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Boris Johnson waving the olympic flag
made me lol, anyone else sad olympics are over?
(Actually, I hate tea is probably Drunk and Dissorderly right now, Sun 24 Aug 2008, 14:08, archived)
FREE TIBET

(__, Sun 24 Aug 2008, 14:09, archived)
You know, I've only just noticed that the London 2012 logo is the numbers 2 0 1 2
It's so shit I didn't even realise.
(I helped save b3ta! Master Of Turnips. Only gays and morons believe in ghosts., Sun 24 Aug 2008, 14:10, archived)
Get out

(Actually, I hate tea is probably Drunk and Dissorderly right now, Sun 24 Aug 2008, 14:10, archived)
I remember you, I haven't seen you here in ages

(I helped save b3ta! moohalaa, Sun 24 Aug 2008, 14:20, archived)
I have no time for internets as I further my pursuits of science
and excessive drinking
(Actually, I hate tea is probably Drunk and Dissorderly right now, Sun 24 Aug 2008, 14:21, archived)
Jolly good

(I helped save b3ta! moohalaa, Sun 24 Aug 2008, 14:22, archived)
Quites so,

(Actually, I hate tea is probably Drunk and Dissorderly right now, Sun 24 Aug 2008, 14:23, archived)
Listening to radio one earlier
"And tonight represents the closing ceremony of the 2012... no.. .28 Olympics..."
(__, Sun 24 Aug 2008, 14:13, archived)
I wasn't really paying attention

(I helped save b3ta! SuperMatt, Sun 24 Aug 2008, 14:09, archived)
we won

(I helped save b3ta! glued eel /questions/questionsyoudliketoask/post1648081, Sun 24 Aug 2008, 14:09, archived)
No we didn't

(I helped save b3ta! SuperMatt, Sun 24 Aug 2008, 14:10, archived)
we did, only the winners get to hold the next one

(I helped save b3ta! glued eel /questions/questionsyoudliketoask/post1648081, Sun 24 Aug 2008, 14:11, archived)
They've changed the rules.
Now the winners get to hold the current one. Hence some of the judging.
(I helped save b3ta! nick the greek, Sun 24 Aug 2008, 14:15, archived)
Was it like Seoul?

(I helped save b3ta! mike woz ere 7442200 & 7696970 getter, Sun 24 Aug 2008, 14:19, archived)
I can't remember
google tells me Roy Jones was robbed though so possibly.
(I helped save b3ta! nick the greek, Sun 24 Aug 2008, 14:25, archived)
Well and truly.

(I helped save b3ta! mike woz ere 7442200 & 7696970 getter, Sun 24 Aug 2008, 14:28, archived)
FREE TIBET

(I helped save b3ta! Master Of Turnips. Only gays and morons believe in ghosts., Sun 24 Aug 2008, 14:09, archived)
I wouldn't even have known they were on
if it wasn't common knowledge.
(I helped save b3ta! Moon Girl Technologies horrendous beanbag, Sun 24 Aug 2008, 14:10, archived)

common knowledge On every fucking tv channel 24/7
(I helped save b3ta! NobbyNobody 21 years a b3tan, Sun 24 Aug 2008, 14:11, archived)
not having a television put paid to that.
I saw a bit of it in a pub at one point, but pub televisions usually have sports on anyway.
(I helped save b3ta! Moon Girl Technologies horrendous beanbag, Sun 24 Aug 2008, 14:11, archived)
IT'S ONLY ONCE EVERY FOUR YEARS YOU GRUMPY CUNT
GET OVER IT.
(I helped save b3ta! Master Of Turnips. Only gays and morons believe in ghosts., Sun 24 Aug 2008, 14:12, archived)
I know
It's not as if it's a dull and slow-paced 15-part comic strip about a kidnapping that takes about four fucking years to tell
(__, Sun 24 Aug 2008, 14:14, archived)
the punchline better be fucking good,
is all I can say.

Well, it's not all I can say. I can also say "galvanised steel", and various other things.
(I helped save b3ta! Moon Girl Technologies horrendous beanbag, Sun 24 Aug 2008, 14:15, archived)
It'll be some sort of octopus pun
Or maybe some stupid thing like "Yeah, I was kidnappedfish!" and then we'll find out some tedious fact about a creature called the Nappedfish.

