June 18th, 2008
#532 - Hypnotic
When I am really tired, there are some things that my brain just can’t handle. Anything with math or creativity just drops away. I can do manual labor tasks such as putting away the laundry but I sure can’t do my taxes. I can ink a comic that is already drawn but I can’t think of a new one to draw. I especially can’t think of a new comic if I lay down on the couch to clear my head. Suddenly it’s the next day and I have to go to work again. 
June 18th, 2008 at 12:03 am
Yep, it’s “doing things that make it worse” week.
June 18th, 2008 at 12:04 am
Looks like “Making It Worse” Week, but that might as well be Biff Week.
June 18th, 2008 at 12:53 am
When I can’t sleep, I don’t count anything specific, I just count as high as I can… in Japanese.
Ichi… ni… san… yon… go… roku… nana… hachi… kyu… jyu… zzz…
June 18th, 2008 at 1:02 am
And that’s how biff has hired as orange counter. Biff wasn’t sure what the point of the job was or if orange counter was a fitting name. But biff was glad he got paid for a job where he can eat to make things go faster.
June 18th, 2008 at 1:28 am
My partner is like that, he can sleep anywhere anytime. I’ve seen him fall asleep typing on his keyboard. He’s proud of the fact that he could fall asleep while writing on the blackboard during high school, crazy.
June 18th, 2008 at 2:11 am
Tired? I just don’t focus on anything anymore.
June 18th, 2008 at 2:15 am
Totally called it yesterday!
http://www.thebookofbiff.com/2008/06/17/531-frosty/#comment-64836
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/exacerbate
Gloating aside, I’m quite enjoying this week’s theme. I’m amazed that after 500 comics, Chris is still keeping it fresh and original. Keep it up, man!
June 18th, 2008 at 2:25 am
That looks so comfy…
I wish I could sleep that well.
June 18th, 2008 at 2:29 am
So…
Did biff actually climb into the the oranges, and then go to sleep? I doubt you could fall asleep in that position involuntarily.
June 18th, 2008 at 2:38 am
I’m a lot like that, but in some ways more than others. For some reason, when the lights are off, the music’s playing (I listen to the radio to help fall asleep; don’t ask) and I’m under the covers with my head on the pillow, I could be dead tired, but my mind will still play through the events of the day and psuedo-plan the next day out. I’ve even debated controversial subjects right before bed. Unfortunately, I never come to a conclusion in my arguements; they’re always suddenly interrupted by the alarm
June 18th, 2008 at 4:30 am
I bet the position Biff’s in is because we stretched over the counter to count the oranges in the back.
June 18th, 2008 at 7:15 am
I’m enjoying seeing all of the avatars next to the comments now.
June 18th, 2008 at 7:44 am
Just found this comic today and already read them all from the start.
Love your work and will definitely keep reading :>
June 18th, 2008 at 7:56 am
It’s like when you put your whole hand in those barrels of seeds, and wish there was a giant tub of them you could crawl into. This is completely normal.
Next cartoon: Biffjuice
June 18th, 2008 at 8:06 am
@Bob - Thanks for reading!
June 18th, 2008 at 8:16 am
I know that feeling - Even 2 minutes ago I just stared at the screen with blank page on the browser and just thought something that i can’t remember now
Very hypnotic feeling
(Just came from work = TIRED)
June 18th, 2008 at 8:44 am
Waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay down the list, but still in response to LazerWulf, the numbers you used are what you say when you are counting something. Why not just count the numbers themselves? With Ichi, Ni, San, Shi, Go, Roku, Shichi, Hachi, Kyu, Jyu.
June 18th, 2008 at 9:23 am
Man, those oranges are worse than sheep.
