2014/03/14 - Armless Fun

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[ Armless Fun ]

Title Text: What, you prefer the story of the vacuum and your tail?

Look at that giant, apparently-angry squirrel in the second panel!
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I almost want both of these to be true at the same time, assuming that no matter what his arm was going to have come off.
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The Revenge of Fluffy.

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And Diss's Grandpa?
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Well at least in the first story it would be possible for him to lose his whole arm from it. I doubt a sink garbage disposable could destroy an arm enough to have them chop it all off.
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I'm going to go with the garbage disposal story
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so looks like this is an arc about stories? *gleams at Maxwell's ear* =D
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Hm, it could be either of these, or a more likely unknown third option. It could also become a recurring joke in housepets that whenever someone says "Now there's a tale worth telling!" that they don't even know it, which could also be fun.
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Wait, I thought he lost his arm before they moved into the house? Or...am I crazy
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♪Garbage disposal, what a way to go...♪
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thelonewolf19 wrote:Wait, I thought he lost his arm before they moved into the house? Or...am I crazy
The first time we saw him was awhile later https://www.housepetscomic.com/2011/12/ ... nside-out/
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Sleet wrote:♪Garbage disposal, what a way to go...♪
Man, we should totally come up with some crazy stories about his arm.
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GameCobra wrote:
Sleet wrote:♪Garbage disposal, what a way to go...♪
Man, we should totally come up with some crazy stories about his arm.
Karishad had/has a crazy-off with Kevin and Sasha sometime in the future which tore/tears a hole in the fabric of time, right where 'Eight Finger Discount' Jack was. Does it get any crazier than that?
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I dont know for you, but for me it sounds more painful losing it in a garbage disposal than in an epic fight ... Way more painful
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Re the title of the new arc - -

While I was growing up in the late 80s/early 90s, my Parents and Aunts had this weird thing where they would say 'So whaaaaaaat's the stoooooooory?' And 'Thaaaaaat's the stoooooooory!' In this odd deliberate way. I had no idea what they were referring to until a few years ago when I found this on YouTube - http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=TmZ7EyYWAZg I guess this ad was run so much that it became the 70s equivalent of a meme.
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What's weird is that the main thing I took away from this strip is that the garbage disposal story actually cannot be true since his arm was severed at the shoulder.
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"Woodland critters" is not exactly how I would refer to the creatures trying to kill him there...
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Hedronal wrote:Karishad had/has a crazy-off with Kevin and Sasha sometime in the future which tore/tears a hole in the fabric of time, right where 'Eight Finger Discount' Jack was. Does it get any crazier than that?
Hmmm... Nah, Karishad would be more than likely be the lead singer of a band with them two. And I hear he has a lovely singing voice.
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The tale of the arm that was lost,
is a fanciful one told in the night;
a tale of beast and fang and war;
a warning that heroes incur cost.
It has nothing to do with waste disposal
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so he lost his arm in a epic battle against a garbage disposal?
thats .....lame or awesome???
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You have to hand it to him... No, really. You do. *bricked*
This is one of those unexplained injuries that Rick will keep teasing us with. :lol:
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Considering that he was already half-armed when they moved in to civilization, I think the animal-battle one is more possible. Because a wolf, who was not yet civilized, can't contact a disposer.
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Well if we bought a picture of One-armed Jack, it would probably cost us an ar-... :oops:
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Kyuubi Kitsune wrote:You have to hand it to him... No, really. You do. *bricked*
This is one of those unexplained injuries that Rick will keep teasing us with. :lol:
It might be like the story of how Irish Comedian Dave Allen lost half a finger. No-one, even his own family, knew what the real story was.

You can see the half finger in this routine, one of his best, where he teaches a child how to tell time... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0QVPUIRG ... r_embedded
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The 2nd story can't be true because he lost his arm before he started living in a house

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The joke here, I believe, is that neither of the stories has any basis in truth what-so-ever. She interrupted his story with another is all.
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diss wrote:[ Armless Fun ]

Title Text: What, you prefer the story of the vacuum and your tail?

Look at that giant, apparently-angry squirrel in the second panel!
Diss, tell Rick he forgot the title page.
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Ahhhh this reminds me of every time I tell someone the story of the scar on my right knee hat left me with a hole in my kneecap

I'll take the true version to my grave
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welll, both stories could be true.....0.0
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The flesh of my thumb is mangled. Nowadays when someone asks why, I inevitably reply, "I killed a man with THIS thumb." (Anyone get the reference?). It sounds much better than, "I was careless using a table saw."

The story has changed over time of course, and I am sure Jack's has as well.
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Gamewolf67 wrote:Diss, tell Rick he forgot the title page.
The title page has also been the 2nd comic of an arc before. And maybe a title page isn't the right thing here if this will be a collection of many different stories.
GameCobra wrote:so looks like this is an arc about stories? *gleams at Maxwell's ear* =D
Oh, yeah.

And the story of Joey's and Squeek's first date, and how Peanut was adopted, and ...
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Welsh Halfwit wrote:It might be like the story of how Irish Comedian Dave Allen lost half a finger. No-one, even his own family, knew what the real story was.
Now that's a name I haven't heard in many years. I can only remember one of his finger stories now...

And that looks more like a bear than a squirrel, Diss.
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diss wrote:Armless Fun

Title Text: What, you prefer the story of the vacuum and your tail?

Look at that giant, apparently-angry squirrel in the second panel!
I'm more concerned about the Wolf-Eating Moose!

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That dumbfounded look on cub's face in panel four is just PRICELESS.
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Render wrote:Oh, yeah.

And the story of Joey's and Squeek's first date, and how Peanut was adopted, and ...
now you're just teasing. X3
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Hedronal wrote:
GameCobra wrote:
Sleet wrote:♪Garbage disposal, what a way to go...♪
Man, we should totally come up with some crazy stories about his arm.
Karishad had/has a crazy-off with Kevin and Sasha sometime in the future which tore/tears a hole in the fabric of time, right where 'Eight Finger Discount' Jack was. Does it get any crazier than that?
That's pretty good, now what about an over-the-top one?
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Acritic2 wrote:
GameCobra wrote:so looks like this is an arc about stories? *gleams at Maxwell's ear* =D
Oh, yeah.

And the story of Joey's and Squeek's first date, and how Peanut was adopted, and ...
those I actually want to see, along with how Tarot became the spirit dragon's avatar[/quote]

Same here, along with Grape's past.
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And maybe some big adventure or anecdote about Sabrina's dad.

Another "big reveal" arc here already?
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Welsh Halfwit wrote:The joke here, I believe, is that neither of the stories has any basis in truth what-so-ever. She interrupted his story with another is all.
I think you're right, but still the question is which story ist better:

The epic story about the epic fight of epic Jack

or

The not so epic story about how "two arms" Jack learned not to shove his arm into the garbage disposal

.....man I can't decide it....
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Would be really interesting know how Jack lost his arm, but he started with a so epic story to don't sounds so real, indeed. ;) Practically impossible lost an arm in that way... It's not nice joke on a such tragedy, Elaine, but Jack almost called for it. :P Bad, "Darth Vader Sanchez" isn't happy of it.
For a moment I red "GRAPE" "GRAPE" written on the wall. :lol: The vacuum and the tail? Apparently Jack's tail got an accident too, despite less worse.

Interesting story arc, though.
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I cannot wait to hear the stories to come from this arc. Should be a very enjoyable experience!

Is that a squirrel? I thought it was a bear. Eh, whatevs. I'll believe Big Squirrely I guess.

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