Have some self respect!
Billie’s good manners are borderline sickening. Spare a thought for Coby the snake today, who seems genuinely sad to see Maggie leave.
Colours by Sammy Borras
Billie’s good manners are borderline sickening. Spare a thought for Coby the snake today, who seems genuinely sad to see Maggie leave.
Colours by Sammy Borras
A sugar-free Polo – the first step to being forgiven for saving one from An ‘Orrible Fate
Is a Polo like a Rolo?
They’re more like mint Lifesavers
I wouldn’t be happy with a sugar-free polo, it would have to be a Trebor extra strong, or at least something with some goddam sugar in it.
Maximum forgiveness would be achieved with a bar of Dairy Milk and silence until I’d scarfed it all.
Dairy milk is muck now, since Cadbury’s got sold off.
Still better than most american so-called chocolate, but muck. And don’t get me started on what they’ve done to Galaxy, chocolate oranges, creme eggs and milky bars.
You want a bit of Lindor.
So, like a Mentos?
No, a mint lifesaver, as in the rhyme: “I love you a lot, I love you a little, if I had a Polo I’d give you the middle.”
I suspect Coby will recover, eventually.
Coby is the only one who was there with no choice in the matter. I feel some compassion for Coby. S/he should be adopted out to a reputable, responsible herpetarium.
Not entirely sure Great Uncle Donald wanted to be there, mate
Poor chap. No-one ever wants to kiss Great Uncle Donald.
Coby is visibly sorry she left. He now has no good company.
The snake is my absolute favorite part of that tableau.
Maggie is upset about being rescued! Billie is mum on details.
Billie is shaken up and is coping by going with existing social programming. It’s not uncommon.
Maggie is understandably not at her best. I hope she clears the air with the Rev later. “Would you like a sweetie?” kind of puts her attitude in perspective.
And good on the Father (he is COE, yes?) Penrose. Even if Maggie doesn’t appreciate it he did an honest-to-God heroic thing tonight. On the Day of the Last Judgement he will have nothing to fear.
“On the Day of the Last Judgement he will have nothing to fear.” But today, the empty gas tank will be a problem.
Birthday boy Bob sees the totally evil ceremony he wanted as a present go away with his daughter. GOOD! Penrose is very sweet♡, a sugar-free Polo is a great sign of Peace ♡. The interesting thing is; Billie seems more worried about how him feel than about Maggie. Maybe she knows that Maggie’s hate is too painful for him? Maggie is Penrose’s weak point!?
I’m not sure I understand what Maggie would be angry about. If she’d been rescued by someone she hated and thus indebted to same, yes, I can see how that would be upsetting, but she was rescued by someone whom she AFAIK doesn’t hate. Maybe she’s just embarrassed that she needed to be rescued at all? Or cross that it wasn’t BFF Billie who rescued her?
I think she’s a tough girl and is irritated that Penrose rescued her, yeah. Implying that Penrose rescued her to win romantic favor (“white knighted”) which is quite insulting to a man of the cloth! She knows how to make it hurt.
Don’t worry! The Reverend smoothed everything out by referring to her father as a “ballbag.”
“Genuine lad”? Mmm, yes, I sort of see what you mean, though I’m not sure why Maggie *leaving* would have that effect.
If there’s a typo, just tell me there’s a typo, I’m not awake enough for anything else.
The Rev says “an” in panel 3 which I assume should be “and”.
It’s dialect. Lots of us Brits miss the “d” off “and”.
Shows the Rev isn’t from Scotland (if there had ever been a doubt) – he would have said “bawbag” not “ballbag”
Either is, of course, acceptable . . . 🙂
Reverend! Language!
Voting for a Save Coby storyline in the next volume.
This comic is a democracy, right? …No? Darn 😀
YES! Poor Coby deserves to live in a better place, a place like The Church of Satan! I’m sure Brian, Billie and even Tom will love her♡! Feed her with fresh mice, treat her like the queen of the house and take her outside at least three times every day.
I think I’d be a bit irritated if someone took me outside at least three times a day.
Not fresh mice, you murdering psychopath!
Mice are delightful little creatures. Anyway – Coby’s big – you’d need to throw a donkey or summat into the vivarium, not mice.
Perhaps they could feed her on red-trousered gammons?
I’m pretty sure that red trousered gammon taste really really bad!
She eats Lamb (You are what you eat)
This is why I try to eat only meat if possible. After all, I do not want to turn into a vegetable!
So… many… red… pants…
The mystery person (also) clad in purple is not outside to see them off.
Nice of the gentry to come out, though, even if only to glare. Threatening the Rev in the last strip is an ominous turn, considering they have already been to Tredregyn.
We can only hope for the return of the MVP and most favorite character of this arc: Coby the Python.
(Well, I don’t know that she was an MVP per se but it looked good in print.)
I’ve been bothered this whole time by the nagging feeling that the snake should really be called “Pythy”. “Coby” is a cobra’s name.
I think Pythy is too close to Pythia, which implies the oracular.
Is there petrol in the tank? They might not be getting too far.
If worse comes to worst, the Rev can get out and push while his co-pilot takes the wheel. Normally that would be Jesus, but in these peculiar circumstances, he’s got a novice Satanic priestess as his backup.
Well, hopefully they can get to the local petrol sta–
Hmmm. We’ve seen the local petrol station, haven’t we?
No, because, a) they’re not in Tredregyn; b) it got converted to a movie set; and c) even before that, it wasn’t really a petrol station, it was a pit of failure and despair.
Fair enough. Rock (in the real world) has a Texaco station but it closes at 7 o’clock. There are a couple of 24-hour petrol stations on the A39.
Actually the state (both before and after) of Pixy Garage might explain why Rev P let his tank get empty. He’s been avoiding the place, waiting until he had a reason to leave Tredregyn to get petrol.
Perhaps he’ll be able to scare up a can of four-star in Tredrizzick or Pityme.
Penrose’s car looks like a late 80s / early 90s Ford Sierra. If it took him 20 minutes to get there I’d say they even make it back to Tredregyn if he drives more economically on the way home – assuming the red light just went on before he parked the car near the jetty …
Always interesting how physics get squeezed to the last drop in a comic strip involving supernatural beasts and powers. The petrol will run out if and only if John destines it to run out.
Is there gas in the car? Yes there’s gas in the car… I think the guys down the hall know who you are…
‘Cause the man is wise, you are still an outlaw in their eyes
Billie could use some lessons from Lottie on appropriate manners for this sort of circumstance.
(That’s probably the only way “Lottie” and “appropriate manners” fit into the same sentence without some kind of negating word involved.)
The main story in these panels is the truthful exposure that the female persuasion as a whole have not bought into the whole “a big strong man will save me”. Rather insightful that JA has stumbled across this. I like how he uses Billie to explain that to the rest of us, including the Reverend.
How many guys have fantasized about saving your crush from the perils of doom and her being eternally grateful? Maggie’s reaction is expected. “Assisting” and “saving” are 2 different things.