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.
Nice and tanned. :-)
All my hair fell out, though. That's one of the permanent damages caused by post 32.
Hyundai!!
LOL!!!
I don't even want to think of what would happen if you did it again.
The phrase "sheer pandemonium," whispered in a scary way, comes to mind.
"Adobe, you jerk."
Jerk?!? WTH!!
Anywhow, Fixed it.
Had to download the Windows version of Flash Player 9 and then run it in WINE.
As of right now, the latest Flash player for Linux/Unix (except HP-UX--v.6) is version 7...
Also looking for ways to beat that control level on Goldeneye 007...
I was talking to Adobe, for leaving us out in the cold again.
Oh, ok...
You run *nix?
Listen to it...
Uhh...
Yikes, first time I heard the whole thing. I think am gonna delete it.
I think it's a bit too much, what do you think?
Linux, BSD, Mac OS X?
Hold on, I'm still laughing for a few more minutes.
...uhhh...
OK.
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