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0109 — Ray and Pat, "Tense Situation" (Patreon)

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2025-01-17 18:00:08
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The "Making-of" strips always post at noon in tiers 2 & 3, for those curious about the process!

I did a little polling of some of these idioms-old-and-new to make sure they were clearly understood, but just in case there are readers who might still enjoy the certainty of a decoder ring, here are a few illuminations:

Jammin': Refers to sticking an intravenous drug needle through the skin.

Twelve Barneys in a Scrum: Barney is a plush purple dinosaur. Twelve Barneys with their heads and torsos jammed into a huddle-type configuration would approximate the textural and chromatic topography of an anus.

At Least a Flute Gets a Finger Once in a While: It is easy to imagine a bitter knot of overworked anal Barneys grousing that they never get so much as a finger-tickle by way of pleasant diversion.

 

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Stygian Gloom

I’m interested in volunteering for this type of work. I love to make people angry, and I’d be good at it!

Travis O.

Aww, yay. Proud of Pat and Ray both.

Achewood

I suppose Pat is always volunteering for this kind of work, it’s just that nobody needs it

Henri

Pat’s repetitive negative thinking is starting to show in his habitus. He has put on ten years, which he perceives as ”added credibility” on chess.com.

Bob the Fish Productions

This may be Ray's true calling. Also thanks for introducing me to an entirely new experience: being proud of Pat. (Copyright 1987 Elton/Curtis)

Oppido

Pat's hair situation increasingly makes it look like he's got Azathoth emerging from the back of his head.

Anthony Thompson

The earbud; passed pawn of the head? (Unimpeded forward advancement out of the ear)

Josh Egbert

Ray is there for his people

Clench and Cheese

How often are we doing this do people with no therapy session afterward?

Stuart Davidson Tribbs

this is an excellent return to form lmao. Pat's face in the penultimate panel is exactly how I feel when talk to any number of my inlaws.

Steamed_Grahams

"Twelve Barneys with their heads and torsos jammed into a huddle-type configuration would approximate the textural and chromatic topography of an anus." Onstad you need a doctor man.

mutecypher

This is exactly what Taylor Swift meant when she sang, "It's Nice to Have a Friend."

mutecypher

Chris O. pulls inspiration from all over.

Uncle Elephant

If even Pat can get over himself and do a therapy, surely some of our more destructive oligarchist bros and world leaders can find it within themselves. Come on, people, take a hint!

b.zap

Progress!

Jonathan

You don't need a glossary for such common idioms. What do you take us for, eggs in a windstorm?

Douglas Wykstra

I assumed that "Barneys" in reference to rugby linemen was some bit of Australian slang Ray had picked up somewhere.

Jenn

Wait where's the dude with the star glasses?

Andy Nemeth

I wish I didn't want to describe this as "heartwarming" but here we are.

2scrogz

"12 Barneys in a Scrum" as a metaphor for the anus is not an approved Agile-Team Project Management paradigm. Software Development professionals everywhere are in absolute shambles reading this comic. YOUR SIMILE, WHILE EVOCATIVE, IS NOT CREDITABLE!

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editing Mr. Gary’s podcast

Achewood

In my experience, agile teams are only ever in a state of absolute shambles, so this checks out.

Achewood

Not all friendships are ones we would personally want, and not everybody's heart warms by the same fuel. Okay, I didn't mean that to sound preachy or like that little Eckhart Tolle guy, it just happened. Maybe I am the therapist in the corner of this strip! I blame this on three chai drinks today

Achewood

Arthur! We really should check in with him. The era of podcasts and covid and popcorn politics must have been hell on his nervous condition.

Achewood

Pat is able to acknowledge when he is proud of himself in a healthy way. He doesn't get much practice at this, but it does occasionally come to pass.

Achewood

No it's the purple dinosaur thing from...maybe just America? I figure not everybody reads the blurb below each strip so I'm just clarifying, for History's Sake.

Achewood

Don't cut the muffin when the neighbor can hear, dude.

Achewood

Pat might have to do this therapy for police reasons after breaking Batty Lou's nose. We lack context, here.

Achewood

I'm listening to that song for the first time after seeing your reference to it. It reminds me of that "let your heart be free"-type cursive font that's been popular in mom and generically christian circles for nine years. Oh man, now someone's lightly exhaling through a trumpet, what a time to be alive

Achewood

*to people? I mean, that's been the whole run of Achewood, really.

Achewood

Thanks Tribbs. I think the "six panels of sass" format is pretty core and I've been wanting to flex it lately.

Achewood

He gives in the form they need. He is a sweetheart, and he pays attention.

Josh Egbert

I honestly try to live my life like Ray in these ways

Achewood

The real question is, do dust mites from under the bed get into the earbud and then invade your brain like tiny wraths of Khan

Achewood

Someone once described it as how Todd's hide would look if removed from his body

Achewood

Being proud of Pat is an experience not dissimilar to the legend of Brigadoon.

Achewood

Thank you for teaching me the term habitus. I had always just thought it was where a halibut lived, but now I will no longer make such a fool of myself at the aquarium.

mutecypher

Definitely better than all of the other times to be alive!

Achewood

It is sad when people don't believe this. We have beard oil AND Derry Girls on Netflix! The world is solved.

Mae

I'm really proud of Pat. He's come so far.

Josh Egbert

I assumed it was normal-for-Pat level course correction after his disillusionment with the cult.

Achewood

Pat used to keep a clean pate, but now he's grown his hair in to ACKNOWLEDGE his baldness. Guy doesn't get enough credit.

Achewood

Oh, that was ages ago. We didn't even see the episode where he tried to infiltrate Esalen and place his freekeh-chia samples in all the private suites.

Mae

You're right. He's really making a statement.

Kayla Unknown

I'm absolutely here for weirdly wholesome Ray and Pat moments.

Oppido

I'm hearing this exchange in the voices of Lie Bot, Andy et al. shouting "Success!" from their Datsun. https://achewood.com/2004/06/09/title.html Here's something I wonder about but kind of don't want cleared up for me -- were they announcing they'd ACHIEVED success? Or just declaring how much they loved "success" as a concept? (The way one would yell "Packers.")

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inevitably

Achewood

They're just yelling like that room full of dumb people in Rubin & Ed.

Taylor

At first I thought lasting more than three moves was Ray saying Pat had premature ejaculation problems, but no he’s actually talking about chess. I think I underestimate Ray sometimes, occasionally he does know and talk about things besides boning

Jon Garrad

One arrives unfashionably late to this particular party, but: Ray and Pat's renewed friendship, a return to the matter of Why These Dudes Are Of The Day, is an unexpected delight in the revived Achewood. Pat has many, many faults, but he remains one of the dirtiest dudes in town, and I'm often aware of the Magreaux Dog incident. When the chips were down, and the hound was up, Pat came as soon as he could, and was nothing but supportive as I recall. This strip right here (and the previous guru-type situation in which Pat expresses genuine self-awareness and Ray is, in fact, the asshole in the car) says no real person or realistic character is purely a stooge, to make our protagonist selves seem more cool and good by comparison. It's an improvement. I'm here for it.

Achewood

I looked it up and three moves is the absolute fastest you can lose in chess.

Achewood

Well said Jon — many thanks! For the characters to be literary and not just Sitcom Logic Diodes they must be like us: both flawed and rad, according to individualized settings.