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MPK Adventures - latest additions http://murpheek.com The latest transcribed MPK Adventures comics, powered by OhNoRobot.com en-us Sun, 19 Apr 2009 21:00:54 -0000 60 MPK Adventures - An afternoon lunch http://murpheek.com/archive.asp?NewsID=128&ct=8 http://murpheek.com/archive.asp?NewsID=128&ct=8 Thu, 14 Feb 2008 18:04:14 -0000 <a href="http://murpheek.com/archive.asp?NewsID=128&ct=8">MPK Adventures - An afternoon lunch</a> {{Title: An afternoon lunch}} {{Alt Text: Happy mind-taking, er, I mean, Valentine's Day!}} GP(MPK), thinking: This happens everytime. I'll ask her, "What are you getting?" GP(MPK), thinking: She'll say, "I dunno. What are you getting?" GP(MPK), thinking: I pick something, and she'll say, "No way! Let's share because I was gonna get that!" GP(MPK), thinking: But I don't believe her. GP(MPK), thinking: And that's why tonight... GP(MPK), thinking: ...I'm testing my prototype mind-reading machine on her. [[grabs something from the book bag]] GP(MPK), thinking: Man, I can't believe I didn't do this sooner! We could have saved ourselves from lot of conflicts! ANYWAY, for now I can assess if she REALLY wants to share this blueberry cre- May: I think we should share this blueberry crepe! GP(MPK): Oh, um, OK! GP(MPK), thinking: What the hell? How did she know I wanted the crepes? May, thinking: I found the schematics and built my own mind-reader. GP(MPK), thinking: ...I-I love you? MPK Adventures - An afternoon lunch

{{Title: An afternoon lunch}}
{{Alt Text: Happy mind-taking, er, I mean, Valentine's Day!}}
GP(MPK), thinking: This happens everytime. I'll ask her, "What are you getting?"
GP(MPK), thinking: She'll say, "I dunno. What are you getting?"
GP(MPK), thinking: I pick something, and she'll say, "No way! Let's share because I was gonna get that!"
GP(MPK), thinking: But I don't believe her.
GP(MPK), thinking: And that's why tonight...
GP(MPK), thinking: ...I'm testing my prototype mind-reading machine on her.
[[grabs something from the book bag]]
GP(MPK), thinking: Man, I can't believe I didn't do this sooner! We could have saved ourselves from lot of conflicts! ANYWAY, for now I can assess if she REALLY wants to share this blueberry cre-
May: I think we should share this blueberry crepe!
GP(MPK): Oh, um, OK!
GP(MPK), thinking: What the hell? How did she know I wanted the crepes?
May, thinking: I found the schematics and built my own mind-reader.
GP(MPK), thinking: ...I-I love you?]]> MPK Adventures - The TODO list http://murpheek.com/archive.asp?NewsID=126&ct=8 http://murpheek.com/archive.asp?NewsID=126&ct=8 Fri, 01 Feb 2008 02:40:56 -0000 <a href="http://murpheek.com/archive.asp?NewsID=126&ct=8">MPK Adventures - The TODO list</a> {{Title: The TODO list}} {{Alt Text: Friends, no worries! I play a mean air guitar! }} GP(MPK), thinking: OK, amps & pedals, check! Laptop & camera, check! Cases & speakers, check! GP(MPK): Alright! I'm all packed and ready for this rock 'n roll show! Narrator: Later that night at the 1982 Bar where the show is held Wolfman: Wow GP, you're so detail-oriented, I bet you even list 'breathing' in that preshow TODO list! GP(MPK): Man, whatevs! I don't list down EVERYTHING! For example, I don't need to list my guitar when I always place it in this... GP(MPK): ...guitar-carrying case? [[snap!]] Narrator: Back at home [[On guitar: DON'T FORGET]] MPK Adventures - The TODO list

