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| Scary Go Round :: Monday-Friday Comic by John Allison | Amy: How was the jam fair?
/ Shelley: It was sugary enough. And fruity.
/ Shelley: But it couldn't take my mind off last week.
/ Shelley: I want to steal some of that professor's get-massive potion and mete out retributions. / Shelley: Just imagine!
/ Shelley: Amazonian hair.
/ Shelley: Five star gun show.
/ Shelley: Big bazongas. / Shelley: I would hound his cheatin' ass out of office...
/ Shelley: With righteous fury and intimidatin' presence. / Amy: But you'd be stuck like that!
/ Shelley: Oh after that I'd use my giant bazongas for good works and charity. / Amy: I don't think you can be trusted with bazongas, Shelley.
/ Shelley: But...
/ Amy: No bazongas for you! http://scarygoround.com/sgr/ar.php?date=20060724 |
| Scary Go Round :: Monday-Friday Comic by John Allison | Amy: How as the jam fair?
/ Shelley: It was sugary enough. And fruity. But it couldn't take my mind off last week. I want to steal some of that professor's get-massive potion and mete out retributions. / [[Cut to scene of Amazon Shelley of massive proportions. Everyone stares.]]
/ Shelley's voiceover narration: Just imagine! Amazonian hair. Five star gun show. Big bazongas. / SVN: I would hound his cheatin' ass out of office...with rightous fury and intimidatin' presence. / Amy: But you'd be stuck like that!
/ Shelley: Oh after that I'd use my giant bazongas for good works and charity. / Amy: I don't think you can be trusted with bazongas, Shelley.
/ Shelley: But...
/ Amy: No bazongas for you. http://scarygoround.com/sgr/ar.php?date=20060724 |
| Scary Go Round :: Monday-Friday Comic by John Allison | Amy: Shelley, what's going on?
/ Shelley: Tim's gone, the house is empty! He must have done a runner in the night! It's a shockin' thing! / Ernest: Arr... Amy lass. Tim asked me to give you this.
/ Amy: Ernest! / Amy: Dear Amy, I have been exiled to Wales? This writing is awful.
/ Shelley: His hand was shaking with emotions!
/ Ernest: Arr! / Amy: There were a lot of good times in this house. A lot of...
/ Shelley: A lot of unresolved sexual tension!
/ Ernest: Think about the good times, lass. The good times.
/ Shelley: Not all the times you had to dig your nails into your palms to prevent pouncing. http://scarygoround.com/sgr/ar.php?date=20060725 |
| Scary Go Round :: Monday-Friday Comic by John Allison | [[Amy and Shelley are standing in front of Tim's house. There's a big sign partly blocked by Amy's body. It says AUCTION TODAY 3pm Sat June ... Statler & Sons Est...est 1965]] / Amy: Shelley, what's going on?
/ Shelley: Tim's gone, the house is empty! He must have done a runner in the night! It's a shockin' thing! / Ernest: [[Hands Amy a letter]] Arr...Amy lass. Tim asked me to give you this.
/ Amy: Ernest! / Amy: [[Reads from letter]] Dear Amy. I have been exiled to Wales? This writing is awful.
/ Shelley: His hand was shaking with emotions!
/ Ernest: Arr! / Amy: [[Gazes up at house]] There were a lot of good times in this house. A lot of...
/ Shelley: A lot of unresolved sexual tension!
/ Ernest: Think about the good times, lass. The good times.
/ Shelley: Not all the times you had to dig your nails into your palms to prevent pouncing. http://scarygoround.com/sgr/ar.php?date=20060725 |
| Scary Go Round, by John Allison | Erin Winters: Last day of school, The Boy! Are you ready for six weeks of buck wild fun? / The Boy: Anything's got to be better than this.
/ Erin Winters: Better than what? / Erin Winters: Oh wait, I remember. Listen, Dark Esther's been giving you the Skull Eye for a month and you haven't died.
/ The Boy: It can't be long, Erin. No one's body can take this sort of strain forever. / Paul Milford: Don't worry. She'll have forgotten by September.
/ The Boy: Esther never forgets. / Paul Milford: That's elephants. Elephants never forget. Esther never goes in a church in case she catches fire. Subtle difference. http://scarygoround.com/sgr/ar.php?date=20060726 |
| Scary Go Round :: Monday-Friday Comic by John Allison | [[Erin and the Boy are outside the school.]]
/ Erin: Last day of school, the Boy! Are you ready for six weeks of buck wild fun? / The Boy: Anything's got to be better than this.
/ Erin: Better than what? / [[In the locker room, Esther gives the Boy the evil eye. Skulls surround her.]]
/ Erin: Oh wait, I remember. Listen, Dark Esther's been giving you the skull eye for a month and you haven't died.
/ The Boy: It can't be long, Erin. No one's body can take this sort of strain forever. / [[Milford and The Boy are in the hall, getting sodas.]]
/ Milford: Don't worry. She'll have forgotten by September.
/ The Boy: Esther never forgets. / Milford: {{takes a drink: Slup}} That's elephants. Elephants never forget. Esther never goes in a church in case she catches fire. Subtle difference. http://scarygoround.com/sgr/ar.php?date=20060726 |
| Scary Go Round :: Monday-Friday Comic by John Allison | Milford: I can't stand seeing you like this. I'm going to have a word with her.
/ The Boy: No! / The Boy: Don't say anything!
/ Milford: Paul Milford is a born diplomat. God gave me a silver tongue and I'm going to use it. / Milford: I'm here with a message from The Boy. He wants to make amends.
/ Dark Esther: Really.
/ Milford: Anything you want him to do, no matter how humiliating or degrading, he'll do it. / Dark Esther: All right.
/ Milford: Excellent! / The Boy: That wasn't diplomacy! That was surrender!
/ Erin: That's the boy I remember! Twisted up with impotent rage! http://scarygoround.com/sgr/ar.php?date=20060727 |
| Scary Go Round :: Monday-Friday Comic by John Allison | [[Outside the school]]
/ Milford: I can't stand seeing you like this. I'm going to have a word with her.
/ The Boy: No! / The Boy: Don't say anything!
/ Milford: Paul Milford is a born diplomat. God gave me a silver tongue and I'm going to use it. / Milford: I'm here with a message from the Boy. He wants to make amends.
/ Esther: Really.
/ Milford: Anything you want him to do, no matter how humiliating or degrading, he'll do it. / Esther: All right. [[Smiles in a sinister manner]]
/ Milford: Excellent! / The Boy: That wasn't diplomacy! That was surrender!
