Endtown by Aaron Neathery for December 20, 2012

RELEASE THE DROP BEAR!

Thought they looked too friendly.Trial by fire.Looks like they are making Linda mad enough too care about her life and engage.Hope the diner has a good health plan.

Valerie definitely has it in for Linda. Looks like she’s about to get payback for it, too. I thought that look she had in yesterday’s strip was a bit shrewd. Also, Roxie gave Valerie a look that plainly showed she was surprised at Valerie’s friendliness.

Oh man! Talk about mean girl coworkers! I had a friend with coworkers like this once. I can’t blame Linda for throwing down at the end. The bear girl seems especially mean-spirited. Had a bad feeling about her in the previous strip. I wonder if Holly has any idea of their true nature. (As sweet as Holly is, I don’t see her putting up with that)

Hey folks, don’t forget about the auction, “Lure” is a mighty enticing pose for our favorite feline. It’s a steal at this point.

Boy I hate it when I am right….Snork. Well let me tell you a good book I just bought, 4 inches thick. Book of Bizarre Truths. I wish to sharer. Beans called the magical fruit but it normallydoes not sit well with some who don’t carry a certain enzyme which digests it thoroughly and most people have gas. Now this is something we haven’t discussed in the diet of beans. WHY has brought this up?Another fun one is a bottle of saki with baby rats or mice floating around. I mean the worm is enough.. Eeeeewww. Then there is Casu Marzu ( don;;t ask if your eating) Cobra heart, may be why no reptiles are around, Escamoles, Hakarl, and lutefisk ( darn I grew up on lutefish. Loved it. Sigh. Pacha and terantula.I know you like education.

Now why did the comments cut me off. Not pertinent huh ?I love you Aaron. Thank you for giving Linda guts!!!!Blessed Be.

Well, Linda’s new protector’s not aroundAnd if she were, this nonsense might not beCould this be something Holly’s planned around?We don’t imagine this from such as she.Yet Holly’s with this evil pair all dayAnd surely she’s had new recruits beforeIs there some Linda-focus now in play?Or do they slam all new gals with the door?=|====/ Level HeadVote for Endtown 2.0And for Doc Rat, tooThe Endtown ForumThe Endtown AuctionThe Endtown Books

DEATH BFROM ABOVE!!!

KOALABUNGA!!!!

She’s being initiated alright. They maybe didn’t count on that short fuse of hers, though, plus, she has shown that she can hold her own pretty well.

This gal is not “Passive-Aggressive” and these girls are gonna find out this is one Koala that will not take this #$%^

So where’s Holly during all this?

That got Linda out of her funk…

Currently the waitresses appear to be a rodent type, a koala, a bird type and a cat like creature. The cat is what’s doing everything deliberately. Check out the tail and the face is feline, not bear.

Linda is doing her version of G.L.O.W Gorges Lades Of Wrestling, and her version of a body slam.

I remember watching the original G.L.O.W. wrestlers back in the day with Bambi, Mountain Fuji, Malibu, Tina Ferrari and (my favorite) Palestina. The skits were stupid, but G.L.O.W. wasn’t exactly meant for the “Washington Week” crowd.

Saw it coming. Just the look of the “Sisterhood” It was let the hazing begin. NOW we will see Linda’s combat skills.I can see it now.LINDA the Mutant Koala Warrior Woman takes on all comers at the Sportatorium in Dallas this weekend.(I know its been closed and gone for the years but ahhh! the memories VonErics, Gorilla Monsoon, Andre the Giant, many others)

Moral: never tease someone who harvested brains for a living…

DAT FACE

Is Miz Snagglepuss Roxie or, Valerie? Whoever, she’d better have her Philomena Flask underoos on or else Linda may mop the floor with her.

I didn’t know the WWF came to Endtown too…..Wheeeee, Let the Smack down Commence!!!!

I thought they would be nice. But so many folks thought they would be mean, so you all got it right. I think she may be a cheetah. Even a lioness. in End town all the females have "doo’s. I don’t recognize the critter in panel 4. I think she isw one we haven’’t met? or anyone recognize her? I’m sure koalla’s can be righteous fighters!