Or something like that.

And then he'll explain why it is meant to be funny by using a 500-word essay underneath the strip itself
(__, Sun 24 Aug 2008, 14:17, archived)
Ooh, kaaaaaaaay
What have I done to piss YOU off?

And no, there's no pun punchline.
(I helped save b3ta! NobbyNobody 21 years a b3tan, Sun 24 Aug 2008, 14:19, archived)
You drew a comic he doesn't like,
by the looks of it. That's enough to make some people really cross.
(I helped save b3ta! Moon Girl Technologies horrendous beanbag, Sun 24 Aug 2008, 14:21, archived)
I love Nobby's style of drawing
But his talent is being wasted in a webcomic that's yet to make me laugh. And I'm also not the biggest fan of having to explain a joke underneath the strip itself. I've never understood that.

I won't say any more on the matter
(__, Sun 24 Aug 2008, 14:23, archived)
Most people get the puns,
it's not his fault some people have to look underneath it to get the joke.
(I helped save b3ta! Master Of Turnips. Only gays and morons believe in ghosts., Sun 24 Aug 2008, 14:26, archived)
I'm just saying, Calvin and Hobbes would be really shit
if Bill Waterson wrote down things like "in this one, Hobbes is asking how broke the binoculars are and suggests he might be able to fix them. Calvin fetches the binoculars, and says "don't sneeze", because they have been broken so much, they've been grounded into dust!" and the bottom of each strip
(__, Sun 24 Aug 2008, 14:28, archived)
I really don't explain the joke very often you know.
Hardly ever. And it's only because of lack of confidence in my own sequential art story telling ability that I feel the need to explain anyway.
(I helped save b3ta! NobbyNobody 21 years a b3tan, Sun 24 Aug 2008, 14:30, archived)
I like this story arc.
It doesn't make me laugh but that doesn't matter, it's a good read/look anyway.
(I helped save b3ta! Zuowan, Sun 24 Aug 2008, 14:35, archived)
Fair enough.
Odd-Fish is an experiment, mostly in stamina to challenge myself to work to deadlines and to keep up a constant output. I am aware that the writing is sometimes lacking but nonetheless, Odd-Fish has to date been far more successful in terms of positive response than anything I've done before.

As for wasting my talent, Thanks you for the compliment but I'd only consider it wasted if by drawing odd-fish I avoiding something more worthwhile. What could I do that's more worthy?
(I helped save b3ta! NobbyNobody 21 years a b3tan, Sun 24 Aug 2008, 14:28, archived)
Have you considered animation?
I think an short animated film in your style would be pretty epic
(__, Sun 24 Aug 2008, 14:29, archived)
I can't imagine how long that would take.
It would be awesome though, I must admit.
(I helped save b3ta! Moon Girl Technologies horrendous beanbag, Sun 24 Aug 2008, 14:31, archived)
Or maybe some sort of "political cartoonist"
in a broadsheet

Or to replace the really unfunny guy who draws the T2 cartoons in The Times
(__, Sun 24 Aug 2008, 14:32, archived)
Brant!

(I helped save b3ta! Moon Girl Technologies horrendous beanbag, Sun 24 Aug 2008, 14:34, archived)
YES!

(__, Sun 24 Aug 2008, 14:35, archived)
I love to
but I REALLY don't have the patience.
Each drawing takes 2 to 4 hours.
12 drawings a second for animation. Eep!
(I helped save b3ta! NobbyNobody 21 years a b3tan, Sun 24 Aug 2008, 14:32, archived)
Shame
It could be a really nice side project
(__, Sun 24 Aug 2008, 14:37, archived)
"Side project"?
He'd have to give up his entire life for the next 3 years to do a 5-minute short!
(I helped save b3ta! Moon Girl Technologies horrendous beanbag, Sun 24 Aug 2008, 14:39, archived)
Exactamond.
:p
(I helped save b3ta! NobbyNobody 21 years a b3tan, Sun 24 Aug 2008, 14:41, archived)
I've only got thirty or so years left to live
I don't think I'd have time.
(I helped save b3ta! NobbyNobody 21 years a b3tan, Sun 24 Aug 2008, 14:39, archived)
Well, maybe this then:
b3ta.com/talk/5356511
(__, Sun 24 Aug 2008, 14:42, archived)
I know it will be hard to swallow
but have you considered the possibility that he's not righting it specifically for you?
(I helped save b3ta! Dr. Shambolic je suis charlie, Sun 24 Aug 2008, 14:33, archived)
"writing"
And don't say "oh, I meant 'righting', as in 'correcting", because if you meant that, you're inadvertently agreeing with me.

