JULY INCENTIVE ON TWC!!!
It’s fresh and summery and it’s something to do with mint or something. I dunno.
VOTE TO MAKE A TALL, COOL GLASS OF PIEMONADE!!!
As for this comic…
Been a while since we’ve seen Daphne. So here she is. Offering the sunny perspective that we all expect from her.
Something tells me that Daphne has a good point to all of this chaos in the house….
When you ride the wave, you can’t be afraid of the water.
Oh Daphne, you are so naive. I’ve lived in a house with lots of people and more had to move in temporarily. It’s like you’ve managed to choke down half the glass of sour milk; you’re looking forward to being done with it and then someone hands you a larger glass!
But you are never done the sour milk. It is an endless glass.
It’s become background noise at this point.
Also, very refreshing incentive. How did you know?
How did I know what?
You will care about non-flushable flushed objects when the toilet backs up, Daphne.
Paper towels are the real danger. Never flush paper towels.
This is the rule: Only three things go down the toilet… and number 3 is toilet paper.
But it’s so convenient a disposal method. It just invites people to flush other things!
…And you’ll care even more when the city needs to excavate your entire residential street for about a year to clear out all the sewer blockage from “flushable” wipes, cigarette butts, cooking grease, and any number of other things people seem to think are flushable (although the blame can be shared a bit for dishonest paper companies who slap “flushable” on their wipe packaging. No, they aren’t.)
Yes this is first-hand experience. Almost a full year of having to park my car two blocks from my house, and noisy construction that starts at 7am every weekday.
Your “flushable” wipes go in the trash can. If you don’t like the idea of a poo wipe sitting there for a week until trash day, don’t BUY the completely unnecessary damned things!
For those not in know, Google ‘fatberg’ for more info. But don’t watch the videos if you’re eating anything.
It’s not as if you haven’t contributed more than your share of annoyance, Daphne.
She might have contributed a fairly high proportion of it, in fact.
Is this the first time we’ve seen the back of the Couch With Tape, and the actual TV? My knowledge of geography is increasing!!!
Also thank you for explaining “mass noun” and “count noun” painlessly. The concepts make sense but I’d never thought about them before.
Phoebe seems to be operating on a sort of angst-based stoacism here.
Noun types = English teacher humor.
We’ve seen the back of the couch many times. I know this because it’s a reused background and I honestly don’t remember when I first drew those background elements. They’re old as heck.
Having Satan for a houseguest . . . we may soon see The Colin emerge! The Colin is rarely seen, always memorable! Respect The Colin!
Well, maybe. But maybe not. The Colin can’t be actively summoned.
HUMMINA HUMMINA HUMMINA MINTY!
The hummina mint is a special variety. Few gum brands use it, but it’s very refreshing.
“Yet Fair”…sage words Colin. Sage words.
He knows what’s up.
Oddly enough, yesterday I treated myself to a “regal dairy treat” that involved “mint” and “chocolate wafer cookies” in the description of a spoonable semi-frozen concoction named after a bad winter snowstorm.
Now I know why I had that craving…
As for Daphne, she’s just fine-tuning all the scams, shams, and outright larceny that can be exploited with their new house guests.
Knowing Tracee’s “champagne tastes on a PBR budget”, she may be a (more than) willing participant on anything that could make her some money – if only to escape that house…
Considering Daphne’s track record so far of getting thiiiiiiss close before some minor but significant detail that was overlooked comes into play, I see a spinnoff coming!!!! Blondie and the Brain!
One is a Teen, the other a pain!
Mmm. Frozen dairy treat named after weather formation.
And yeah, Daphne may see these poor souls as opportunities. But their impoverished situation makes them less likely targets. They might be good stooges or lackeys, but those are a dime a dozen anymore.
We all know that Satan is a Stooge or Lackey. Maybe even a Mook.
But NOT a henchman.
My thinking is that Tracee and Daphne team-up on some schemes.
Your thinking may be right.
Well, when you’re a pot . . .
Linguistics nerd notices the English teacher joke. Heh. 🙂
No one. Maybe TRACEE might help you? Oh, Traceeeeeeeeeeeee!
When you’re a pot, you can call the kettle whatever you’d like.
Hey, is her shirt an Orville reference?
You’re the only one to get it.
I’m the only one who’s mentioned it.
Also: Cool. Really cool. That was such a good episode.
I get the feeling that Daphne is much more resilient to all the craziness since she started dating Tyler. Her world is fine, so she can ignore everything else.
That does go a long way.
Also, good placement for Pokemon Yellow. (Not many other yellow Nintendo cartridges, and that was GBC compatible.) I had that Atomic Purple Game Boy Color back in the day. Looks like I eventually had to hold the battery hatch on with fishing line. I remember how I bought this big sleeve of off-brand AA batteries and how I’d just burn through them on Pokemon (I started with Red).
Y’know…thinking about Satan’s pedicure…somehow I thought…he would have hooves.
Not in this universe.
Satan’s clearly too high-maintenance for living at Puck and Colin’s. Someone better give him the lowdown. I think Daphne is up for the task. Better sooner than later.