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j_a_s_e » pro 2 years ago
hehe... isn't it common knowledge that a clown packs?
This strip is underrated, I think.
pohlhoud » neu 2 years ago
Ladies often tells me i'm quite the clown.

Does this mean i packs?
liquidcruelty » neu 1 years ago
Requiem and clown pax
jackparsons » neu 2 years ago
"Shakes The Clown", the Citizen Kane of alcoholic clown movies, is your only required reference source. Florence Henderson learns about clown packages in the opening scenes.
stuart » neu 2 years ago
You know how having a big car means you compensate for having an undersized package? How big is a clown's car?
the_stoned_one » neu 2 years ago
yeah but what about how most clowns can only afford to carpool with like ten other clowns
how does that fit into the metaphor?
johnnyrocker » neu 1 years ago
If one dude with a big truck has a tiny dick, 20 dudes with one tiny car must have enormous dongs. This is math.
cpnglxynchos » neu 1 years ago
on the street they call it loose math.
i_love_kate » neu 1 years ago
Ew.
tonyhighwind » neu 1 years ago
Weird, I always thought it was floppy math.
lordofring » pro 7 months ago
I registered just to chubby this.
sweetlips » neu 1 years ago
Ray is great clown Pagliacci.
fermatprime » neu 1 years ago
if I could chubby this forty times I would.
caitskills » neu 1 years ago
what is that a picture of??? more importantly, where can i acquire one?
tatterdemalion » neu 11 months ago
If only the great clown Pagliacci had an ancient medallion that kept him from being depressed.
Sigh.
capnroblivious » neu 10 months ago
But, Doctor! I am an ancient medallion that keeps people from being depressed!
catachresis » neu 2 years ago
"It symbolizes a clown!"
I so love Ray.
tttt2 » pro 2 years ago
you tend to skip over lines like these without realizing how hilarious they are

it's all in the subtleties
stevegt500 » neu 2 years ago
how do you be charlie watts for halloween?
hellofyellin » pro 2 years ago
Drink a lot, do smack.

Then start a jazz band.
elgranchaco » neu 2 years ago
play the same drumbeat.
farqussus » neu 2 years ago
look like andy warhol's grandpa.
hellofyellin » neu 1 years ago
Chubbbbbaaaaaay
capnroblivious » neu 10 months ago
patkun » neu 2 years ago
Ray tries to salvage his dignity, but the struggle is hopeless.
petro » neu 2 years ago
He could cry and sing in Italian.
nathanielperson » neu 2 years ago
A BLOO BLOO BLOO A BLOO
spinynorman » neu 2 years ago
It would need more hand gestures and rogue vowels to be italian, though.
hayzeus » neu 1 years ago
(To be blubbered to 'La donna è mobile')
hateandwar » pro 2 years ago
It's the alt-text that does it for me on this one:

"Please write 500 words on the subject of getting cruised by the Michelin Man"
gompo » neu 1 years ago
Nobody has actually done this, though. The comments disappoint once again.
charchar » neu 1 years ago
Getting Cruised by the Michelin Man:A Love Story

As a girl, I am often faced with an unreasonable quandary on the subject of auto-repair. I should be able to fix my own car, yet I inevitably make the ill-fated pilgrimage to the Jiffy-Lube when it begins wheezing and emitting a seemingly endless flow of ectoplasmic white goo from ears and mouth. Guys are never faced with the burden of upholding a stereotype whenever they want their spark plugs replaced. Lucky bastards. But I digress.
One fortune-stricken day my motorcar simply refused to move, like at all. I was late for work this day, and PMSing something fierce, and honestly not in the mood for this sort of crap. Dreading the cat-calls and condescension with which my patronage was sure to be met, I followed the only reasonable course of action; I dressed in my boyfriend%u2019s clothes, donned some aviator shades, and underwent an intensive voice-training regimen, and emerged Charlie. Now I was ready to get my oil changed.
Using my newly-acquired man-swagger, I marched into the garage and asked to speak to Steve in my low man-voice. I requested his assistance and was treated with deference and respect. It felt good. I mean really, really good. Steve recommended the best oil, not just the priciest one and I thought, %u201CHey, I could get used to this.%u201D I decided to let the mendacious burlesque play out a little longer.
With my engine now purring like Eartha Kitt, I skedaddled on about my business. It being a Saturday, I decided to check out my town%u2019s nightlife. I pulled up to my usual bar and was greeted by a rather fetching brown-eyed valet. It was then the idea hit me like an angel slapping pudding. For the moment, I was for all intents and purposes, a dude. But I was a dude openly ogling my fellow dudes. This could be my chance to be a gay dude! The garage fumes had clearly gotten into my frontal lobe and were interfering with my ability to think clearly. I realize this now.
Cut to the Peppermint Honcho, where you find me slouched miserably over the counter with a half-empty Rob Roy in one hand and a uterus full of angry kittens it feels like. What the hell was I thinking? All the guys here were prettier than me, and most of them did not smell like fossil fuels. Then a pale, gentleman of considerable gravity lowered and arranged his bulk on the stool next to mine. He placed an order for two Caribbean Screwdrivers in a soothing baritone. My mother was right; all the good ones are either taken or gay. I was jerked from the lake of my despair by the line of coconut rum and a gentle smile. %u201CI hope you don%u2019t mind me asking,%u201D he said,%u201Dbut have you been working on your car recently? I do love the smell of gasoline.%u201D I blinked at him once, twice, before he hastened in, his pale skin flushing prettily,%u201DI%u2019m Mitch, by the way.%u201D
charchar » con 1 years ago
Dammit, BBCode, those are quotation marks and you know it! 500 words exactly and you fuck up basic punctuation. you know what, SCREW YOU, BBCODE, FUCK YOU1
the_doz » neu 1 years ago
Man, Achewood inspires people do some strange shit.

