The Mountain and the Motorcycle  07/13/2004 « prev 1st rand curr next »




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waddlerz » neu 1 years ago
subtle, batman, subtle
hipjiverobot » neu 1 years ago
Suttle-[See Sutler.] To act as sutler; to supply provisions and other articles to troops.

Batman knows what he's talking about.
wjon » neu 4 months ago
subtle, cpnglxynchos, subtle
redmange » neu 4 months ago
All of you knock this off right now.
invidious » neu 1 weeks ago
overt, redmange, overt
mabel » pro 2 years ago
this is my favorite strip. that's all.
gunsofray » neu 9 months ago
Hi.
weretrout » neu 5 months ago
Seconded
jstegall » pro 2 years ago
I almost wet myself when I read this one.
shmuckeles » neu 2 years ago
i had to leave the room. noone else in the house got it. then i had to move house.
heatbag » pro 2 years ago
This strip still blows me away 3 years later.
The definition of a classic.
wotan » neu 11 months ago
If you don't like this, you don't like Achewood. It doesn't get any better.
ck » neu 1 years ago
Folks don't seem to realize this is a strip reference, not religious indoctrination.
slalvation » neu 2 years ago
See, I never get why people say that. Joke explanations crack me up.
blarghamagarky » neu 2 years ago
like 34% of alt texts are Onstad explaining jokes and it is always hilarious
zapatos » neu 1 years ago
The joke is that the cat and stuffed bear are spying on another cat who is not very familiar with computers.
johnnyc » neu 2 years ago
I don't think his admittedly limited computer skills have as much to do with it as the fact that using the browser was the quickest way he could do it.
salo » neu 2 years ago
Also the rayest way.
bixschmix » neu 1 years ago
He used a Program.
ahab » pro 1 years ago
That's half the idea.

You also gotta realise that there's a clock ticking in the background. So that the third and fourth panel actually read (with italics being thought, and make sure you get the slow beat right:
TICK
RB "Now he's googlin' for a picture of a motorcycle"
Hmmm. Ray must be getting a new bike. Hope it won't be like last time
TICK
T "he chooses one"
That is one mad pair of wheels. But why the hell he gotta show us off like that.
TICK
RB "And shrinks the browser all down real small"
RB Oh shucks, why don't he use that macro I wrote him to do that... Wait what is he trying to do
TICK
RB T O.M.G. R.a.y.
tangles » neu 10 months ago
did it possibly occur to anyone that bill mac may have very well been being sarcastic? i'm a raging asshole too, so it makes sense to me to do something like this
psychology » neu 2 years ago
it doesn't take a four-year degree to know funny, just like it doesn't take working at McDonald's to know an obese person when you see one.
saint » neu 2 years ago
Elijah Wood is obese. Look at the Pat Fuck You Friday.
rowboat » pro 2 years ago
I don't want to be mean, but if you don't get this, I think this might be more your speed. Enjoy.
baryonyx » neu 2 years ago
Bahahaha. All of those are so funny, but not in the manner they were intended to be.

Like Godzilla films, or Plan 9 from Outer Space.
dominus101 » pro 1 years ago
Look, I don't know what you think you're doing, but I am Marmaduke. You do not speak about me that way!
dutch » neu 2 years ago
only because climbing it is kinda cliche.
notself » pro 2 years ago
Aww yeah.
epicurus » neu 2 years ago
I don't know why I love this one so much.

But I do.
hellofyellin » pro 2 years ago
I waited for a long time but this never happened.
kazad » pro 2 years ago
Nice reference
cbtbone » neu 2 years ago
Still the best possible use of Google/the internet in general.
zapatos » neu 1 years ago
I find a picture of a pretty girl, then I use paint to put my head on her. That's my usual christmas card.

