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“It is only with the heart that one sees rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye.” - The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry (1945)

painus in the anus

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My love for you is like diarrhea, I just can't hold it in. -Weird Al Yankovic

puh puh pick up a pita

it's the fuzzyman

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-working towards a worse tomorrow.

Dr Fuzzenstein

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Dad was flammable

Pita Bread

Man this was a hard decision. andydougan was right -- the sort of "silent movie" effect in the template doesn't really need anything else. I think if I could, I would vote for wirthling.

But I can't! It was tough.

I the "Father McFeely" thing was almost good, but didn't quite ring a bell for me. I thought the "do unto others" bit was great, though the execution perhaps a bit muddled. Over all, not a bad comic.

The limrick sort of turned me off to pita at first, and I didn't get the "Jewish priest" bit. But the "feel like a kid again" part was pure gold. As well as the small hands.

After much debate -- most of which I've made you read even though you don't care -- I have to go with

pita

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"Old" is the old new.

pita

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Batman created by Bob Kane

fuzzyman gets it on the technicality that "Jewish priest" spoiled the rest of the strip for me.

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When they invent BookFace, I'm -there-.

fuzzyman, but just barely.

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"Oh, look, a joke! How original! Thank you, but if I wanted my emotions stimulated pleasurably, I'd get a whore." - Donald B. Jones III

*ponder*

Hard choice...

I think pita's limerick gets it for me, as does the final line.

("Cath-o-lic" would have scanned better, come to think of it...)

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Fuzz

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I am not 16 going on not 17, I know that I'm naive.

fuzzyman

liked the "do unto others" gag

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"There's no point in beating a dead horse ... except, of course, for the pure joy of it." - A. Whitney Brown

pita

7-6 to pita... this is a nailbiter!

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This signature has performed an illegal operation and has been shut down.

pita, the limerick gives it the edge

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There are 10 types of people in the world: those who understand binary and those who don't

Funny, he doesn't look Jewish. Razor edge on the punchline to fuzzyman

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ken.kaufman@gmail.com

fuzzyman

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If it wasn't for bad luck I wouldn't have no luck at all. D'OH!

Fuzzyman!

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"Life Sucks, Then you Die. The bit inbetween isnt very funny either"

It's currently 9 - 7 in favor of fuzzyman. Pita can still get a tie if she can get the last two votes. (Unfortunately, one of the voters is fuck, sho hasn't been seen for quite a while.) The polls close today at 5:13pm SC time...

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"And Wirthling isn't worth the paper he isn't printed on."

pita

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I ate a hooker half a bottle of knife.

Thank you, Obi!
The best man won I guess... : (
I wanted the priest to be Jewish because there were a few inside jokes there, one being that instead of asking the kid if he wants some candy, he asks if he wants to buy some.
The other was when he gets out, he's going to "feel like (having) a kid again" (that one was more obvious).

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“It is only with the heart that one sees rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye.” - The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry (1945)

Sorry for the delay. The one proxy server at work that doesn't restrict access to SC has gone tits up. Then after work last night I went out and got toasted. I didn't have enough time this morning to deal with the Cup, either.

Anyway...

By a one-vote margin, Fuzzyman advances.

The Bracket (I'm going to start just providing a link to the bracket image to save page load times.)

Sweet 16, Match # 2

Big Evil Dan vs. ObiJo

Here's the template:

CCIX #6 by wirthling 6-21-02

Players, please have your comics submitted by Tuesday 6/25 midnight stripcreator time...

(ObiJo, let me know if you need an extension due to your Vegas trip. By the way, I'll be out of town next Thursday through Sunday and I'm not sure what my Internet access situation will be, so the Comic Cup may be on hold for a few days then.)

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"And Wirthling isn't worth the paper he isn't printed on."

*whew*

I thought for sure I'd lose that round. I wanted to do something really unexpected that told a different story than the "child-molesting priest" joke that the panels imply. But damned if I could think of anything.

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...Trot and Cap'n Bill were free from anxiety and care. Button-Bright never worried about anything. The Scarecrow, not being able to sleep, looked out of the window and tried to count the stars.

CCu9: Stop looking at me like that by ObiJo 6-23-02

Hey, Maura, this is your author, Obi. There's a present for you outside your door. Go get it. Not if you're going to put that creepy proposing bear out there again. He freaks me out. No bears. No proposals. Just a present. Okay then! Rip Tear Unwrap Marry me.

And now, if you'll excuse me, I have some money to lose. See everyone in a week.

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I ate a hooker half a bottle of knife.