X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII X-Google-Thread: f996b,46d158e8aea23111 X-Google-Attributes: gidf996b,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2002-10-14 08:29:29 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!newsfeed.icl.net!newsfeed.fjserv.net!diablo.theplanet.net!news.theplanet.net!not-for-mail From: "Sam Blanning" Newsgroups: alt.ascii-art Subject: Re: Nerd Boy, episode 290 Date: Mon, 14 Oct 2002 16:29:03 +0100 Lines: 25 Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: 217.134.239.78 X-Trace: news6.svr.pol.co.uk 1034609369 9226 217.134.239.78 (14 Oct 2002 15:29:29 GMT) NNTP-Posting-Date: 14 Oct 2002 15:29:29 GMT X-Complaints-To: abuse@theplanet.net X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2600.0000 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2600.0000 Xref: archiver1.google.com alt.ascii-art:19949 "Joaquim G�ndara" wrote in message news:aoe315$kq52m$1@ID-102694.news.dfncis.de... > "lament" skrev i meddelandet > news:pan.2002.10.14.02.27.16.990424.1847@yahoo.com > > On Sun, 13 Oct 2002 17:25:03 -0700, Joaquim G�ndara wrote: > > > > > > I like how it kind of reads like a case modifying commercial with those > > > typical lines no one would actually say. > > > > Hm. Before I read that, I have found the comic rather dull. Now I think > > it's funny. I think it would be better if you put in some indication of > > the comic being a commercial. > > Err... But then I'd be lying. It's not a commercial, I just thought that > this particular strip ended up _sounding_ kind of like a commercial, and > that it rather amused me. > > And I really don't see why commercials would be funnier. :\ > I thought it was funny as it was. It mocks the entire 'I'm going to be different, like everyone else' culture.