Pibgorn by Brooke McEldowney

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fear-ciuil said, 10 months ago

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Margueritem said, 10 months ago

Any questions?!? Many questions!
The Old Wolf said, 10 months ago

They should have demonstrated the “rules” on Inky.

Dru never seems to have good experiences in Hell, unless she drops in for a vacation…
fear-ciuil said, 10 months ago

margueritem said:
Any questions?!? Many questions!

How long until Dru knocks out Tom’s pearly whites again? (He gave her slack, after all!)
Mikkail said, 10 months ago

Asbestos clothing?
fear-ciuil said, 10 months ago

Tom bears a striking resemblance to the Killer Rabbit today.
Mikkail said, 10 months ago

emjrn says:
OHHH! I REALLY don’t like Tom!

WHO DOES?
Sisyphos said, 10 months ago

mikkail asks, “Asbestos clothing?”
I think a silk and spandex mix is more likely (a little blast of hellfire shouldn’t hurt it in the Pibverse).
emjrn said, 10 months ago

OHHH! I REALLY don’t like Tom!
Sisyphos said, 10 months ago

As I just said “last night,” there will be Druish payback!
Fairportfan said, 10 months ago

If i were the crude sort, there are a number of jokes about “hot” i could make here…

Considering that her dress is exxentially undamaged, that fire couldn’t have been all that hot, compared to the molten lava she bathes in to relax…:
http://picayune.uclick.com/comics/pib/2005/pib050831.gif
http://picayune.uclick.com/comics/pib/2005/pib050901.gif
http://picayune.uclick.com/comics/pib/2005/pib050912.gif
ejcapulet said, 10 months ago

Looks like Dru has played this game before (judging by panel 2).
ejcapulet said, 10 months ago

I did notice that her dress and shoes actually go together this time. She usually has a hard time getting things to match.
Sisyphos said, 10 months ago

Tom either has a short memory or little brain. Or both. I wonder who hell’s dentist is? Maybe from The Boys from Brazil[1978]?
ejcapulet said, 10 months ago

I think that Tom is going to regret this (again).
Lampblack said, 10 months ago

Yes, I’ll say it: Dru is one hot chick.
Sisyphos said, 10 months ago

And yet, ejcapulet, don’t her sensible 3 or 4 inch heels seem awfully conservative with that dresslet?
ejcapulet said, 10 months ago

Whoever is the dentist in Hell must be awfully brave to put his/her/its hand in THAT maw! Yikes!
macFicheallaigh said, 10 months ago

This must be the penalty for a wrong answer … so what are the right answers?
macFicheallaigh said, 10 months ago

9CWL – Amos is going to win – he and Edda are making love through their music again.
Margueritem said, 10 months ago

fearciuil says:

margueritem said:
Any questions?!? Many questions!

How long until Dru knocks out Tom’s pearly whites again? (He gave her slack, after all!)

Not soon enough! Those incisors are about Bugs Bunny size!
The Old Wolf said, 10 months ago

Nytol! Happy New Year’s Eve Day!
Joe Minotaur said, 10 months ago

Is it hot in here, or is it just Dru?
jml58 said, 10 months ago

There are no right answers. This is hell.
Hroth said, 10 months ago
I know its possible to get egg on your tie if you’re a messy eater, but the egg “pattern” that Tom is sporting is taking things too far!
- To other things at hand, as it were, I DO like that little dress thingy Dru is (not) wearing…
Story Teller said, 10 months ago

Oh, sure! I go offline for a week and everything’s gone to Hell!
inshadowz said, 10 months ago

How hot is Hot?
Can you put Fire on fire?
Can that skirt be much shorter?
Could the split run much higher?

Tom clearly enjoys
giving Dru such a blast.
But soon most his teeth
will be things of the past — again.

My apologies. This is what happens when they let me online at work at nine thirty in the morning.

To illustrate: My life revolves around two main principles of existence:

1. I never wake up properly until I’ve had coffee.
2. I don’t drink coffee.

And I’ve already had a large supply of no coffee today.
Hroth said, 10 months ago
9CWL: OMG! The hands THE HANDS … Cold shower time for sure!!!
- On another note, Terry Pratchett has been Kniggeted in the New Years Honours list.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7804693.stm
SirMirom said, 10 months ago

I kinda mentioned this on the sketch, but anyone notice Dru’s femur is longer than her entire torso? By like, a lot?
Fairportfan said, 10 months ago

inshadowz says:

“1. I never wake up properly until I’ve had coffee.
“2. I don’t drink coffee.”

“And I’ve already had a large supply of no coffee today.”

You Have:
   A dressing gown (being worn)
   A thing your aunt gave you but you don’t know what it is
   An atomic vector plotter
   no coffee
BJamesB86 said, 10 months ago

Anyone know the full story behind this random game show?
inshadowz said, 10 months ago

*fairportfan says: *
You Have:
A dressing gown (being worn)
A thing your aunt gave you but you don’t know what it is
An atomic vector plotter
no coffee

That is mindbogglingly correct! I do, on the other hand, have a decresingly hot cup of a substance that is almost (but not quite) entirely unlike tea ;-)
Fairportfan said, 10 months ago

inshadowz says:

“fairportfan says:
“‘You Have:
“‘A dressing gown (being worn)
“‘A thing your aunt gave you but you don’t know what it is
“‘An atomic vector plotter
“‘no coffee’

“That is mindbogglingly correct! I do, on the other hand, have a decresingly hot cup of a substance that is almost (but not quite) entirely unlike tea.”

