 19th, 2005 at 1:58 pm [Reply]

    Re: That Rex Morgan comic book. You gotta wonder who the intended audience is. The Rex Morgan fans, who probably don’t have to worry about pregnancy anyway? Or just pregnant women in general? “Congratulations Mrs. Anderson, you’re pregnant! Here, read this comic book.” Or maybe they put it on the rack next to the cooking sherry.

    Hmmm, June wasn’t nearly as attractive before she married the be-suited doctor.

  59. J.Po
    May 19th, 2005 at 2:04 pm [Reply]

    Perhaps the comic was included with one’s HEALTH INSURANCE .

    Ditto on June…she is definitely much hotter (and seems to have had implants) since married. (Men, insert your own punch line here.)

  60. Darth O'Really
    May 19th, 2005 at 2:08 pm [Reply]

    There once was a couple named Kelpforth
    Whose only concern was their net worth
    They found a cheap flat
    too bad there were brats
    so now they indure with no mirth.

  61. Darth O'Really
    May 19th, 2005 at 2:25 pm [Reply]

    The landlords here are real thorough
    not like the dopes in Milborough
    before they will rent
    they make sure you’re a gent
    and don’t do strange things with your burro.

  62. TJ
    May 19th, 2005 at 2:34 pm [Reply]

    Hey Josh – you’re getting links from “MeMo” – the Houston Chronicle’s entertainment blog: http://blogs.chron.com/memo/

    Hope it brings you some sales!

  63. TwoClubs
    May 19th, 2005 at 2:51 pm [Reply]

    I tried, but I just can’t…not at work. But somebody please do “Proud Mary.” The tune’s been in my head all day, and I just know it could be a classic.

  64. dimestore lipstick
    May 19th, 2005 at 2:58 pm [Reply]

    Since that comic is 25 years old in our time, wouldn’t it be like two weeks age, RMMD time?

  65. Darth O'Really
    May 19th, 2005 at 3:04 pm [Reply]

    I can get the Proud Mary song started,

    Left and old drunk in the city
    Spouting platitudes every night and day
    Big heads keep a spinning
    Meddling Mary keeps on churning

    Meddlin
    Meddlin
    Meddlin on the river

  66. Darth Morgan, MD
    May 19th, 2005 at 3:05 pm [Reply]

    Hmmmm, a fetal alcohol baby born 25 years ago.

    Oh my god, Buck/Chuck/Pus Boy has been with us TWENTY FIVE YEARS!!!!!

  67. Islamorada Girl
    May 19th, 2005 at 3:17 pm [Reply]

    I think the squirrel in Thursday’s Mark Trail is RUNNING FØR HIGH GROUND.

    Or at least fleeing in terror from the current bloated storyline. Widdle Merrydeath could script this lame episode.

  68. Flasshe
    May 19th, 2005 at 3:24 pm [Reply]

    “Good morning, Islamorada Girl! You look lovely in that beautiful robe!”

  69. yellojkt
    May 19th, 2005 at 3:44 pm [Reply]

    Conversions:

    1 human year = 7 dog years
    1 human year = 4 internet years
    1 comic strip year = 12 human years

    So Buck was born somewhere about 1741 in our time frame. This rule applies to comic books too. Peter Parker took 25 years to get out of college.

    There are exceptions. Comic strip Christmas always occurs in exact sequence with real Christmas, but the day itself can last as long as two weeks for present opening, carolling, etc.

    These rules only apply for serialized strips. “Gag” strips like Beetle Bailey and Hi and Lois have no time frame whatsoever since nothing ever changes.

    The only two strips with a true human year timeline are FBoFW and Gasoline Alley. Doonesbury approaches it, but there is no way to reconcile that BD fought in Vietnam, Gulf War I, and Iraq.

    There are some strips that pretend to be in real time, but aren’t. Brad can go to firefighter school, get a job and chase women, but Luann will always be in 10th grade.

    There, I’ve spent way too much thought on that.

    More flannel PJ’s, mule.

  70. Joe D.
    May 19th, 2005 at 3:46 pm [Reply]

    Why is Rex Morgan smothering that poor, drunk, pregnant woman? (page six of the old comic book)

  71. Flasshe
    May 19th, 2005 at 4:02 pm [Reply]

    >Why is Rex Morgan smothering that poor, drunk, pregnant woman? (page six of the old comic book)

    Maybe he wants to steal her beautiful robe?

  72. Fluffytufts
    May 19th, 2005 at 4:05 pm [Reply]

    Apologies to Chaucer, but…

    Whan that Amos with his Glasses thicke
    The dress of Edda hath discarded quicke,
    And bathed his Nerve in suche liquor
    Her Vertue for to wrench from her;
    While Seth and Mark exchange sweete breeth
    And do a Tango ‘pon the heeth,
    The Geeke, with Edda, lithe and yonge,
    Spends his Seed before the Course is run,
    And maketh fowelly on Edda’s Flannels
    (a problem with all yonge Male mammals!)
    Yet the Deed itself was never donne,
    For Amos couldn’t “raise his Sunne”
    A second Time, and thus was wasted
    Those wanton Kisses he’d just tasted.
    The Lesson learned? Don’t be a Martyr
    And leave a Maidenhead unslaughtered -
    In the Deed, think ‘pon Sports withal,
    Thus calming thine Other, more purplish balls!

