I love the creepy look that those KNOCK KNOCKs have! I can’t figure out if Ms. Clovis is really happy or smiling the most fake smile ever. But I can’t wait to see who the mystery person at the door is! Also, it’s nice to have confirmation on what are Maggie’s favorite fantasies ♡.
I still use my childhood Amstrad computer on the regular, so this tickles me immensely. Of course the defunct brand name would be used on cheap import tchotchkes these days!
Wow, really? What are you using it for? I figure emulation would be easier than cracking out a 30+ year old computer, though where is the ritual in that.
Sky TV bought Amstrad – if you have a Sky box in your house, they probably made it.
I cling to it as a reminder of my lost youth. And I can’t let the C64 *completely* dominate the local demoscene! (such as it is down here in the colonies)
For visual reference in imagining what Maggie is imagining, or just to jog the memory (mine certainly needed digital jogging) – we have had prior contact with Father M: https://tinyurl.com/yx9jl9r3 . Scroll down a little to see the man himself.
(John please delete if posting this is destroying your revenues, appropriating your IP or otherwise somehow iffing on the wrong side of copyright.)
Also – based on the symbolic motif in the last panel, what are we to glean about Mrs Clovis’s imaginings from the pattern behind her goodie bag contents?
It’s our rubbish stalker-ghost from the pub, isn’t it
MAYBE
The aubergines. The aubergines.
They look soo big!
They don’t look like little French hotels. *shifty eyes*
I love the creepy look that those KNOCK KNOCKs have! I can’t figure out if Ms. Clovis is really happy or smiling the most fake smile ever. But I can’t wait to see who the mystery person at the door is! Also, it’s nice to have confirmation on what are Maggie’s favorite fantasies ♡.
I’m going to take it as genuine. Mrs. Clovis doesn’t strike me as a stickler for the finer things in life.
The gremlin is only one who would have creepy knocks like that. Also that looks like his silhouette
Look at the eyes. Mrs Clovis will treasure that ‘Hey Sexy’ mug!
I dread to think what an Amstrad Head Spider would do to you. But I’m sure Alan Sugar would blame the user for it.
I don’t know why I started writing Amstrad on those products but once I started, I couldn’t stop. Expect a lot more Amstrad in future comics.
I still use my childhood Amstrad computer on the regular, so this tickles me immensely. Of course the defunct brand name would be used on cheap import tchotchkes these days!
Wow, really? What are you using it for? I figure emulation would be easier than cracking out a 30+ year old computer, though where is the ritual in that.
Sky TV bought Amstrad – if you have a Sky box in your house, they probably made it.
I cling to it as a reminder of my lost youth. And I can’t let the C64 *completely* dominate the local demoscene! (such as it is down here in the colonies)
£8 seems a bit high for some of those items, but I guess Pixy Garage knows its customers can’t be choosy.
Also: wild guess, the stalker Gremlin is Mr. Clovis? Or possibly Clovis Jr.? “Hello, Mum! I’ve returned from Australia!” (he was really in prison)
I like the idea of the prodigal son returning after years, but Ms. Clovis has swear to never see him in again or something.
Speaking as an introvert of long standing I think all knocks look like that. Except if it’s food.
Maggie is having visions of symbolic eggplants dancing through her head. She shouldn’t be having such wicked thoughts on Christmas.
Maggie is very wicked and wickedness has no calendar.
Somehow, I had managed to avoid learning about this symbolic meaning of eggplants until now.
It’s more aubergines than you’d have thought the reverend and father could muster up between them
I’m sure that’s a testament to the power of Maggie’s imagination.
Being a Yankee, the connection between Pixy Garage’s retail prices and Bob Mortimer is lost on me. Assuming the comedian and not the footballer.
I’m an Aussie, and my only exposure to Bob Mortimer is his frequent appearances on Would I Lie to You, so I too an baffled.
Had to look it up. I figured he was a Billy Mays type, but it is (was?) a running gag.
NEW DOG NAMES (unexpectedly available) : Annette Kurtain : Ken Waddle : Six Donuts : Billy Mice: Anally Broadbent Ltd: £8.00 per annum
— bob mortimer (@RealBobMortimer)
June 13, 2014
I run a small charity that rubs the faces off owls to help maintain their anonymity: Just £8:00 buys 5 rubber thimbles: @OwlsStayAnon.com
— bob mortimer (@RealBobMortimer)
June 22, 2014
FOR SALE : Wood Sculpture: 20ft long x 4ft high x 1/2ins deep (Could be a fence.. I’m not an art dealer) £8.00
— bob mortimer (@RealBobMortimer)
June 23, 2014
For visual reference in imagining what Maggie is imagining, or just to jog the memory (mine certainly needed digital jogging) – we have had prior contact with Father M: https://tinyurl.com/yx9jl9r3 . Scroll down a little to see the man himself.
(John please delete if posting this is destroying your revenues, appropriating your IP or otherwise somehow iffing on the wrong side of copyright.)
Also – based on the symbolic motif in the last panel, what are we to glean about Mrs Clovis’s imaginings from the pattern behind her goodie bag contents?
Basic festive joy, nothing more.
I’ve had worse Christmas presents, that’s actually pretty resourceful considering the provenance.