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mr_pete » pro 2 years ago
You might think it makes a man low to have his hard work matched without effort, but mostly it gives him awe.
7th_shot » pro 2 years ago
This is why Cornelius Bear is the strongest man in Achewood.
grobo » neu 2 years ago
halla -> allah

Halla: (1) Finish - typically a nigh frost in early summer that often destroys crops or berries (2) Hip young urban American English - variant spelling on the term Holla
fuzzyshoo » neu 3 months ago
not of the polyglot type, but "so many dynamos" has always been my favorite palindrome.
grobo » neu 2 years ago
Another simple polyglot palindrome with bonus homonym
das -> sad

Sad: Russian - garden
dropkickpikachu » neu 2 years ago
It's also English for "sad."
terebikun » neu 2 years ago
but do you know any synonyms for sad?
vice » neu 2 years ago
Disconsolate

Lugubrious
luckypyjamas » neu 2 years ago
good luck making palindromes with those
firesign » neu 1 years ago
sour bugle!

...No, I'm right. You shut up.
luckypyjamas » neu 1 years ago
Palindrome, not anagram! You fool!
firesign » neu 1 years ago
"sour bugle!" is actually so obnoxious that it is neither!!!
luckypyjamas » neu 1 years ago
you got me

damn it
cpnglxynchos » neu 1 years ago
if you're gonna split hairs, i'm gonna piss off.
hipjiverobot » pro 1 years ago
This may be the classiest Monty Python reference I've ever seen, and I'll bet the vast majority of people have no idea what it refers to.
hootplate » pro 1 years ago
he got a chubby from me for sure.
ravindra108 » neu 9 months ago
pantomime_horse » pro 1 years ago
YES! I think I'm only going to see such a graceful reference once in my lifetime.
agika » neu 2 years ago
This comic gets a 5 for effort, because Chris probably struggled to come up with that Turkish one, and I think that effort should be recognized.
red_dawn » pro 2 years ago
I'm not very good a Turkish, but I'm pretty sure that phrase is gibberish.
_cheesekayke » neu 2 years ago
I am 98% percent certain that Chris did not think of that on his own, if indeed that is a real Turkish saying.
hipjiverobot » neu 1 years ago
It isn't.
untilyouaresonude » neu 2 years ago
Mr. Bear's assessment of kids is perhaps the best thing I've ever heard.

Also KABALAH backwards is HALABAK. Sound it out.
ttagxamm » neu 2 years ago
Which lends a whole 'nother layer to this!
clintisiceman » neu 1 years ago
Slightly off topic, but there is a funeral home near my parents' house called "Holler-Bach Funeral Home". When I first saw it, I thought briefly of swerving my bike into traffic so I could have my service there.
kikimilks » pro 2 years ago
the little polyglot otter wrings his hands, his mouth moves a little, and his ear droops. man i love achewood.
hellofyellin » pro 2 years ago
Phillipe is biting his lip in anticipation.
geysershitdick » con 2 years ago
no
andrew_ » pro 2 years ago
Tortilla para tacos.
dropkickpikachu » neu 2 years ago
What the hell is wrong with me. I know they hurt, but I deserve those lames.
tekende » pro 1 years ago
Remember that time you called me dumb because I got a simple geometry term wrong?

This was your karmic payback.
lolsworth » neu 9 months ago
Chubbied for being a man.
riazm » neu 2 years ago
Wait a minute, when did phillippe get ears?
connellingus » neu 2 years ago
When he was born.
elzilcho » neu 2 years ago
...wait
ravindra108 » pro 1 years ago
Why did this get lamed?
Check the alt text.
lazarusloafer » neu 2 years ago
Sir: gruel-fed ports at side J. <---> Je dis "t'as trop de fleur gris".
epicurus » neu 2 years ago
Holy SHIT
charchar » pro 1 years ago
I've chubbed you as much as I can and it is still not enough.
hassanoleary » pro 2 years ago
Philippe not only knows what a beatnik is, he can also talk the talk.

