Thursday
Jan202011
How to Deal with Trick-or-Treaters (Seasonally Inappropriate Rerun)
Needed a strip to post for a rerun, and I'd always liked this one. I made it. I have the right. I'll post whatever comic I want. DON"T JUDGE ME!!!
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January 20, 2011
Reader Comments (52)
I love how it went from still showing 2010, to showing 2007 on the comics. Phenomenal. I also love that last panel, pure genius.
You're awesome Scott, keep the good stuff coming!
2007 copyright!!! My brain, it is melting! Aaaaaaugh!!!!!!
Hey, who doesn't like mr Pibb?
's okay. Because of this strip, I've always wanted to hand out Mr. Pibb just like this every Halloween, but my wife says no. One of these years, she will be GONE on Halloween, and I'll be able to do this.
My favorite Halloween:
"OK kids, what do you want, candy or frozen chicken?"
Some 8 year old actually went for the frozen roaster.
"Seasonally inappropriate rerun" in parenthesis made me laugh almost as much as the old favorite comic did.
Awesome response to trick or treaters! The only thing that concerns me is that you might anger a potential Stabby in disguise.
If you want to scare the kiddies, dress in jeans, a tee shirt, and a stocking over your head, brandish a realistic toy gun, and mug them for their candy. (Then you have to give it back, and add a little more. Otherwise, next year, you'll be the scary pimply fat person, but it won't be a costume)
If you just like dressing up, offer to take a group of neighbor kids around so their parents can stay home and give out candy. That way instead of thinking you're a dork for still dressing up, they'll think you're nice to take the kids off their hands and getting into the spirit of things, and they'll also owe you a favor. (This presupposes that they know you well enough to understand you're not trying to get their little darling alone...)
It *is* funny.
Judgment shall be reserved for The Judger.
In the few cases when all caps are necessary (allowed) caps lock > holding shift. See above for proof.
No. such thing as enough Mr. Pibb.
No... Such... Thing...
I judge you to be a wise man who authors my favorite comic of all time. You are right, trick-or-treaters have always been and will always be terrorists.
Where's the Judger when you need her?
Even reading it again, panel four is still awesome.
Kst....theh... bahahahahahahahaha. I don't remember seeing this one yet, but it's hilarious.
NOBODY shall refuse my hospitality!
WE JUDGE YOU HARSHLY!
Is this the birth of Stabby? :D
Re: Who would win - Dr Pepper vs Mr Pibb
The phrase "like all terrorists, trick or treaters cannot be reasoned with" is one of my favorites out of any of the instructions. Second only to any of the exchanges ending in "No...shut up"
Ah, Mr. Pibb. The poor man's Dr. Pepper.
ARE YOU REFUSING MY HOSPITALITY?
hahahaha
How timely.
Although I love most of Basic Instructions, this is the one that has a permanent home on my office wall. "Jazz Hands"
This was one of my all-time favorite strips.