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There was zero clipboard content generated by strip 0100 so I picked a random date and, happily, there was a strip for that day, which I could mine instead.

It was very satisfying to mindlessly type “05042006” and have it be not just any strip, but the strip where Ray has Airwolf, and accidentally launches a missile at Philippe. Please — sit back, and enjoy.   

What were you doing on May 4, 2006? I had a one-year old and little plastic Ben Franklin glasses. 

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Shawn Warren

morbidly curious about "a terrifying fire"

Daniel Burt

Looking forward to seeing if the phrase "Airwolf is a hilarious helicopter to hear about." can potentially diffuse other situations when my wife is disappointed by my choices.

Chris Dubie

Airwolfe is a hilarious helicopter to hear about, that is absolutely true.

Anthony Thompson

“What if the only book in this helicopter was about planes” is a real banger to drop in couples therapy. Probably get to go home early.

Achewood

Big ups for the extra “e,” making it British

Daniel Burt

Really? Incredible to think just this one strip of Achewood offcuts has completely salvaged my car crash of a marriage.

Achewood

I didn’t realize until now that it’s a phrase that’s portable in the abstract, nice

Achewood

(Just came into my head as a British thing)

Dan W

Aereowolfe.

Chris Dubie

And one day we will die/ and our ashes will fly/ from the Aerowolfe Over the Sea

Bill

Airwolfe ran for six episodes on BBC1 in 1986. It was a "high-budget" show, despite only ever using four shots of the model Airwolfe in flight, because of the "shocking extravagance" incurred by cracking open a can of actual filmstock (as opposed to just videotaping everything). When the model helicopter catastrophically burst into flames due to - what else? - dodgy electrical work, the writers decided to end the series with the entire principal cast meeting a fiery end to what was ultimately a futile struggle. Fans of the show cling to this downer ending as proof that the show was superior to the American counterpart, despite the rest of the show being camp nonsense.

Stavro

In May 2006 I would have been in college, so probably "not studying for exams"

Achewood

Remember when it was Beer Morning

Achewood

Whether or not this is true, it is beautiful

Stavro

As my friend used to say: "The only thing better than day-drinking is day-drinking... Think about it"

Joshua M

Does this mean we're not gonna get An Enticing Bed then

Achewood

Okay okay but Rick Dorado is going to write it and it’s gonna be more like a three-pager

Spyguitar

Can't drink all day if you don't get started early

Achewood

If you do it right you get to pass out more than once

Tom Morris

That would be 5 days before my 10th birthday. Probably hoping I'd get the Nintendo DS, although I don't think I did.

Uncle Elephant

Oh wait, it doesn't say An Enticing Bid? Either way, there's a version of the book that's a sexy romp and a version that is really boring

Jenn

Curious why 2 out of 3 lipsticks are flat-tipped, are they actually lip balm

Julie (HiDeeHoGal)

One Chutzpah lip balm please. For Hanukkah! May 4 2006 was while my second marriage was still pretty okay. It was that guy who introduced me to Achewood in the first place. Alas for him, I was too awesome and we've been split since 2009.

Achewood

That’s the old chapstick font; the original just said that (I think Philippe was eating this at the transfer station)

Achewood

Please name the heartbreaking off brand version you got instead.

Achewood

Yeah the font isn't great when you want to communicate the word Bed, I noticed that but went ahead anyway because, small joke

Reto Pulver

Psychoanalyzing a very turbulent relationship with a goth prepper girl in real time. Learned good learnings.

Tom Morris

My maw believed video games would rot my brains so I didn't get it that year. Next year however she relented and, well, yes, looking back on it 15 years later she was right.

Charles Richter

reimagining Yello's original music video so that all the chk-ch-kaas and bom-boms are illustrated by clips from Airwolf cut together in staccato 80s video art style

Achewood

So, was she avoidant or anxious attachment style?

Achewood

I’m glad the gag came through!

