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- 38. Hope of the Pridelands
- 39. We're Snowed In!
- 40. The Preeminent Adventures of Spot
- 41. The Arc Specifically About Being Naked
- 42. Not All Dogs
- 43. The Great Water Balloon War
- 44. Let's Imaginate Macbeth!
- 45. The Interview
- 46. The Case of the Aztec Gold
- 47. A Respite In The Country
- 48. Spots and Stripes
- 49. A Holiday at the Zoo
- 50. Housepets Babies!
- 51. Show Business
- 52. What Money Buys
- 53. The Mall
- 54. The Critical Review of Spot
- 55. The Trial in Heaven
- 56. Let's Imaginate Guys and Dolls!
- 57. Testing Grounds
- 58. Taking Cover
- 59. PsyCon
- 60. Getting Physical
- 61. PsyCon2: PsyConner
- 62. The Retroactively Continuous Adventures of Spot
- 63. Temple Crashers
- 64. All Hallow's Ween
- 65. The Unbearable Lightness Of Being A Dog
- 66. One Cat's Treasure
- 67. Love And War
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- 69. The King and I
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lol.
Ahgh! I hate that big thick book of Dune. Interesting storyline, but it’s still too much info!
You blaspheme! Dune is the epitome of Science-Fiction! Or very close to it.
I know it was he, the author of Dune, who shaped it, but seriously? If you put all of the Dune books together, you get this really big book thicker, bigger, and more comprehensive than a bible.
and you also get the greates saga SF ever spanned since Asimov’s Foundation…
Well, did you know that they’re making another Dune sequel to their already long as it is saga (Actually, it’s more like a prequel)?
Ah, the prequels. They’re alright. But only alright. They are good, but not as good as the original Dune series, and definitely nowhere near as good as the first. They lack something, I think.
Brian Herbert obviously didn’t learn enough from his father.
I concur: the prequel saga was good, but I think it was an error going beyond the generation preceeding the original saga.
Dune is like Highlander:
THERE CAN BE ONLY ONE!
(Okay, really, Dune Messiah and Children of Dune are acceptable, but it’s only Dune itself that’s a classic.)
(and don’t even MENTION the ones that Herbert’s SONS did after Frank died.)
@Valerio: I rather enjoyed the Butlerian Jihad series, and it does provide some insights to the original series that I find rather interesting.
However: Going beyond the sequels was a mistake. I don’t think I’m going to read Hunters or Sandworms of Dune. I got completely burned out after reading Heretics, not to mention Chapterhouse.
Not that I’m against prequels and sequels, but unless it’s made by the same author of the original, prequels and sequels are just ways to extracts the pockets of the readers of a popular tile.
I don’t mind spin-offs but using the characters of another author feels like. . . Blasphemy?
@Mukavich: But Hunters and Sandworms of Dune brings closure to Chapterhouse! AND it was made using Frank’s original notes!
@Hypergenesis: *points up at his second sentance* XD
As for the prequels (Jihad series and House series), I THINK they were created using Frank’s original notes left behind, but I can’t be positive on it. I really do think the entire series (Jihad, House, Original (through Chapterhouse), and Finale (Hunters+Sandworms)) was epicly done, and the books not created by Frank himself were still very well done. But that’s just me….
What IS dune? I’m really confused…
@White Wolf: As far as I’ve been able to gather, the prequel series were based loosely on the appendices in the original Dune, and some exposition within the books themselves. But they also played fast and loose with most of the other details. Not that big a deal, from a story standpoint. In fact, beneficial, especially in the Butlerian Jihad one. But it sorta ruins the continuity set forth in the original Dune.
My only real complaint is that it lacks something. I’m not sure what, but it doesn’t have the same dynamics as Frank’s Dune series. It could be different for the last two, but I dunno. I haven’t been able to find them at the library, and I try to make a point of never paying more than 3 bucks for a book.
ai agree w/ furry nerd ai man ai get i ah book but wut iz it about
I’ve read the House Atreides book and that’s about it. Once I’m done this series I’m reading by Jerry B. Jenkins (occasionally w/o the “B.”) I’ll have to read more.
I’ve never read DUNE. i’ve heard that it’s good, but kind of dry.
It is very dry. It is primarily set on a desert world.
*badump-tshh!*
(or however you’d type the sound of a rimshot
)
ITYMT: http://www.instantrimshot.com/
Gadora… I’m disappointed in you…
Dune is, like, the ultimate product of the ’50s SF culture… even if it didn’t come out until the mid ’60s, it’s solidly grounded in the grand space opera arc before the new wave. I came of age surrounded by the new wave, so I never really enjoyed Dune all that much. By the time I got to it that kind of rollicking imperial fantasy seemed kind of quaint and parochial. But, still, I think I had a Dune-shaped hole in my heart that was eventually filled by Silverberg’s Majipoor chronicles.
No, it’s not. Dune is the epitome of Fantasy. It has far too many made up word to be true SciFi.