Philippe is five.
sonicbiology » pro 2 years ago
Tortilla para tacos!
snowman » pro 2 years ago
does anyone get the alt text on this one?
firesign » neu 1 years ago
Gulp a plug
Bonk a knob
passport

(I'm not 100% sure, but I think "passport" is a reference to the "Waiting for the Electrician or Someone Like Him" piece by the Firesign Theatre. But that could just be my user name talking.)
firesign » neu 1 years ago
(...In case vague help didn't actually help, they are three separate statements, the first two of which are english palindromes. My conjecture about the third is above.)
cpnglxynchos » neu 1 years ago
MORE SUGAR!!
cousinted » neu 2 years ago
"Son I am able," she said "though you scare me."
"Watch," said I
"Beloved," I said "watch me scare you though." said she,
"Able am I, Son."
rowboat » pro 2 years ago
You son of a bitch....
mortal » pro 1 years ago
Which language was that? Si taht, sdrawkcab.
If it was any. I just don't recognise it.
charchar » neu 1 years ago
It's still English. It's palindromatic if you look at it as whole words rather than letter. It's from a "I Palindrome I" by They Might Be Giants.
lazarusloafer » neu 1 years ago
Father Charles goes down and ends battle; battle ends, and down goes Charles' father.
enough_talk » neu 9 months ago
chubbied for bringing back horrible memories of music theory class.

i prefer the alternate: father charles goes down and eats babies; babies eat, and down goes charles' father.
fattypneumonia » neu 5 months ago
who kill thier babbys. becuse these babby cant frigth back?
lazarusloafer » neu 5 months ago
Heh, what?
meowmix » pro 2 years ago
I gave this a five just for the third and fourth panel.
synnah » pro 2 years ago
They are amazing. The subtle change in Philippe's expression speaks volumes.
sarmatron » neu 2 years ago
So, am I the only one that read Philippe's last speech bubble backwards just to check if it meant something in another language?
mugi » neu 1 years ago
Not anymore...
evolume » neu 1 years ago
God's emu loves evolume's dog.

i don't have a dog though
firesign » pro 1 years ago
I didn't invent these; I'm merely reporting them:
(non-polyglot)

Madam, in Eden, I'm Adam.
Was it a car or a cat I saw?

Also of note: the longest single-word palindrome in English is "redivider"
dans » neu 1 years ago
So it turns out Philippe isn't retarded after all! Just autistic.
atticusonline » neu 1 years ago
do I have to mention that he's 5
alzuna » pro 1 years ago
"live was I ere I saw evil."

from a book I had to read in 9th grade, still English though...Japanese to English ones are too hard and that's the only other language I kind of know...
fineoakstructure » neu 1 years ago
What is this, Square One?

So...how many of you have raisins in your purse, or have tried to smooth a girl with raisins in her purse? Show of hands, please.
mattylite » neu 1 years ago
On, Imac, on. Oy! : yo no camino
(English punk tryin' to turn on his old mac : Spanish dude who doesn't walk)
mattylite » neu 1 years ago
Also there is the matter of this.
waldo913 » neu 1 years ago
Cornelius blogs on a [b]typewriter[b]. What a [i]badass[i].
waldo913 » neu 1 years ago
Alas, my first attempt at bbcode has ended in tragedy.
cpnglxynchos » neu 1 years ago
no one will immediately see it.
learn quickly.
tekende » pro 1 years ago
What does the beatnik's lack of pride in himself have to do with that statement anyway? I have never figured this out.
tripleg » neu 1 years ago
I sometimes like to imagine that Connie is some sort of psychologist of Skinnerist pedigree, and that Achewood is somehow an elaborate experiment he has set up.
heccibiggs » pro 1 years ago
Dammit I'm mad.
Evil is a deed as I live.
God, am I reviled? I rise, my bed on a sun, I melt.
To be not one man emanating is sad. I piss.
Alas, it is so late. Who stops to help?
Man, it is hot. I'm in it. I tell.
I am not a devil. I level "Mad Dog".
Ah, say burning is, as a deified gulp,
In my halo of a mired rum tin.
I erase many men. Oh, to be man, a sin.
Is evil in a clam? In a trap?
No. It is open. On it I was stuck.
Rats peed on hope. Elsewhere dips a web.
Be still if I fill its ebb.
Ew, a spider%u2026 eh?
We sleep. Oh no!
Deep, stark cuts saw it in one position.
Part animal, can I live? Sin is a name.
Both, one%u2026 my names are in it.
Murder? I'm a fool.
A hymn I plug, deified as a sign in ruby ash,
A Goddam level I lived at.
On mail let it in. I'm it.
Oh, sit in ample hot spots. Oh wet!
A loss it is alas (sip). I'd assign it a name.
Name not one bottle minus an ode by me:
"Sir, I deliver. I'm a dog"
Evil is a deed as I live.
Dammit I'm mad.
atticusonline » pro 1 years ago
Holy shit.
lrosetw8 » neu 1 years ago
whoa
killerlimpet » neu 9 months ago
is that you demitri?
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