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Everybody loves Buck

Rex Morgan, M.D., 7/25/05

Dr. Hamilton is, of course, a man of science, so when he expresses combined-bold-and-italics-level shock at the notion that Buck was sired by a human male in the usual way, I assume it’s because he had already settled on an alternative explanation for the young man’s existence. Here are some potential theories:

  • He was brewed up in a lab by a secretive clan of scientists looking to create the ultimate, fearless manifestation of modern man in all his wonderful and terrible glory.
  • He was shot forth self-living out of the bosom of the Earth, perfectly formed, with a day’s growth of beard and every sexy blond hair out of place just so.
  • He arrived from outer space in a glowing disk of light, with so much to teach us about our place in the universe … and about each other.
  • He was born of a virgin, and was beaten within an inch of his life with a fence post for our sins.
  • He just showed up one day on the outskirts of town, hitching a ride in on an old pick-up truck. We never did catch where he came from, but things sure are less exciting around here now that he’s gone.

With such lofty ideas in mind, I can understand that it must come as a shock and disappointment to Dr. Hamilton to learn that Buck’s genesis came about in the usual way. Especially when he got a load of the combover on one half of that genesis.

This entry was posted on Tuesday, July 26, 2005 at 07:48 pm and is filed under Rex Morgan, M.D..

41 responses to “Everybody loves Buck”

  1. RBF
    July 26th, 2005 at 8:25 pm [Reply]

    Josh, I thought the same thing, but your literary talent put it so perfectly.

    I suggest YOU get COTW! No… wait.

    Too friggin’ funny. A “Man of Science”, indeed.

    Not to mention, in today’s strip he tells RMMD and Pusboy’s Dad that they should have made an appointment. WTF Dr. Hamilton got to do, anyway, in his 40’s style sweater vest?

    And yeah, now we know that Dr. H.’s secretary is Pusboy’s secret girlfriend, Lorna. Must have been tough impressing her while living in the woods behind the Morgans’ property for months with no food, money, or running water.

  2. RBF
    July 26th, 2005 at 8:33 pm [Reply]

    Ya think that’s what they call a cheap date?
    Sorry, couldn’t resist.

    Meatloaf rip-off: ‘Paradise’ by the campfire light!

  3. Claude
    July 26th, 2005 at 9:02 pm [Reply]

    Doctor Who found Buck?

  4. Bill Tozier
    July 26th, 2005 at 9:06 pm [Reply]

    Thanks for the passing Medicine reference, BTW. Now I’ll need to go listen to that old fave again….

  5. TJ
    July 26th, 2005 at 9:34 pm [Reply]

    What, no comment on the fact that this is the first NEW day in RMMD (in comics time) since April 19 (in REAL time)?! That’s got to be a new high, even for a glacially paced strip like this. It makes one wonder what happened in the 8 hours that have passed since they went to bed. Couldn’t we have had a weeks months of strips of June sleeping?

  6. Other_Sally
    July 26th, 2005 at 9:58 pm [Reply]

    Now, I choose to believe the whole perfectly-formed-bosom-of-earth thing, but you forgot a theory:

    Midochloridians!!!

  7. Beasley
    July 26th, 2005 at 10:37 pm [Reply]

    Ted Forth is to blame.

  8. Bill Peschel
    July 26th, 2005 at 10:46 pm [Reply]

    “I knew you would want to speak to him!”

    Would any sane man want a psychic secretary? Especially one who looks like Daria?

  9. RBF
    July 26th, 2005 at 11:25 pm [Reply]

    You forgot, we also had a whole month of widdle Sarah and wonder dog Abbey not being fed…..

    wahhhhh!!!!!! splurt. blub.

  10. 2fs
    July 26th, 2005 at 11:43 pm [Reply]

    Whoa…is that a Medicine (the band) reference?

  11. Lor
    July 27th, 2005 at 1:14 am [Reply]

    TJ, that must explain Rex’s new shirt. I admit I was wondering.

  12. Mark Kawakami
    July 27th, 2005 at 1:40 am [Reply]

    No, no, no… clearly he thought a power-hungry politician/Sith lord created him by manipulating the midichlorians to create a vergence in a virginal desert slave woman.

  13. Mark Kawakami
    July 27th, 2005 at 1:40 am [Reply]

    No, no, no… clearly he thought a power-hungry politician/Sith lord created him by manipulating the midichlorians to create a vergence in a virginal desert slave woman.

  14. Sourbelly
    July 27th, 2005 at 8:38 am [Reply]

    Talk about a delayed reaction. In the time it took Doctor Whoever to comprehend that Buck was sired, his cup of coffee (or is it a glass of liquid nitrogen? Piping hot lemonade?) went from steaming to tepid.

  15. Irina
    July 27th, 2005 at 9:35 am [Reply]

    Whoa. Something kinda interesting in Gil Thorpe?

    For you kids who don’t follow it (I got sucked into its pedantic and disjointed style about 2-3 months ago thanks to you who do):

    We’re on summer break, and there are several sub-plots of the kids doing summer jobs, or being recruited by major sports clubs, etc.

    One story that’s caught my attention is one of the students, Von Haney (the kid with the blond high and tight) has gotten a job at the local radio station (see “I like that new fellow’s style!”, left).

    He’s got the overnight Lonely Hearts show, and has been recently been hoping to get jiggy with a 30ish divorcee. That in and of itself was reason to pause and raise some eyebrows … but now THIS!

    http://www.comicspage.com/comicspage/main.jsp?file=20050725csgtp-a-p.jpg&refresh_content=1&component_id=3&custid=69&catid=1153&dir=%2Fgilthorp

    (sorry for the long link — don’t know how to post a jpg in here.)

