Posted on 07/24/2006 4:19:28 PM PDT by pcottraux
And now, for tonight’s Dinklemeyer, I bring you an all new story.
At this point, the Dinklemeyers became pretty much stories done in a serial form, instead of just singular cartoon strips. This one begins the “Class fieldtrip” story.
I drew this story not long after a field trip (the story is loosely based on that very trip). When you’re in Elementary and Middle school, field trips are the most fun, exciting things imaginable. Unfortunately, once you enter High School, they suddenly become few and far-between, and the ones that you go on are excruciatingly lame. No more going to Washington, D.C. to meet a Senator for you: from now on, it’s landfills and secluded swamps.
The first panel shows that the main character, Freddy, is thoroughly uninterested in whatever’s going on. You got to love the dialogue here (if you can read it). The second panel shows what strangely happens during fieldtrips; the class students (even the seniors) suddenly become insanely hyperactive, and the teachers all transform into screaming sadists (probably sudden insanity from trying to keep the kids in order).
I think my favorite, however, is the third panel. Believe me, school buses are the most unpleasant things in the world. Too small, cramped, and with no breathing room whatsoever. The claustrophobia is overwhelming; I always loved to make Freddy’s classmates bizarre and colorful-looking.
That's not a kitten!
Now yer talkin'!!!
Ew.
Barb?
I'm back.
Got interrupted.
You still around?
Yes.
I had a stogie, but I think there was something wrong with this one, it kinda made me feel ill.
Maybe you're doing too many of them.
Nah. Sometimes there's a bad one in a batch. This one tasted a little acidy, should have just put it out.
Did you go beddy by?
All by myself...la la la la la
Ugh...what a day.
Hola amigo. Que passa?
I got a job interview tomorrow for a networking company tomorrow. Wish me lark.
Blechh...I had to work two hours of overtime for the stupidest reason.
Why?! What happened??!!??!!!?!
Well, here's the thing. Today was my department head's day off. So she was gone, so I work the morning shift (9-3) and the other guy, today is his long shift day (12-9). He usually works 3-9, but today's the exception.
Well, he forgot. He forgot and thought he had to come in at 3, so at about 2 something the manager asks me if I've seen him anywhere. The manager had to call the guy and ask where he was.
So once it was all settled, it was considered that a "few hours of production" had been lost, so I had to stay an extra two hours to make up for that lost production time, thanks to his dumb mistake. I wanted to smack him.
He owes you. You need to let him know that. Ask him to cover for you next time. What a turd.
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