Tarranon posted:

As follows "the organic grocery budget is the new Catholic indulgence" is one of the most important statements to be made in the salad days of the 2010s

tacodaemon posted:

Also that's one of those strips I always like wherein Ray gets some big wheeler-dealer on the phone just by calling up the operator and demanding it

tacodaemon posted:

Also that's one of those strips I always like wherein Ray gets some big wheeler-dealer on the phone just by calling up the operator and demanding it

Darth Windu posted:

Didn't Charles Mingus actually have a cat named Nightlife?

Farmer Crack-rear end posted:

During the 60s, Oregon governor Tom McCall's mother was so mad that he wouldn't take her calls that she called the White House and managed to cajole and browbeat her way into a phone conversation with President Johnson.

The White House then called McCall's office and said "tell the governor to call his mother".



Some people got a knack for things.

RZApublican posted:

NEW STRIP

A complicated power dynamic, as expressed by two idiots arguing about their hair.

prefect posted:

Did Pat and Rod Huggins break up?

Oxxidation posted:

Rod doesn't stay at Pat's much.

RZApublican posted:

NEW STRIP

A complicated power dynamic, as expressed by two idiots arguing about their hair.

Cloks posted:

Would've been better without Pat's zinger at the end. A decent Achewood.

DOWN JACKET FETISH posted:

hmm

DOWN JACKET FETISH posted:

hmm

Cloks posted:

Would've been better without Pat's zinger at the end. A decent Achewood.

JethroMcB posted:

Out of character, as Pat is in the right

projecthalaxy posted:

Speaking of Pat, this is my favorite Pat strip. It's like Gravitas Shortfall said, Pat's a relatable character. I know like three people who would get this heated about compost or whatever their Thing was.

http://achewood.com/index.php?date=01312010

JethroMcB posted:

Out of character, as Pat is in the right

Oxxidation posted:

Rod doesn't stay at Pat's much.

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Pete's dialogue is a bit weird too without any of his usual mannerisms, although i love the pause before he says "Pat."




(I think Friday Facts would fit in well with the new one-off weekly format)

The Pony Incident posted:

I remember when getting a Friday Facts instead of a real achewood was an annoyance... now I just miss the regular content

Edit: And yet, many of achewood's funniest lines are from friday facts. Life's complicated!

Azathoth256 posted:

I'm honestly weirded out by getting decent achewoods again.

Zereth posted:

This too shall pass.

grading essays nude posted:

Pete's dialogue is a bit weird too without any of his usual mannerisms, although i love the pause before he says "Pat."

Pakled posted:

But what if it doesn't, and we continue getting semi-decent to good (but not great) Achewoods every Friday from now on, forever, even after Chris Onstad died, with no explanation

Dr Dracula posted:

It's kind of like how it's easier/quicker to read the strip than the blogs but the blogs are nevertheless awesome.

Rev. Bleech_ posted:

Ray and Lyle's Cowboy Office, never forget

teodor posted:

So he came over for lunch today, Friday, because he wanted to "shoot the shattle" about what to do for his big regular Friday night party. We always have beer when he comes over, because he likes that I get tall 160z cans of Oranjeboom at Trader Joe's. (He says they make him feel like "that guy from Oasis.") It's kind of a thing. Anyhow, I made Galaxy Nachos (a clever recipe of Roast Beef's, can be found in the Achewood cookbook) to go with the crisp lager. While they were baking and we were talking he actually got a plate and a fork and stood by the oven. I'm not even sure he knew he was doing this, because when I pointed out that the table was already set he looked around for a second, real concerned, and then slapped his forehead and laughed. I guess he'd smoked a little before he came over, and when I offered to freshen his buzz he took me up in a heartbeat.

We went into my room and I packed one for him. It's funny - even though the door was shut, Lyle sensed the unsmoked marijuana and let himself in. I let myself out before they lit up because I'm going out to dinner with my Aunt Brezna and she has a dead-on sense for when someone's the slightest bit altered. Before long they were taking turns filling up the chamber and getting rowdy. I swear, whenever those two get near a bottle or a bong it turns into a contest to see who can max the other guy out. While I finished up the food I could hear macho exhortations coming down the hall, like Ray shouting "Can you pull it, sucker? Can you pull it off?!" or Lyle coughing really hard and then victoriously shouting "LYYYYYYYLLLLLLLE!" at the top of his lungs.

Needless to say, they crept out of the room like a couple of secret geniuses and inhaled the entire cookie-sheet's worth of nachos in about a minute and a half. Then Lyle grabbed the six-pack of Oranjeboom off the counter, handed three of them to Ray, and in unison they both yelled "BRADY BUUUNCH!" before shotgunning the whole set. Lyle then said something about "wanting to break most of the rocks in the backyard to see if any were geodes" and Ray thought that was incredible, so they found an old mallet in the garage and spent the next ten minutes hitting rocks.

After I had cleaned up the dishes I noticed it was kind of quiet, so I looked outside, only to find them both passed out on the grass in the shade under the lemon tree. They had taped this little cardboard sign that said "COWBOY OFFICE" to the trunk, and Ray was wearing a pair of red cowboy boots that he hadn't been wearing when he showed up.

As of 3:15 they were still asleep, so I called Dimitri from the beverage distributorship and just had him put a couple kegs and a case of Ketel One handles on Ray's tab for tonight, and hired Buffalo Wing-a-Ding to come cater with their slaws and biscuits and things. It took all of six minutes, but I was kind of annoyed at having to do it.

Nostalgia4Butts posted:

RandomFerret posted:

I really like the idea of Ray's friday night parties. I like to think that if I had any amount of money at all that's the kind of thing I would do with it. I guess in real life it would get old pretty fast.