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Thursday, 3 June, 2004 by Dion Nicolaas
                    
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@ "I'm getting hungry. But asking ThothThe Egyptian god of the moon and wisdom, Thoth is the patron
deity of scribes and of knowledge, including scientific,
medical and mathematical writing, and is said to have given
mankind the art of hieroglyphic writing. He is important as
a mediator and counsellor amongst the gods and is the scribe
of the Heliopolis Ennead pantheon. According to mythology,
he was born from the head of the god Seth. He may be
depicted in human form with the head of an ibis, wholly as an
ibis, or as a seated baboon sometimes with its torso covered
in feathers. His attributes include a crown which consists
of a crescent moon surmounted by a moon disc.
Thoth is generally regarded as a benign deity. He is also
scrupulously fair and is responsible not only for entering
in the record the souls who pass to afterlife, but of
adjudicating in the Hall of the Two Truths. The Pyramid
Texts reveal a violent side of his nature by which he
decapitates the adversaries of truth and wrenches out their
hearts.
        [ Encyclopedia of Gods, by Michael Jordan ]

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@ "I WANT FOOD!
I WANT FOOD!
I WANT FOOD!
I WANT FOOD!
I WANT FOOD!
I WANT FOOD!" 
                    
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"WE WANT FOOD!
WE WANT FOOD!
WE WANT FOOD!
WE WANT FOOD!
WE WANT FOOD!
WE WANT FOOD!" 
                    
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@ "Some creatures have a more practical approach to the problem of hunger[Pestilence:] And I saw when the Lamb opened one of the seals,
and I heard, as it were the noise of thunder, one of the four
beasts saying, Come and see. And I saw, and behold a white
horse: and he that sat on him had a bow; and a crown was given
unto him: and he went forth conquering, and to conquer.

[War:] And when he had opened the second seal, I heard the
second beast say, Come and see. And there went out another
horse that was red: and power was given to him that sat thereon
to take peace from the earth, and that they should kill one
another: and there was given unto him a great sword.

[Famine:] And when he had opened the third seal, I heard the
third beast say, Come and see. And I beheld, and lo a black
horse; and he that sat on him had a pair of balances in his
hand. And I heard a voice in the midst of the four beasts say,
A measure of wheat for a penny, and three measures of barley
for a penny; and see thou hurt not the oil and the wine.

[Death:] And when he had opened the fourth seal, I heard the
voice of the fourth beast say, Come and see. And I looked, and
behold a pale horse: and his name that sat on him was Death,
and Hell followed with him. And power was given unto them over
the fourth part of the earth, to kill with sword, and with
hunger, and with death, and with the beasts of the earth.
[ Revelations of John, 6:1-8 ]

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rolloffle June 3, 2004 06:40
First comment: 3 June, 2004 1 comments written
This strip is NIGTASTIC!
CordBar@aol.com June 19, 2004 22:51
First comment: 6 May, 2004 76 comments written
Is Dudley insivible, or dead?
orakkeli August 21, 2004 11:31
First comment: 21 August, 2004 1 comments written
Dead.
ec June 14, 2005 19:36
First comment: 14 June, 2005 15 comments written
VERY dead. And eaten.

Great comic
Kernigh June 28, 2005 01:24
First comment: 6 April, 2005 349 comments written
Dudley is saved! At least one of those orcs will leave a corpse.
Fathead April 5, 2006 21:14
First comment: 1 April, 2006 1136 comments written
oopsie
Grognor April 6, 2007 22:25
First comment: 4 April, 2007 1161 comments written
I believe orcs are actually safe to eat.
HK June 5, 2007 16:46
First comment: 1 June, 2007 309 comments written
Funny.
TK August 12, 2007 00:05
First comment: 11 August, 2007 69 comments written
Dudley's obviously not too bright; praying is an excellent way to fill your stomach! I think the only time praying for sustenance <i>hasn't</i> worked for me is when I accidentally forgot I had food and prayed...my godGoddesses and Gods operate in ones, threesomes, or whole
pantheons of nine or more (see Religion). Most of them claim
to have made the world, and this is indeed a likely claim in
the case of threesomes or pantheons: Fantasyland does have
the air of having been made by a committee. But all Goddesses
and Gods, whether they say they made the world or not, have
very detailed short-term plans for it which they are determined
to carry out. Consequently they tend to push people into the
required actions by the use of coincidence or Prophecy, or just
by narrowing down your available choices of what to do next:
if a deity is pushing you, things will go miserably badly until
there is only one choice left to you.
[ The Tough Guide to Fantasyland, by Diana Wynne Jones ]

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Simulato September 26, 2007 12:01
First comment: 26 September, 2007 6 comments written
From what I've experienced, praying when hungry, weak or fainting always makes your "stomach feel content", unless you could not safely pray.
Looney September 9, 2008 15:22
First comment: 26 January, 2008 29 comments written
Not always. You could also be turning to stone, low on HP, food-poisoned, etc. Unless you're really lucky or standing on an altarAltars are of three types:
1. In Temples. These are for Sacrifices [...]. The stone
top will have grooves for blood, and the whole will be covered
with _dry brown stains of a troubling kind_ from former
Sacrifices.
[ The Tough Guide to Fantasyland, by Diana Wynne Jones ]

To every man upon this earth
Death cometh soon or late;
And how can man die better
Than facing fearful odds
For the ashes of his fathers
And the temples of his gods?
        [ Lays of Ancient Rome, by Thomas B. Macaulay ]

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