Can I brag about being first? Nah seriously, great comic man, discovered 'em on cracked a while ago. I've grown very fond of Basic Instructions. You've got a real talent there. Hats off.
(And bye the way, that is one intimidating, higly-lofted chicken to a man with a shaved head - whether she gets viscious or broody, you don't stand a chance . . .)
"I can switch arms. You can't switch personalities" is another instant BI classic. I am wondering how I will fit that into conversation. I don't have a chicken to carry around, but maybe any bird would work? Or maybe my Cthulhu plushie....
Oh, this is hilarious! Sending it to my daughter, who raises chickens.
Hmm . . . . My first thought in re "BDGAAA" and "NGAAAAH" was Spock going over the difference between "fascinating" and "interesting." Does that make me a geek?
The other guy's comeback about chickens in panel 2 is what people tell me all the time to try to sell me on anime. Actually if you change "don't like" to "viscerally hate" in panel 2 and then change all the dialogue and props from that point forward to be about anime instead of chickens, then I've had that conversation many times.
My family had a pet chicken when we were young and I remember holding the chicken like that (we might have even called it the "balloon hold" or "chicken ice cream").
Scott, your fear of feathered creatures amuses me...
@Lummox JR: Instead of anime, put in sushi, and I have had the panel 2 conversation many times. "I don't like sushi." "What?? Have you tried it?" "Yes" "Well, you haven't tried 'good' sushi. Let's try my favorite place." "Okay, I tried it (again), I still don't like sushi."
We also have friends who have chickens... Stupid, smelly fowl...
Apparently there really are chickens this good, at least according to one photographer. Check out the story, as told in one of This American Life's Poultry Slams.
@Lummox: yes! This one's awesome for a whole flock of 'just change ___ to ___'! "Why don't you___/ you really don't want me to"; all of P2; the last comment in P3 and ...er ...who cares if they think you're funny or clever as long as they cringe well?
September 15, 2011
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Can I brag about being first?
Nah seriously, great comic man, discovered 'em on cracked a while ago. I've grown very fond of Basic Instructions. You've got a real talent there. Hats off.
Nice switch-up from "BDAAAAAAH!"
The guy holding the chicken is the same from another comic, where he claims that holding a chicken this way doesn't "hurt their market value" :)
Very funny comic, BTW!
Michael, you mean "BDGAAA!" (also spelled with another "A" or two).
The idea of having "a chicken this good" is just really bizarrely hilarious to me.
i saw the heading in panel 3, then Scott's pose, and cracked up. Awesome comic again.
And just how many scream varieties are there?
The third panel makes me giggle like a schoolgirl.
That 4th panel is GOLD, Jerry, GOLD!
I think we should make a list of things that make Scott cringe like that. Or elicit the elusive BDGAAA!
- Chickens.
Nobody cringes like you, Scott.
(And bye the way, that is one intimidating, higly-lofted chicken to a man with a shaved head - whether she gets viscious or broody, you don't stand a chance . . .)
"I can switch arms. You can't switch personalities" is another instant BI classic. I am wondering how I will fit that into conversation. I don't have a chicken to carry around, but maybe any bird would work? Or maybe my Cthulhu plushie....
would you mind holding my cock and pullet?
Oh, this is hilarious! Sending it to my daughter, who raises chickens.
Hmm . . . . My first thought in re "BDGAAA" and "NGAAAAH" was Spock going over the difference between "fascinating" and "interesting." Does that make me a geek?
@Rob: Yes, yes it does. Right there with ya.
NGAAAAH most accurately portrays Scott's horrified surprise. BDGAAA would have been found... lacking.
Seriously though, hilarious as always.
Hold on, hold on, guys. "BDGAAAAA"? Isn't it "BGDAAAAA"? The "G" precedes the "D". Seriously, check your spelling.
First panel was brilliant, good show!
If you keep cringing like that, one day it's going to stick. /my mom
The other guy's comeback about chickens in panel 2 is what people tell me all the time to try to sell me on anime. Actually if you change "don't like" to "viscerally hate" in panel 2 and then change all the dialogue and props from that point forward to be about anime instead of chickens, then I've had that conversation many times.
Is the guy with the chicken Stacy Peralta?
My family had a pet chicken when we were young and I remember holding the chicken like that (we might have even called it the "balloon hold" or "chicken ice cream").
Scott, your fear of feathered creatures amuses me...
@Lummox JR: Instead of anime, put in sushi, and I have had the panel 2 conversation many times. "I don't like sushi." "What?? Have you tried it?" "Yes" "Well, you haven't tried 'good' sushi. Let's try my favorite place." "Okay, I tried it (again), I still don't like sushi."
We also have friends who have chickens... Stupid, smelly fowl...
Apparently there really are chickens this good, at least according to one photographer. Check out the story, as told in one of This American Life's Poultry Slams.
http://www.thisamericanlife.org/radio-archives/episode/252/poultry-slam-2003
replace chicken with penis in that last panel
@Lummox: yes! This one's awesome for a whole flock of 'just change ___ to ___'! "Why don't you___/ you really don't want me to"; all of P2; the last comment in P3 and ...er ...who cares if they think you're funny or clever as long as they cringe well?
I am so lame. I go through the comments hoping to see "Note from Scott". Awesome comic as usual. Also, BGDAAAA!
Note from Scott: I pretty much had to leave a not on this one, now didn't I?
@moojen - take it from me, using a squid named Cthulhu is more effective than a Cthulhu plushie.