To all of you:
NERRRRRRDS.
Kwisatz Haderach is a perfectly cromulent word!
Ferre Trip, if we’re nerds, then just what are YOU doing reading a webcomic about talking animals?
@Leinad
That would be a furry. According to TVTropes, if you’re not a furry you wouldn’t be reading this. Stereotypes for the win!!
Disclaimer: This was supposed to be humor. Ignore it if you think it’s doubleplusunfunny.
@FunkyChicken
The use of Newspeak in a humerous context is disturbing.
Actually, the use of Newspeak at all is disturbing; maybe more so than the use of Nadsat.
…and how much of a nerd must I be to know of both Newspeak and Nadsat?
A doubleplus horrorshow one, droogy.
*laughs* I’ve had very, very similar conversations to this before. <3 both of these guys and their love of books! =D
Amen to that! *holds hand out for high-five* May books never go out of fashion!
*high fives extremely hard* YEAH!
I seriously am a book fanatic, It got boring at school once I cleared out their supply of good books. Was forced to re-read each book at least 3 times, if not more just to entertain myself
My qeustion exactly Fox. My qeustion exactly.
Uh oh, I may have lost my fox for this comment, oh dear.
Did somebody do something with the gmail+ trick on here? I can get it working over at BPD, but not here. Anybody else have trouble? When I enter my password as ‘me+something@gmail.com it says not a valid email address.
Sorry for the quadruple posting, I was doing it wrong, AGAIN!
Nice
OK, what happened to my gravatar?
srry mai hakin skillz
(no jk jk jk)
I like how Peanut is kind of a savant.
Smart puppy.
And yet… he makes you wonder….
Dontcha wish your girlfriend could read like me?
Dontcha wish your girlfriend couldodarithmetic like me?
Dontchaaaaa oh
Dontchaaaaa
*seductive noises*
HERESY *Hammer’d*
Dontcha mean, “Boyfriend”? I mean come on.
Either or. We live in modern times.
If Peanut was a savant be socially awkward, seemingly gullible and-… oh wait…
Oh, and Fox. That is entirely your decision! You could just as easily choose to be Peanut’s friend instead of Bino’s.
OR BOTH
nah justz peanut bino’s ah jerk-face
OBJECTION
I quite like Bino as a character. He’s clearly got some sort of power struggle going on in him. It’s interesting.
Perhaps it’s the inferiority complex?
HOLD IT
As interesting as he is, the fact remains that he is still a jerk-face. And Fox is the best character ever.
EVER
TAKE THAT
However much of a jerk-face he is, it can still be said that he is an interesting enough character for Fox to remain his friend.
So if he’s a jerk-face, yet interesting…
*Fuses logic* EUREKA!
Could he be a main antagonist, or anti-hero?
*insert “no really” face here*
@pecan
isn’t petey da anti-agonist (antagonist)
Yeah, he could be friends of they both… who forbide him it? (maybe Bino?)
That’s something Bino would do, yes, yes.
To hell with Bino! He’s a jerk!
Also, that didn’t stop Fox from being friends with King. ‘Course, King also wasn’t accused of being a cat-lover.
Peanuts last emotion was slightly new.
Reminds me almost of King’s grin when Pete took over his mind.
Everytime i see Peanut I squee with delight, he’s just so CUTE! ~<3
With the smile and the way his paws are in front of him, it kinda reminds me of how Sasha looks alot of the time…
Yeah, I can see that now.
What i meant.
Im a fast reader too.Go Peanut!
I am a very slow-paced reader, but I get the actual message + the hidden ones on the first shot. Maybe it explains why they keep me in college, I guess.
You see hidden messages on books?
Wow nice.Sometimes i need to read again because sometimes i pass by some stuff and miss the point of the book.
Well, usually, you have to. If you follow what the author tells you, then you’ll miss out on most things. That is why you read the beginning, the end, some of the middle, finally, you read the whole story.
hav u gaiz evah tried to read ah book backwards… it’s RALLY hard O_o
I don’t see secret messages. I see dead people.
That’s why I read the whole book twice. I’ll burn through the book on the first pass, and then start reading randomly within the book, usually starting at my favorite passages. That way I get more out of it.
After i read a book. most of the time i read another, and when i finish the second i read again the first.
The hidden messages in books, they talk to me, they tell me to read more books…
Odd, the hidden messages in books, they speak to me, they tell me to stay away from them by making the font insignificantly tiny and elongated.
Elongated non-euclidean fonts? Are they squamous and rugose?
depends on the book.
Fox, sir, that’s the best question EVER.
Fox + Peanut + King = AWESOME FRIENDS TRIO!
Support it!
ditto
Ship it?
Titanic. . .
It would be big.
It would be called great.
It would most likely kill all those who board it.
I’m neither for nor against the shipping,
But Hypergenesis, I like your comment.
…HoYay…?
Am working on it now, give me a couple days.
Which reminds me, where did you get That avatar?