Achewood

Imagine if we’d gotten the internet at ten, instead of a ratty 1981 copy of playboy

Tom Morris

I'm sorry to report Chris that I did. Age 12 or so we got broadband. And it was all downhill from there. I used to be able to read books. Books!

Achewood

Damn. Sorry, dude. Internet didn’t get me til 19…but it was still just trench coat fedora needs and the Peter pan guy, so at least I had a chance

Tom Morris

You merely adopted...

Achewood

Yeah …but the early Internet was rough. Lots of motorcycle accident websites and badly-lit nudes

drrockso20

I would have been towards the end of my Sophomore year of High School, so probably still grappling with existential dread induced depression caused by my dumb teenager brain being overly worried about the Large Hadron Collider potentially blowing up the world or even the universe so you can see why I emphasize with Roast Beef so much...

Andrew Siegler

I was working in a bar/barbq restaurant tin Red Hook Brooklyn and introducing my coworkers to Achewood with this very strip (and rewinding to how we got to that point)

Evan Rowe

I am late to this party but I feel this is as good an opportunity as any to let you know that my band named a song "Let's Go, We'll Talk in Airwolf." because that line is absolutely amazing. Had I known how (or had the /Chutzpah!/ ((no italics here, either, dammit))) to contact you when I was reading the comic I would have asked for your permission. Now I do the thing where one asks for forgiveness. It is also the right thing to do to mention that that is not the only Achewood reference in our non-Achewood-themed catalog. Which should not be taken to imply that we do have an Achewood-themed catalog; we do not. The titles rarely have any relation to the songs' musical or lyrical style or content. In any case, any Cease and Desist order need not be notarized; a withering Patreon comment section entry will do. It is your work and I am not about to try to pull some "transformative fair use" shenanigans. Also, no money has been made as nobody knows who we are, and for that I can only further apologize, because were people rabid for post-hardcore/mathy/can't dance to this shit at all music we would have shouted your name from much larger stages. I thought I would approach you before confronting Tom Cruise about the variety of titles referencing his work and "ideas". Thank you for the many years of laughing, empathizing, and reading aloud to anyone who would listen. Mea maxima culpa.

Achewood

If I had known about hadrons in high school I probably would have drawn them with Bart Simpson hair

Achewood

Cosmic! I guess at the time there weren’t very many strips, and even less to share about them, so thank you for being Thee OG Bogeyman.

Achewood

Where can the people hear this fine roast beef sounding music?! (I am always honored when readers want to re-use the words beyond their initial use)

Evan Rowe

This is a place to celebrate the collective discovery that being in trouble is a fake idea! It is a Basic Time of Friends! Not a place to promote way-out-of-universe things! But I will send to you a direct message, and you may share it as far and wide as you like. Which, in hindsight, might have been the way to handle this! I was just too excited by hearing about Airwolf, a hilarious helicopter to hear about.

Achewood

I like how even if I ask, so strong is your commitment to the purity of the comments section that you must honorably refuse to share personal creations. Truly a Trial...*of Honour*

Evan Rowe

Sir, this is your house. One does not walk into a party, scratch the needle off the already=playing jams and replace said jams with whatever weird Soundcloud mix they may have under their arm. Hell of rude, and guaranteed to pull the heat out from under any sucka. Let this be a place of decency, of [i]Respect for Humour.[/i]

Achewood

[solemnly waves censer, makes slow, serious gesture with raised fingers]

C C

I can visualize all of this perfectly. Also, I love this comment string so much I'm forced to mention it here (which probably kills the genuineness of the whole thing). *apologies

C C

You came away with the best part of that shared experience (I Hope).

Achewood

Is a string a subset of a thread? I'd never noticed the difference in nomenclature before, but it makes sense.

Julie (HiDeeHoGal)

I did, thanks. My rebound boyfriend happened to also be an Achewood enjoyer. That was cool.

C C

If we run this thought a little further, would a seam be the conclusion? Like, "Seam" (Mic drop) insert the most cleverest of comments.. This may be incorrect (it should go, needle, thread, seam) I have been distracted thinking about a pork chop.