/ Erin: That's the Boy I remember! Twisted up with impotent rage! http://scarygoround.com/sgr/ar.php?date=20060727 |
| Scary Go Round :: Monday-Friday Comic by John Allison | [[Dream Beach! The Boy is sorrounded by Amy, Riley, Erin, Shelley, and Esther, all clad in swimsuits (Tupping liberty!).]]
/ The Boy: Girls, I don't really know the rules of beach volleyball. And how do I tell the teams apart?
/ Shelley: Shirts vs. Skins!
/ < http://scarygoround.com/sgr/ar.php?date=20060728 |
| Scary Go Round :: Monday-Friday Comic by John Allison | [[The Boy is on a beach in front of a volleyball net. Around him are Amy, Riley, Erin, Shelley, and Esther, wearing bathing suits. Esther is stripping down.]]
/ The Boy: Girls, I don't really know the rules of beach volleyball. And how do I tell the teams apart?
/ Shelley: Shirts vs. Skins!
/ {{pang pang pang}} / {{alarm clock: pang pang pang}}
/ The Boy: [[sits bolt upright in bed, opens his eyes.]] Whuh-uh / Esther: [[climbing in the window]] I never took you for a nude sleeper, the Boy.
/ The Boy: It's healthy! Air flow! What are you doing here? / Esther: You're going to get some clothes on, then we're going to bring Mayor Jones back.
/ The Boy: [[holding a pillow in front of himself]] But that's insane! / Esther: This mess is our fault. Hurry up. Underpants. [[Hands him underpants]]
/ The Boy: I'm too naked to make a decision! Maybe this is a dream. A drafty, embarrassing dream. http://scarygoround.com/sgr/ar.php?date=20060728 |
| Scary Go Round :: Monday-Friday Comic by John Allison | Esther: Do you know where Tim is?
/ The Boy: N-no. / Esther: So he trusted you with his fate, but he didn't trust you with his forwarding address. / The Boy: That's my personal computer! It's personal!
/ Esther: You lie so much, The Boy. You're the lord of lies.
/ Esther: 23 Acacia Drive, Ton-Y-Penty, Wales.
/ Esther: We're going to find Tim, tell him the whole thing was a fix up, and make him come home, or... / The Boy: Or reflect on this in a sober way by morning light?
/ Esther: Or go down fighting in a blaze of anger and recrimination. / Esther: Also, one of us is going to take ten minutes out to grow a spine. http://scarygoround.com/sgr/ar.php?date=20060731 |
| Scary Go Round :: Monday-Friday Comic by John Allison | [[The Boy puts on his shirt and sweater]]
/ Esther: Do you know where Tim is?
/ The Boy: N-no. / Esther: So he trusted you with his fate ,but he didn't trust you with his forwarding address.
/ [[Esther sits down at the Boy's computer]] / [[The Boy puts on his jeans]
/ Esther: You lie so much, the Boy. You're the Lord of Lies.
/ The Boy: That's my personal computer! It's personal!
/ Esther: 23 Acacia Drive, Ton-Y-Plenty, Wales. We're going to find Tim, tell him the whole thing was afix up, and make him come home, or... / [[Esther writes down Tim's address]]
/ The Boy: Or reflect on this in a sober way by morning light?
/ Esther: Or go down fighting in a blaze of anger and recrimination. / [[Esther stands up]]
/ Esther: Also, one of us is going to take ten minutes to grow a spine. http://scarygoround.com/sgr/ar.php?date=20060731 |
| Scary Go Round :: Monday-Friday Comic by John Allison | The Boy: Esther, why do we have to go to Wales to tell Tim he was stiched up in the invent-off? / The Boy: They have telephones in Wales. They still have dials, but the system basically works and....
/ Esther: Ugh, think about it The Boy / Esther: If you'd uprooted your life, a load of wishful thinking down the blower wouldn't make you do it again a month later. / Esther: We need to present him with incontrovertible proof.
/ The Boy: Yes well we sure have a big stinking heap of that. / Esther: Actually, I kind of do... It's Shelley's camera phone. She took photos but it got broken...
/ The Boy: We can do this! Haven't you seen "24"? / The Boy: We just need a badly adjusted technical... genius... Tim!
/ Esther: Wow. It's like we have all the same ideas but I have them first. http://scarygoround.com/sgr/ar.php?date=20060801 |
| Scary Go Round :: Monday-Friday Comic by John Allison | [[Esther and the Boy are sneaking out of his house to find Tim in Wales.]]
/ The Boy: Esther, whydo we have to go to Wales to tell Tim he was stitched up in the invent-off? / The Boy: They have telephones in Wales. They still have dials, but the system basically works and...
/ Esther: Ugh, think about it the Boy. / Esther: If you'd uprooted your life, a load of wishful thinking down the blower wouldn't make you do it again a month later. / Esther: We need to present him with incontrovertible proof.
/ The Boy: Yes well we sure have a big stinking heap of that. / Esther: Actually, I kind of do...It's Shelley's camera phone. She took photos but it got broken...
/ The Boy: We can do this! Haven't you seen "24"? / The Boy: We just need a badly adjusted technical...genius...Tim!
/ Esther: Wow. It's like we have all the same ideas. But I have them first. http://scarygoround.com/sgr/ar.php?date=20060801 |
| Scary Go Round :: Monday-Friday Comic by John Allison | [[The Boy and Dark Esther head for The Glorious People's Republic of Wales to convince Tim he was set up.]]
/ The Boy: If you had the camera phone all this time, why didn't you say something?
/ Dark Esther: I forgot about it. / Dark Esther: At the time I was more worried about being arrested. I kind of knocked Elaine Wu out. / The Boy: Kind of?
/ Dark Esther: Well, I actually knocked her out. But I'm denying all knowledge. / Dark Esther: Nothing ever happened, though, police-wise. I suppose because I saw her beating Shelley Winters to a pulp. / Dark Esther: So what did you write in that note to your mum?
/ The Boy: I just drew a load of squiggles. Hopefully she'll think I'm having a fit. Spasmodically twitching my way across the countryside. I didn't really think it through, did I? http://scarygoround.com/sgr/ar.php?date=20060802 |
| Scary Go Round :: Monday-Friday Comic by John Allison | [[The Boy and Esther are taking the train to Wales.]]
/ The Boy: If you had the camera phone all this time, why didn't you say something? / Esther: At the time I was more worried about being arrested. I kind of knocked Elaine Wu out. / The Boy: Kind of?
/ Esther: Well, I actually knocked her out, but I'm denying all knowledge. / Esther: Nothing ever happened, though, police-wise. I suppose because I saw her beating Shelley Winters to a pulp. / Esther: So what did you write in that note to your mum?
