You mean Bob Barker?

Five he was, Five he is, and Five he is yet to be.

Has Five been redefined?

You might say that. Phillipe is Five, so conversely, Five is Phillipe. It's all very philosophical when you get down to it.

..and then it's just a quick drive to Friendly's and their bathroom and FLOOSH! they're back.

dag. you're right.

Surely not. Trouble-Man and No-No hang out in Heaven.

my friends printed this strip out for me on my birthday... it holds special significance forevermore.

"freaking hilarious"

also, "goddamned awesome"

That's the goddamned awesome.

I thank you for this new bit of vernacular, ford!

No, the best line is Ray asking Philippe if its okay to for Roast Beef to have a baby in Ray's room

Roast Beef's face is priceless.

Oh man look at that compassion in the last panel.

considering phillipe is five, that gift hit the nail on the head. well played.

Who says good things never happen to the little shaver.

Male pregnancy is also a fetish.

Doug Winger.

Sometimes I think everything conceivable is a fetish if you google hard enough.

Siiiiigh.

Including hot Google pr0n.
Don't believe me, [url=www.google.com]Google[/url] it. C'mon, Google it hard... SO hard.

if I ever get married and have a kid it will only be on the condition that my wife describes birthing the child as "wacky."

You were not the favourite child.

This is the one that started it all for me.

I love Ray and Beef for doing this. Particularly the idea of how they came up with this as a way to surprise Phillipe.

Fuck yes.

I concur!

Philippe concurs angrily.

Also, sorry for the double post, but Beef's face while watching Philippe's contentment makes my heart go all gooey.

Beef's :3 face always warms my cockles.

One time my ex-fiancee confided in me that she loves cats so much she wishes she could give birth to them instead of kids. I shit you not.

Guess what this strip reminds me of every time I read it!

Kitten's got to have a collar, too, let's not forget that.

...

I'm sorry, I'll go take a cold shower now before I get further carried away.

I would totally have kids if I could give birth to goats instead of humans. Cats..eh.

...goats?

A baby goat is called a kid.

I, too, would rather have kittens instead of kids. It's a bit weird, I'll grant you, but damn little kitties are cute. Babies - sorry all you mothers out there, but they're a bit boring.

Also, kittens are smaller.

and you can leave them alone for most of the day and not get arrested.

And you can drop them and they'll be okay. Babies, not so much.

On the other hand, babies don't have claws...

But they have those tiny razor-like nails.

I've used up my Chubby Allotment... So I will grant you one in essence only...

Kittens FTW.
Who the heck would want a screaming human maggot when they could have a cute little mewing fluffball instead?

Also, distinctly unlike human young, I have never seen a picture of a living kitten that was not intensely adorable. With the singular and notable exception of the one that was born with one big eye like a cyclops.

This one?



noooooooooooooo

Oh God. That's the one.

Is that real? Does the eye work?
...
I want one.

It is real, it's like a very rare deformity where something has one eye in place of where it's nose should be. No idea if the eye actually worked or not.

Note my use of the past tense... It died like a day and a half after it was born. Like, outrageously tragic, right?

It does indeed fill me with an intense sadness.

It fills me with intense relief.

I meant the poor thing's entire truncated existence, not the fact that it died. I wouldn't want it to live for the sole purpose of being alive, so in that I freely agree with you.

I bet Phillipe was a little disappointed that it wasn't a baby. A little.

The things they do for Philippe rock. I wish this happened to me on my birthday.

PS. Onstad rocks at drawing Philippe's innocent little emotions.

So would this be his 4th birthday? Or is it just assumed they are all his 5th?

PHILLIPE IS FIVE.

how is philippe retarded?

Is SO good.
Is SO funny.

And with this strip in particular, is a male cat giving birth to a board game really that much more ridiculous than a giant rabbit sneaking into one's house and hiding (of all things) eggs and candy all about?

Maybe it is.
:shrug:

"he's havin' his baby in my room. Are you okay with that?"

I suspect hell of jays were burned in the preparation of this scheme.

I don't think Philippe ever realized it was a ruse.

Roast Beef yelling "OH GOD MAN THIS IS SO WAAAACKYYYYY" is probably my favorite panel in all of Achewood.

The hairnet is to prevent hairs infecting the memory machine.

Kermit is VERY PARTICULAR about this.

The birthday surprise is priceless.

I wonder why it wasn't Ray who got the giving birth gig. The gentleman clearly is packing hella cold pounds in the comparison to Roast Beef.

One night I dreamt I was giving birth, and woke up with a sleeping cat between my legs.

this is the best way to get gifts, ever.

This strip doesn't half tug on the heartstrings.

I get the sense that this charade was more for Ray's and Beef's benefit than Phillippe's.

I love this one so much I laugh so hard every time I re-read it