I too lose certain basic functionalities when I’m tired. For me, I’m more likely to make typos and transposition errors. The problem is, when I’m tired, I forget that tiredness makes me more error-prone! I’ll go back and read over something I wrote or transcribed or whatever, and marvel that I didn’t catch such blatant mistakes. Fact is, I didn’t catch them because I was running on four hours of sleep…
June 18th, 2008 at 12:14 pm
Funny comic, but I still don’t get the Orange Juice/Yeast/Bagels one.
June 18th, 2008 at 12:20 pm
I wish I could sleep that easily… There are times where I can’t fall asleep till 2 or 3 am…
June 18th, 2008 at 12:24 pm
Odd… My Avatar thing didn’t work…..
June 18th, 2008 at 1:13 pm
Yours does, but mine does not. Odd.
June 18th, 2008 at 4:08 pm
Awww, he’s so cute!
June 18th, 2008 at 4:59 pm
He really is just soooooo adorable in this one.
People who are so tired they just pass out = ♥
I have no choice. I now forever have to think of Biff as some kind of tiny, voiceless, subhuman pet I keep in a little glass case.
It means he’s all mine =)
SO cute
June 18th, 2008 at 5:04 pm
I mean…
Biff is INVINCIBLE. He gets cut in half, burned, invents fantastical devices all day. Then you see something like this and he’s so exhausted that he falls asleep curled up in a pile of oranges. It’s like human vulnerability all packaged up in a little frame for me to look at on my monitor.
I’ve officially overanalyzed and romanticized Biff.
I guess that probably means I need to get out more.
June 18th, 2008 at 6:29 pm
Starseedjenny…I really hope your female, otherwise i’d be very creeped out.
Even still, I’m a bit creeped out though.
Also, there a green orange in there?
June 18th, 2008 at 7:02 pm
yeah, yeah, I’m a girl.
I’m not usually this weird, pinky promise. I don’t know what’s wrong with me today.
June 18th, 2008 at 7:12 pm
Jeez, when I go to bed I end up thinking of how I could’ve done things differently and then think about different possible plot lines and events for my stories, so it takes me forever to sleep, but biff can even sleep at the store!
Also… ya, it looks a green orange is in there, but wouldn’t that be just called a green =P corny I know =\
Have you already done “literal” week (meaning things taken literally, I’ve had a comic stuck in my mind forever)
June 18th, 2008 at 7:22 pm
I’ve always wanted to do that…
June 18th, 2008 at 10:24 pm
…Or, “Oranges: Nature’s Comfort Food.”
June 18th, 2008 at 10:28 pm
I see four greens, not just one.
=D I win!
June 18th, 2008 at 10:28 pm
@fwtrump (& everyone who doesn’t have a gravatar) - apparently it takes a little while for the gravatars to work after you’ve posted them.
oh and i can fall asleep just about anywhere if i really want to. i’ve slept in a gravel parking lot before. and in the bed of a pick up truck.
June 18th, 2008 at 10:31 pm
And of course immediately after I claim there are four I find an additional green!
Five! Five green oranges! Ah-ah-ah-ah!
June 18th, 2008 at 11:13 pm
Well, I counted six.
June 18th, 2008 at 11:19 pm
Almost as fun as counting graham crackers!
June 18th, 2008 at 11:55 pm
I’m not good at fine detail repetitive tasks - It looks like Biff lasted longer than I would’ve.
June 19th, 2008 at 12:02 am
it looks like there’s alot of tiny, grape sized oranges in that pile. ha. LOVE YOUR COMICS AS ALWAYS
June 19th, 2008 at 12:35 pm
when I’m really sleepy at work. The serial numbers on people’s accounts starts to look like words and I try to read them….
June 20th, 2008 at 11:21 am
I can’t get my picture to show up. Do I need to post under my Gravatar account name?
June 20th, 2008 at 9:11 pm
That looks comfortable. And hey, you get frsh-squeezed orange juice when you wake up!
September 13th, 2008 at 1:20 am
Biff often swims in orange juice, even sleeps in it sometimes I recall. That must be superbly comforting for him.