Read the fanfic, “Star-Crossed”
Why am I not surprised by Valerio’s new avatar? -_-;
Peanut is awesome-fast at reading. I wish I could read that fast. I’d be able to read so much fan-fiction.
Oh, the wonders of joy which can come from being able to read that fast…
Fast reading+cookies&milk+all books which ever existed=1 day=win!
sounds good to me!
Just so long as King’s not invited to a holodeck pretend game. Although it might not be to bad just so long as Tarot didn’t use King’s human avatar.
Why did you just bring this feeling as if King and Tarot are going to meet in the halloween arc, causing an update on what the Great Kitsune, Tarot, and Pete are up to?
*universe explodes*
*Universe thinks that’s awesome and reforms*
ITS SASHA
SASHA IS KITSU
MAY HE HAVE MERCY ON OUR SOULS
Those three would definitly be an awesome trio of friends.
I got the same question as the others, where’d that avi come from? I mean I’ve seen avis with the two of them together, and usually if I can’t recall where it came from I excuse it as something I forgot, but this one really caught me.
http://www.housepetscomic.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=140
He showed this link last comic.
Oh it’s from something the forums. Why didn’t it cross my mind it was probably from there, then again I don’t really frequent the forums much.
Okay, many thanks.
Anytime, mate!
cools, never look at forum *has no tiem*
*bookmarks* :3
Btw, have you found the 3-up mushroom yet, Valerio?
Eat the whole box!
Need new lives for the next dose of awesome Rick Griffin-brand cuteness!
Ok, cool.
Valerio x1
Would you like to buy a book on how to earn more lives?
no thx, I have my discount market, with its ‘Life Savers’ shelf.
Ok, well, whatever you do, don’t say hi to the Dune Worm. Yes, the Dune Worm. Yes, even if he says hi. Yes, that one below me. Yes, don’t say hi. Yes, the nice little worm under me. Don’t!
Hi!
Hi *waves*
ew, this guy’s breath tastes like melange!
Now you bring me to fuzzy cuddly cute heaven Mr. worm?
Yup. *nom*
Valerio x0
Bless the Maker and His water. Bless the coming and going of Him. May His passage cleanse the world. May He keep the world for His people.
I’m guessing you wants to go to fuzzy heavens too? *nom* Oh, and I get the reference.
Liet Kynes FTW.
Totally agreed!
Can they pose as a team?
Let’s hope that if they do, it’s going to be in…
<–
Fox + Peanut + King would be like juggling plutonium.
…
Awesome idea.
I prefer Fox, King and Sasha as a trio. We need to get Bino out of the equation. Pair him with random generic off-screen feline.
ahh. and as always, it’s worth the wait. =^_^=
I agree with the idea of Fox being friends with Peanut. 8D
You know Peanuts reading speed has to be super human (Canine anyway)
I has to have something to do with dog years
to them, 7 mins if like 1 min, their world goes 7 times faster! D:
Like Nomes in Pratchett’s Truckers?
never heard of it. explain?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Bromeliad
A ten year old Nome is a very old Nome, but they move and think and act ten times as fast as humans so it all balances out.
That would explain why HP pets are so mature for their age. It’d make videogames pretty boring, though, unless they have special pet versions.
…where the game disks are of terabytes of information and the frame rate is 150+ fps (30fps*7).
That would be 210 FPS, which would be a waste if the display itself refreshes at 60 Hz.
D’oh! Math fail. What was I thinking? Well, then, the display is especially for dogs, then. It probably explains why cats and dogs don’t watch tv.
If this was the case, would King be living at pet-rate or human-rate?
Most likely his body functions would be pet-rate due to the transformation, but his conscience and maturity would be at human-rate.
Speaking of randomness:
embargo=ograbme E|:D
Maybe it’s me and it’s late but,Peanut and Fox look different,they look thin.
That’s because they spent all this time reading, and just came out into the real world. Naturally, they’d be malnourished…. I mean thin.
Yes,that’s the word i was looking for.
Sorry i don’t know all the words
I have read less than 10 books in my entire life, and I’m 20.
This should not be possible. Go camping in a library this weekend.
My gravatar has failed me. Less amused than before.
Awwww…
argent… dat gwavvie still scares meh
An easy way to rack up the number of books read is to go to the library and “read” their titles while holding another one before you. That way, you’ll read “through” the book once.
I don’t know whether to clap or boo at that joke… XD *claps*
You poor thing…
I’ve read a heap, a min cause I love matthew reilly!… *fanbois over everyone*
DD
The night’s still young! You can still change your ways!
You are not alone, my friend.
SNRK!!!
*Breaks out in a crazy laugh*
I had this conversation with my dad.
“Give me the book.”
((Note it is two am, I bout the book and started reading at ten))
“Okay, but i already finished it.”
Dad with sleepy eyes stare at me. “You…. finished it?”
“Yep.”
He only turned around, turns off my light and closes my door.
