The other side of the M&M's

Krurk · Post by **Krurk** » April 5, 2004, 5:27 pm

Their teenage years...

archeiron · Post by **archeiron** » April 5, 2004, 6:10 pm

They need to be carefull: one case of the munchies and the cannabalism could wipe them out!

Talelor · Post by **Talelor** » April 5, 2004, 6:51 pm

Hilarious!

Xzion · Post by **Xzion** » April 5, 2004, 7:00 pm

damn thats a lot of weed

archeiron · Post by **archeiron** » April 5, 2004, 7:41 pm

Xzion wrote:damn thats a lot of weed

Yeah, it is... if you are as small as an M&M. That probably wouldn't even make a decent sized spliff for a person

noel · Post by **noel** » April 5, 2004, 7:44 pm

Honest question: Why is it, you can take a picture of like... anyone or anything, and add weed, and people will post that it's funny/hilarious?

What's so hilarious about it? I look at the picture and see like... M&Ms and a pile of weed, but I don't get the humor...

Lalanae · Post by **Lalanae** » April 5, 2004, 7:48 pm

guess you have to be into it *shrug*

i did find the cannibalism remark kinda funny tho

Post by **Sylvus** » April 5, 2004, 8:22 pm

Aranuil wrote:Honest question: Why is it, you can take a picture of like... anyone or anything, and add weed, and people will post that it's funny/hilarious?

What's so hilarious about it? I look at the picture and see like... M&Ms and a pile of weed, but I don't get the humor...

Humor is completely subjective. While I personally don't find the picture of the M&Ms with weed all that funny, describing why anything is funny tends to kill the humor, so I don't think that it can really be explained. Take, for example, this post from the other thread that is currently at the top of the forum:

Aranuil wrote:
Arborealus wrote:What semi-famous Necro pumped his opponent in the Necro BotB?
Xouqoa

Arborealus wrote:Who was the opponent?
A sheep!

I'm not trying to comment on the quality of the humor or anything, I'm merely presenting you with the opportunity to describe why it's funny. I think you'll find it harder than it seems.

Some pot smokers find it humorous when someone (something?) who wouldn't characteristically smoke marijuana is in a situation where they are "on the weed". I'm sure there's some lame golfer out there who has a poster of the M&Ms golfing with some "witty" remark that he belly laughs at every time he walks into his cubicle. I've seen more stickers of Calvin pissing on things than I can count. PEOPLE ACTUALLY PAY MONEY TO SEE GALLAGHER. There's no explaining any of it.

noel · Post by **noel** » April 5, 2004, 8:43 pm

Fair enough! I really was just asking. I assumed it was that, but wasn't really sure if there was something I've been missing all this time.

Since you brought it up, the Calvin pissing thing is actually really sad. There's a reason why Bill Waterson isn't doing C&H anymore, and that's part of it.

FYI, the sheep thing is an inside joke that about 7 people will get, including Xo.

MooZilla · Post by **MooZilla** » April 5, 2004, 10:36 pm

Aranuil wrote:Fair enough! I really was just asking. I assumed it was that, but wasn't really sure if there was something I've been missing all this time.

Since you brought it up, the Calvin pissing thing is actually really sad. There's a reason why Bill Waterson isn't doing C&H anymore, and that's part of it.

FYI, the sheep thing is an inside joke that about 7 people will get, including Xo.

Tell

archeiron · Post by **archeiron** » April 6, 2004, 12:09 am

Lalanae wrote:guess you have to be into it *shrug*

i did find the cannibalism remark kinda funny tho

This is because I am a (comic) genius in my own mind, and you are clearly a figment of my overactive imagination conjured in a need to justify my warped sense of humour.

nobody · Post by **nobody** » April 6, 2004, 2:41 am

Aranuil wrote: Since you brought it up, the Calvin pissing thing is actually really sad. There's a reason why Bill Waterson isn't doing C&H anymore, and that's part of it.

a moment of silence for C&H, RIP

Kilmoll the Sexy · Post by **Kilmoll the Sexy** » April 6, 2004, 8:47 am

Calvin and Hobbes was the greatest cartoon ever. There is no debate. If you do not agree then you can die.