  73. yellojkt
    May 19th, 2005 at 4:05 pm [Reply]

    The Rex Morgan comic is so RMMD in so many ways. We need to get the people that run that website the Luann sexual responsibilty comic.

  74. Fluffytufts
    May 19th, 2005 at 4:06 pm [Reply]

    whew…I need a drink.

  75. yellojkt
    May 19th, 2005 at 4:08 pm [Reply]

    Fluffytufts,

    Best pome EVER!

  76. J.Po
    May 19th, 2005 at 4:08 pm [Reply]

    …and a cold shower, maybe.

    Death to Eddalust!

  77. TwoClubs
    May 19th, 2005 at 4:09 pm [Reply]

    Fluffytufts, you deserve a drink! That was pretty cool!

  78. J.Po
    May 19th, 2005 at 4:17 pm [Reply]

    fluffytufts, can I email you a Fat Tire?

  79. Fluffytufts
    May 19th, 2005 at 4:19 pm [Reply]

    umm…a what?

  80. Fluffytufts
    May 19th, 2005 at 4:26 pm [Reply]

    Oh! A beer! Sure! (Thanks, Google.)

  81. Moesy
    May 19th, 2005 at 4:33 pm [Reply]

    Swoon…fluffytufts, you’re so poetic. Alas, had I but half the talent you possess, I would be a true literary genius!

  82. Fluffytufts
    May 19th, 2005 at 4:56 pm [Reply]

    Thanks, but methinks I killed the thread. Alas!

  83. J.Po
    May 19th, 2005 at 5:03 pm [Reply]

    Oops, sorry, fluffytufts, I thought it was you yesterday who nominated Fat Tire as official beer of the Kollege…but alas, my short-term memory has failed yet again. I will drown my failure in Ketel One and offer to substitute a beverage of your choice!

  84. Fluffytufts
    May 19th, 2005 at 5:09 pm [Reply]

    Oh – I’m in with the Bombay Saphire, thankyouverymuch!

  85. Flasshe
    May 19th, 2005 at 5:13 pm [Reply]

    We doth raise our flagons of Fat Tire and toast to the killing of the thread! Huzzah! ‘Twas a good thread, with many a hearty laugh and lusty poem. We shall miss it.

  86. darthChipster
    May 19th, 2005 at 5:50 pm [Reply]

    F-Tufts:

    Beautiful!

    Ranks right up there with the Miller’s Tale for salacious lubricity!

    In the last month or so we’ve spoofed Poe, Queen, Shakespeare, Steve Martin and now, Jeffy Chaucer.

    As Kardinals we are truly eclectic, truly a Kollege.

    Putting all this erudition in the service of deconstructing a bunch of half-arsed comic strips may not be what our parents had in mind when they took out that second mortgage for tuition, but, damn, at last liberal arts majors have found asylum!

    “then longen foulke to goon rodeside pilgrymages.”

  87. RBF
    May 19th, 2005 at 6:08 pm [Reply]

    Kudos to F-Tufts also !!

    Oh, and We Kardinals are truly eKleKtiK.

    You got that right Chip, but at least we’re not watching TV, right?

  88. Darth Fluffy
    May 19th, 2005 at 6:14 pm [Reply]

    Soothly, Darth Chipster – thou’st hit upon it! ‘Twas Geoff himself who didst conceeve of “Rodesyde,” whan ye Miller’s Tale tale he did recyte. Or mayhap ’twas ye Wife of Bathe. Whatever.

    Oh forget it – just let Edda be a virgin no more come tomorrow. And yes, I know I’m obsessed, thank you all very much. Viva Eddalust, Death to Gil Thorp, yadda, yadda, yadda.

  89. RBF
    May 19th, 2005 at 6:14 pm [Reply]

    Sadly, I can’t parody anyone, as I am obsessed with finding a slutty font….

    So sad…….. (but at least I don’t spout platitudes, bleedingly)

    More MW and GT blood, Mules!

  90. RBF
    May 19th, 2005 at 6:19 pm [Reply]

    BTW, we’ve also parodied Orson Welles.

  91. J.Po
    May 19th, 2005 at 6:20 pm [Reply]

    And while we’re in a self-congratulatory (not a Kardinal sin in our book) mood, let’s also remember how we have enhanced our vocabulary by the inclusion of “stultify” and “merkin,” and also incorporated references to art (Hieronymous Bosch, in the “Hagar” thread). Huzzah! We Bleed Elecktrik Blue! Death to Gil! Deflowering to Edda! Ketel One* for all!

    * not the official vodka of the Kollege, but the one used most often when not on a corporately-expensed bender.