And all I'm trying to do here is give constructive criticism.
(__, Sun 24 Aug 2008, 14:35, archived)
They should give you a comment and critique column in a broadsheet newspaper.
I've never quite got enough big shit useless pages to wrap up my vegetable peelings.
(I helped save b3ta! Dr. Shambolic je suis charlie, Sun 24 Aug 2008, 14:19, archived)
pffft!

(I helped save b3ta! mns 2️⃣2️⃣9️⃣0️⃣7️⃣, Sun 24 Aug 2008, 14:15, archived)
Olympics are over?
Thank FUCK for that.
(I helped save b3ta! NobbyNobody 21 years a b3tan, Sun 24 Aug 2008, 14:10, archived)
Paralympics start now.

(I helped save b3ta! Kamikaze Stoat £4.09, Sun 24 Aug 2008, 14:11, archived)
AWESOME

(Actually, I hate tea is probably Drunk and Dissorderly right now, Sun 24 Aug 2008, 14:12, archived)
HELL, Here comes my wanking material for the REST OF SUMMER!
*punches the air*
(__, Sun 24 Aug 2008, 14:13, archived)
Oh Nobby.
They've been so EXCITING.
(I helped save b3ta! rosie posie tingly bongly, Sun 24 Aug 2008, 14:15, archived)
TAEKWONDO CONTROVERSY AHOY HOY!
That was my favourite bit. I was hoping for a chop-socky pitch invasion but it didn't happen. :(
(I helped save b3ta! Dr. Shambolic je suis charlie, Sun 24 Aug 2008, 14:18, archived)
The result being overturned or the crazy judge-kicking Cuban?

(I helped save b3ta! nick the greek, Sun 24 Aug 2008, 14:19, archived)
The overturned ruling. I watched that live.
I only saw the Cuban go ape shit later.
(I helped save b3ta! Dr. Shambolic je suis charlie, Sun 24 Aug 2008, 14:20, archived)
Same here.
I was waiting for a riot from the Chinese fans.
(I helped save b3ta! nick the greek, Sun 24 Aug 2008, 14:25, archived)
The Taekwondo was well good yesterday.
not that I actually watched any of the sport, only the controversy surrounding it.
(I helped save b3ta! rosie posie tingly bongly, Sun 24 Aug 2008, 14:20, archived)
And I want to know what magic they injected into her leg so she could fight in the bronze medal decider.
That was some powerful shit.
(I helped save b3ta! Dr. Shambolic je suis charlie, Sun 24 Aug 2008, 14:21, archived)
I wanted the red bus to be a proper Routemaster
:(
(I helped save b3ta! mns 2️⃣2️⃣9️⃣0️⃣7️⃣, Sun 24 Aug 2008, 14:10, archived)
I want it to not have blacked out windows
and be filled with actual london people
(Actually, I hate tea is probably Drunk and Dissorderly right now, Sun 24 Aug 2008, 14:11, archived)
...who get off and start stabbing people up.

(I helped save b3ta! Kamikaze Stoat £4.09, Sun 24 Aug 2008, 14:12, archived)
It's okay. The bus will explode shortly.

(I helped save b3ta! mns 2️⃣2️⃣9️⃣0️⃣7️⃣, Sun 24 Aug 2008, 14:12, archived)
FUCK ITS A TRANSFORMER

(Actually, I hate tea is probably Drunk and Dissorderly right now, Sun 24 Aug 2008, 14:12, archived)
With a hedge in it.

(I helped save b3ta! Kamikaze Stoat £4.09, Sun 24 Aug 2008, 14:13, archived)
After all the razzamataz that China had,
is this the best we can offer?