/ The Boy: I just drew a load of squiggles. Hopefully she'll think I'm having a fit. Spasmodically twitching my way across the countryside. I didn't really think it through, did I? http://scarygoround.com/sgr/ar.php?date=20060802 |
| Scary Go Round :: Monday-Friday Comic by John Allison | [[Esther and the Boy are at the bus station trying to buy tickets.]] / Man in Ticket Booth: Ton-Y-Penty, you say? That's 25 miles away. There's a bus, but it's only twice a day and I'm afrais the 5pm has gone. / MiTB: There's a caravan park in Nant-Y-Moel, a couple of miles away. You could see if they have anything. / Esther: What about a cab?
/ MiTB: Oh dear, no. Most taxi drivers in Wales are murderors. Caravan is safest. / Caravan Park Employee: I can give you a two-berth for £15 a night. Here's your key to the shower block. Remember, no dogs, no chip pans, no shouting. / Esther: [[winks]] This is our honeymoon! Hubby's always wanted to sleep somewhere his mam couldn't wake him up with her bugle.
/ The Boy: [[deadpan]] This is the happiest day of my life. http://scarygoround.com/sgr/ar.php?date=20060803 |
| Scary Go Round :: Monday-Friday Comic by John Allison | [[Ticket office, Giant green owl posters evident]]
/ Ticket Seller: Ton-Y-Penty, you say?
/ That's 25 miles away.
/ There's a bus, but it's only twice a day and I’m afraid the 5pm has gone. / Ticket Seller: There's a caravan park in Nant-Y-Moel, a couple of miles away.
/ You could see if they have anything. / Esther: What about a cab?
/ Ticket Seller: Oh dear, no. Most taxi drivers in Wales are murderers, caravan is safest. / [[Caravan park office, more green owl posters]]
/ Caravan owner: I can give you a two-berth for £15 a night.
/ Here's your key to the shower block.
/ Remember, no dogs, no chip pans, no shouting. / [[Talking to an old lady emptying her chemical toilet whilst wearing a Guy Fawkes hat, obviously welsh]
/ Esther: This is our honeymoon!
/ Hubby's always wanted to sleep somewhere his Mam couldn't wake him up with her bugle.
/ The Boy: It's the happiest day of my life. http://scarygoround.com/sgr/ar.php?date=20060803 |
| Scary Go Round :: Monday-Friday Comic by John Allison | Esther: Listen to the rain, it's really coming down!
/ (SFX: Thrumthrumthrum) / Esther: Wow! Are you mreoof less likely to die in a caravan in a thunderstorm?
/ (SFX: KRAKOW) / The Boy: That depends on how long you keep me aware for
/ Esther: Oh snap. Someone grows claws after midnight. / Esther: Imagine if we were electrocuted in our sleep! People would think we ran away for lerve.
/ (SFX: KRAKOW) / The Boy: What time is the bus to Ton-y-Penty please?
/ Caravan Man: Oh, they'll be no bus today. Road's flooded. Try tomorrow.
/ Esther: Can we try to walk it?
/ Caravan Man: Depends how much you like wrestling inland sharks and dislocated squid. http://scarygoround.com/sgr/ar.php?date=20060804 |
| Scary Go Round :: Monday-Friday Comic by John Allison | [[Esther and the Boy are in their beds at the caravan park.]]
/ {{Rain on the roof: THRUM THRUM THRUM}}
/ Esther: Listen to the rain! It's really coming down! / {{Thunder: KRAKOW}}
/ Esther: Wow! Are you more or less likely to die in a caravan in a thunderstorm? / The Boy: That depends how long you keep me awake for.
/ Esther: Oh snap. Someone grows claws after midnight. / {{KRAKOW}}
/ Esther: [[Hangs her head down from her top bunk to his lower bunk]] Imagine if we were electrocuted in our sleep! People would think we ran away for lerve. / [[Next morning]]
/ The Boy: What time is the bus to Ton-Y-Penty please?
/ Caravan park guy: Oh, there'll be no bus today. Road's flooded. Try tomorrow.
/ Esther: Can we try to walk it?
/ CPG: Depends how much you like wrestling inland sharks and dislocated squid. http://scarygoround.com/sgr/ar.php?date=20060804 |
| Scary Go Round :: Monday-Friday Comic by John Allison | [[Esther opens the door to look outside the caravan.]]
/ The Boy: Is it letting up?
/ Esther: No.
/ Esther: It's a freaking monsoon. / [[Esther and The Boy leaning on the table.]]
/ Esther: Every minute feels like a week.
/ The Boy: Thanks Esther. It's nice to know I'm such good company. / [[Esther stands up, scratching her head while The Boy watches from the table.]]
/ Esther: This is a medieval existence.
/ Esther: What did people do befor ethe invention of continuous entertainement?
/ The Boy: Well, they were usually parents by our age.
/ The Boy: You don't need TV when you've got 6 grubby babies!
/ The Boy: It's like having 6 Tamagotchis! / [[Esther stands with a sweater shoved under her shirt, meaning to make herself look pregnant. The Boy stands to her side with a can of peas.]]
/ Esther: I'm not having a baby in this caravan for your amusement.
/ Esther: A baby is for life, not just a caravanning holiday.
/ The Boy: We could name it after where it was conceived: Banquette De Groot! http://scarygoround.com/sgr/ar.php?date=20060807 |
| Scary Go Round :: Monday-Friday Comic by John Allison | The Boy: Is it letting up?
/ Esther: No.
/ Esther: It's a freaking monsoon. / Esther: Every minute feels like a week.
/ The Boy: Thanks Esther. It's nice to know I'm such good company. / Esther: This is a medieval existence.
/ Esther: What did people do before the invention of continuous entertainment?
/ The Boy: Well, they were usually parents by our age.
/ The Boy: You don't need TV when you've got 6 grubby babies.
/ The Boy: It's like having 6 Tamagotchis! / Esther: I'm not having a baby in this caravan for your entertainment.
/ The Boy: We could name it after where it was conceived: Banquette de Groot!
/ Esther: A baby is for life, not just a caravaning holiday. http://scarygoround.com/sgr/ar.php?date=20060807 |
| Scary Go Round :: Monday-Friday Comic by John Allison | [[Amy is flapping a picnic blanket down on the ground in the park with Shelley]]
/ Shelley: Ames, When I take a strategic overview of our situation, I am filled with despair.
/ Amy: Try not to let despair ruin lunch like fury ruined lunch yesterday. / [[Shelley and Amy are facing each other, sitting on the picnic blanket. Amy is drinking out of her cup]]
/ Shelley: I can't help it. We lost Fallon, we lost Ryan, now we've lost Tim.