Truant · Post by **Truant** » April 6, 2004, 1:40 pm

well it's fortunate that I agree!

I actually have the entire collection still boxed away from my days of being wee.

Post by **Xouqoa** » April 6, 2004, 2:41 pm

far side > c&h imo

sheeps r00l

Aslanna · Post by **Aslanna** » April 6, 2004, 2:51 pm

Farside, Calvin & Hobbes and Bloom County. I'd rank them all about the same for me.

Sueven · Post by **Sueven** » April 6, 2004, 3:13 pm

far side > c&h imo

wrong

Post by **Xouqoa** » April 6, 2004, 3:25 pm

I SAID IMO SO STFU! HOW WOULDU NO WAT MY OPNINON IS!?!?!111/1

Sueven · Post by **Sueven** » April 6, 2004, 3:30 pm

Xou, how are you playing three games at once and posting on VV?

noel · Post by **noel** » April 6, 2004, 3:32 pm

There must have been a sheep in Far Side! BAAAHHHHHHHHH!

C&H, Far Side, and Bloom County are all extremely good, but I think where C&H wins for me is the fact that it's not so adult, and it's a nice escape back to simpler times.

Pahreyia · Post by **Pahreyia** » April 6, 2004, 3:39 pm

Get Fuzzy and Non-Sequiter are hands down the best comic strips in general circulation since C&H. Sinfest wins for the underground comic strip.

Post by **Xouqoa** » April 6, 2004, 3:39 pm

Sueven wrote:Xou, how are you playing three games at once and posting on VV?

vary talented!~

Neziroth · Post by **Neziroth** » April 6, 2004, 3:45 pm

Far Side rocks.

That is all

Post by **pyrella** » April 6, 2004, 4:57 pm

http://veeshanvault.org/cnh

Kriista · Post by **Kriista** » April 6, 2004, 5:07 pm

far side > all

the legacy of that skit lives on in most of the 1frame 1caption format toons

nobody · Post by **nobody** » April 6, 2004, 11:46 pm

Aranuil wrote:Since you brought it up, the Calvin pissing thing is actually really sad. There's a reason why Bill Waterson isn't doing C&H anymore, and that's part of it.

actually i never heard exactly why he gave up C&H. i know that was one reason but i'd be interested to hear the whole story.

emmer · Post by **emmer** » April 6, 2004, 11:59 pm

I learned how to read with calvin and hobbes!*

*and the uncanny x-men

noel · Post by **noel** » April 7, 2004, 12:09 am

nobody wrote:
Aranuil wrote:Since you brought it up, the Calvin pissing thing is actually really sad. There's a reason why Bill Waterson isn't doing C&H anymore, and that's part of it.
actually i never heard exactly why he gave up C&H. i know that was one reason but i'd be interested to hear the whole story.

The beginning of The Calvin and Hobbes - Tenth Anniversary Book details Watterson's frustration with his publisher, with licensing, with formatting for papers, etc. He was a true artist who wasn't willing to compromise his art, and wasn't willing to sell out. Ever wondered why there was never a licensed Calvin and Hobbes set of toys, action figures, etc.? Watterson could have made millions on that, but he wasn't willing to. I love that book, but the intro, where he explains why he's done, makes me sad.

nobody · Post by **nobody** » April 7, 2004, 12:17 am

why couldn't he just have started publishing it himself? i'm sure he wasn't broke.

Siji · Post by **Siji** » April 7, 2004, 10:20 am

I'm guessing it probably had something to do with him not having 100% rights to the characters or something? Just a guess..

noel · Post by **noel** » April 7, 2004, 10:35 am

Actually he did. But there was immense pressure to license out his characters. He didn't want to.