{{Title: The TODO list}}
{{Alt Text: Friends, no worries! I play a mean air guitar! }}
GP(MPK), thinking: OK, amps & pedals, check! Laptop & camera, check! Cases & speakers, check!
GP(MPK): Alright! I'm all packed and ready for this rock 'n roll show!
Narrator: Later that night at the 1982 Bar where the show is held
Wolfman: Wow GP, you're so detail-oriented, I bet you even list 'breathing' in that preshow TODO list!
GP(MPK): Man, whatevs! I don't list down EVERYTHING! For example, I don't need to list my guitar when I always place it in this...
GP(MPK): ...guitar-carrying case?
[[snap!]]
Narrator: Back at home
[[On guitar: DON'T FORGET]]]]> MPK Adventures - In the dark of my apartment http://murpheek.com/archive.asp?NewsID=124&ct=8 http://murpheek.com/archive.asp?NewsID=124&ct=8 Sun, 16 Dec 2007 03:16:35 -0000 <a href="http://murpheek.com/archive.asp?NewsID=124&ct=8">MPK Adventures - In the dark of my apartment</a> {{Title: In the dark of my apartment}} {{Alt Text: Today's lesson: leave the lights on. SCREW BEING GREEN.}} Whenever I come home and turn the lights on, I get paranoid. [[GP turns the lights on]] GP(MPK): Hello? What I could be lurking in the dark of my apartment? Could it be a burglar? Burglar: Dammit, man, I ain't done burglin' yet! GP(MPK): Er, sorry burglar man! Could it be a touring band I forgot to meet up? Band: Dammit GP, where the hell were you? Band: by the way, you're out of soy milk... [[Band hands milk carton to GP]] Could it be people having extramarital affairs? [[GP slams door]] GP(MPK): Dammit...baby? Baby: Unh! MPK Adventures - In the dark of my apartment

{{Title: In the dark of my apartment}}
{{Alt Text: Today's lesson: leave the lights on. SCREW BEING GREEN.}}
Whenever I come home and turn the lights on, I get paranoid.
[[GP turns the lights on]]
GP(MPK): Hello?
What I could be lurking in the dark of my apartment?
Could it be a burglar?
Burglar: Dammit, man, I ain't done burglin' yet!
GP(MPK): Er, sorry burglar man!
Could it be a touring band I forgot to meet up?
Band: Dammit GP, where the hell were you?
Band: by the way, you're out of soy milk...
[[Band hands milk carton to GP]]
Could it be people having extramarital affairs?
[[GP slams door]]
GP(MPK): Dammit...baby?
Baby: Unh!]]> MPK Adventures - Select Start tryout http://murpheek.com/archive.asp?NewsID=123&ct=8 http://murpheek.com/archive.asp?NewsID=123&ct=8 Thu, 15 Nov 2007 23:54:30 -0000 <a href="http://murpheek.com/archive.asp?NewsID=123&ct=8">MPK Adventures - Select Start tryout</a> {{Title: Select Start tryout}} {{Alt Text: Highly observant readers would notice that all Select Start members are holding their instruments backwards. My response: THAT'S HOW THE WATER FLOWS IN BIZARRO UNIVERSE.}} GP(MPK) as Narrator: In another universe where Select Start, the classical VG band, finally agrees to try me out... Select Start: OK, GP, just follow along with us... Select Start: Alright guys, let's play "Sonic the Hedgehog"! GP(MPK): Hold up guys, what's up with these dots and lines? Select Start: Oh, you mean sheet music? Yes, they're very helpful for- GP(MPK): Sheet music?!?! I don't need no sheet music, I'm a PUNK ROCKER! I play from the heart! Select Start: Um, o-okay...? Narrator: Later Select Start: GP, c'mon now, that's the wrong song. See, here's the playlist... GP(MPK): Playlist?!?! Down with your linear, corporate methodology, I'm a PUNK ROCKER! I play whatever I feel like! Select Start: (Oh my geez...) Narrator: Soon Select Start: Seriously GP, for the last time, it goes from the G chord, then E minor, then... GP(MPK): Chords?!?! I don't need no chords, I'm a PUNK ROCKER! The only chords I need are F and U! Select Start: Dammit, GP, we quit! MPK Adventures - Select Start tryout