/ Shelley: Soon we won't have any friends left. / [[Amy smiling at Shelley]]
/ Amy: You could make some new friends!
/ Shelley: Well, Amy, well, yes. / [[Shelley laying back on the blanket with her arms behind her head, eyes closed]]
/ Shelley: But I hope that if I was lost at sea that you wouldn't replace me with a girl called Coral that you met at knitting class. / [[Amy facing Shelley, who is now laying on her belly with her chin propped in her hands]]
/ Amy: Is Coral fun? Does she like dancing?
/ Shelley: No. She's a secret murderer and she'll make you into a pair of trousers. http://scarygoround.com/sgr/ar.php?date=20060808 |
| Scary Go Round :: Monday-Friday Comic by John Allison | Shelley: Ames, when I take a strategic overview of our situation, I am filled with despair.
/ < http://scarygoround.com/sgr/ar.php?date=20060808 |
| Scary Go Round :: Monday-Friday Comic by John Allison | [[Amy and Shelley are walking, presumably away from the park]]
/ Amy: I miss the old Shelley with her cheeky ways.
/ Shelley: These are dark times and they call for dark moods. / [[Amy squinting her eyes at Shelley, who is twirling her hair.]]
/ Amy: Just proimse me you aren't going to go on an insane revenge crusade against the mayor.
/ Shelley: Um... / [[Amy walking with Shelley past a building or a wall]]
/ Amy: You'll only make things worse!
/ Shelley: No I wouldn't! / [[Amy following Shelley down the stairs]]
/ Amy: You're an expert at making things worse.
/ Shelley: I resolve issues in a delightful way! / [[Amy directing Shelley by the shoulders, while Shelley looks back at her through narrowed eyes]]
/ Amy: There's nothing delightful about a raging inferno or a hail of bullets. / [[Shelley leaning against the wall while Amy punches a code in on a gate]]
/ Shelley: An inferno is toasty. A hail of bullets makes you feel alive.
/ Amy: Yes. Until you die. http://scarygoround.com/sgr/ar.php?date=20060809 |
| Scary Go Round :: Monday-Friday Comic by John Allison | Amy: I miss the old Shelley with her cheeky ways.
/ Shelley: These are dark times and they call for dark moods. / Amy: Just promise me you aren't going to go on an insane revenge crusade against the mayor.
/ Shelley: Um... / Amy: You'll only make things worse!
/ Shelley: No I wouldn't! / Amy: You're an expert at making things worse.
/ Shelley: I resolve issues in a delightful way! / Amy: There's nothing delightful about a raging inferno or a hail of bullets. / Shelley: An inferno is toasty. A hail of bullets makes you feel alive.
/ Amy: Yes. Until you die. http://scarygoround.com/sgr/ar.php?date=20060809 |
| Scary Go Round :: Monday-Friday Comic by John Allison | Shelley: Excuse me? Is this the place of local bicycle experts and roustabouts, the Cheeky Pistons?
/ Biker: Sure is, girly girl. / Biker Girl: This isn't a place for you, princess. There's a joint down the street you can get a white wine spritzer. / Shelley: Madam, I believe these gentlemen are experts on crimes. I require a crime doin'. I will not take no for an answer. I will only take "I like doing crimes" for an answer. / Biker Girl: Bonzo! Lady to see you! / Bonzo: We'll do anything ain't pervy. Let's see your money.
/ Shelley: Sir, I will be paying in crime tokens. The gift that gives and takes away. http://scarygoround.com/sgr/ar.php?date=20060810 |
| Scary Go Round :: Monday-Friday Comic by John Allison | Shelley: Excuse me?
/ Shelley: Is this the meeting place of local bicycle experts and roustabouts, the Cheeky Pistons?
/ Biker: Sure is, girly girl. / Bartender: This in't a place for you, princess. There's a joint down the street where you can get a white wine spritzer. / Shelley: Madam, I believe these gentlemen are experts on crimes. I require a crime doin'.
/ Shelley: I will not take no for an answer.
/ Shelley: I will only take "I like doing crimes" for an answer. / Bartender: Bonzo! Lady to see you! / Bonzo: We'll do anything't ain't pervy. Let's see your money.
/ Shelley: Sir, I will be paying in crime tokens.
/ Shelley: The gift that gives and takes away. http://scarygoround.com/sgr/ar.php?date=20060810 |
| Scary Go Round :: Monday-Friday Comic by John Allison | Bonzo: "Crime tokens"?
/ Shelley: They were issued after some of your membership shot me up "on accident". / Bonzo: Oh right. So what can we do for you? Stove in your husband's head? Break your boss's legs? Tear up a lamp post?
/ {{photo in background possibly of Amy and other person with motorcycle}} / Shelley: I need a secret serum stealin' from a lab. No one must know!
/ Bonzo: That's specialized work. / Bonzo: We're more in the smashing, pupling, shooting and breaking business.
/ Shelley: What about that chap? He's not here to pulp things! He's serene! / Bonzo: Who, Raffles, gentleman thief? Tuppin' fool rides a pushbike, joined by mistake but he's too polite to leave.
/ Shelley: I want Raffles! Raffles Raffles Raffles! I want a felon who puts the toilet seat down and washes his hands!
/ < http://scarygoround.com/sgr/ar.php?date=20060811 |
| Scary Go Round :: Monday-Friday Comic by John Allison | [[Bonzo the biker looks at the tokens Shelley has just given him.]]
/ Bonzo: "Crime tokens"?
/ Shelley: They were issued after some of your membership shot me up "on accident". / [[They sit in a booth where Bonzo pours them both a drink]]
/ Bonzo: Oh right. So what can we do for you? Stove in your husband's head? Break your boss's legs? Tear up a lamp post? / [[Shelley glances round, nervously]]
/ Shelley: I need a secret serum stealin' from a lab. No one must know!
/ Bonzo: That's specialised work. / Bonzo: We're more in the smashing, pulping, shooting and breaking business.
/ [[Shelley points at someone off-panel]]
/ Shelley: What about that chap? He's not here to pulp things! He's serene! / [[That chap is an elegantly dandy, wearing a tuxedo and a pink bow-tie. He looks out of place in the seedy biker bar.]]
/ Bonzo: Who, Raffles, gentleman thief? Tuppin' fool rides a pushbike. Joined by mistake but he's too polite to leave.
/ Shelley: I want Raffles! Raffles Raffles Raffles! I want a felon who puts the toilet seat down and washes his hands! http://scarygoround.com/sgr/ar.php?date=20060811 |
| Scary Go Round :: Monday-Friday Comic by John Allison | Amy: Bored Bored Bored Bored Bored
/ Door: BZZT!