((ANd I read the first four Harry Potter books in one week.))
So yes, I can relate to peanut there.Cause I am a fast reader…. not that fast, but still fast.
I read all the saga in a week.
Indeed im a fast reader.
All 7? One book per day? It took me two weeks each book! Then again, I was in elementary school…
Sure! The third one was the shortest so i completed it about 5 hours.
And the last 2 took me a pair of days to read them.
Ah, I bet you read like 5 pages per minute, don’tcha?
Something like that.
Wait!.No, that’s light speed reading,i don’t read THAT fast.
Yes you do! You just gotta believe in yourself!
I read something that thick in 3 days. But only if it’s good, then it takes me 3 days to read something a third that thick >.>
If it’s a book very interesting,i get a overcharge and read really fast retaining 70% of the storyline,words.etc.
When i finish it a let pass about a month and read it again more slow.
You must believe boy, you must believe *dramatic music plays*
I would really like to join in this “Hey, I’m just like that!” bandwagon, but remembering a time in my elementary years. .
Can I join? I like reading books as well. . .
Encyclopedias are books right?
The Novel Club?!?!?
I used to read reference books in two hours though I feel like I slowed down as I got older.
They would do such a thing at kids, but hey, they were innocent. Encyclopedias are fun to read when you have the time, but with the invention of wikipedia, it all went downhill from there…
When I was a child, we had “Britannica Junior 1961″ and “The Wonderland of Knowledge 1965″ and I used to read them both regularly. It was fun.
These days I contribute to Wikipedia regularly.
You’re saying you read Dune in 4 hours? Maybe you do read as fast as Peanut!
No, I think he meant the Harry Potter saga.
No,i haven’t any of Dune books.
And yes i was refering to the Harry Potter saga.
And another saga that i readed in a week was the Halo saga.
um… I was replying to American Otter
Who knows? Only The American Otter knows! E|:D
Good question, Fox.
I actually forgot that Fox read books quite frequently. It’s actually kinda cool that Peanut can read that fast, especially to the point of wiping out the library.
Do it, Fox! You won’t regret it!
You’ll be like the MythBusters!
He read Dune in under 12 hours. He must be the Kwizatz Haderach. Or the Lisan-Al-Graib, or the Muad’dib. Or…
The DUNE WORM!!!
THE SPICE MUST FLOW!
Bless the Maker and His water. Bless the coming and going of Him. May His passage cleanse the world. May He keep the world for His people.
That’s the ugliest Graboid I’ve ever seen. ;D
That’s because it comes from the cover page of Dune.
He read Dune in less than 12 hours, and still had time left over to read three other books!
It must be quite a site to see Peanut reading that fast. He must have sent those poor librarians to a mental ward!
How is it possible for a dog to read that fast?
Ehr, Photographic memory and/or Time Manipulation and/or many others?
He’s almost as fast as this guy.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Howard_Stephen_Berg
Ah, but we have seen him read
http://www.housepetscomic.com/2009/03/27/therin-lies-madness/
On a side note..>_> I’ve never read Dune. I’m a pretty fast reader myself though, lol.
You should read Dune. It is a 900+page book consisting of 8-font writing and little spacing between lines. If you make through it, the Dune worm would have already eaten your eyes off.
900+ OMG! I need to read that book.Never heard of it u.u
Yesh…Read me…
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dune_%28novel%29
Apparently, the original version is 420 pages…odd. My book was more compressed i guess…
Mine’s 530, all told. But that’s got all the appendices and everything. It’s also falling apart. I think I’ve read it too much.
I have to admit, I was about to pick up Dune last year, but I was literally scared off by its length.
Surprisingly, being the Dystopia fan I am, I didn’t like Dune that much. Don’t get me wrong, I enjoyed it, just not on the stop of my list. That spot belongs Atlus Shrugged or Slaughter House 5.
*just not on the TOP of my list
http://www.angryflower.com/atlass.gif
Ha!
Why indeed!
My aunt gave me Dune for Christmas. After that, I went through the whole saga, enjoyng each and every book!
*sigh* back in the old days of long-range commuter, I had read like 230 books in a year…
wow, good effort!
reading books must make you really learnered lol
enough to write a decent ficcie at least…
I have to wait a few more hours to get the book titled “Derp”
And Fox, that’s the age old question.
HERP DERP!!!!
Sorry… couldn’t resist…
Derp and that avatar mix very strangely.
Yeah, it is strange. “MAH BOI” and “Derp” aren’t what you’d expect to mix so well together.
If Peanut’s memory is up to his reading span, I am afraid about his level of knowledge…
(what if Peanut is the Avatar of the Great Kitsune? That would explain…)
Photographic memory is not something too amazing. . .
Peanutedia
if it is up there with his reading span he is a lot smarter then he lets on. By the way I did some calculations on how fast Peanut reads and if am right (but I terrible with math so who knows)Peanut reads about 4.6 Pages a Minute which as I said before in the comments that is super human, or close to it.