I was playing the game on the BBC site recently.

When i first got it - for my Apple IIC back in 1985 or so - i was stuck in the dark for almost a week before the game got tired of it and said “Four out of five sensible people solve this puzzle immediately.”, and i discovered that this computer game lied to you. (And levelled withering sarcasm at you as well, but that was much laterm in the lair of the bugblatter beast.)
Fairportfan said, 10 months ago

Animation is so last week/month.

I have a new toy to pla with, and you can observe the results at http://electronictiger.net/avail/pp/

When you mose around, move slowly, and let the mouse rest at each point for a second or so, because the rollover applet the author of the program used seems to be a bit sluggish.

Incidentally, the Infocom Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy game i alluded to in my previous post is online for free play at http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/hitchhikers/game.shtml. Don’t drink the ATS, don’t drink more (or fewer) than three beers, feed the dog, and eat the peanuts.

And save every time you’re about to try to solve a puzzle, before you start on it.

And don’t believe everything it tells you.

And, if you do everything exactly right, with no mistakes, it will still take you about four hours to get through the whole thing… So remember - Mr “Save” Command is your friend.
Fairportfan said, 10 months ago

BJamesB86 says:

“Anyone know the full story behind this random game show?”

One assumes it’ll be in some measure a parody of What’s My Line?, just as previous appearances by Tom Torquemada featured parodies of Jeopardy! and The Dating Game & To Tell the Truth…
Saskfan said, 10 months ago

nshadowz says:

“fairportfan says:
“‘You Have:
“‘A dressing gown (being worn)
“‘A thing your aunt gave you but you don’t know what it is
“‘An atomic vector plotter
“‘no coffee’

“That is mindbogglingly correct! I do, on the other hand, have a decreasingly hot cup of a substance that is almost (but not quite) entirely unlike tea.”

When I got stuck on this game in 1985/6, my Atari 800 asked, “Are you sure you’re allowed to play with this computer?”
Joseph H said, 10 months ago

I’m thinking of something about being bound and burned with a choker, but I don’t think this is a BDSM board…
Paigely said, 10 months ago

SirMirom says:

I kinda mentioned this on the sketch, but anyone notice Dru’s femur is longer than her entire torso? By like, a lot?

I think Dru is modeled after Barbie, or Barbie is modeled after Dru - something like that. I always knew those dolls were hellish!
Moe A. said, 10 months ago

As a resident accordionist, I take offense at many of these posts…. (kidding)… if you want a pic of me doing my thing at a recent b’day party, write to moedonna at aol dot com, but be careful what you wish for.
And please don’t misspell “accordion” anymore! (kidding yet again).
The “Borgia Cantus” accordion salvo was a favorite, and according to Donna (“accordion to Donna?”) it was only bested by the later frame which showed Dru(?) saying, “Let’s LOSE the accordion.”
Hey listen all of you:
Have a wonderful New Year’s celebration and a terrific 2009!
Cheers,
-MOE hisownself, Donna too!
papa smurf said, 10 months ago

No, this is one of hell’s game shows, this is the reward/penalty for just showing up, coersed or not.
lincolnhyde said, 10 months ago

ejcapulet - yes, I’m sure she’s played this game before, but I think her expression is because she’s choking (note that the rope is taut)
maeverin said, 10 months ago

does Tom ever open his eyes?

I’m guessing the lack of surprise on Spinky’s face yesterday suggests he’s played with Tom before.
RockHouse said, 10 months ago

ejcapulet

I hope TT has good track shoes on. Dru is likely to call up Dr. Christian Szell. He’d better be ready to run a marathon, man.
aerwalt said, 10 months ago

45 Place marker
Orgelspieler said, 10 months ago

Moe A. - Take heart, there are still plenty of us who like accordions, even when they are being played in public. Especially the big Russian-built concert models.
fear-ciuil said, 10 months ago

maeverin said:
does Tom ever open his eyes?

http://picayune.uclick.com/comics/pib/2008/pib080324.gif
http://picayune.uclick.com/comics/pib/2008/pib080328.gif

I’ve only found the two previous appearances by Tom–the one from “The Girl in the Coffee Cup” and “Who’s Ravishing Roger?” What am I missing?
bmonk said, 10 months ago

Moe (and D), I’m glad you didn’t take offense at certain accordion posts. (Moi? Surely not!) We have to laugh at the accordion: after all, up here in NoDak, we are the proud home of the Empters, a whole family that plays together, not to mention old “Wunnerful, wonnerful” Lawrence Welk himself.
Orgelspieler said, 10 months ago

Tom actually appeared twice in “The Girl in the Coffee Cup”… once with Dru on the block, and again with Pib over the flames. Were you counting that as one appearance?
maeverin said, 10 months ago

thanks fearciuil,
guess i was distracted by a certain humanitarian butt in the second one to notice.
RockHouse said, 10 months ago

I know that there are those who hate these forms but I like the accordion as used in Cajun (like Dewey Balfa and the Balfa Brothers) and Tex-Mex Conjunto (Flaco Jimenez). And who would do without its cousin, the bandoleon, in a tango?

Anybody here a fan of Gustavo Santaolalla (Ronroco)?