Do-loop!

If memory serves, this is the second time you've attempted this sort of thing.

My problem is that I don't learn from my mistakes.

Is that Frank Zappa in your avatar? "Sheik Yerbouti"?

Indeed it is. Or I am.

The music of Frank Zappa, like Achewood, is nothing short of a life changing phenomenon.

as fanboy-ish as that sounds...

And there I meant "in spite of" or "despite", not "despite of".

A year later I will reply because ... yeah! As a huge Zappa fan I can see where a person could feel that way. It's definitely not music you listen to because you like pretty music (though he can and did make that, too). Zappa is sort of a musical version of abstract art. You kind of have to cross your eyes and use your imagination to see the naked lady. Some people see it, some don't. Some people like it, some people don't. That said, anyone who likes metal or can appreciate ripping guitars can put together a pretty decent mix tape of Frank, starting with Willie the Pimp. He made a good bit of that, too.

Hooray for diversity!

Technically, this is Phillipe's second. "Yes!" -> "Hi!" ->"Yes!" -> "Hi!" -> ...

Dammit. Read *ALL* comments before commenting. Hell of bad form, yo.

I'd love to see Ray's Stoned flowchart.. all talking about softball and history and knowing people.

In Philippe's mind, sharks represent badness.

The bad kind of badness.

man, seriously quoting huey lewis??

WELL THEN MAYBE YOU SHOULD INVITE HUEY LEWIS OVER AND OPEN THE WINDOWS

That or at some point his Mother has told him that 'bad little boys who don't love their mothers get eaten by Sharks' while he's been having a tantrum.

Only one sock?

Why would his socks be together if they're lying around as clutter?

Circumstances.

I know there's one for Vlad, who kinda-sorta looks like lie-bot. Could that be the source of the confusion? As far as I know there's no lie-bot flowchart.

Yes, that's what I thought too, but nobody confirmed or denied this when I proposed it yesterday.

Just to clarify something that I think somebody pointed out, however obliquely, yesterday: This is the LIE Bot flowchart we're talking about. Keyword: LIE.

Keyword: Cake!

THE CAKE IS A LIE
THE CAKE IS A LIE
THE CAKE IS A LIE
THE CAKE IS A LIE
THE CAKE IS A LIE

Think about it for a minute. What would Lie Bot say if you asked him?

People may also be mixed up because
the Vlad one featured Lie Bot prominently.

There isn't one I believe. There's been one for Vlad but no Lie Bot.

lies

No, they got it, but then they suffered memory loss when Chris accidentally uploaded a hypnotic, animated GIF in place of Tuesday's strip. It was the saddest thing.

I have never heard anyone claim that there was a Lie Bot flowchart. People uppage were speculating on what it would be like if there was one, and I have seen people wishing that there was one.

No, seriously, what does it take to get spam marking privileges?

I don't know! I had them, once, but I seem to have lost them. And... wait, does everyone else see these as just blank boxes? Or is there some kind of ad I can't see?

For some reason strangers are very likely to be drug addicts in Philippe's world

he's like that lady in the leprechaun video, just assuming drugs. "It could be a crackhead got hold to the wrong stuff and told him to act a leprechaun."

Yep, Hungry Gus is probably now my favorite Achewood concept in the past week or so of strips.

I accidentally read that as "hobo" the first time. Better/worse y/y?

Philippe and Hungry Gus are my new avatar.

BTW, the avatar edit thingy doesn't work in Safari. Oh well.

Hungry Gus appears to be filled to the brim with a dark substance.

He doesn't have enough hair to brush it.

But does he make enough of the bad thing?

Oh wow. Mad chubbies. I'm only mildly ashamed to admit that I would buy that product.

...lets see if we can top that.

Oh, if only hate --> sharks applied to the real world.

Also this is a really weird thing to comment on, but I like the designs of the main logos in the more recent flowcharts for some reason.

Yeah, now it starts all over again

Don't worry Phillipe, Vlad loves your mom too... maybe he'll pitch in some money!

Perhaps his first memory associated with horribleness is the Jaws ride at Universal Studios. Or it could be just a shark!

We never did find out how his dad died...

Sometimes a shark is a card.

Other times a shark is a pool. But you really have to watch out for card sharks in your pool.

Loan? Or is that scraping the REAL bottom underneath the secret false bottom of the barrel?

Now you are getting into the spirit of it! Loan sharks, white sharks, sharks named "Bruce", they all mean "I don't love my Mom". Oh shiiiiiiiiiit!

People jump sharks; I jump their mother.
Then I tell them about it.
Repeatedly.

The latter, not the former.
They can jump as many sharks as they like, but they won't deny me the right to remind them I had their mother... and she was gagging for it... but I reckoned her performance was a bit sub-par. Must have been the whole giving birth thing that stretched her as there sure wasn't anything else that wide going in there...


*Coughs*

that is so incredibly true, rolotony. we all have our own sharks and moms, and the connection between the two is what scares us most.

I've always heard Phillipe as speaking in the voice of Flounder from The Little Mermaid. The "SHAAARK" has placed an Official Seal on this in my mind.

do you think chris wants someone to get an "I LOVE MY MOM, AND THAT'S THE DEAL!" tattoo?

I'm glad this is labeled "Inside the Mind of Philippe." I thought the decision-making flow-chart for Philippe that appeared in the corner of Roast Beef's was comprehensive and final. With the minor distinction in title, one need not supplant the other. I will not have nightmares now.

Oh crumbs

Definitely hadn't seen yours ^^

Oh crumbs!

Definitely hadn't seen yours ^^

I wonder what Roast Beef did after the third frame.

i thought that the roast beef smile bit was referencing this comic, because philippe's open mouth is terrifying? i mean, philippe is kind of terrifying.

More of Phillipe's Terrifying Mouth is needed, I think. And his childhood problem that is alleviated by dunking his arm in the toilet.

How so?

No the Roast Beef smile part is about Philippe not understanding that when you are cheerful towards a depressed person you'll only make them feel guilty and thus even more depressed. Beef's already under a lot of stress and he just can't deal with that right now.

(Besides, Philippe's mouth hasn't been gross for a long time. There's nothing wrong with him!)

What are you talking about?

Philippe is Five!
And how old was Philippe when his mouth was gross?

Five.

strangers always equal drug addicts, philippe. Always.

Well, everyone is addicted to something.

And everything is a drug... technically.

If it makes you feel better, that last one was the Philippe "Decision-making flowchart". Such a thing is not overridden by this one which is simply "Inside the mind of Philippe", with no real bearing on making decisions.

I believe that it would be in many peoples' best interest to realize this distinction with the older and the newer flowcharts. I believe many have not realized this.

Achewood and a bowl of The Dogg is Home. Basically all a dude would ever need after a hard day at uni.


/sorry people without the cookbook. Maybe buy it?

i'd like to put in a request for lie bot's decision-making flowchart next