Let’s see. . If we consider the average neighborhood, Fox’s house should be no more than 30 minutes walking time from Peanut’s house.
Say Fox wakes up at 5 AM, and lends Peanut his books after his morning routine (which could be estimated at 6 AM as policemen would be at work by 7 AM. Peanut would have receive the books by 6:30 AM.
Seeing the background lighting (it could be just me) they met at about 10 AM or 2 PM.
If it is 10 AM, that means Peanut has read through the books in 3.5 hours
if it is 2 PM, then it’s in 7.5 hours.
Since Fox can hold the DUNE book with one hand, let’s estimate it with the thickness of two-thirds of a child’s hand. (Say 500-600 pages.)
Since the pile is about three times the thickness of DUNE, that’s about 1,500-1,800 pages
So calculating. . .
10 AM: 7.14 – 8.57 pages / minute
2 PM: 3.33 – 4 pages / minute
So impressive either way.
By the look of your avatar you’ve been reading too fast. Slow down. Play outside a bit, nu?
…wooooooooooow…
You’re forgetting the other books Fox lent him that he also read. I’m sure he can get up to 15 pages a minute.
Never mind, didn’t read it thoroughly *derp*
It’s not surprising though, some people actually read books by just breezing through the pages.
I think the fastest reader was the one that reads books the same way we prime a new book for reading.
Actually reading Horacio Quiroga.
And after that some Poe.
Have you read “The Cask of Amontillado?”
Yeah,I read the Libros de la Selva,Cuentos de amor,locura y muerte and some poems of Poe.
(Sorry i can’t translate the books name)
Poe poems?
That’s the right way to write it ,no?
When you got something as alliterating/consonance as Poe, I’m not sure even saying “Poe’s poems” is the right way
When I was a kid I thought that was “The Cask of Armadillos”.
Silly kids! Armadillos are for big cats and awkward adults!
My favorite one is The Masque of the Red Death
Sadly for Fox, that’s the penalty of loyalty. He was friends with Bino first…
I would like to think he was friends with Fido first before he met Bino. If that was the case, it would be very understandable why he’s still friends with Bino despite being highly against his (Bino’s) attitude(s).
who says you cant be friends with whoever you want?
A good guess would bring out Bino.
wow, that’s a serious speed read skill!
peanut looks so happy in these panels XD
Although, not to demean Peanut any at all. But, he may READ that FAST, but does he RETAIN what he READS? Although, that’s probably kind of rhetorical. Otherwise, he may have to do some serious re-reading.
alt text: They were right though, it is WAY better then the sequals.
Read what Peanut said in the last panel and you’ll know. .
Hint: It’s yes. . .
But he’s already been shown to retain all that information. Remember all that stuff with the pridelands? He obviously remembered enough for Tarot to make the holodeck make-believe thing.
I don’t know about Peanut and Fox being friends. Personally I feel Peanut is a bit childish for Fox to even hang out with. Well… I can’t say Bino is any mature either. What I’m trying to say is Fox isn’t the type of dog that would enjoy doing things like “Imagination games, Hide and Seek, or video-games”. Additionally he’s not very fond of Cat-lovers.
Granted they both like reading it’s just Fox would probably be more comfortable hanging with, the semi-mature, Bino.
Not very much sure Fox is completely mature as well. If he has a grudge with cat-lover, BUT can tolerate cats anyways. . . I would say he’s quite immature as well.
You could say Peanut is immature (being childishly innocent) and fox would be the semi-mature. Bino is immature as well – and if you revisit King’s first Christmas I’ll stand my point, firmly – though more on a selfish side which makes him less annoying in the long run as he would only be annoying, utterly at that, when he has found something of his interests but Peanut would be more like “FOX!!!”. . well you know the rest.
True
peanut is cooler than bino .. arff
Aaa-men to that!
Plus, he doesn’t try to off himself all the time.
And he wouldn’t recycle a gift for Sasha.
Fox is getting all KINDS of revelations about frienships, with Bino in particular.
By the way, where are they standing? I can’t recognize the backround.
The good-old dogs club? (the background being a crowd)
The alternatives are an oddly shaped tree branch, or a wall whose paint has peeled off
I think that’s sunset behind a bunch of trees and bushes.
Fox in panel 4 = Priceless
Truly, I can’t say I disagree.
First of all aren’t Fox and Peanut friends to begin with? He did lend him some nice pile of books and all… Okay maybe I’m just off in this matter that’s not the point. :p
BTW at these times I think how come Peanut is not some kind of scientist or talkin all high classish when he reads so many books? :O
Plus libraries are boring and borrowing things is much easier. X3
First (not actually) Question;
I think it’s more of:
“I wonder why I still hang out with Bino when there are these (like Peanut) who I share more of my interest than just that of anti-Felinophilia?”
The word “friends” can be very confusing sometimes.
