In Pitlochry's fair city
Where the girls are so pretty
I first set my eyes on sweet Mhairi O'Muireadhach...

Pitlochry is, from what I remember, actually quite a dinky little town; hardly a city at all.

This is the best comment thread.

It was...

DAMN SON

The Scott Adams poster is just a picture of Dilbert

me too!!

I also

This is what my very good friend showed me to convince me to read achewood regularly. Before that, I didn't really appreciate it. Now, it is one of my favorite things to read.

DON'T TALK SHIT ABOUT ACHEWOOD

it's...it's Tourette's guy...get it..? alright, sorry, whoever lamed me. (honestly.)

Poor little chicken :[

This is the greatest thing.

first "5" strip, chronologically speaking.

I concur, Doctor.

After the liquor taste-test when Mr. Bear swears, this is the first 5 that made me laugh out loud. Does that make me a bad person? HA!

Seriously, this strip has the character development lacking in most other comics.

my idea of the saddest things in life was highly influenced by this strip

Yeah, agreed. It also reminds me of the seemingly autistic, math obsessed country hick from schoolhouse rock.

oh man, these "the saddes thing" strips never fail to depress me.

heh... this looks like a deep sigh.

this is the one of the best running gags ever!

Always loved this set up

This is really very sad. I am desensitized now, but I remember really thinking on this when I first read it and being quite sad at that thought, to the point of just sitting there thinking about it. Also very funny.

seconded.

i do indeed like thes strip

Is so good.

Why would Philippe go looking for trouble like that?

I want to see many more of these.

This establishes that a retarded man who is crying and promising a broken egg that it will still be a chicken someday is not in fact the saddest thing.

Liebot sometimes throws some truth into what he's saying to make it even more confusing.

sob

I printed this and put it on my Mom's fridge.

It almost got me that way too.

"Awp!"

jeez! so sad!

nooo! :(

Achewood needs more Lie Bot.

"Nooo!" = "I hate you Milk Man Dan."

Personally, I love both comics.

I love Achewood more, but yes, Red Meat is awesome. First comic I ever really read online.

That strip is online? Awesome!

This comic crushed my soul the first time I read it, while at the same time its brilliance and perfection was apparent. As many times as it's cropped up during boring, randomized afternoons, I'm still not COMPLETELY desensitized...

This is still the best "Saddest Thing" strip. All of the other saddest things are Lie Bot lies. This is a rare moment of candor.

the fact that entropy is not reversible is truly the saddest thing.

Phillipe, Phillipe, Phillipe, Phillipe, Phillipe, Phillipe, Phillipe, Phillipe, Phillipe, Phillipe, Phillipe, Phillipe, Phillipe, Phillipe, ...

First strip by itself is pretty funny.

I know this is a total cliche, but this strip is my very first achewood. After this, I sat and read through the entire archives. Amazing, is all I can say.

I find it hilarious that you got lamed for cruelty.

I think he gets lames for the avatar.

Why did I say this? Was the avatar something different six months ago?

Paco's avatar is one of the old defaults, I'm pretty sure, and I think it's been that way since old times.

No, it used to be, like, some kind of yearbook-looking photo of some Hispanic dude. Probably Paco, I guess.

I don't like that I remember these things. It seems like something better could fill that space in my brain.

I remember what you're talking about...was that defintely paco, though? Probably.

Still, if we're thinking of the same avatar, why would he have gotten lamed? Because he might have been a hispanic Jew?

I guess it's possible that his tiny picture looked Hispanic to me because of his name. I'm a terrible person.

No, I think we're remembering the same picture, and it looked like a hispanic guy. I just don't know why that would garner him any lames. It was pretty innocuous; actually, I always figured it wasn't him and that his name wasn't paco; maybe other people did too, and thought he was being a racist or something. I don't know. I have no fucking idea why I'm thinking about this so much.

Assetbar....SECRETS

Y'all some... actually I have no idea what y'all are...

The saddest thing is that Philippe himself is a little retarded, and I can totally see him talking to the broken egg. I mean, in addition to the fry and the flower.

Philippe is five.

My roommate is hardcore achewood, and told me to get into the strip. I started at the start of the archives and, I find this hard to admit, did not enjoy it very much. This strip kept me reading until the entrance of Ray and Roast Beef, when achewood began its dizzying ascent into transcendent brilliance.

This, perhaps, is the birth of the signature Achewood style of humor. Brilliant.

yessssss

What makes it even worse is that it is lie bot, and so this is not, in fact, the saddest thing. He is saving that for Phillipe's eulogy.

Of all the Achewood strips I've read, the Lie Bot "Saddest Thing" strips stick in my head the most. At inopportune times, my imagined voice of Phillipe screams "Nooo!", and I smile.

P.S. - Sorry, Jessica... :-)

I just came back to read this, and now I'm wondering who in the hell is Jessica??

Was I cheating on myself?? I think that is the saddest thing...

I need someone in my life that can answer questions like Lie Bot does.

Liebot clutching his metal belly in delighted evil sends this over the top.

BRILLIANT!

Actually, the saddest thing is when Phillipe learns that his flower-bride has only a year to live.

She was cut down in her prime.

I want to laugh. I want to cry. I want to throw up a little.

oh no
oh nohohno

At the grocery store today I saw a child sitting on a carton of eggs, telling them "everything will be okay, you'll fly away soon". I cannot shake the sentiment this reflects more heavily on our education system than the child.

It occurs to me that even if those particular eggs were destined to hatch, chickens cannot fly.

a challenger approaches, jeez.

that is sad

That's a bit too sad for me.

Out of all the "saddest thing" strips, this is the one that really makes me sad.

Phillipe's arms in the last panel ALMOST look like a walrus style mustache. For me, that is truly the saddest thing

Philippe is some kind of masochist for asking these questions.

I am ashamed to admit that I once stole this story and passed it off as my own. I am a bad person and I repent.