Whenever I read through all of Achewood from the start, this strip brings me the greatest joy.

This is completely a thing

Gotta love someone who can use "oat tote" and "phallus" in the same breath.

Nope, still not gettin' it. What does 'oat tote' mean? A scotum covered with dried grass? How are the testes 'oats'? Is this some weird cross-lingual pun like in Finnegan's Wake?

Oats are seeds. What's not to get?

'Xactly. Like "sowing your wild oats." I love the transition into business Ray in this one.

I though it was like those feed bags you strap over a horse's nose. God only knows why this made sense to me.

SNIFF SNAFF SNOOF

so awesome

Oat

Tote

best. ever.

Yes, I can now say that the beginning of my favorite arc, The Great Outdoor Fight, has begun.

I think I'd read Achewood occasionally in the past, but once the GOF arc was underway I became a permanently hooked reader.

C'mon, you guys say that about every arc.

Oh yes. Just clicking 'random comic' here, but now I'm cracking open a crispy Stella and clicking 'next comic'. Awww yeeeah

I am stalking you with a bottle of Paringas Cab Sauv in hand.

I have an open bottle of 100 proof Smirnoff, and therefore think I beat both of you.

(ok, not really)

(the bottle is closed, but it'll be open in about five seconds)

I only buy the 100-proof when I aim to soak wormwood in it.

This is exactly what I did.
Chubbied for like-mindedness on this momentous arc.

This was the first Achewood I ever read. I did not get it at ALL. But then the GOF storyarc drew me in, and I was gone....

Note that in the alt text a Honda Civic is the receiver.

Time for me to go back and read the best story arc of all time again.

Hard to believe it was only two short years ago.

Ray certainly derives some odd givens from the reality he perceives.

I drive a Civic.. and it's so true. The Pilot is a menace.

I call bullshit. Todd is just going to get hookers and blow. Maybe some nachos.

He did it before, after all. I've often wondered if he'd have wound up back in the Dementia Arms had Ray's mother not gotten her burn on.

DC

Looking at this, I was underwhelmed. Then, when it moved on to CHatSacks, I became amused again. Then it turned into the GOF. Man, who could possibly have seen that being where this strip would lead to? I don't even think Onstad knew where this was going to end up, and that's awesome.

I think I need to step away from the computer for a second. I've got an appointment later today and this is the arc that you have to commit to reading in one sitting every time you read it.

I'll be back with a bong and some green, fellows.

I am on my way to Las Vegas for vacation. I am actually looking forward to coming back and reading this arc in one sitting. Can't wait.

Oh, man, I just hit Random and got here. Sign from God.