Second (actually a) question;
You could read an infinite number of books and not commit social suicide. Besides, not all books are correctly termed, grammatically correct or socially acceptable (I think there’s such thing as a “banned books week” in America?).
Last (and also not a) question;
Not all libraries are not boring >:(
Okay-okay I’m bad at makin my point with questions. XP But yeah your point is good.
I didn’ mean becoming a dork just that if he “wiped” out the whole library he must’ve read alot of classics and the such… hmmm… ya know now that I think about it I it was a dumb idea so yeah point to you again. >_:3
BTW yeah rub it in my face a bit more that I don’ make good questions. :p
Wait, that’s a double-negative. What you’re saying there is that there are some libraries that aren’t boring, but most are?
Nope, I’m saying not all libraries are boring (no ratio).
No ratio because while some enjoy the conservative libraries, other like those with digital media and some (like me) enjoy the silence of the place.
I could say that there aren’t any boring libraries if I include the fact that some library books are actually stolen, restored and sold as expensive antiques. Now that would make them exciting right? Sadly I can’t say that because there are libraries which don’t carry old books.
The point is, if anyone claims that libraries are boring, then it just means they don’t want to go there or stay there. Most people who says libraries are boring haven’t even been to a library and just give reasons based on what they heard others say. Sure books won’t dribble a ball or kick you a pass, but if you knew about the worlds in them (in the sense that I also mean wor(l)ds) I doubt you can say they’re any more boring than that chunk of rounded rubber or leather you call a ball.
Now taking the word “library” literally. . . Let’s just save the conversation for another time.
Yes I understand what you mean and just meant that I don’ like the “get in, check out the book and be quiet” type of libraries not reading itself.
What I was saying BTW is that it’s just easier to borrow from others than go through with all the check out stuff… Oh yeah and it was meant as a joke. XD
Peanut is just full of surprises ain’t he, a warm heart, skillz and one awesome treacherous pooch
Ryufire, yours is the second best avatar in order of cute awesomeness
Yeah and yours is first am I right? X3
Hehe thanks Valerio yours too in the cute awesomeness club!! XD
Question now, then, is can he beat Johnny 5 in reading? J5 is dang fast for reading. INPUT! INPUT!
“Wouldn’t you like to be a pepper, too?”
I can read sorta fast. Like the last Harry Potter book; 16 hours (including sleep) after the midnight release, I finished.
So are we gonna see an imaginated version of Paul and Jamis’ epic battle? Or Paul and Feyd Rautha’s epic battle? Or the Fremen assault on Arrakeen? Could be awesome!
I can read extraordinarily fast, but alas nowhere near as fast as that…
Gee, I dunno, Fox. You and Peanut seem to be pretty friend-like there. =P
Dune . . . sounds dry.
*is shot for quoting Penny Arcade*
Oh, you got to this before I did. I commented on it WAY up there, as a reply.
Peanut! I have a whole new admiration for him! I <3 speed reading! =D
Hey, Peanut: http://baencd.thefifthimperium.com/
Wee, free books!
But I don’t got time for this, I got three years worth of backlog to sift through. . . =(
I would hope most would read this comment before posting anymore about Fox’s misnomer (or maybe it would turn out to be yours).
The term “friend” is one of the most used word, so it is safe to assume it has multiple dimensions, uses and interpretations.
In this case the word friend could mean:
1. A known acquaintance (Confused meaning)
2. A trusted acquaintance (Typical meaning)
3. A supporter (Uncommon but comes out a lot in election time)
4. A companion (Usually used in diaries)
Of course, there are other meanings but I would like to move on to what Fox might have meant.
Interpreting what Fox said using these four descriptions,
1. Why are you just another name in my books?
2. What is it that makes me dislike you?
3. Why do I take Bino’s side over yours?
4. Why do I hang out with Bino more?
So before you ask “Aren’t you firends already?”, try to ask yourself “What does it mean to be friends?” and maybe you’ll understand the sentence better.
thats…uhh………quite an illaberate way to say “hey stop asking weren’t they friends before it’s annoying me” lol
Touché.
i used to read books (the last one i read was about vantriliqual techniques…lol)
but……i dunno, i guess i just prefer visual story telling my mediam is film and animation
I like strip comics best, not manga, not comic books.
I guess it’s due to my adoration of conciseness.
This strip is putting me into another one of those “man the HP universe is creepy” moods.
Except this time I’m not sure why.
Instead of marking their territories they mark their friends?
Well. . .
I hope they don’t mark their place in a book like that!
*facepalms* I don’t think libraries would allow that…
No, no. They use dog ears, silly!
http://filmdrunk.uproxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/Dog-Facepaw.jpg
Hey, someone had to say it.
1) Peanut is brighter than is sometimes shown.
2) BinOWNED.
Why can they read if they’re dogs?
Is it because of the N.I.M.H.?