/ Amy: Hello Erin! Your sister's not here.
/ Erin: Oh.
/ Amy: Was it something I can help you with?
/ Erin: I needed some advice... about a boy.
/ Amy: Well don't ask Shelley! She's far too confused for love.
/ Amy: Stick with me, Mini-Winters. I've been around the block so many times. They named it after me!
/ Erin: Is that... something to be proud of?
/ Amy: Erin, if you're given a tank, you don't park it behind the nummery. You send it to war. http://scarygoround.com/sgr/ar.php?date=20060814 |
| Scary Go Round :: Monday-Friday Comic by John Allison | AMY: BORED BORED BORED BORED BORED--
/ DOOR: BZZZT! / AMY: HELLO ERIN! YOUR SISTER'S NOT HERE.
/ ERIN: OH.
/ AMY: WAS IT SOMETHING I CAN HELP YOU WITH? / ERIN: I NEEDED SOME ADVICE... ABOUT A BOY.
/ AMY: WELL DON'T ASK SHELLY! SHE'S FAR TO CONFUSED FOR LOVE. / AMY: STICK WITH ME MINI-WINTERS. I'VE BEEN AROUND THE BLOCK SO MANY TIMES, THEY NAMED IT AFTER ME! / ERIN: IS THAT... SOMETHING TO BE PROUD OF?
/ AMY: ERIN, IF YOU'RE GIVEN A TANK, YOU DON'T PARK IT BEHIND THE NUNNERY. YOU SEND IT TO WAR. http://scarygoround.com/sgr/ar.php?date=20060814 |
| Scary Go Round :: Monday-Friday Comic by John Allison | Amy: I thought you had a boy, Erin. The Boy!
/ Amy: Shelly predicted lots of brainy ginger babies. / Erin: He ... lost interest. He spends all his time with Esther. / Amy: Your Goth friend? The dreadnought of despair? / Amy: Kill her.
/ Erin: It's not her fault that she blossomed. Now she's got looks and intrigue on her side.
/ Erin: I've got mad hair and freckles. / Amy: Don't get down. She may be the alabaster princess of night, but you've got something she hasn't.
/ Erin: Big glasses? / Amy: Don't get me bleak and existential.
/ Amy: You wouldn't like me when I'm bleak and existential. http://scarygoround.com/sgr/ar.php?date=20060815 |
| Scary Go Round :: Monday-Friday Comic by John Allison | [[Amy is doing laundry with the help of Erin. Erin looks downcast at the floor.]]
/ Amy: I thought you had a boy, Erin, The Boy!
/ Amy: Shelley predicted lots of brainy ginger babies.
/ Erin: He... lost interest. He spends all his time with Esther. / Amy: Your goth friend? The dreadnought of despair?
/ Amy: Kill her.
/ Erin: It's not her fault the she has blossomed. Now she's got looks and intrigue on her side.
/ Erin: I've got mad hair and freckles. / [[Amy tries to be upbeat.]]
/ Amy: Don't get down. She may be the alabaster princess of the night, but you've got something she hasn't.
/ Erin: Big glasses? / [[Erin cowers under Amy's glare.]]
/ Amy: Don't make me bleak and existential.
/ Amy: You won't like me when I'm bleak and existential. http://scarygoround.com/sgr/ar.php?date=20060815 |
| Scary Go Round :: Monday-Friday Comic by John Allison | Erin: How did you and Shelley become friends?
/ Amy: One New Year's Eve we had a fight over a man we worked with. / Erin: Was he hand-some?
/ Amy:He was a wretch. / Amy: In a fit of drunken rage she broke my front teeth.
/ Erin: What? No!
/ Amy: We both behaved exceptionally badly. / Amy: But she took me to casualty and over 8 hours we bonded. / Erin: What a shame this system of making friends hasn't worked for Israel and Palestine.
/ Amy: Israel and Palestine have yet to discover a mutual love of Disco Tex and the Sex-o-Lets. http://scarygoround.com/sgr/ar.php?date=20060816 |
| Scary Go Round :: Monday-Friday Comic by John Allison | Erin: How did you and Shelley become friends?
/ Amy: One New Year's Eve we had a fight over a man we worked with. / [[Erin looks intrigued. Amy is not amused.]]
/ Erin: Was he hand-some?
/ Amy: He was a wretch. / [[Flashback: In a club, Amy is testing her loose teeth and about to cry. Shelley is distraught with what she has done. Rich is leaning on a vending machine for support with the beginnings of a black eye.]]
/ Amy (voiceover): In a fit of drunken rage she broke my front teeth.
/ Erin (voiceover): What? No!
/ Amy (voiceover): We both behaved exceptionally badly. / [[Flashback: In casualty, Shelley and Amy are laughing it up despite Amy's lack of front teeth.]]
/ Amy (voiceover): But she took me to casualty and over 8 hours we bonded. / Erin: What a shame that this system of making friends hasn't worked for Israel and Palestine.
/ Amy: Israel and Palestine have yet to discover a mutual love of Disco Tex and Sex-O-Lets. http://scarygoround.com/sgr/ar.php?date=20060816 |
| Scary Go Round :: Monday-Friday Comic by John Allison | [[Esther de Groot and The Boy are in a cramped caravan in Wales, and it is raining heavily outside.]]
/ The Boy: The paper says the weather's going to break tonight.
/ Esther: It also says that a giant green owl is creating jobs in Blenau Gwent. Do we trust your "Paper"? When I get back I expect this caravan to be watertight and seaworthy. / [[The Boy is reading the paper, and we can see, by way of foreshadowing, a headline on the side of the paper opposite the boy: Heavy Rains Burst Devil Bear Nest]]
/ The Boy: Typical woman. You want the Earth and worse, you want it yesterday. / Esther[[on her way out the door]]: I can't respect a man who can't brew his own tar and hoist a mast.
/ The Boy[[out of frame]]: Ngh. I think I put my back out trying to care. / [[Esther is entering the shower lodge. She is oblivious to the Devil Bears atop the crudely built wooden shower building.]]
/ Devil Bear #1: < http://scarygoround.com/sgr/ar.php?date=20060817 |
| Scary Go Round :: Monday-Friday Comic by John Allison | [[The Boy and Dark Esther peruse the paper at the table in the caravan. His t-shirt reads, "Wales is O.K.! Newspaper headline reads, "Hairy Boy Detained."]]
/ The Boy: The paper says the weather's going to break tonight.
/ Dark Esther: It also says that a giant green owl is creating jobs in Blenau Gwent.