Shit dance, red bus and a girl chosen by retard children who watch blue peter?
(I helped save b3ta! Master Of Turnips. Only gays and morons believe in ghosts., Sun 24 Aug 2008, 14:12, archived)
IT'S NOT JUST A BUS, SEE

(I helped save b3ta! glued eel /questions/questionsyoudliketoask/post1648081, Sun 24 Aug 2008, 14:13, archived)
This is a bus containing Leona Lewis and a gurning idiot with a guitar.


This is an M & S bus
(I helped save b3ta! mns 2️⃣2️⃣9️⃣0️⃣7️⃣, Sun 24 Aug 2008, 14:14, archived)
FUCKING LEONA LEWIS?
JUST HOW SHIT ARE WE?
(I helped save b3ta! Master Of Turnips. Only gays and morons believe in ghosts., Sun 24 Aug 2008, 14:13, archived)
Goodness, she's a bloody good singer though

(I helped save b3ta! Fluzzy namby-pamby pudding and pie, Sun 24 Aug 2008, 14:16, archived)
She's nothing special,
bit of eye candy with a better than average voice. Typical pop star.
(I helped save b3ta! Master Of Turnips. Only gays and morons believe in ghosts., Sun 24 Aug 2008, 14:17, archived)
This is London.
If you don't like it why don't you go live in China?
(I helped save b3ta! Zuowan, Sun 24 Aug 2008, 14:14, archived)
Don't worry, I'm moving to Germany in the next few years.
At least their opening ceremony would be efficient, if nothing else.
(I helped save b3ta! Master Of Turnips. Only gays and morons believe in ghosts., Sun 24 Aug 2008, 14:15, archived)
They wouldn't let him in.
It was all over the news last week, remember?
(I helped save b3ta! Kamikaze Stoat £4.09, Sun 24 Aug 2008, 14:15, archived)
It should have just been the queen walking around
with a sparkler
(I helped save b3ta! elusive I'm not really here. You're imagining me, Sun 24 Aug 2008, 14:17, archived)
Are you some kind of spotter?

(bogus official shove it up your cunt, Sun 24 Aug 2008, 14:15, archived)
fuckin ell
crack a smile love
(I helped save b3ta! executiverocker only wears C&A, Sun 24 Aug 2008, 14:13, archived)
Leona Lewis singing Whole lotta Love
makes me :(
(I helped save b3ta! SpoonMeiser, Sun 24 Aug 2008, 14:14, archived)
I'd still fuck her

(Actually, I hate tea is probably Drunk and Dissorderly right now, Sun 24 Aug 2008, 14:15, archived)
this might be the next scene
with jimmy page
(I helped save b3ta! glued eel /questions/questionsyoudliketoask/post1648081, Sun 24 Aug 2008, 14:16, archived)
Jimmy page looks older than the members of The Rolling Stones,
I thought this is unpossible.
(I helped save b3ta! Master Of Turnips. Only gays and morons believe in ghosts., Sun 24 Aug 2008, 14:15, archived)
You need coolin'

(I helped save b3ta! nick the greek, Sun 24 Aug 2008, 14:16, archived)
I think its a lot better than I thought

(I helped save b3ta! executiverocker only wears C&A, Sun 24 Aug 2008, 14:16, archived)
What?

(I helped save b3ta! nick the greek, Sun 24 Aug 2008, 14:18, archived)
I saw earlier than she was doing whole lotta love with Page
I envisioned a great car crash, but It exceeded my low expectations.
(I helped save b3ta! executiverocker only wears C&A, Sun 24 Aug 2008, 14:20, archived)
Gotcha.

(I helped save b3ta! nick the greek, Sun 24 Aug 2008, 14:26, archived)
Should I know who she is?

(I helped save b3ta! Kamikaze Stoat £4.09, Sun 24 Aug 2008, 14:19, archived)
She won "How do you solve a problem like britain's got talent x factor academy... the rivals."

(I helped save b3ta! Master Of Turnips. Only gays and morons believe in ghosts., Sun 24 Aug 2008, 14:22, archived)
I was also unaware of her until last month.

(I helped save b3ta! Zuowan, Sun 24 Aug 2008, 14:24, archived)
I envy your ignorance.

(I helped save b3ta! SpoonMeiser, Sun 24 Aug 2008, 14:37, archived)