February 2nd, 2007
#182 – Stick
I hiked up to the top of a mountain in New Mexico once. It really didn’t seem too hard getting up there. I had some great views from up there. But then I had to hike back down. That was sheer torture. The muscles in the front of my legs just weren’t ready for something like that. The next day it was almost impossible to walk. The funny thing is that a few days later the memory of the pain started to fade and I wanted to do it again.
February 2nd, 2007 at 12:25 am
what improvements does electricity add to a walking stick?
great comic
February 2nd, 2007 at 12:51 am
Thats what usually happens
February 2nd, 2007 at 1:42 am
Sadly, many choose their computer (& software) the same way: based on the IDEA of it, rather than how functional it really is – or if it’s even needed at all, for that matter. Such is the (dark) magic of aggressive advertising.
February 2nd, 2007 at 5:18 am
I cannot even imagine the multitude of uses for the Electric Hiking Stick
February 2nd, 2007 at 5:28 am
yeah what he said :S
anywayz loving this one chris keep it up m8 o/
February 2nd, 2007 at 5:28 am
Electric walking stick?
What in the world does one of those do?
Now I want one too…
February 2nd, 2007 at 7:11 am
Beleive it or not, I’ve actually seen one of them. The battery was smaller and in a backpack though.
February 2nd, 2007 at 8:14 am
I don’t know what it does, but I want one.
February 2nd, 2007 at 9:24 am
It’s heated for walking in the snow….. Or maybe it walks for you, just dragging you along the path… in which case the battery pack wouldnt matter. I dunno. What is it, Chris?
February 2nd, 2007 at 9:41 am
Maybe its a conspiracy and contacts random aliens around the universe o.O
Or you press some button and acts as a tazer for the large animals you may encounter.
February 2nd, 2007 at 11:22 am
I want one!!!
February 2nd, 2007 at 12:45 pm
…I rest my case…
February 2nd, 2007 at 1:01 pm
Aliens! \o/
Or maybe it can be used as kitchen appliances when you need that blender or waffle maker in the wild. The craving for maple syrup would be torturous though…
February 2nd, 2007 at 2:57 pm
i wonder if it can kill people
February 2nd, 2007 at 3:27 pm
Well, Biff certainly seems okay. It’s obviously not doing a very god job of killing.
February 2nd, 2007 at 3:31 pm
Come to think of it, Biff hasn’t been badly injured for a little while… it’s a miracle…
Still love this comic though.
February 2nd, 2007 at 5:02 pm
i mean maby its a wepon
February 2nd, 2007 at 5:09 pm
is that wow you spell that
February 2nd, 2007 at 6:44 pm
Hehe, that’s clever…
February 2nd, 2007 at 8:31 pm
An Ode to Chris:
Chris we love you, you make us laugh out loud
We’ll stay with you forever, this we have vowed!
We’ll worship our freind with his skin of gray…
Until poor Biff has passed aaaawaaaaaaayyyyyyyy!!!
We will vote for this comic every daaaayyyyyy!!
And never turn around.
I wrote this in two minutes, which is why it sucks…
Thanks Chris!
February 2nd, 2007 at 8:45 pm
This reminds me of the electric tennis ball
February 2nd, 2007 at 9:08 pm
Electric eyebrows?
February 2nd, 2007 at 11:22 pm
omg, that reminded me about what happened when i went on my school mission trip to mexico. going UP isnt half as bad as going DOWN…
i kept sliping on the fracking dusty rocky road.
February 3rd, 2007 at 1:23 am
I saw your link on a couple of pages and finally descided to see what the fuss was about, and I would like to say that you have an amazing comic with much imagination and talent. Keep up the good work.
February 3rd, 2007 at 1:29 am
Thanks Tri Unlimited. I didn’t realize I was causing a fuss anywhere
February 3rd, 2007 at 3:27 am
Random thought: Battery-powered fuss.
Could it work?
February 3rd, 2007 at 5:17 am
hey Chris,
Just found your comic today (i forget how…) and have read through all of them. Just want to say great comic and keep up the good work.. And long live Biff.
February 3rd, 2007 at 7:44 am
I guess it could. Maybe huge fan or jet would do the trick… Or bomb
Nice piece of art, Chis. I’m reading for a longer time.