I think Peanut’s at least a Li-Ion.
http://rupyb.com/images/gallery/rupy/118_I-see-what-you-did-there.jpg
Because they’re cartoon animals. =/
Is it just me or do they both look younger in this comic strip?
it’s Fox’s head. Makes him look chibi.
Rick’s been drawing Fox leaner as of late.
I wonder if he’s been eating enough.
I could read fast if i wanted to
But EVERY BOOK just completely boors the heck oyut of me.
So i get my stories from J-RPG’s and Anime, and Movies.
Fitting end quote for Peanut.
“Awesome as charged.” =3
because fox you are also friends with fido.
Fido’s got no real issue with Peanut, I think. In fact, he’s the one who made Bino let Peanut back into the Good Old Dogs Club.
I just caught up with this series… I can’t wait to see more!
Welcome to our world, we hope you have a pleasant stay.
…for it is just the beginning! *nom* muahahahhahhah!
*evil laughter in the background*
The Internet is the ultimate source for reading material. Just hope Peanut never gets caught in Wikipedia. You can vanish for hours in there following links.
Agreed.
Because, Fox, for all your kindness to others and prowess as a K9 Unit…you’re a frikkin coward.
Ow, harsh…wait, Fox is part of a K9 Unit?
I didn’t think he was. I just thought that he hung out with the police dogs a lot, because his owner’s a policeman.
Yeah, Bill’s a cop but Fox isn’t nor has it been implied he was (Bino did try it but failed in training)
*Scratches head* Come to think of it, you’re right. Whoops.
Ignore the K9 unit part plz! lol
cool i wish i ould read that fast
If i could read that fast, I’d forget school and just read up all the books, be easy way to get through education at age 10, then I’d go for who wants to be a millionaire just for the win.
Just because you can read that fast does not mean that you can remember all that information.
Counter Point: http://www.metacafe.com/watch/312079/wo … st_reader/
Touché…
Counter counter point: The Adventures of Spot comics… speaks for itself.
Restatement with clarification and point: Just because you can read fast (regardless if you remember all of the words), does not necessarily mean that you have an understanding of what you’ve read and/or remember.
Counter counter counter point: Pridelands, Peanut seems to remember the story very well despite reading it close to that rate. Also, I like The Adventures of Spot!
HOW can someone so well-read be such a BAD WRITER?!
Easy, he gets real nervous when he writes because of what he constantly thinks about what others will think of it.
I want to be that fast as a reader someday ;3
Now has never been a bad time to practice.
Oh Peanut, please teach me to read like you…
If I can read that fast, imagine all the book I can read <3
Good grief. It takes me an entire day to finish a book. And that’s if I’m away on travel and don’t have my dog bothering me every hour.
blasphemer!
doggies DO NOT bother! They give you only big doses of happiness!
If by “big doses of happiness” you mean, “extraordinarily strong-smelling gas clouds” then, yes. Yes, they do.
mah boys NEVER did such a thing!
Is your dog brachicephalic?
Mine rarely ever do that. They just demand attention.
You have to meet my dog. He’s 130 pounds of German Shepherd pampered and prissy prince. He’ll throw tantrums just to get what he wants.
when my boys want tantrum, tantrum they get from me!
He gets plenty of treats. And toys. I get home and find that he liked having his claws painted pink. He even gets to sleep on the bed. How pampered does he need to be?
mah boys all get to sleep on the bed with me. Thet get to share my dinner and be spoon-fed at that, and they’ve got the right to wake me up by kissing me, even when I don’t have to go to work. Ha!
Peanut looks like Daisy in that last frame. XD
Hi! I read!
Ha, i was thinking somerhing like that
also, your avatar wins an uber-cuteness award
*sigh* My gravatar has decided to fail in it’s mission, I am not amused
Peanut’s hair has changed!
Peanut a O.D.S.T.????
cool i like O.D.S.T but i dont think peanut is up to being a O.D.S.T
I.D.G.I.
Well i don’t now what that acronym mean,O.D.S.T. mean
Orbital Drop Shock Trooper.
Ah! Urban Dictonary say “If Destroyed, Still True”
IHNJ, IJWTS that IDGI = I Don’t Get It
ifyoucan’treadfastyoucansimulateit.infactiknowyou’rereadingthisinaveryfastvoicerightnow.
Yesicanreaditveryeasyindeed.youshouldmakeitmoreharderbyaddingmoresentencesandyesilikereading.
Quick! We must go to get the Spice!
SPAICE !!!
…Okay, NOW Peanut’s speed-reading is getting RIDICULOUS. He must have some super power to skim to the most important points and just skip all the unessential stuff…Or something…
By day, he is mild-mannered Peanut,
By night, he is Spot; Super Dog!
new test for this computer
yayz
Oh no! You will make me die some of this days.
:3
die by cuteness
*Die’s from overdose of cuteness :3*
Gahh! Darnit!
Alex M. x0
Valerio x0
Don’t die on me now!
RESPAWNING IN 3…2….1
Hi Guys!