/ Do we trust your "paper"?
/ When I get back I expect this caravan to be watertight and seaworthy. / [[The Boy sits alone at the table. Newspaper headline reads, "Heavy Rains Burst Devil Bear Nest."]]
/ The Boy: Typical woman. You want the earth and worse, you want it yesterday. / [[Dark Esther walks out caravan door]]
/ Dark Esther: I can't respect a man who can't brew his own tar and hoist a mast.
/ The Boy: Ngh. I think I put my back out trying to care. / [[Dark Esther speaks from doorway of campground shower stall, unaware of lurking devil bears]]
/ Dark Esther: Less fake bear noises, more shipbuilding!
/ Devil Bears: Grawnnnk. Gurr. http://scarygoround.com/sgr/ar.php?date=20060817 |
| Scary Go Round :: Monday-Friday Comic by John Allison | [[THREE YEARS EARLIER]]
/ Science Teacher: After last week's fiasco with the flaming ball of gas... ...you will no longer be choosing your own partners for experiments. You will adhere to this list, carefully tailored to minimise explosions. / Milford: Ha ha! You get ole Esther De Groot! She's so shy she wouldn't tell you if you were on fire! / The Boy: Yeah, well, you've got Small Lindsay.
/ Milford: Small Lindsay's cute. Her dainty fingers are ideal for science. / The Boy: So we're going to be working together. Do you want me to go and get the equipment? Or do you want me to go down front and get the acid. Um... I can keep talking but eventually there won't be any air left. I'm still talking. http://scarygoround.com/sgr/ar.php?date=20060818 |
| Scary Go Round :: Monday-Friday Comic by John Allison | [[At the mirror in a bathroom, hair dye stained towel in her hands.]]
/ Esther: That's appropriately dark again. / [[Framed by devil bear arms]]
/ Esther: Oh! It's stopped . . . / [[Devil bears to the right and left! Esther alarmed!]]
/ Esther: . . . raining / [[Devil bears!]]
/ Esther: THE BOY! HELP!!! / [[The Boy at the camper door. T-shirt says, "WALES is OK!" Alarmed.]]
/ The Boy: Devil bears! / [[The Boy and Esther together with campers and trees in the background, devil bears milling about.]]
/ The Boy: I'm going to run towards them looking as much like dinner as possible. You run away, trying to look unappetising.
/ Esther: But . . .
/ The Boy: Just be waiting for me with a lot of spare blood. http://scarygoround.com/sgr/ar.php?date=20060818 |
| a class="searchlink" href="http://scarygoround.com/sgr/ar.php?date=20060820">http://scarygoround.com/sgr/ar.php?date=20060820 | [untranscribed - please consider transcribing this comic!] |
| Scary Go Round, August 21, 2006 | Narrator: Three years earlier
/ [[Gray haired and mustached science teacher addresses his students, holding a list of student names]]
/ Teacher: After last week's fiasco with the flaming bag of gas...
/ ...you will no longer be choosing your own partners for experiments.
/ You will adhere to this list, carefully tailored to minimize explosions. / [[Paul Milford and The Boy, in their school uniform jackets and ties, look over the list, now posted on the bulletin board]]
/ Paul Milford: Ha ha! You get ole Esther de Groot!
/ She's so shy, she wouldn't tell you if you were on fire! / [[Paul Milford and The Boy walk away from the bulletin board. Paul winks at a couple of seemingly uninterested girls.]]
/ The Boy: Yeah, well, you've got Small Lindsay.
/ Paul Milford: Small Lindsay's cute. Her dainty hands are ideal for science. / [[The Boy and Ester de Groot sit at a lab table, with another male and female student at the table behind them. A poster with the words "Mercury: The Miracle Metal" and Freddy Mercury holding a thermometer is on the wall behind them. The Boy looks down towards Ester, and Ester looks at The Boy, elbows on the table and hands folded near her face.]]
/ The Boy: So we're going to be working together.
/ Do you want me to go and get the equipment?
/ Or do you want me to go down front and get the acid.
/ Um...
/ I can keep talking, but eventually there won't be any air left.
/ [[quieter]]I'm still talking. http://scarygoround.com/sgr/ar.php?date=20060821 |
| Scary Go Round :: Monday-Friday Comic by John Allison | [[We flash back to three years earlier than the previous comic:
/ The chemistry teacher stands behind his lab desk, looking somewhat unhappy. He will take no guff.]]
/ Teacher: After last week's fiasco with the flaming bag of gas you will no longer be choosing your own partners for experiments.
/ You will adhere to this list, carefully tailored to minimise explosions. / [[The list has been posted on a corkboard. Paul Milford and The Boy examine it.]]
/ Milford: Ha ha! You get ole Esther De Groot!
/ She's so shy she wouldn't tell you if you were on fire! / The Boy: Yeah well, you've got Small Lindsay.
/ Milford[[winking at Lindsay, who is in the background. She is not amused.]] Small Lindsay's cute. Her dainty fingers are ideal for science. / [[The Boy and Esther are sitting at a lab bench. Esther stares at an uncomfortable The Boy. A poster in the background features Freddy Mercury holding a thermometer and says "Mercury: The Miracle Metal".]] / The Boy: So we're going to be working together.
/ Do you want me to go and get the equipment?
/ Or do you want me to go down front and get the Acid.
/ Um...
/ I can keep talking but eventually there won't be any air left.
/ I'm still talking. http://scarygoround.com/sgr/ar.php?date=20060821 |
| Scary Go Round :: Monday-Friday Comic by John Allison | {{Just under three years earlier}}
/ Milford: How's it going with Esther, The Boy?
/ The Boy: We seem to have finished in half the time that you and I take. Maybe because she dosen't spend half the time drawing on her tie.
/ Milford: Woooo! looks like The Boy has got a girl-friend!
/ The Boy: Milford...
/ Milford: There's going to be heartbreak. A little ghost can never love you back. She's so c-c-cold!
/ [[Esther quietly lights Milford's tie on fire]]
/ Teacher: Get Back to your seat, Paul Milford!
/ Milford: Hur Hur
/ [[Milford unwittingly walks back to his place, oblivious to his burning tie.]]
/ Esther: I'm a dark person.
/ The Boy: I didn't see anything.
/ Milford: AIIIEE! FIIIRE!
/ The Boy: We should treat it as a small, localised brushfire. Please don't burn me. http://scarygoround.com/sgr/ar.php?date=20060822 |
| Scary Go Round :: Monday-Friday Comic by John Allison | Header: Just under three years earlier. / [The Boy and Esther seated at a lab bench in chemistry class. Milford walks up behind.]