{{Title: Select Start tryout}}
{{Alt Text: Highly observant readers would notice that all Select Start members are holding their instruments backwards. My response: THAT'S HOW THE WATER FLOWS IN BIZARRO UNIVERSE.}}
GP(MPK) as Narrator: In another universe where Select Start, the classical VG band, finally agrees to try me out...
Select Start: OK, GP, just follow along with us...
Select Start: Alright guys, let's play "Sonic the Hedgehog"!
GP(MPK): Hold up guys, what's up with these dots and lines?
Select Start: Oh, you mean sheet music? Yes, they're very helpful for-
GP(MPK): Sheet music?!?! I don't need no sheet music, I'm a PUNK ROCKER! I play from the heart!
Select Start: Um, o-okay...?
Narrator: Later
Select Start: GP, c'mon now, that's the wrong song. See, here's the playlist...
GP(MPK): Playlist?!?! Down with your linear, corporate methodology, I'm a PUNK ROCKER! I play whatever I feel like!
Select Start: (Oh my geez...)
Narrator: Soon
Select Start: Seriously GP, for the last time, it goes from the G chord, then E minor, then...
GP(MPK): Chords?!?! I don't need no chords, I'm a PUNK ROCKER! The only chords I need are F and U!
Select Start: Dammit, GP, we quit!]]> MPK Adventures - Where I've been (hiding) http://murpheek.com/archive.asp?NewsID=121&ct=8 http://murpheek.com/archive.asp?NewsID=121&ct=8 Tue, 16 Oct 2007 00:09:44 -0000 <a href="http://murpheek.com/archive.asp?NewsID=121&ct=8">MPK Adventures - Where I've been (hiding)</a> {{Title: Where I've been (hiding)}} {{Alt Text: If coding feels like surgery, then you've got bad code, Mr. Rhodes. }} GP(MPK): Dude, check it! I finally finished coding! Wolfman, on the phone: Awesome. Wanna play Guitar Hero? GP(MPK): I'm soo down, McBrown! GP(MPK): Thanks for lending me your geetar, Belthazar. Wolfman: You're very welcome... Wolfman: what the hell? Wolfman: GP, did you disassemble and re-assemble my controller? GP(MPK): Coding is surgery, Bonicelli. Wolfman: And what are these, sweat trails? Wolfman: Coding is surgery, my ass. You've done nothing but play Guitar Hero, haven't you? GP(MPK): Suck on my whammy, Sammy! MPK Adventures - Where I've been (hiding)

{{Title: Where I've been (hiding)}}
{{Alt Text: If coding feels like surgery, then you've got bad code, Mr. Rhodes. }}
GP(MPK): Dude, check it! I finally finished coding!
Wolfman, on the phone: Awesome. Wanna play Guitar Hero?
GP(MPK): I'm soo down, McBrown!
GP(MPK): Thanks for lending me your geetar, Belthazar.
Wolfman: You're very welcome...
Wolfman: what the hell?
Wolfman: GP, did you disassemble and re-assemble my controller?
GP(MPK): Coding is surgery, Bonicelli.
Wolfman: And what are these, sweat trails?
Wolfman: Coding is surgery, my ass. You've done nothing but play Guitar Hero, haven't you?
GP(MPK): Suck on my whammy, Sammy!]]> MPK Adventures - Hokey Pokey http://murpheek.com/archive.asp?NewsID=119&ct=8 http://murpheek.com/archive.asp?NewsID=119&ct=8 Mon, 20 Aug 2007 02:50:33 -0000 <a href="http://murpheek.com/archive.asp?NewsID=119&ct=8">MPK Adventures - Hokey Pokey</a> {{Title: Hokey Pokey}} {{Alt Text: Hey May, now that you're wearing an eyepatch, is it cool if I start saying 'ARR!' in public? No? Whoa, now wait, not even in private? Aw geez...}} GP(MPK): You were poked by GP(MPK). GP(MPK): Do you want to: poke back | remove poke [[GP(MPK) is shown poking May in the eye]] GP(MPK): Hmm..? Narrator: Later [[GP(MPK) is shown in someone's Enemies List]] GP(MPK): Cursed, elitist facebookers! MPK Adventures - Hokey Pokey

{{Title: Hokey Pokey}}
{{Alt Text: Hey May, now that you're wearing an eyepatch, is it cool if I start saying 'ARR!' in public? No? Whoa, now wait, not even in private? Aw geez...}}
GP(MPK): You were poked by
GP(MPK).
GP(MPK): Do you want to:
poke back | remove poke
[[GP(MPK) is shown poking May in the eye]]
GP(MPK): Hmm..?
Narrator: Later
[[GP(MPK) is shown in someone's Enemies List]]
GP(MPK): Cursed, elitist facebookers!]]> MPK Adventures - Moving in the future http://murpheek.com/archive.asp?NewsID=118&ct=8 http://murpheek.com/archive.asp?NewsID=118&ct=8 Mon, 16 Jul 2007 00:31:53 -0000 <a href="http://murpheek.com/archive.asp?NewsID=118&ct=8">MPK Adventures - Moving in the future</a> {{Title: Moving in the future}} {{Alt Text: The real question is, why was I playing Monopoly when the only board game I own is Taboo? Answer: I dunno, but I haven't opened Taboo since it was given to me for Xmas. And it was a very thoughtful gift! So sorry, cousin Christine from Georgia!}} GP(MPK): In the future, someone will invent a liquid that will render anything miniature. GP(MPK) as Narrator: One drop from this liquid and, *poof*, a thing is miniaturized! Instant mini-thingy! GP(MPK) as Narrator: Henceforth, in the future, TVs, desks, beds, and couches will be a cinch to move. [[GP(MPK), in a captain suit, aboard S.S. Murphee K]] GP(MPK): The future of exploration rests on this very thing. We once have traversed many a mighty ocean; in the future, we'll be slinging ourselves across the great space horizon... GP(MPK): ...with 20 plasma TVs in our pockets. [[GP(MPK) on top of an empty box]] May: Dammit, GP, stop being lazy and help me unpack! GP(MPK): In the future, these lazy things would unpack themselves. MPK Adventures - Moving in the future