February 3rd, 2007 at 8:28 am
I havent been here in a while, and id like to say love the new additions to the comics and hope to see more later on….in other words still love the comic. =]
February 3rd, 2007 at 10:28 am
how do you people read so fast
it took me a month to read it all
February 3rd, 2007 at 10:42 am
The electric walking stick…this item will quickly become yet another novelty item that has no purpose but people will buy anyway. I would like to point out one other item, that may have had the same impact. I present to you…the DVD rewinder. Yes folks it exists. Google it…I dare you. For a little over 20 bucks you can watch a DVD spin counter clockwise for five minutes and delude yourself to the fact that you are indeed rewinding a DVD.
February 3rd, 2007 at 10:45 am
Thanks Jak_B.
I’m glad you came back Otacon.
February 3rd, 2007 at 10:45 am
Endless, that was hilarious!
February 3rd, 2007 at 11:16 am
Hey Zur, thanks for stopping by.
February 3rd, 2007 at 7:49 pm
>Endless, that was hilarious!
I feel loved
February 3rd, 2007 at 11:24 pm
@Stuporman – Where’d you come up with that?! I laughed myself into an asthma attack! Omg, now I have to google it, I gotta know if it’s real… I don’t want it, I just want to laugh some more.
February 3rd, 2007 at 11:30 pm
*stares in absolute horror* Oh my god… its true… someone made a DVD Rewinder…
WHY?!?!
February 4th, 2007 at 2:48 am
I actually prefer walking (running and falling every few seconds) down a mountain than walking up. o_o
A DVD rewinder? D: Now I gotta google it too. ._.
February 4th, 2007 at 11:57 am
DVD rewinder! Never be plagued with video store rewind fees again!
February 4th, 2007 at 4:46 pm
Heh.
Reminds me of Boy Scouts. One of the adult leaders had a pedometer, and we were on a hike, five miles in, five miles out…supposedly. After about two hours of hiking we were getting pretty sick of it, and persisted in asking him how much farther. “Half a mile more!” he’d call out.
It took another hour to make that half mile.
It was a mad dash for us scouts back once he said we’d made it as far out as five miles. We were running as hard and fast as possible after a fifteen minute rest break, bound and determined to get food.
That hike sucked. But, we got snow the next morning, so it was all good.
February 4th, 2007 at 9:45 pm
After about a month of off-and on popping by, I think it’s time I finally bookmarked this site, so I may partake of its awsomeness at my leisure.
An eletric walking stick… I’d probably buy it.
February 5th, 2007 at 8:52 pm
an electric walking stick? a dvd reqinder? what will they come out with next, a machine that sleeps for you?
Great comics Chris, keep em commin. i read through em in a couple of days, and the laughs were so worth it.
February 6th, 2007 at 10:44 pm
I’m surprised we haven’t seen rewinders for video game tapes. :p
February 12th, 2007 at 7:39 pm
Let me guesse… The next product will be the Electric Sink. Get shocked every time you wash somethign! Perfect for waking up!
February 24th, 2007 at 4:52 pm
The Electric Walker Stick
It has a jack hammer head so that it can penetrate rock.
UV emitter to kill insects so no more getting stung or bothered by flies.
Massager to easy muscle cramps.
Heater to warm your hands
A Locator Unit in case you need rescuing
GPS
WARNING Not designed for outdoor use due to high voltages required to operate some components
April 11th, 2007 at 3:09 am
It’s said that the body is great at forgetting pain.
If it wasn’t, we’d all be the only child in each household.
April 22nd, 2007 at 9:14 pm
SOOOoooo true…
I think whatever Entity presides over Earth as the Resident Higher Power has a twisted sense of humor.
May 18th, 2007 at 9:27 am
That thing is bound to blow up.
June 21st, 2007 at 8:37 pm
Buuut, what does it actually do? Does it bounce back up when you put it down? What?
June 26th, 2007 at 9:07 am
Ah, the inconvenient conveniencies of the modern world.
July 17th, 2007 at 5:18 pm
Ah, a grreat invention!
July 25th, 2007 at 11:39 am
That wins the most unnessisary improvements to an already perfect invention award!
December 25th, 2007 at 8:34 pm
I can’t see ‘Excelsior’ anywhere on it, so I have to ask – has it a compass?
(kudos, MAJOR KUDOS, to those who know what I’m talking about.)
January 14th, 2009 at 12:09 am
I’ve no idea, although I am reminded of 8 bit theater.
I think hiking is torture, but I think Karate is worse. Doing two hundred round-house kicks really slow in a row is torture on your legs.
May 15th, 2009 at 8:00 pm
I also climbed a mountain in NM.
However, it took most of a week to get there…and nobody had actually mentioned that this was a *mountain* hike…
November 17th, 2009 at 2:07 pm
The electric walking stick is perfect for getting picked up and the battery pack even contains an extra fluffy towel.