    So we have a mysterious black hand tightly gripping a steering wheel in fury as he gazes over the May/December Romance unfolding before him.

    Whack-job ex husband? (cue ominous music).

    Anyone want to offer their favorite way for Von Haney to meet his maker, courtesy of an estranged spouse?

  16. Islamorada Girl
    July 27th, 2005 at 9:52 am [Reply]

    Uh, beaten to death with a fence post?

  17. Fence Post Frank
    July 27th, 2005 at 10:38 am [Reply]

    Uh, beaten to death with a fence post?

    Comment by Islamorada Girl

    Hey! Why is every time someone is to get beaten, you assume a piece of fence or a professional fence contracter is involved?

    What are you going to do after you ban all the guns? Start banning fence material?

    Harumph!

  18. Monkeys Uncle
    July 27th, 2005 at 10:41 am [Reply]

    I vote fence post as well. Still I think it would be interesting if Brent Rap Dog’s hair came back to life, leaped off his head and saved Von Haney from the crazed, black handed ex-husband stalker.

    DTGT

  19. Captain Platitude
    July 27th, 2005 at 10:45 am [Reply]

    If you outlaw fence posts, only outlaws will have fence posts….

  20. Toni
    July 27th, 2005 at 11:03 am [Reply]

    What’s with Dr. Hamilton’s coffee? In the first panel, the coffee is piping-hot with steam rising out of it and everything. Next panel, his caramel macchiato has gone stone-cold. No steam, no nothing. He’s gonna be pissed.

  21. Nom du Jour
    July 27th, 2005 at 11:05 am [Reply]

    “If you outlaw fence posts, only outlaws will have fence posts….”

    What about posts done by Fence Post Frank? You are going to censor them? You are indeed a cold and heartless person.

    We love seeing the musing of FPF. Don’t outlaw his posts.

  22. Islamorada Girl
    July 27th, 2005 at 11:29 am [Reply]

    Please, PFP, kill Von Haney. We’re begging you, in the name of humanity!

  23. Captain Platitude
    July 27th, 2005 at 11:39 am [Reply]

    You can have my fence post when you pry it out of my cold, dead hand…

  24. Monkeys Uncle
    July 27th, 2005 at 11:51 am [Reply]

    PFP? Is that right? Pence Fost Prank?

  25. Dennis Jimenez
    July 27th, 2005 at 12:44 pm [Reply]

    Ted Kennedy’s car has killed more people than my fence posts….

  26. Fence Post Frank
    July 27th, 2005 at 1:10 pm [Reply]

    Please, PFP, kill Von Haney. We’re begging you, in the name of humanity!

    Comment by Islamorada Girl

    You can call me a low life. You can call me ugly. You can call me a tooth-less wonder. But, get my name right!

  27. Fence Post Frank
    July 27th, 2005 at 1:11 pm [Reply]

    Ted Kennedy’s car has killed more people than my fence posts….

    My point exactly!

  28. Smitty Smedlap
    July 27th, 2005 at 1:46 pm [Reply]

    Imus-with-Brezhnev’s Eyebrows wants to have a talk with Trey Davis — probably wants to get some eyebrow-grooming tips.

  29. Monkeys Uncle
    July 27th, 2005 at 2:30 pm [Reply]

    Damn Smitty, you nailed it. I have been wondering who that guy looked like. Post cocaine Don Imus, he even has the bad hat.

  30. Lor
    July 27th, 2005 at 2:55 pm [Reply]

    Aww, Frank, I’m with you. Fence posts don’t kill people, only people kill people. Not even Ted Kennedy’s car kills people.

  31. Smitty Smedlap
    July 27th, 2005 at 3:04 pm [Reply]

    Behold…the Imus/Old Geezer From Gil Thorp Whose Name I Forget connection:

    http://subdivided_we_stand.typepad.com/imus_thorp.jpg

  32. Islamorada Girl
    July 27th, 2005 at 3:37 pm [Reply]

    Card Fence Post Frank has emailed me off line. So, I hearby apologize for PFP, when it should be FPF. Happy now, Frank? Hey! Put that fence post down! Aiiiiieeeee!

    Jeeze louise, these fence installers are touchy.

  33. Lor
    July 27th, 2005 at 3:55 pm [Reply]

    Smitty, that’s amazing. Separated at birth?

  34. Fence Post Frank
    July 27th, 2005 at 4:01 pm [Reply]

    I hearby apologize for PFP, when it should be FPF. Put that fence post down! Aiiiiieeeee! Jeeze louise, these fence installers are touchy.

    I am not touchy. I am just a sensitive guy.

    Besides, I am a professional, I put fence posts in the ground, I don’t hit people with them.

  35. Islamorada Girl
    July 27th, 2005 at 10:15 pm [Reply]

    You should, Frank. You really should. I could make a few suggestions.

  36. Fence Post Frank
    July 28th, 2005 at 8:00 am [Reply]

    You should, Frank. You really should. I could make a few suggestions. – Comment by Islamorada Girl

    Isla, you seemed like such a nice little lady, now you want to hit people? Like who?

  37. Irina
    July 28th, 2005 at 8:49 am [Reply]

    Irina whispers, “like whom,” and crawls back into the third nostril.

  38. Rock Strongo
    September 2nd, 2005 at 6:51 pm [Reply]

    I can understand the pressure to have to write something funny, but man, when you haven’t got anything, don’t even try – the result is embarrassing! I can’t believe you wrote this crap. You knew what Dr. Hamilton meant, yet you felt you had to try some lame jokes about it. Sad.

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