{{Title: Moving in the future}}
{{Alt Text: The real question is, why was I playing Monopoly when the only board game I own is Taboo? Answer: I dunno, but I haven't opened Taboo since it was given to me for Xmas. And it was a very thoughtful gift! So sorry, cousin Christine from Georgia!}}
GP(MPK): In the future, someone will invent a liquid that will render anything miniature.
GP(MPK) as Narrator: One drop from this liquid and, *poof*, a thing is miniaturized! Instant mini-thingy!
GP(MPK) as Narrator: Henceforth, in the future, TVs, desks, beds, and couches will be a cinch to move.
[[GP(MPK), in a captain suit, aboard S.S. Murphee K]]
GP(MPK): The future of exploration rests on this very thing. We once have traversed many a mighty ocean; in the future, we'll be slinging ourselves across the great space horizon...
GP(MPK): ...with 20 plasma TVs in our pockets.
[[GP(MPK) on top of an empty box]]
May: Dammit, GP, stop being lazy and help me unpack!
GP(MPK): In the future, these lazy things would unpack themselves.]]> MPK Adventures - Origin of Song http://murpheek.com/archive.asp?NewsID=117&ct=8 http://murpheek.com/archive.asp?NewsID=117&ct=8 Sun, 17 Jun 2007 23:50:57 -0000 <a href="http://murpheek.com/archive.asp?NewsID=117&ct=8">MPK Adventures - Origin of Song</a> {{Title: Origin of Song}} {{Alt Text: That last line is closer to the truth than you think.}} GP(MPK), thinking: Dang, almost out of soap. How am I gonna remember this by the time I'm out of the showers? Hmmm... GP(MPK), thinking: Maybe I should hum it? [[GP(MPK) hums a new melody]] GP(MPK): Mmm mm mm mm BUY SOAP Mmm mm mm mm BUY SOAP! [[A light bulb hovers over GP(MPK)]] GP(MPK), thinking: Man, that's one catchy melody... Narrator: Days later, at band practice May: Baby, I like the new songs, but couldn't you have come up with better titles? New songs: 1) "I need more milk and shaving cream" 2) "Buy soap" 3) "Rent is due (it totally is)" 4) "Call Dr. what's-his-face" GP(MPK): Dammit, I quit. MPK Adventures - Origin of Song

{{Title: Origin of Song}}
{{Alt Text: That last line is closer to the truth than you think.}}
GP(MPK), thinking: Dang, almost out of soap. How am I gonna remember this by the time I'm out of the showers? Hmmm...
GP(MPK), thinking: Maybe I should hum it?
[[GP(MPK) hums a new melody]]
GP(MPK): Mmm mm mm mm BUY SOAP Mmm mm mm mm BUY SOAP!
[[A light bulb hovers over GP(MPK)]]
GP(MPK), thinking: Man, that's one catchy melody...
Narrator: Days later, at band practice
May: Baby, I like the new songs, but couldn't you have come up with better titles?

