Whatever the hell that means. Biblical? In what sense? She’s looking to acquire a bunch of old comic books; her quest will likely be very costly and time-consuming. Epic, even. Where does he get biblical?
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Meaning that it will be very long, rather tedious in places, and that reading it as a literal reproduction of reality will require enormous amounts of blind faith?
Oh man, that’s priceless: she’s actually handing a “wish list” to a comic book store owner. Hope she’s prepared to mortgage the house again. What a sucker, DSHJ will own the entire Montoni’s District by the time this debacle is over.
Hmmm…”Journey of Biblical proportions…”
Sounds like whatever it is, it means more to Dead Skunk Head, but is going to be very expensive for Mrs. Chunkybean.
So these comics are popular enough for people to want, but apparently reprints don’t occur to anyone? Really the only way this makes sense is if you do assume that John is ripping her off.
” “Hmmm…”Journey of Biblical proportions…” ”
Means until Friday…………………
Wally may have had a biblical journey, when he came back from the dead. Holly’s journey will be shown for a week or two at a time, only to be abandoned when TB has a burning desire to smirk it up with Les.
Holly: “…what? Listen, do you have the comics or not?!?”
John: “I just want to prepare you, Holly. Prepare you for when the Sun appears black in the sky, the Moon runs red with BLOOD, and the Earth rolls up as a scro-”
Holly: **SLAM**
John: “….*….hmmm. Maybe she’s a pagan or something. Ah well, time to flip through the latest issue of HAWT FURREEZ!”
It does often seem that TB cribbs from the book of Job, minus the theme of the righteous maintaining their faith through trials… or the presence of anyone righteous at all.
It is more likely, though, that DSH is using “biblical proportions” to project Holly’s search for a 4″x6″ list of Starbuck Jones back issues as some sort of Cecil B. DeMille epic. Now I’m not saying that TB thinks the Bible was written by DeMille’s screenwriters… I’m just saying that it wouldn’t surprise me if he did think that.
“Journey of Biblical proportions” = in Westview, trying to do anything positive, through action and planning, rather than just lying back, letting the universe happen, not dealing with anything at all–other than smirking and weak wordplay.
“Dogs and cats living together! Mass hysteria!” Always flash to that scene from Ghostbusters when I read or hear the wordls “Biblical Proportions”
What that has to do finding old comic books is a bit beyond me.
I like to think the current banner image shows Holly pointing at her mouth and saying, “Need…pie…”
Holly: Are you prepared to cough up $1900? No? Then this conversation is over.
The known world in Biblical times was relatively small, so I imagine a Biblically proportioned journey is probably not that far at all. Dead Skunk Head is setting her up big time and I think she knows it. I mean, Holly looks sufficiently skeptical. In fact she looks like she’s looking for the nearest exit. “Fuck this,” she thinks, “I’m just going to send a shitload of Skittles and Funky’s old collection of “Juggs” magazine.”
I think DSH is simply referring to the climb up those stairs, which to the typical Westviewian is indeed a hike of “biblical” proportions. Or perhaps he means she might have to visit that other comic book store, the one TB never mentions anymore. I;m not imagining that, right? I mean it did exist at one time, didn’t it? And some guy named Kevin had something to do with it? Anyone remember this more clearly than I do?
WOW! An “L” that doesn’t look like an “h”. Has Hell frozen over and have pigs flown?
In other words DSH John will have to visit comic places that are sketchier than his own. Places that have more anal penetration than Sodom and Gammorah ever had!