Actually the before mentioned was a lie, but it wont be for very long.
waferman » neu 1 years ago
You mean aforementioned.
zapatos » neu 1 years ago
Sure.
digdugz » neu 2 years ago
Strips like this are the essence of Achewood.
jstegall » pro 2 years ago
The alt text rocks too. "Poor kids love playing this game in the library."
slab64 » neu 2 years ago
I totally was that kid...game loses it's appeal pretty quick, though.
rowboat » pro 2 years ago
Poor kids are pretty accustomed to losing things. Poor kids are hilarious!
laserblade » neu 1 years ago
Hey Roast Beef, you're poor. How come?
cpnglxynchos » neu 11 months ago
he is poor 'cos he loses things. he is a loser.
anomalous3 » pro 2 years ago
I don't think anyone notices yet another (this time not so subtle) that teodor is a voyeuristic perv. Not that there's anything wrong with that...but we all know about ray and ladies sitting on cakes.
wharfrat » pro 2 years ago
ray..brilliant like a child...or winnie the pooh
hollis » neu 2 years ago
Yes; both children and Pooh know about simple pleasures. Rock on, Ray.
zefiel » neu 2 years ago
Pooh just loved those sugar rushes. The shows were carefully edited to avoid showing the mean streak Pooh got in when he couldn't get his sugar on.

Piglet all stuffed in a jar, begging Pooh to let him out
art-vader » neu 6 months ago
http://www.tshirthell.com/funny-shirts/bitch-betta-have-my-hunny/
zapatos » neu 1 years ago
I get mad when I lose my honey pot too.
nsrdude » pro 2 years ago
My brother got me a signed framed opy of thisfor my birthday :D
jar » neu 2 years ago
Your brother is Awesome.
dogzilla » pro 2 years ago
All time favourite
centipede_damascus » pro 2 years ago
I did this once as a child, only with a picture of a 1968 Ford Mustang.
davidbs » pro 2 years ago
I do this. Except instead of a motorcycle it's a Bugatti. And instead of Mt. Everest, it's a crowd scene as my desktop.
closefriend » pro 2 years ago
I hope it's the L'oreal Group Lotion Awareness Bugatti.
boredom_man » neu 2 years ago
And the Bugatti lands on the crowd, and you are the winner.
zem » neu 2 years ago
um i think everyone starts with a default avatar from a set
tim_simmons » neu 2 years ago
hahaha things got pretty nasty pretty quick there
overmedicated » neu 2 years ago
Rowboat: Dick.
divot » neu 2 years ago
Why, sir! Is that the dashing and authoritative figure of Thornton Reed I espy in your avatar?
rowboat » pro 2 years ago
Overmedicated sums it up pretty well. What other sort of person would shoot his mouth off in such a way while knowing so little about the Way Things Are? I was such a mouthy kid two months ago. It's really no wonder that there are still some people here who lame me automatically.
overmedicated » neu 8 months ago
Once... once.

Those were the good times...
zapatos » neu 1 years ago
yeah, that was billmac. Scroll up next time.
flim » pro 2 years ago
This strip is pure gold, kudos.
1000hz » neu 2 years ago
I had forgotten the greatness of strip. For this I thank you, Assetbar.
dubreign » neu 2 years ago
a simple dude
leggotheego » neu 2 years ago
This is one of those strips that defines Ray's character.
delzhand » neu 2 years ago
It really is what we do when we think no one is watching that defines us!
sirhan_duran » neu 1 years ago
i have never thought no one was watching, as long as i've lived
deancain29 » pro 2 years ago
i did this earlier. it amused me a great deal.
never_die » pro 2 years ago
i love the Beef and Teodor play-by-play
featurelessvoid » pro 2 years ago
Whee! It's fun to see a sophisticated dude such as Ray indulge in such stupid fun. He may not know how to make animations on his computer, but the man gets things done.
zapatos » neu 1 years ago
I heard he has a tonka truck.
snakpacattack » pro 2 years ago
This is one of the best things ever... I do this from time to time as well.
bendy4 » neu 2 years ago
My first grade teacher told us that a genius is never bored. Anyone ever seen Ray bored?
pwb » neu 2 years ago
Ray has definitely been bored before. So bored, in fact. Smoke up a friend, holmes bored, even.

