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antsama » pro 3 years ago
Who would have thought such simple expressions could be so priceless?
stabones » pro 3 years ago
a guy is rocking my can!

ha!
farqussus » neu 2 years ago
well I'll be buggered.
aargh » neu 1 years ago
More chubbies, people. Come on.
lexsenthur » neu 10 months ago
Oh dear, it's at 69.

I've noticed that on a lot of comments...
farqussus » neu 10 months ago
with that moustache I'm not surprised
greenkoolayd » neu 10 months ago
do you think its cool to have a facial hair bias?
farqussus » neu 10 months ago
whatever, my dad thirty years ago.
flynn » pro 3 years ago
Ray's effort here is really endearing.
agika » pro 3 years ago
Ray means well, he just overdid it on the "understanding".
zem » neu 3 years ago
annoying pat a bit is not an accident on ray's part, I am sure
spinynorman » neu 2 years ago
Anyone who wants to broaden their minds on homosexuality should say Ray's second to last line out loud. You'll find your life changes dramatically. I, for example, was promptly fired from my job.
presterjohn » pro 2 years ago
Positively Woody-Allen-esque. Early, funny Woody, too. Since I can't give you a Woody I will give you a chubby.
mercuri0us » neu 1 years ago
No you didn't. Did you.
tourach3 » neu 2 years ago
i got propositioned, myself
aelindil » pro 2 years ago
I am ridiculously pleased at the fact that I have given this comment its 69th chubby.
abe » pro 2 years ago
What Ray does here is the only possible way to honestly handle that situation.
epicurus » neu 3 years ago
Is that really what it is like? Can someone comment on the veracity of Ray's prediction?
agika » neu 3 years ago
Are you sure you can handle the truth, Epicurus?
epicurus » neu 3 years ago
Maybe it's best that I not know the terrible reality.
jackparsons » neu 2 years ago
from wikipedia: "Epicurus never married and we don't know of any children."
epicurus » pro 2 years ago
Oh shit, you mean the historical Epicurus was...

A badminton player?
fallow_fields » neu 2 years ago
chubby for implying the word 'shuttlecock'
epicurus » pro 2 years ago
TOTALLY on purpose, too.
fallow_fields » neu 2 years ago
then DOUBLE chubby
cailetshadow » neu 2 years ago
chubby for a Masterful use of Wikipedia.
gormster » neu 2 years ago
Gay first time story: having read this strip before then, it did actually run through my head, and I nearly laughed out loud, which would have been a bad thing to do, probably.
saru » neu 2 years ago
I make sure all my hypothetical gay lovers know that my ass is ticklish, just in case.
catachresis » neu 3 years ago
Strip ends abruptly; my face settles into a bemused and satisfied smile
william » neu 3 years ago
Alt Text: Ray is trying to prove that he has an open mind.
centipede_damascus » pro 3 years ago
Ray is embarassed about his gas.
prufrock » neu 3 years ago
are Ray's arms flabby or beefy?
alphagator » neu 2 years ago
"husky"
greenkoolayd » neu 10 months ago
you may choose between fleefy, or blabby.
qatipay » neu 3 years ago
5 for Ray's guileless attempts at being supportive, and for what goes on between his sheets.
luckyg » neu 3 years ago
"So, you take it in the can now! That's different."

I too have a habit of casually making completely inappropriate statements like this.
jonmw » neu 1 years ago
That's the kind of habit that I aim to cultivate.
soilentshuggah » pro 3 years ago
Panel #6 is godlike.
rogergs » neu 3 years ago
Even a distinguishing mark such as artisanal rum is not enough to absolve Ray of complicity in the number one cocktail cliche of the 00s.
saru » neu 2 years ago
"Mojitos are a gay drink," or mojitos in general?
I need to know whether to chubby or lame you, since if it's the second, I really don't like people telling my I shouldn't enjoy something anymore just because it's popular (of course, I always hated mojitos. But then again, my longtime favorite, the gimlet, has suddenly become popular.)
i_love_kate » neu 2 years ago
I can't stand Mojitos. Far too much work for a cocktail, and the one I had was just overpoweringly minty. Give me a good Whiskey Sour any day.
missdove » neu 1 months ago
Didn't Ernest Hemingway use to get all spry on Mojitos and go out and machine-gun sharks?
molesticide » pro 3 years ago
i've given it some thought in the past, and yeah, that's just about where i ended up too. kind of a slightly bemused curiosity.
pwb » neu 3 years ago
"I didn't want you to think I was homophobic at you"