/ Milford: How's it going with Esther, The Boy?
/ The Boy: We seem to have finished in half the time that you and I take. Maybe because she doesn't spend half the lesson drawing on her tie. / Milford: Wooo! Looks like The Boy's got a girl-friend.
/ [The Boy holds finger to lips in a shooshing gesture.]
/ The Boy: Milford... / [Milford walks up behind Esther and grabs both shoulders while addressing The Boy.
/ Milford: There's going to be heartbreak. A little ghost can never love you back. She's so c-c-cold!
/ [Esther glares and sets Milford's tie on fire with the bunsen burner.] / Teacher [off-panel]: Get back to your seat, Paul Milford!
/ Milford [walking away, oblivious to burning tie]: Hur hur
/ [Esther smiles evily as Milford leaves]
/ The Boy [not happy]: Esther! / Esther [sort of wistfully]: I'm a dark person.
/ Milford [off-panel screams]: Aiiieee! Fiiire!
/ The Boy [holding tie defensively]: I didn't see anything. We should treat it as a small, localized brushfire. [quietly] Please don't burn me. http://scarygoround.com/sgr/ar.php?date=20060822 |
| Scary Go Round :: Monday-Friday Comic by John Allison | [[Esther and The Boy are standing outside their caravan, surrounded by devil bears.]]
/ THE BOY: I'm a sandwich, SANDWICH! RAR!
/ DEVIL BEAR: GRONK / [[The bears shuffle away, making shuffling bear noises.]]
/ DEVIL BEAR 1: GROWWNNK
/ DEVIL BEAR 2: GROWWWR
/ DEVIL BEAR 3: WONNNK / ESTHER: They're running away! You scared them off!
/ THE BOY: The must be afraid of loud noises...Or sandwiches...Or flailing. / [[Behind a tree, not visible to Esther and The Boy, a large feathery creature is eating the devil bears.]]
/ THE BOY: Maybe man really is the scariest animal of all.
/ ESTHER: Just in case he isn't, can we go back inside? http://scarygoround.com/sgr/ar.php?date=20060823 |
| Scary Go Round :: Monday-Friday Comic by John Allison | [[At the caravan park in Nant-y-Moel, Esther and The Boy are accosted outside their caravan by three devil-bears. The Boy attempts to frighten.]
/ The Boy: I'm a sandwich, sandwich! Rar!
/ Devil Bear: Gronk
/ [[The devil bears look worried.]] / [[Heinie shots as the whole troupe of devil bears flee the caravan park.]]
/ A devil bear: Growwnnk
/ Another devil bear: Growwwr
/ Yet another devil bear: Wonnnk / [[Esther and The Boy stand in front of the showers and stare after the retreating devil bears.]]
/ Esther: They're running away! You scared them off!
/ The Boy: They must be afraid of loud noises...or sandwiches...
/ The Boy: ...or flailing. / [[Hidden behind the showers, a gigantic monster that with the head and fins of a shark and the torso and feet of an eagle devours a devil bear.]]
/ The Boy: Maybe man really is the scariest animal of all.
/ Esther: Just in case he isn't, can we go back inside?
/ [[A fellow caravaner peeks unhappily from his caravan.]] http://scarygoround.com/sgr/ar.php?date=20060823 |
| Scary Go Round :: Monday-Friday Comic by John Allison | Esther: I can't believe you risked your life for me. With bears! / The Boy: It was probably selfish. If I hadn't saved you, who would have cooked the tinned peas?
/ BOY IQ: 148 - GENIUS / Esther: Stop that. It was an exceptional thing to do. I'll never forget it
/ BOY IQ: 102 - PLUMBER / The Boy: Esther, you seem to... I...
/ Esther: Shhh.
/ BOY IQ: 77 - DULLARD / [[Esther kisses The Boy!]]
/ The Boy: Smile... Talk... Face... Nice...
/ BOY IQ: 27 - BEAST MAN / Esther: I've waited three years for this, The Boy.
/ The Boy: Pants... Problems...
/ BOY IQ: NEG - COCKER SPANIEL http://scarygoround.com/sgr/ar.php?date=20060824 |
| Scary Go Round :: Monday-Friday Comic by John Allison | [[Returning to the caravan, Esther talks to The Boy.]]
/ Esther: I can't believe you risked your life for me. With bears! / [[The Boy's IQ starts to degrade]]
/ The Boy: It was probably selfish. If I hadn't saved you, who would have cooked the tin beans? / Esther: Stop that. It was an exceptional thing to do. I'll never forget it / [[Esther makes a move on The Boy]]
/ The Boy: Esther, you seem to... I...
/ Esther: Shhh. / [[Kisses]]
/ The Boy: Smile... Talk... Face... Nice... / [[Outside the caravan]]
/ Esther: I've waited three years for this, The Boy.
/ The Boy: Pants... Problems... http://scarygoround.com/sgr/ar.php?date=20060824 |
| Scary Go Round :: Monday-Friday Comic by John Allison | [[The Boy's eyes are wide open, with a look of intensity, as Esther sleeps curled up and naked against him.]]
/ The Boy: Boy no more. I am... The Man. / [[He Kicks open the trailer door, while pulling on pants, and steps into the night.]]
/ < http://scarygoround.com/sgr/ar.php?date=20060825 |
| Scary Go Round :: Monday-Friday Comic by John Allison | [[Inside the Wales caravan, an unclothed Esther lies peaceful and asleep against an equally naked The Boy, in the afterglow of the presumed events of the previous strip. The Boy, however, is wide awake, and has a frightening expression on his face. The couple's clothing lies strewn about.]] / The Boy: BOY NO MORE. I AM...THE MAN! / [[Now nearly fully clothed, the Boy kicks open the caravan door, the same bestial look on his features as he emerges, buckling his trousers.]] / Screen Door: < http://scarygoround.com/sgr/ar.php?date=20060825 |
| Scary Go Round :: Monday-Friday Comic by John Allison | [[Shelley lowers Raffles into the complex]]
/ Shelley Narration: Raffles is so debonair and daring, he is a true gentleman thief!
/ Shelley Narration: Maybe a real gentleman would not make me work his mechanical crime winch.
/ Shelley Narration: But it is wrong to look a G.H in the M!
/ Raffles: Stop her there, Shelley old girl!
/ Shelley Narration: My stomach flutterings distract! / [[Inside the complex, Raffles approaches an employee]]
/ Raffles: I say, chum, you couldn't tell me where the super-secret experimental formulas are kept, could you?