But he's still a genius.
primal_in_the_mane » pro 2 years ago
Ray is never bored.
envika » neu 1 years ago
no.

that is not funny.

that is

the terrible idea of the week
afronaut » neu 2 years ago
How many people here, be honest, have done this after reading this strip?
rowboat » pro 2 years ago
As of 11/07, 52,720 and counting, I'd have to imagine.
joeyramoney » pro 2 years ago
this is easily the best strip ever.
happycakeoven » pro 2 years ago
I also adore it. A !
comradepants » pro 2 years ago
I'm going to have something to laugh about for the rest of my week.
mufferz » neu 2 years ago
cousinted » neu 2 years ago
It becomes better with <a href=http://achewood.ytmnd.com/>epic music</a>

(Note: Not mine)
cousinted » neu 2 years ago
vbcode, not HTML. I have disappointed my family. fixed:

[url=It becomes better with <a href=http://achewood.ytmnd.com/>epic music</a>]Epic Music[/url]
cousinted » neu 2 years ago
RARGH! COUSINTED SMASH!
katsura » neu 2 years ago
BBCode fail aside, that managed to make me crack up really loud in the middle of the night.

I wonder if Ray listens to epic music when he does this?
rowboat » pro 2 years ago
I love these epic BBCode melees more than anything. I'm a veteran.
rowboat » pro 2 years ago
By the way, that was fucking awesome. Thank you.
lechatbotte » neu 1 years ago
Way cool! (But it doesn't mix well with the Bauhaus I was listening to.)
deusoma » neu 2 years ago
There are no icons on Ray's desktop.
ricnine » neu 2 years ago
Icons would damage the illusion of a real motorcycle jumping over a real mountain. Haha
sorcerouswolf » neu 2 years ago
First Achewood I've ever read. I love it.
flandrin » con 2 years ago
Probably one the funniest things I've ever seen in any medium, ever.
luckypyjamas » pro 2 years ago
this was the first one i read, it's still my favorite.

rexsjain » pro 2 years ago
why is the rating 4.8??????
the_doz » pro 2 years ago
I bet the guy who invented Comic Sans goes through and gives all the strips a 1. Adjust your ratings accordingly.
salvagebar » pro 1 years ago
I don't think Vincent Connare reads Achewood.
foetus_punch » neu 2 years ago
A few weeks ago, I was exceedingly stoned, and so I decided to get a picture of ray's face, make it my background, bring up this comic and shrink the browser down real small, and jump it over ray.

Remember, kids: always read achewood stoned!
the_stoned_one » neu 2 years ago
they can also use the second screen to enjoy pictures of ladies mashing up birthday cakes with their bottoms
the_prophet » pro 2 years ago
This is infact the first strip I've read
jonnay » neu 2 years ago
These are the ideas I wish I had when I approach a blank sheet of paper.
crev_gibax » neu 2 years ago
I just signed up so I could say this is the single funniest strip of hilarity I have ever read.
vermy » pro 2 years ago
Ray is a man of simple pleasures. Such a man is hard to find these days.
captainphaze » neu 2 years ago
As soon as I read this, I started Remote Desktopping people just to see what they were up to. This, unfortunately did not arise. For shame, my workplace.
xiaomimi » neu 2 years ago
Today's Blogs

Ray: What the hell, man?
Roast Beef: almost feelin' good today
Mr. Bear: Rematch.
Lyle: nice beans
Onstad: Still no Teodor
rowboat » pro 2 years ago
Alright, people. That's fucked up. Whether or not you give a damn about what the blog girl does, marking it lame is just obnoxious.
envika » neu 1 years ago
725 chubbies vs. 5 lames?