I’ll say that little Lioness sure has it in fo Linda… for all we know, it may be a weird initiation into the Sisterhood of the Bean. But, if it is… it’s really ugly .

Oh lord… 2 fights in as many days. Do we need a sign in Endtown that says X Days Since Last Koala Attack? Because right now, it’s gunna be stuck at 0 for a WHILE.

They may have been hired after Holly, or they may have tried hazing her and she taught them a lesson. They’re about to get some retraining.

Am I the only one bothered by all those irreplacable glasses and bowls being shattered? I would assume that even if the senior waitstaff wanted to make sport of Linda, they would have found a way to do it that that didn’t risk breaking dishes. At least we get to see how Ms. Kowalski fairs in hand to hand combat on equal terms.

Way to go, Valerie! Linda doesn’t want to kill herself anymore.Now, she just wants to kill YOU!!!

That customer is about to have “Dinner and a Show” in 3… 2… 1…

Suddenly, I am reminded of my high school years…

seriously, Koalas are one of the most aggressively violent animals in the WORLD, you do NOT mess with them just because they happen to look like Teddy bears!

“LET’S GET READY TO RUMBLE!!!”

Maybe they’re just acting out the hazing ritual for the Sisterhood of the Bean…

That face!! That’s one krazed koala.

Let’s see. . .Sorry Linda, but we just can’t tolerate that kind of anger in front of customers. I’m afraid you’re fired. But. hey, there’s a Chief of Security job that has recently openned up and it might be just the thing for your anger issues.

I knew this would happen! Poor Linda

Well they must have sized up Linda yesterday and figured they could take her if need be. I think this is still part of the orchestrated healing process that Holly is putting Linda through. A skin-toughner so to speak. Its about whether she respects herself enough to stand up for herself. If she does then its indicative of having self-worth. Kind of like building her self-esteem without conscious effort on her part. Doesn’t look like Linda has claws so most of the damage she inflicts will be bludgeon type. Where’s a ref when you need one? LOL!

Well, time to sign off for today. Let me be the first to say Happy End of the World Day (snerk), for tomorrow that is. This strip just goes to prove the Mayan calendar believers have to be wrong. There’s no way we’re going to be left at this point in the story, with Linda in mid-flight and all. Can’t wait to see where this Friday’s strip will leave us.

Haven’t I seen these scenes on “Resturant Stakeout”?

She is some kind of cat. Bears don’t have long tails.

I wonder if the other waitresses know of Linda’s former occupation? Holly might have talked about her adventure topside, and so it might indeed prompt Valerie to have a bit of prejudice against Linda. Anyone might accidently walk into “out” door of a restaurant kitchen, but tripping up Linda was deliberate.

To Merri,This is just plain bullying on the others part. This Valerie is probably the ring leader mean girl type. You do notice Holly is not around when this is happening. Holly would not stand for it. She would see it as mean and uncalled for.I see Valerie’s customer answering “You are about to get your ass kicked.”

The bird-lady’s faux-pas,seems genuine,but cat-lady is definitely targeting Our Linda. Looks like she’s about to get cat-nipped!

Jenner,Are you still here or did the world actually end?

Some celebrity TV chef, I forget which, said that the “new guy” at any restaurant routinely gets bumped into, shoved aside, stepped on, knocked over while carrying a trayful of labour-intensive delicacies, etc.. He was speaking of chefs, a notoriously temperamental and hierarchical lot, but…what IS the excuse for mean people in a business where everybody has to work together? Is it really so competitive, and everyone so insecure, that any “new guy” is seen as a threat? Mean people, ugh.

I guess for some, intimidation just comes naturally. There’s always jostling for Top Dog position…but accidents like Roxie’s opening the door into Linda can just be accidents. It’s no accident that Valerie tromped on Linda’s apron tie, and she deliberately stuck her foot out to trip her. I guess we’ll have to wait till after the weekend to see how this all plays out. Rats, I hate the two day shutdown, LOL!