/ Employee: What? / [[Raffles holds up a picture and simultaneously removes the employee's ID card from around his neck]]
/ Raffles: Sorry, friend, where are my faculties? I meant, where are the envelopes kept?
/ < http://scarygoround.com/sgr/ar.php?date=20060828 |
| Scary Go Round :: Monday-Friday Comic by John Allison | Shelley: Raffles is so debonair and daring, he is a true gentleman thief!
/ Shelley: Maybe a real gentleman would not make me work his mechanical crime winch.
/ Shelley: But it is wrong to look a G.H in the M!
/ Raffles: Stop her there, Shelley old girl!
/ Shelley: My stomach flutterings distract! / Raffles: I say, chum, you couldn't tell me where the super-secret experimental formulas are kept, could you?
/ Worker: What? / Raffles: Sorry, friend, where are my faculties? I meant, where are the envelopes kept?
/ Raffles Say, are you a fan of saucy photos? Ain't she a beaut? / Shelley: Ames, can pigeons smell fear?
/ Shelley: Are beaks noses or just pointy lips? http://scarygoround.com/sgr/ar.php?date=20060828 |
| Scary Go Round :: Monday-Friday Comic by John Allison | [[Shelley is on the roof of Mayor Davies's lab, hoisting Raffles (gentleman thief) out of a ventilation duct with the aid of his mechanical crime winch.]]
/ Raffles: Mission accomplished, Shelley. I had to shake off a couple of bogeys but otherwise all went to plan.
/ [[The air around Shelley is full of cartoon hearts.]]
/ Shelley: Bogeys can be troublesome! Humphrey Bogart could not be truted with crayons or scissors! Or so I heard! Hee hee! Hee! / Raffles: What a charming woman you are. We'll store this potion in a bottle of Pepto-Lepto tonic.
/ [[Raffles pours pink liquid into a pink bottle.]] / Shelley: Mayor Davies is going to get a taste of his own medicine. It will be a big day for justice fans across the metropolitan borough. / Raffles: So I'd better be off, and...
/ Shelley: Raffles, do you like home cooked meals? / Raffles: Why yes. Nothing beats boiled beef and cabbage.
/ Shelley: And do you like...surprises?
/ [[Shelley plays with her hair coyly]] http://scarygoround.com/sgr/ar.php?date=20060829 |
| Scary Go Round :: Monday-Friday Comic by John Allison | Raffles: Mission accomplished Shelley. I had to shake off a couple of bogeys but otherwise all went to plan.
/ Shelley: Bogeys can be troublesome! Humphrey Bogart could not be trusted with crayons or scissors!
/ Shelley: Or so I heard! Hee hee!
/ Shelley: Hee! / Raffles: What a charming young woman you are.
/ Raffles: We'll store this potion in a bottle of Pepto-Lepto stomach tonic. / Shelley: Mayor Davies is going to get a taste of his own medicine.
/ Shelley: It will be a big day for justice fans across the metropolitan borough. / Raffles: So I'd better be off, and...
/ Shelley: Raffles, do you like home cooked meals? / Raffles: Why yes. Nothing beats boiled beef and cabbage.
/ Shelley: And do you like... surprises? http://scarygoround.com/sgr/ar.php?date=20060829 |
| Scary Go Round :: Monday-Friday Comic by John Allison August 30th 2006 | Amy [[opening bathroom door on Raffles, Gentleman Thief]]: Sorry! I didn't know there waas anyone in there.
/ Raffles: No offence taken, young lady. / Amy [looking suspicious] Shelley, How come there's a man from the 1940s in the shower?
/ Shelley [looking decidedly devious]: Oh, a man, yes. / Shelley: There was a problem and he got dirty. It would have been unchristian not to assist.
/ Amy: You look very pleased with yourself. Something too horrible to contemplate has happened while I was out. / Shelley: You can't bear a web of intrigue that you're not at the centre of, Amy. / Amy: Is your new hobby "Gigolos"? If it is, I won't judge you. Well, after an initial period of pointing, screaming and laughing. http://scarygoround.com/sgr/ar.php?date=20060830 |
| Scary Go Round :: Monday-Friday Comic by John Allison | Amy: Sorry! I didn't know there was anyone in there.
/ Raffles: No offence taken, young lady. / Amy: Shelley, how come there's a man from the 1940s in the shower?
/ Shelley: Oh. A man, yes. / Shelley: There was a problem and he got dirty.
/ Shelley: It would have been unchristian not to assist.
/ Amy: You look very pleased with yourself.
/ Amy: Something too horrible to contemplate has happened while I was out. / Shelley: You can't bear a web of intrigue that you're not in the centre of, Amy. / Amy: Is your new hobby "gigolos"? If it is, I won't judge you.
/ Amy: Well, after an initial period of pointing, screaming and laughing. http://scarygoround.com/sgr/ar.php?date=20060830 |
| Scary Go Round :: Monday-Friday Comic by John Allison | Esther: So what do we do with the caravan-boat now?
/ The Boy: I'm not sure! I wasn't thinking. I was in the grip of man-madness. / The Boy: It was pure instinct.
/ Esther: Let's tow it down to the flooded road and sail it to Tim's house in Ton Y Penty. / The Boy: That would be stealing!
/ Esther: What happens in Wales, stays in Wales, The Boy. / The Boy: Does it?
/ Esther: It might! / The Boy: This is it! We're criminals now!
/ Esther: If anyone asks, we're coming to the aid of a coal miner clinging to a piece of driftwood. http://scarygoround.com/sgr/ar.php?date=20060831 |
| Scary Go Round :: Monday-Friday Comic by John Allison | [[The Boy and Dark Esther are outside their Wales caravan. The Boy is wearing a shirt that says "Wales is OK", Esther is wearing a blue-and-black striped sweater.]]
/ Esther: So what do we do with the caravan-boat now?
/ The Boy: I'm not sure! I wasn't thinking. I was in the grip of man-madness. / The Boy: It was pure instinct.
/ Esther: Let's tow it down to the flooded road and sail it to Tim's house in Ton Y Penty. / The Boy: That would be stealing!
/ Esther: What happens in Wales, stays in Wales, The Boy. / The Boy: Does it?
/ Esther: It might! / [[The caravan is in the flooded road, Esther is poking her head out of the forward window with a captain's hat, The Boy is clinging to the sunroof from the back window. A can of peas and other objects are visible through the door window, bouncing around inside the caravan. A road sign says "A597 Ton-Y Penty (BWYD)".]]
/ The Boy: This is it! We're criminals now!
/ Esther: If anyone asks, we're coming to the aid of a coal miner clinging to a piece of driftwood. http://scarygoround.com/sgr/ar.php?date=20060831 |
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