seems there aren't many of these "people"
straw » neu 1 years ago
But all of them are lame.
fermatprime » neu 11 months ago
As of 3/7/09, it is 5690 vs 17. I believe this may make xiaomimi the regular poster with the highest chubby-to-lame ratio (like, 330 ) but I ain't gonna check.
stormagnet » pro 2 years ago
I applaud your public service efforts, xiaomimi. Whenever I have a chubby left when I hit the bottom of the page, it goes to you.
em2 » pro 2 years ago
Everest.
Because it's there.
dwodles » neu 2 years ago
The alt text alone gives me hell of such as a girl-boner. ...if that even exists.
direhaggis » neu 1 years ago
Pay sites abound.
zapatos » neu 1 years ago
Isn't it like the third comic? Like that red button in the turkey... Done!
cpnglxynchos » neu 6 months ago
Yikes!
zapatos » neu 6 months ago
pix?
jthm_guitarist » pro 1 years ago
Another elusive Achewood that makes me laugh out LOUD.
Even when he knows no one is around, Ray is always doing something funny.
mattylite » pro 1 years ago
I think maybe 15% of the funniness is from Teodor's lo-tech labelling of the "Ray" monitor. But 15% of infinity is, like, still infinity, right?
aliiis » pro 1 years ago
Yes. I guess that I'm retarded, but when I first read this one I was thinking it was funny/awesome that Ray had labelled his own monitor 'RAY' in large, childish capitals - like as though the last three panels were a kind of 'cut to: what Ray's doing' scene. Then thought oh no, wait, remote desktop, that is just a marker for T and RB as shown in the first panel and Ray probably does not actually have an upside-down post-it note claiming his monitor as his own. Actually, I think I like to think he does. So both ways work?
voloshg » pro 1 years ago
The simplicity is astounding. Sorry, I'm new at this so I can't add to each strip as much as analyze it.
massialot » pro 1 years ago
skiddysmith » neu 1 years ago
chub
mrslickster » neu 1 years ago
This is also the most pure, simple expression of the appeal of video games. I will show it to the next person who fails to see why people play video games. This game could be called "Fuck you, fucking giant mountain, I fucking owned you with my fucking bicycle"
kovatch » pro 1 years ago
Snap Love it
getlaid » neu 1 years ago
This is why at work I use a proxy site to do all my "extracurricular" surfing...
mrectomy » pro 1 years ago
Alt text seals the deal on this 5.
sparhawk » pro 1 years ago
That does it.

I'm going through the archive again.
crazymatt08 » neu 1 years ago
my favorite of all time
crack up every time i see it
thedrizzle » pro 1 years ago
Well, I know how I'm going to kill the weekend.
kikineko » neu 1 years ago
And I thought Ray was doing something inappropriate on his computer.
skiddysmith » neu 1 years ago
i do this all of the time.
machegav » pro 1 years ago
Does anybody else remember studying a children's novel in elementary school called The Mouse and the Motorcycle by Beverly Cleary? A reference to other literature dealing with talking animals, I suppose.
biff » neu 1 years ago
You have to know how to make the noise that makes the toy motorcycle go.

And have a helmet made from a ping pong ball.
zanello » neu 1 years ago
It is amazing how you can perform the "Everest bike ride" in a matter of minutes. Gotta love google images.
bielebog » pro 1 years ago
Perfect.
sunshinerhythm » pro 1 years ago
I love the simplicity of this. I'm a new achewood convert.
stonecrab » pro 1 years ago
damn ice tea just came outta my nose! Ow!
sniffy » con 11 months ago
if that isn't what most of us do, anyway
m-dynamite » neu 7 months ago
This was the final line that sold Achewood to me lock, stock, and barrel.
zapatos » neu 6 months ago
Ultros!
gregory » neu 6 months ago
There is an outside outside of my house.
kelrith » pro 6 months ago
man i hope onstad brings this ray-snooping monitor back in later sets.
puguglypress » neu 4 months ago
Yeah it's such a good setup!
nathan » neu 4 months ago
Probably my favourite alt-text yet
nixnada » pro 3 months ago
This was my first Achewood strip. After reading this, I went back to the first and read through to the most recent. Then I went back to the start again. Not interesting, but ALL TRUE.
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