July 1st, 2008
#541 - Slosh
My mom really liked rose bushes. We have 3 by the end of the sidewalk right now. I usually trim back the old dead growth in the spring. No matter how careful I am, I always get at least one deep gash from a thorn. The worst ones are when I get stabbed in the tip of my index finger. It turns out I use that finger for a lot of things throughout the day.
July 1st, 2008 at 12:02 am
Yeah, the index finger is only slightly necessary, hmm? Drawing, eating, typing, writing… That must really suck for a cartoonist.
The Duck Has Spoken.
July 1st, 2008 at 12:13 am
Gardening, that’s it.
July 1st, 2008 at 12:22 am
It’d be scary if they’re special Biff-created rose bushes that can throw water balloons back. They’d undoubtedly have thorns on/in them, and would HURT on impact.
July 1st, 2008 at 12:27 am
Well, as long as the rosebushes enjoy the fight……………
July 1st, 2008 at 12:40 am
I know what you mean, I worked as a gardner in summer 2007 with my uncle and got all types of rashes and cuts from all sorts of plants. I think the worse was whn I accidentaly cut my own thumb open with the cutters on my last day of work; it bled alot and wasn’T that pleasant at all.
July 1st, 2008 at 1:13 am
Whenever I try to have a water balloon fight, the balloons just bounce right off without popping. It looks like Biff has found a clever solution to that.
July 1st, 2008 at 1:16 am
That’s one way to water your plants.
July 1st, 2008 at 2:05 am
Man, my trees are the same way, but when they lose, they call the weeds over, those guys are annoying.
July 1st, 2008 at 2:50 am
Hope there are no bees biff can’t see when he throws a water ballon.
Hey now, bee week, that might work.
July 1st, 2008 at 3:45 am
I have some rose bushes in my garden that smell or Turkish Delight, it’s great!
July 1st, 2008 at 4:52 am
You never notice the bits of your hand that you use until you’re doing a printmaking woodcut and your hand slips and you jam a ridiculously sharp tool into the end of your thumb. That stuff sucks.
July 1st, 2008 at 5:02 am
only biff kan know if a plant enjoys a water balloon fight
July 1st, 2008 at 5:16 am
Let’s just hope he doesn’t trash talk the roses. They may not grow.
July 1st, 2008 at 7:43 am
This comic is pretty funny, but I think it would be even funnier if Biff were soaking wet.
July 1st, 2008 at 7:58 am
Yes, I believe they do….
July 1st, 2008 at 8:49 am
@Jackson; *Excellent* point - This would indeed be much funnier if Biff were losing the waterballoon fight with the roses!
I like roses, too - Growing up, we had scores of roses around the yard and near the house, including some really incredible climbing roses with really fragrant, deep red velvety flowers. Going outside on an early summer morning and taking a deep breath was like inhaling cotton candy. Only not so sneeze-inducing.
I bet Biff would inhale real cotton candy.
July 1st, 2008 at 10:34 am
@ Micah: Biff doesnt talk at all
July 1st, 2008 at 11:02 am
@ Halo Chief:
Well, who’s to say Biff doesn’t resort to alternate means of taunting? He could make signs saying “Screw you, roses!”, or even make recordings of Microsoft Sam insulting their mothers.
The Duck Has Spoken.
July 1st, 2008 at 11:11 am
You’re a good son.
July 1st, 2008 at 11:18 am
Haha gardening week.
@ PsychoDuck - Seriously, how many Biff cartoons have you seen with text on them (besides the caption)?
July 1st, 2008 at 11:19 am
Sorry for the double post, but I just realized that all the 1’s in the dates and times of the posts are green. Does anyone else see that or am I losing my mind?
July 1st, 2008 at 1:21 pm
I love having rosebushes, but not in a walkway… I always get assaulted by those $&^#% thorns whenever I have to pass them. I truly think they’re out to get me.
July 1st, 2008 at 2:15 pm
@ no name:
There’s no rule saying Chris can’t add a bit of text, is there? Doesn’t matter, really. The comic’s still brilliant without Biff taunting innocent plant life.
The Duck Has Spoken.
July 1st, 2008 at 2:17 pm
There are some very strict rules that I follow for each comic unless I forget and then that rule doesn’t apply anymore.
July 1st, 2008 at 2:17 pm
@noname: i think youre losing your mind. theyre black to me
July 1st, 2008 at 5:05 pm
@no name
Black to me too dude,
must be goin’ nuts
Mabye cause ya got
no name?How about
carl?
July 1st, 2008 at 7:26 pm
Carl maybe. I don’t know. I think I’ll stay with nothin.
July 1st, 2008 at 8:45 pm
When I was a kid I had frequent fights with blackberry bushes, I always found them much more daunting enemies than rose bushes.
July 1st, 2008 at 9:49 pm
@No Name
Green for me too.
July 1st, 2008 at 9:56 pm
I really like rosebushes.
I just don’t like when I have to get close enough to do Flower Recon.
July 1st, 2008 at 10:36 pm
HAHA!!! I’m not insane!!!
July 2nd, 2008 at 4:13 pm
@No Name.
Possible we’re both insane.
July 8th, 2008 at 2:23 pm
Plus, if you get cut on the very tip of your finger you can bleed to death.
(True fact, they used to torture and kill people by cutting all the tips of their toes and fingers.)
September 8th, 2008 at 12:42 am
I cut halfway through my thumb at work one day. Hurt like hell (surprise surprise) but the pain went away fairly quickly. That on it’s own, not a problem. Dropping a 10 lb box of cherry tomatoes on it the next day, that was a problem. I almost fainted in the refrigerator, then I nearly threw up.
Don’t do that.