Chubby for the effort, but you can't make me read it.
yearsinhotclaws » neu 1 years ago
I read it all and it was amazing.
straw » neu 1 years ago
It's ok, I saw that you had done it and that was reason enough to give you a chubby.
straw » pro 1 years ago
Which isn't to say it wasn't awesome, which it totally was.
scorpio_nadir » neu 7 months ago
Nonetheless, a year or more later, your story is still...char-charming.
fuzzery » neu 1 years ago
Brilliant.
zapatos » neu 1 years ago
Oh Mitch, you're such a player.
panopticism » neu 9 months ago
That was amazing.
greenkoolayd » neu 9 months ago
[[fans self]]
shogun » pro 2 years ago
I want to be the Michelin Man for halloween, but just so we're clear, nobody is getting coconut rum drinks.
mindbnder » neu 2 years ago
you would think Ray would get Quality out of an $800 costume. That costume looks like a homeless bag ladie with early onset macular degeneration sewed it while she was low on glucose.
aaron_haynes » neu 2 years ago
One of the few where the punchline is as good as the concept.
presterjohn » pro 2 years ago
In college I had a buddy whose Halloween costume was a clown suit with a strategically placed hole and a comically oversized inflatable penis. And that was four years before this strip appeared.
soticoto » neu 2 years ago
He looks more like a Pierrot than a Harlequin... honestly.
cousinted » neu 2 years ago
And we all know how much Pierrot packs:

[IMGS OFF]
HALLO, BOY!
laserblade » neu 2 years ago
^^^

THIS.
achilleselbow » neu 2 years ago
This is the only episode I've seen and it freaked me the hell out. Then when I'd finally made up my mind to watch the rest, I realized that the DVDs my girlfriend had gotten me in China were subtitled in Engrish. I am the guy that sucks.
zoeofdoom » neu 2 years ago
thanks to you guys on these boards, i shudder every time i see the word harlequin, so this strip had a layer of unspeakable nightmare draped all over it. hooray!
mugi » neu 1 years ago
You are not alone.
heccibiggs » neu 1 years ago
No, not alone at all.
foetus_punch » neu 1 years ago
So, I suppose showing you a harlequin baby would be just mean then?

Those things are awesome when you never want to have sex with a girl. Just let her catch you jerkin' it to a video of a harlequin baby slowly opening and closing it's asshole-like mouth!
hateandwar » pro 1 years ago
Your idea is incredibly stupid, your description is reprehensible, but really everything you've done here just fits so perfectly with your username that I have no choice but to smile and whisper to myself, "Bravo, foetus_punch, bravo".
woodenteeth » neu 1 years ago
Do you only comment on past strips?
foetus_punch » neu 1 years ago
Wow, good call. Yes, because I always show up late to new strips and I know I will not be noticed or replied to there, and I honestly come here to talk to people.
wittyname » neu 2 years ago
I'm shocked and appalled that no one has written the 500 words yet.
hateandwar » neu 1 years ago
Someone's not paying attention.
direhaggis » pro 1 years ago
Ray first buys the clown suit before even trying it on and showing Roast Beef. I love Ray. He will blow change on even the unvalidated concept that a clown packs.
derelictman » pro 1 years ago
Kids do hate clowns. So do adults. EVERYBODY HATES CLOWNS. How do these freaks keep getting work? Is it the biggest con job in history or what?
mangtastic » neu 1 years ago
Their main market is catering to the insane. There are a lot of insane people.

Think about it.
spicyponyhead » neu 1 years ago
Ouchy the Clown.
hendetta » pro 1 years ago
Yeah man, a harlequin symbolizes a clown.
possums » neu 1 years ago
The alt-text saves this one from oblivion...
cpnglxynchos » neu 1 years ago
there is a Local clown known as "Giggleblast"

i am kidding. (i am definitely not kidding. there will be a picture soon enough.)
fenrox » pro 1 years ago
Just in case anyone was wondering I have been with around 24 clowns and they all were hung.

Maybe its because they are gay? I know not the angle of a straight clowns dangle.
tatterdemalion » neu 11 months ago
He...that's a Pierrot, not a Harlequin! Roast Beef, I am disappointed in you!
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