NEW VOTING INCENTIVE! RUN PUCK RUN!
Twenty years ago, some crazy foreign movie about a spitfire redhead and her super-stupid boyfriend came out. A few weeks later, the comic strip Puck began. Coincidence? I think not. Anyway, if you’ve seen Run Lola Run, go vote to see my weird homage. And if you haven’t, uhm … vote anyway?
VOTE FOR PUCK TO DEFEAT THE ARMY OF BOTS!!!
As for this comic…
Some might say that Phoebe’s observations are cruel, but I’m firmly of the opinion that Phoebe is incapable of cruelty. Which means her observations are the entirely accurate diagnosis of a fashion expert. There’s no malice here – just resignation.
Steel will be soft as butter at certain temperatures. Daphne seems to be approaching them.
And butter can be hard as steel! But margarine is never really very good for anything, including toast.
Which I get the feeling one or the other of them will be soon.
but but but but butt BUTT BUTT
hmmm …. I knew if I said it a lot it would turn into something good.
On TRACEEE anyways.
@EG
Is MARGErine made from MARGE ?
That would be kinda’ kewl.
And in my case, not at all Cannon-Ball-Lystic.
Oh jeepers,
I said something bad again – and was censored.
Who knew you can’t say %”*!!#_)(<:XXX ?
Use lots of flour for that margarine.
Flour in this case is probably money.
I always assumed the two major requirements for prom queen are being attractive and having loads of friends. I know we’ve pretty much only seen Tyler, but does Daphne have any other friends? If not, then her chances of being voted Queen are pretty much zero no matter how nicely she cleans up.
She doesn’t have to be voted Queen. Winning back Tyler/Taylor’s heart and defeating the object of Daphne’s jealousy would be more than sufficient as a win.
Exactly.
Well, I think we’re talking prom queen on a largely symbolic level. The chances of Daphne actually winning that, as you noted, are slim, because it’s mostly a popularity contest. But winning Tyler is the goal here, so eyes on the prize.
Daphne, go for the PITY VOTE.
It is your only chance.
But what if someone else beats her to it?
@EG
You kid.
With Robin and Colin “assisting” her, Daphne has the “Pity Vote” sewn up !
with the right design you can build a bridge out of damn near everything….we once had this challenge in school: build a bridge at least 1 feet high, with 1m between the pilars, 10cm broad, solid enough that you can put a full(!) beer bottle on it – out of nothing but paper strips and glue. the strips where 30×5 cm, no scissors allowed, 3 people, 2 hours time….my team was the only one who succeeded.
Whoa. Well, one’s ability to build a bridge out of butter or margarine is probably entirely temperature-based. But I kind of want to see these paper bridges now.
@Peya Luna
Where was the time for the glue to dry ?
BRIDGE
our design was nowehere near that sophisticated….but you´re right on the money with the glue: it was winter, so we put the parts on the heater to dry – and used enough glue to make what was basically corrugated paper, stiffened+strenghtened by unholy amounts of glue.
Sound’s like that challenge just requires some creative folding. A single layer of paper is thin and easily bent or torn, but get 5 or 6 folds to it and it might as well still be wood.
I don’t think you give Daphne enough credit. Or account that she is the adopted daughter of Puck, who at one point was a Muse. There could be mystical shenanigans in play by the end. Hopefully not a full Midsummer’s Night Prom, but…
I’m pretty sure there will be no mystical shenanigans. Though there will almost certainly be shenanigans. And ‘shenanigans’, I’ve just realized is a fun word to say.
I swear to god I’m gong to pistol whip the next guy who says “Shenanigans”!
Aww. It didn’t put the link in there. Here: https://youtu.be/JNPW2wZ4D2s
I’m glad you did.
When was Puck a Muse?
@Susan
You’re thinking of Mickey and Minnie.
Better butter than bitter!
😉
Or batter.
@EG
Deep Fried BATTER
Clams, Onions, Chicken, Pork, Scallops, Ice Cream, Dough ….
Is there anything that is not Better in Batter ?
Although its a bitter battle to batter the butter with a beater, its better to bother.
@Lokitsu
Now I’m hungry.
I’m calling it now – Daph is going all-out Gothic/Vamp – PVC dress, ripped fishnets, knee-high spit-kicker boots, etc…
@Aaron
I am down with that !
KIZZ all the way !
Enh, I’m not sure she’d have enough moxie to pull it off, really. Though it does sound fun.
Before Daphne realized she wanted to humiliate Van Beek, wouldn’t she have agreed that she’s not suitable for prom queen – only she would have made it a positive as in “I’m not vain and shallow enough for that”?
That she now cares about it at least somewhat may show character change. Not necessarily growth but at least self-knowledge.
Or at least that Taylor means more to her than she’d been willing to admit.
Perhaps? Character growth may or may not happen. In a fashion that may or may not be predictable.
Daphne? Just let it go.
So long as she’s not driving you to a pet salon, let it go and try to distract her from this ‘challenge’.
