It Really Annoys Me When...

[Mr. DS]

You notice the comics suck since the guy that did Calvin and Hobbes retired? It was like he set the bar and everyone gave up when he left. Kinda hard to pass the torch when everyone else has been in the game LONGER than you though.

Can we clear it up now that Marmaduke has never been funny...never will be funny...and isn't funny now.  Ok we get it, the dog is big.  Glad Great Dane owners have something to laugh about...or perhaps even they're not even laughing. 

[indianasmith]

The two strips I enjoy the most are DILBERT and GET FUZZY.  Most of the others are hardly worth reading, although ZITS can be pretty funny on occasion.

[Nukie 2]

Can we clear it up now that Marmaduke has never been funny...never will be funny...and isn't funny now.  Ok we get it, the dog is big.  Glad Great Dane owners have something to laugh about...or perhaps even they're not even laughing. 

It has the potential of having TWO funny strips: where he humps someone; where he makes a giant pile in someones driveway.

[Mr. DS]

Can we clear it up now that Marmaduke has never been funny...never will be funny...and isn't funny now.  Ok we get it, the dog is big.  Glad Great Dane owners have something to laugh about...or perhaps even they're not even laughing. 

It has the potential of having TWO funny strips: where he humps someone; where he makes a giant pile in someones driveway.

Or perhaps he can cage fight a pitbull.  But alas, this is wasted potential we'll never see. 

[Trevor]

It really annoys me when I back off because I'm about to let one rip, and somebody follows me.

  Karma!

[Trevor]

Heheh, I wonder if I'm the only one here who actually liked Nukie.

I work for the South African film industry and I know the people who made the film ~ it is an African ET clone but it's not bad at all.

[schmendrik]

Thats Calvin from the old "Calvin and Hobbes" Sunday Funnies:

And the images are bootleg, a violation of copyright, because Watterson made a point of not licensing the Calvin and Hobbes characters. He objected to merchandise spin offs.

So even though I don't completely understand Watterson's objections, I'm annoyed that people would go against his wishes this way.

Why doesn't Hobbes p**s on anything?

Aside from the fact that he's the nice one, there's just no mean face like Calvin's mean face.

[Nukie 2]

So even though I don't completely understand Watterson's objections, I'm annoyed that people would go against his wishes this way.

I don't think it was his sense of humor, or his intention for Calvin to portrayed in that manner. But he should have creative control!

I work for the South African film industry and I know the people who made the film ~ it is an African ET clone but it's not bad at all.

HAHAHAHA no way! Thats my favourite bad movie! A childrens movie gone horribly wrong!

Do they still have the costumes somewhere?

Karma for you!

[Trevor]

So even though I don't completely understand Watterson's objections, I'm annoyed that people would go against his wishes this way.

I don't think it was his sense of humor, or his intention for Calvin to portrayed in that manner. But he should have creative control!

I work for the South African film industry and I know the people who made the film ~ it is an African ET clone but it's not bad at all.

HAHAHAHA no way! Thats my favourite bad movie! A childrens movie gone horribly wrong!

Do they still have the costumes somewhere?

Karma for you!

Thanks, nukie.

I spoke to the director of the film, Sias Odendaal a few years back and he denied having anything to do with it, despite the fact that he is credited as director. 

Those costumes however: dunno what happened to those.

[Nukie 2]

Has he worked on anything else since then?

[Ash]

It really annoys me when people say "a-PLICK-able" emphasizing the portion "PLICK".
It's APP-licable, as to "apply". 
You don't emphasize PLICK when you say the word "applicable".  It doesn't rhyme with "despicable".  You emphasize APP.  Duh!


Sorry, I just came from a meeting where that word was used incorrectly about 50 times and it was all I could do to not stand up and correct my bosses/slap them upside the head each time they said it.

[ghouck]

I hate it when people pronounce advertisement "add VERT is meant". Every person I've heard pronounce it that way (three come to mind), are those types that do things different than everyone else and claim everyone else is wrong, just to create a sizable group of people to feel smarter than.

[Rev. Powell]

It annoys me when Canadians pronounce about "a-boot."  I know they can't help it, being Canadians, but it still annoys me.

On the other hand, it amuses me to no end when the say "eh?" at the end of a sentence for no reason.  Life's funny, isn''t it?

[Trevor]

Has he worked on anything else since then?

Nothing, according to his IMDB page www.imdb.com/name/nm0644016 

[Dennis]

This has been happening to me a lot lately, and it's beginning to get really annoying. Sunday, after washing the cars, I decided that I would like breakfast from McDonald's, my wife and I both like their sausage mcmuffins and hash browns. I went inside because the drive-thru was full and had this conversation with the girl at the counter:
"Welcome to McDonald's, may I take your order?"
"I'd like 3 sausage mcmuffins and 3 hashbrowns please."
"Do you want the combo's?"
"No, thank you."
"You'll save money if you get them."
"I don't want the drinks."
"You have to take the drinks when you order combo's."
"I didn't order combo meals."
"But you'll save money if you do."
"3 SAUSAGE MCMUFFINS AND 3 HASH BROWNS PLEASE."
That last bit finally made her realize that I didn't want combo meals, made me feel like a mean nasty man and raised my blood pressure, if I ever have a heart attack it's going to be in a situation like this one.