  92. J.Po
    May 19th, 2005 at 6:42 pm [Reply]

    For no apparent reason (save for deep psychological issues), I was just struck by the thought that Michael Patterson reconnected with Deanna when he happened upon an auto accident and his first thought was to get out and take pictures…Deanna was in the accident…and, as such, was literally

    Roadside.

    Fellow Kardinals, you have been a strange and wonderful influence…

  93. RBF
    May 19th, 2005 at 7:24 pm [Reply]

    DTGT:

    A high-schooler named Hutch Renfrow
    gambled for nickels/dimes, you know
    “Way KEWL” so he thought
    Until he was caught
    By roadside cop Laney Bebow.

  94. RBF
    May 19th, 2005 at 7:29 pm [Reply]

    Meddlin Mary Platitude:

    “Young man, don’t you realize the real meaning in life is to love your fellow human beings, not to f**k em out of their allowance!”

  95. Hutch
    May 19th, 2005 at 7:33 pm [Reply]

    #*&^##! you MW !

  96. J.Po
    May 19th, 2005 at 7:37 pm [Reply]

    MW: “You’ll find out the meaning of the great Circle of Life in prison, Hutch. You’ll be roadside!”

  97. Hutch
    May 19th, 2005 at 7:40 pm [Reply]

    And NOT on a one-way street! More like a busy intersection?

  98. Hutch
    May 19th, 2005 at 7:43 pm [Reply]

    My freedom AND my virginity for a seven-dollar pot!

    Woe is me..

  99. darthChipster
    May 19th, 2005 at 7:45 pm [Reply]

    Ma-ary, Mary Baby
    Ma-ary, Mary Baby
    Ma-a-a-a-a-ary Bay-yay-by (Mary Baby)
    Ma-a-ry won’t you come out tonight!
    (come come, come out tonight)
    I-yi-yi’m Fay Begler’s ma-ama (Mary Baby)
    Te-ell me everything is all right!

    Oh won’t you come out
    With your pastel dress on
    Come out, Oh you look so fine
    Come out, we’ll talk the night away
    Ohhhh you make me cook with wi-yine

    Ma-a-a-a-a-ary Bay-yay-by (Mary Baby)
    Ma-a-ry give me your coq tonight!

    Oh won’t you come out
    With your hair so perfect
    Come out, eyes as blue as water
    Come out, I’m so co-dependent
    Oooo I want you for my daughter

    Ma-a-a-a-a-ary Bay-yay-by (Mary Baby)
    Ma-a-ry won’t you be my best friend
    Ma-ary, Mary Baby
    Ma-ary, Mary Baby
    (repeat and fade)

  100. J.Po
    May 19th, 2005 at 7:51 pm [Reply]

    Whatever happens in Hutch, stays in Hutch.

  101. RBF
    May 19th, 2005 at 7:51 pm [Reply]

    The Chip’s at it again and lookin’ SO FINE,,, wtg guy!!!

    another to add to our list: Four Seasons!

    GREAT JOB da Master!

  102. RBF
    May 19th, 2005 at 7:57 pm [Reply]

    What happens in Hutch, rampantly spreads
    untold ungawdly unspeakable diseases among fellow deviant ruthless prisoners who committed unspeakable crimes against their fellow high-schoolers.

    Way to go, Milford Cops !

  103. RBF
    May 19th, 2005 at 8:03 pm [Reply]

    hmmmmm , my latest comment re: Hutch is in the holding tank,,,,

  104. fluffytufts
    May 19th, 2005 at 9:21 pm [Reply]

    Hola, Kurmudgeonites. Along the lines of patting ourselves on the back, has anyone looked back at the older posts? Even as late as 1/05 and 2/05, Josh’s site didn’t seem to be attracting such an, um, virulant following. Now it’s busting 100+ comments fairly regularly. Yes – thanks to the massive Konclave of Komics Kardinals, none of whom apparently have very demanding careers (if any), Our Fearless Leader’s site is burgeoning forth to renown. I for one think we need a bumpersticker that reads along the lines of “Waste Time Intelligently: comicscurmudgeon.com.” Or maybe “WWJD? (What Would Josh Do?).” Sign me up and spread the Kurmudgeon Gospel!

  105. RBF
    May 19th, 2005 at 10:40 pm [Reply]

    fluffy – I agree! what a great bumper sticker!

    RE: our “less than demanding careers”,
    WWJD?

    We read the comics so…….. you know…..

  106. Incident
    May 19th, 2005 at 11:07 pm [Reply]

    I’ve been busy, today, but I just wanted to say:

    Michael Patterson is a passive-agressive bitch boy.

  107. TwoClubs
    May 19th, 2005 at 11:19 pm [Reply]

    Is it WWJD (what would josh do) or WWJS (what would josh say)? In this cyber-age of information, one could perhaps argue the latter. In any case, I hope I hope I hope I made it into the preferred 144 Kurmudgeonites before the riff-raff start bluffing their way in!

    Hail to Josh-weh!

  108. nemoErensenuT
    February 9th, 2008 at 8:13 pm [Reply]

    I’d prefer reading in my native language, because my knowledge of your languange is no so well. But it was interesting! Look for some my links:

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