Can anyone imagine actually being MARRIED to Daphne ?
The first time she burns Tyler’s dinner, and he refuses it, there will be Blood, Knives, and HEADLINES.
Her early years spent incarcerated in The Toronto Zoo Jackal Experience won’t be her last time caged.
Turn and RUN Tyler !
And don’t look back.
It couldn’t be any worse than being married to Puck.
And seriously, dude, you think in that relationship Daphne would be doing any of the cooking? Unlikely.
@EG
So true.
Daphne has never done a single useful thing.
not unless it was part of a scam
@aaron Smith
Even the two scams we know of: Online Poker and Snorf Theft, were both failures.
The poker one was definitely not her fault. That was more so puck’s morality that sunk that money ship.
i meant cooking she would cook for a scam
bridge made out of warm mayo lol
I love Lola Rennt. It’s a wonderful movie, and it needs to be watched by more people. Great vote incentive.
Thanks. This is one of my patron’s ideas, who has a real love of the movie and desperately wanted to see this happen. He was so enthusiastic, I couldn’t say no. To be honest, I’ve seen the movie only once. Around 2000, maybe? I remember thinking it was cool. But I also remember thinking Tank Girl was cool, and I was very, very wrong on that.
Funny enough, that’s the first time (of maybe two) that I saw it as well. High school German I. (Also in that class watched Wings of Desire, made in 1987, nearing the end of the Soviet Union. I recommend that one too. It’s got Peter Falk! “I can’t see ya, but I know you’re there.”)
…Now I need to watch both of those again.
Oh, Great, now I have to Google “Run, Lola, Run!”
It’ll be the best thing you’ve done all day. If you somehow can’t find the movie (due to using one word twice in the search string, but it should show up anyway), try “Lola Rennt,” the original German name of the film.
Hooray !
https://amphibian.com is BACK !
This past year has been a sad one. Many fave Web Comics have cut back or died.
Amphibian.Com is a clever little strip concerning Frogs who do IT. It is simple, cute, amusing, and sometimes even educational.
I would give them some $ but the darn guy that creates it wants BITCOIN.
No Way I am getting involved in that Tulip Craze (look it up).
Webcomics in general are struggling, I’d say. It’s a tougher time now. I don’t know that one, but if they’re back, that’s one bright light.
From 10kBTC for two pizzas, to US$100 for 1BTC, to $1500/1BTC, back down to $100, then up to $15k… yeah. Tulip Fever does sound like a good comparison. (Too bad I cashed out around $750/1BTC…)
On the main point, I wish Angst Technology/InkTank would return too. Sure, it’s humans making video games, not frogs. (And a monkey. And a llama.) But it’s one of my favorite comics ever.
Especially the character Dante. Between defragging a movie theater and somehow getting his twin children named after a video game, right in front of his wife that said NO to that idea (Samantha and Maxwell), as well as playing Quake III Arena on a Palm Pilot when those things were only 10MHz (and hosting the server, and winning)… he was just THE badass. Even if it would have killed him to walk up to the top floor of the building because of his smoker’s lung.
Seeing if I can post here. Been having a problem with that. Will explain if I can post.
Ah! The last day and a half, I’ve been unable to post at several sites. Going through AOL and Microsoft Edge…then the same on another computer.
Another site where I hang out had a problem with malicious adware the other day: since I first noticed the problem there, after it was fixed, I thought it might have something to do with that. But then I found it happened on several other sites. Been trying and failing.
Seems to be all right now…if this reply posts…and I still have no idea why I couldn’t.
Hmm. Sounds unfortunate. I am (reasonably) confident there’s nothing wrong with my site, seeing as I now pay for Malware protection and my checks always come up clean. But I’m sorry you’ve been wrestling with some computer-related nightmares.
Didn’t know AOL still existed. Hmm.
Working through AOL right now—convenience, and inertia—certainly not price or how I’ve been treated by them. (Earlier this year they alphabetized my Favorite Places list—I had it organized by active sites and inactive sites.)
Everything seems to be working all right now, though when I posted the above it still wouldn’t work at the other sites. Most had similar setups to this. I was beginning to think I’d been blocked for some reason—I’ve probably offended a lot of people. I was nerving myself to sneak back under another name when, tonight, things cleared up.
You’ve never offended me. And I’ve never blocked anyone. The worst I’ve done is put a small group of people on an ‘approve first’ list because they sometimes post really problematic things and in their cases I reserve the right to read their posts BEFORE they go up – and not because I might take offense, but because I don’t want other people to explode, or for the Adbots to demonetize me.
You sir, are a true gentleman. You could never offend anyone.
You haven’t seen what I’ve said elsewhere.
@EG
There was one (no name will be provided) that was pretty much driving the pretty women away. An unforgiveable offense.
And once the women are gone, why would the men remain ?
Fortunately EG handled the situation expertly.
EG is the best.
@Robert Nowall
“You haven’t seen what I’ve said elsewhere.”
I can’t say anything elsewhere.
No place else can stand me.
sob sob sob