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Amish Bashing

Epicus Doomus
April 13, 2012 at 1:13 am

Now if Owen’s next words were, “But dude, she wears the same clothes every day!” or “But dude, she could bench press you!” or “But dude, don’t ya think her dad is the biggest asshole alive?” this could be pretty funny…

sourbelly
April 13, 2012 at 1:52 am

In the real world:

“Summer Moore!!! Sick, dude. Even YOU can do better than that!!!”

Nope, and nope. Please, guys, this is Summer Moore we are talking about here! Owen attempts to illustrate the disparity using sports metaphors (he left out “she’s playin’ for the same team”, nudge nudge, wink wink). His panel 3 summation is actually amusing (by the standards of this strip). Thankfully we still have the Amish to make fun of.

Summer of Love

We know that Cody’s a fan of show tunes*, and his panel 1 dialogue suggests a song cue; you can almost hear the strings swelling in the background as he confesses to Owen his feelings for Summer. Owen’s as surprised as the rest of us to witness this turn of events.

*As seen in this strip from 2009

Wedgie-ton D.C.

Today’s strip feels like a “twofer”, as if Batiuk had an extra gag that he wanted to shoehorn into this Washington trip arc. The first panel contains some of TB’s trademark exposition. Even though Cody and Owen are no longer freshman, it appears they still are on the receiving end of daily wedgies, though hopefully the Magic Marker attacks have ceased.

Meanwhile in panel 2, I guess the sight of the White House’s many windows has triggered an OCD moment in Les.

Flashback to the 2007 Senior Trip:
Hipster Chien enjoys a snide chuckle at the expense of the “Barbie Dolls”:

Sum' Mo' Time

Today’s strip is just packed! More of TB’s trademark bald exposition (either that or Holly is so sports-illiterate that she can’t even read a scoreboard). Les looks like he’s about to hurl; must be that flu bug. What the hell is doing Keisha sitting next to the coaches on the bench? Summer’s game face is replaced by a mask of bewilderment as she is handed the ball by Newark, NJ’s Mayor Cory Booker. I think that’s a basketball, although in the POV shot in panel 2, she’s holding it like a flatbread.

Hats a Fact, Jack

Before we really dive into the insanity that is today’s strip: isn’t Dinkle retired? Is he still on the schools’ payroll? Get a load of him, strutting right into the high school like he owns the joint, not displaying one of those clip-on ID’s that TB painstakingly draws on every teacher. Where my kids go to school, this would be verboten.

As would be the wearing of hats by students. While it’s clear that these students are just arriving to school on a cold morning, we haven’t seen Owen without that stupid chullo stuck on his head since before Halloween. (Okay, once.) So, do you reckon TB went to a mall somewhere (would have to be about a year and a half ago), noticed a couple kids wearing these hats, and made the assumption that this is what “all the kids” are into these days?