New songs:
1) "I need more milk and shaving cream"
2) "Buy soap"
3) "Rent is due (it totally is)"
4) "Call Dr. what's-his-face"

GP(MPK): Dammit, I quit.]]> MPK Adventures - The Consequence of Clapping http://murpheek.com/archive.asp?NewsID=115&ct=8 http://murpheek.com/archive.asp?NewsID=115&ct=8 Fri, 01 Jun 2007 20:41:03 -0000 <a href="http://murpheek.com/archive.asp?NewsID=115&ct=8">MPK Adventures - The Consequence of Clapping</a> {{Title: The Consequence of Clapping}} {{Alt Text: This is why people people say 'whoo!' instead of clapping at the end of a song. It's true! Studies show!}} [[Audience applauds at the end of a movie]] GP(MPK), thinking: That's it, I've had enough! May, whispering: No, baby, no... GP(MPK): What's WRONG with you people? You guys DO realize that no actors can hear you clap, right? GP(MPK): I mean, there's gotta be some psychological deficiency for you all not to realize this! Studies show that you're a bunch of sheep! Sheep! May, agitated: Baby, we're in the parking lot... Narrator: Soon, it became a reflex [[Audience applauds at the end of a song]] GP(MPK): Sheep! Sheep, the whole lot of ya! May: Baby, they're clapping for us... MPK Adventures - The Consequence of Clapping

{{Title: The Consequence of Clapping}}
{{Alt Text: This is why people people say 'whoo!' instead of clapping at the end of a song. It's true! Studies show!}}
[[Audience applauds at the end of a movie]]
GP(MPK), thinking: Thats it, Ive had enough!
May, whispering: No, baby, no...
GP(MPK): What's WRONG with you people? You guys DO realize that no actors can hear you clap, right?
GP(MPK): I mean, there's gotta be some psychological deficiency for you all not to realize this! Studies show that you're a bunch of sheep! Sheep!
May, agitated: Baby, we're in the parking lot...
Narrator: Soon, it became a reflex
[[Audience applauds at the end of a song]]
GP(MPK): Sheep! Sheep, the whole lot of ya!
May: Baby, they're clapping for us...]]> MPK Adventures - The Last Word http://murpheek.com/archive.asp?NewsID=114&ct=8 http://murpheek.com/archive.asp?NewsID=114&ct=8 Tue, 15 May 2007 23:41:05 -0000 <a href="http://murpheek.com/archive.asp?NewsID=114&ct=8">MPK Adventures - The Last Word</a> {{Title: The Last Word}} {{Alt Text: Lawyers really hate it when they are equated to the common people. They wear their suits all the time just to prove the point. Even in the showers. Kids, exchange 'lawyers' and 'suits' with 'doctors' and 'white coats' for double the overgeneralization!}} GP(MPK) as Narrator: Everytime before flying, I send a text message off to one of my kins. GP(MPK), thinking: Does this Treo make me look like a yuppie? [[<Message sent>]] GP(MPK) as Narrator: That way, in case something bad happens, I'd have transmitted what would amount to as my "last words". Narrator: Later... Captain: ATTENTION! WE HAVE TURBULENCE! GP(MPK): Oh no! What was I thinking? "Hella"? "Holmes"? My epitaph can't contain these contemporary, nonsensical words! What would future generations think? GP(MPK): I gotta send another... Passenger: Hey, what are you doing? You can't use a cell phone in-flight! GP(MPK): Pipe down, plebeian! I'VE LEGACY TO DELIVER. Narrator: Years and years later Epitaph reads: HERE LIES GP(MPK) 1980-2180 His last words were: "I'll hella see ya later, holmes!" He spurned his lawyer by calling him a plebeian MPK Adventures - The Last Word

{{Title: The Last Word}}
{{Alt Text: Lawyers really hate it when they are equated to the common people. They wear their suits all the time just to prove the point. Even in the showers. Kids, exchange 'lawyers' and 'suits' with 'doctors' and 'white coats' for double the overgeneralization!}}
GP(MPK) as Narrator: Everytime before flying, I send a text message off to one of my kins.
GP(MPK), thinking: Does this Treo make me look like a yuppie?
[[]]
GP(MPK) as Narrator: That way, in case something bad happens, I'd have transmitted what would amount to as my "last words".
Narrator: Later...
Captain: ATTENTION! WE HAVE TURBULENCE!
GP(MPK): Oh no! What was I thinking? "Hella"? "Holmes"? My epitaph can't contain these contemporary, nonsensical words! What would future generations think?
GP(MPK): I gotta send another...
Passenger: Hey, what are you doing? You can't use a cell phone in-flight!
GP(MPK): Pipe down, plebeian! IVE LEGACY TO DELIVER.
Narrator: Years and years later
Epitaph reads:

HERE LIES GP(MPK)
1980-2180

His last words were:
"I'll hella see ya later, holmes!"

He spurned his lawyer by calling him a plebeian]]>