totally classic Ray
honesttom » neu 2 years ago
You cannot get much more Rayesque than this strip.
overmedicated » neu 2 years ago
I like Pat in this strip. He's pleasant, he's polite, and I can totally sympathise with his getting a little...pissy. Don't ask, it involves my father, a hidden camera and a boy from the local swimming team.
professoryes » neu 2 years ago
Against my better judgment, I'm going to take that at face value. I will not ask.
nigelchaos » neu 2 years ago
After that, I don't think there's much left to ask.
jinxtigr » pro 11 months ago
Wouldn't a camera kinda hurt?
neck_romancer » neu 2 years ago
i was thinking of this strip and chuckling to myself while washing dishes at work and of course, while my boss was walking by i, unknowingly, muttered "A DUDE IS ROCKIN' MY CAN"
don't have to worry about her ever speaking to me again
ghoti » neu 2 years ago
In panel 8, Ray's nipple starts to droop.
afterward » neu 1 years ago
I am going to chubby this and then go see if it is true.
missbee » neu 2 years ago
probably my favorite strip ever :D
missbee » pro 2 years ago
yet i am neutral?
i made a mistake and i must correct it. i am correcting it right now. i am totally pro this strip.
zem » neu 2 years ago
no, you just pro'd your neutral comment. you're making it worse!!
spinynorman » neu 2 years ago
Man, I never remember or even fucking bother to change that. I guess don't have the heart of a true assetbar devotee.
dovey » neu 2 years ago
Oh I wouldn't say that Mr Norman. Your contribution to the bar of assets goes way beyond your negligence of the pro/neu/con option.
fuzzyrobot » pro 2 years ago
Pat's expression in the final panel isn't annoyance, it's more like angry astonishment.

"Wh--GOD DAMNIT HOW DOES HE KNOW THAT"
audhumla » pro 2 years ago
well that is pretty much how it goes
budenhagen » neu 2 years ago
I am SO glad one of the friends that I've known since milk money days came out of the closet. The greatest Christmas gift he could've ever given me was the gift of an Achewood quote setup.
xiaomimi » neu 2 years ago
Today's Blogs

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achilleselbow » neu 2 years ago
Ray's dialogue here reminds of someone from the older generation trying way too hard to demonstrate open-mindedness.
numberkillinger » neu 2 years ago
You have a penchant for rephrasing the alt-text
pogo » pro 2 years ago
Ray apparently never really imagined taking it in the can before, and feels he would be enthusuastic.
nyu » neu 2 years ago
The face I'd make if a dude was rocking my can would be none so ponderous.
yomimono » pro 2 years ago
After I came out I had a conversation kind of like this, only it was with my dad instead of my extremely wealthy, constantly buzzed friend.
boredom_man » neu 2 years ago
Yomimono's father attempts to support his daughter's orientation, but is stymied by his belief that a "lesbian" is someone who likes dudes to rock her can.
macseries » pro 1 years ago
i think pat's annoyance stems from the fact that he is, in fact, the one who does can-rockin'.
tekende » neu 1 years ago
I think it stems from the fact that he probably hasn't been out of the closet long enough to actually experience any can-rocking, whether receiving or giving.

Also he is kind of a prude.
greenkoolayd » neu 10 months ago
she...
greenkoolayd » neu 10 months ago
i dont know why i replied in such a way, or at all, even....... fuck THIS guy!
bluemoon72 » neu 10 months ago
Are you asking, or demanding?
greenkoolayd » neu 10 months ago
i was raised to be polite.
bluemoon72 » neu 10 months ago
Throw a "please" on there and you got yourself a deal, politeboy.
greenkoolayd » neu 10 months ago
get out here! french me! please.
zapatos » neu 1 years ago
Ray has a most impressive foyer, they are walking forever!
desert_donkey » neu 1 years ago
i love how ray never 'gets it'.. but he's always got it.
tangles » neu 1 years ago
man, is strips like this where i wonder why the hell pat and ray keep talking to each other. they have absolutley nothing in common and are perfect representations of one another's anathema. then again, maybe this is why we haven't seen pat for a while...
dusty » pro 3 months ago
If you were taking it in the can and you loved it, that would be good but it would take some life adjustments, if you didn't like it that would be bad, but you could quit and try to forget the whole thing. What would be difficult is if you just kinda disliked it, the way a woman who's been married for a decade is about giving oral. You would have to be gay and bored.
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