Stay out of the Light…NOOO….Oh wb guys
Watched this and died again
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dxMa-rlZA58
Alex M. -1
o.O You…Killed…me!!
And where did you get that avatar, and you as well Ryufire?
ps: I hatez you now a half hour or so of programming gone. Thanks alot!
I read The Bourne trilogy in a day…
Then spent the next day reading ender’s game to ender’s shadow
…
It be a gift that is awesome people.
I am glad that it has been given to peanut
Ah, Ender’s Game. The original short story was better than the novel. Very spare and stark, with a nasty unstated twist that I didn’t catch until a couple of days later.
Ooh! http://www.hatrack.com/osc/stories/enders-game.shtml
I had a choice between reading Ender’s Game or Into Thin Air. I looked at Ender’s Game, read the first chapter, closed it, put it at the stake, gave it a cookie, I pressed the red button, the cookie exploded, then I read Into Thin Air.
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3133/3135828273_329e5b4d29.jpg
Geeeeeeez. Makes me jealous that he can read that fast, only books I read are Educational and Dystopia. I did read the first chapter of Twilight… after that I died a little inside, puked, had a meltdown, blacked out, shot the book with a .458 Magnum, burnt the remains and after that I went into another rage and passed out again.
You forgot about the part of nuking the ashes.
Yeaaah, I wanted to do that. I asked Kim-Jong-il to loan me one because he said he had like six of them but he said he was just bluffing ’bout that saying he only had one… oh wells. =C
It took me a while to sift through all of the Dune sequels at my local bookstore to find the original. There must have been dozens of them! Anyway, when I finally found the original I sat on the floor and read the first thirty or so pages before I realized that with school work and such I would NEVER be able to finish it so I just put it back on the shelf. I’m still amazed that I had time for the four lord of the rings books (including the hobbit, I mean)
http://www.rinkworks.com/bookaminute/b/herbert.dune.shtml
I’m a pretty fast reader myself, but nowhere at Peanut’s level. I WISH I could, that would be awesome.
Also, I’ve yet to read Dune. I need to, but I never have money when I remember it, and my library’s copies are always taken out.
I’m glad I can’t read like peanut, I already am a fast reader and it can get expensive fast, even using used book stores. I’ll re read some of my favorites to cut costs. if I want to I can easily finish a book a day depending on thickness
Dang, it’s been a while. anyways, I bet you peanut could read the top 10 largest books in at least one hour.
woops, hit the “s” key when typing my email :woopsie:
I’m nowhere near that good. It took me 26 hours to read the 1100 pages or so of It by Stephen King.
Actually, 22 hours, because I got four hours of sleep that night.
Complete opposite here, I read the book for 4 hours and fell asleep for 22 hours, never finished it.
Stephen King’s “horror and suspense” has been really sliding, not that I ever got horrified nor suspensed reading his works, but it’s becoming less and less like H&S and more of casual reading.
….O_o YES!! Yes I do wish I could read like u Peanut!!! XD
but if Peanut can read that good, why is he an airhead? He should be the dominate, supreme overlord of the Alpha Brainiacs!! o_O
‘Simple’ isn’t the same as ’stupid’.
O_o um doesn’t ‘Airhead’ mean ‘Simple’ as in Simple Minded??
Ya, I usually experiment on people like that. I act simple to observe their reactions, then I come up with some randomness in order to see the difference in their reactions. Then, when I tell them the truth, I see their bewilderment and their denial within the depths of their conscience.
Hey, when you say “I am…”, do you mean the biblical reference?
Biblical? nah no religion here. huh…I think the name means I’m still looking for who ‘I Am…’ maybe it is, but it wasn’t intentional.
hmm…k.
Let’s see, given the current data and correct analisys on the subject matter, the relative conjugate view point of statistical human knowledge can provide positive backup that this comic is humorous.
TEEHEE!!
Analisys is not a valid command.
Analysis failed, humor retained.
TEEHEE!!
This will either be foreshadowing, or a brick joke. :3
*snork*
Fox has a good point.
O.O
I salute you Peanut, I never even finished the Hitchhiker ’s Gide to the Galaxy series.
Try the radio play
I love peanut :3 He is so awesome. And not to mention he looks kinda cute too
Peanut definitely looks different.
Now he’s gonna be walking without rhythm for weeks.
Some of us are just naturally talented, and got no rhythm, no music, no daisies in green pastures, …
The ony way I could read somthing that fast is if it intrests me, good thing too, considering ive read Dune before, and 2010, AT THE SAME TIME (I kept switching back and forth between them)
Remember Kids, Reading is Fun! (exept for when you dream about it and they merge, then its just weird)
I’ve had that happen, yeah, it’s very disturbing.
lol i love the smile on the last frame
me 2 ^^
Don’tcha wish yo boyfriend could read like me~ *brick’d*
12:02 am GRAAAGGHH!!
I can’t wait.
You must! It is your destiny!
This is nearly Identical to a conversation I had with my friend 2 weeks ago.