Dudley's dungeon -- Wednesday, 22 November, 2006

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Average rating: Fair
Number of ratings: 26

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SomeoneElse	November 22, 2006 00:29
First comment: 11 September, 2006	143 comments written
Huh?
The Bard of Blasphemy	November 22, 2006 00:44
First comment: 13 May, 2005	46 comments written
Eh?
shel	November 22, 2006 01:13
First comment: 19 August, 2005	107 comments written
What?
Tux	November 22, 2006 01:16
First comment: 6 November, 2006	9 comments written
lol I found this funny!
Gadora	November 22, 2006 01:24
First comment: 21 September, 2006	88 comments written
????
snafu	November 22, 2006 01:39
First comment: 3 November, 2006	15 comments written
Nicely done!
Rose	November 22, 2006 02:11
First comment: 3 July, 2006	79 comments written
reference to greek mythology - prometheus
Kernigh	November 22, 2006 05:52
First comment: 6 April, 2005	349 comments written
"Flees in terror" is a reference to Angband; is that not so?
Simon Richard Clarkstone	November 22, 2006 10:20
First comment: 6 February, 2005	18 comments written
Erm, This one is really obscure. And I don't see what it has to do with Prometheus, except for the ringThree Rings for the Elven-kings under the sky, Seven for the Dwarf-lords in their halls of stone, Nine for Mortal Men doomed to die, One for the Dark Lord on his dark throne, In the Land of Mordor where the Shadows lie. One Ring to rule them all, One Ring to find them, One Ring to bring them all and in the darkness bind them In the Land of Mordor where the Shadows lie. [ The Fellowship of the Ring, by J.R.R. Tolkien ] Copyright (c) 1994, 1995, 1996 by the NetHack Development Team Copyright (c) 1994 by Boudewijn Wayers NetHack may be freely redistributed. See license for details.. You really should put a note underneath it to explain. Also, it is not clear what the food ration is spilling out of. The blindfoldThe blindfolding was performed by binding a piece of the yellowish linen whereof those of the Amahagger who condescended to wear anything in particular made their dresses tightly round the eyes. This linen I afterwards discovered was taken from the tombs, and was not, as I had first supposed, of native manufacture. The bandage was then knotted at the back of the head, and finally brought down again and the ends bound under the chin to prevent its slipping. Ustane was, by the way, also blindfolded, I do not know why, unless it was from fear that she should impart the secrets of the route to us. [ She, by H. Rider Haggard ] Copyright (c) 1994, 1995, 1996 by the NetHack Development Team Copyright (c) 1994 by Boudewijn Wayers NetHack may be freely redistributed. See license for details.? I'd rate it terrible, but I will almost certainly change my mind when I get the joke.
A	November 22, 2006 10:34
First comment: 24 October, 2006	70 comments written
I don't get this one... (I will do the same thing as "Simon Richard Clarkstone": rate later)
GreyKnight	November 22, 2006 14:13
First comment: 24 March, 2006	48 comments written
It's possible the food ration could be a reference to Prometheus' liver, but that is pretty tenuous (tripeIf you start from scratch, cooking tripe is a long-drawn-out affair. Fresh whole tripe calls for a minimum of 12 hours of cooking, some time-honored recipes demanding as much as 24. To prepare fresh tripe, trim if necessary. Wash it thoroughly, soaking overnight, and blanch, for 1/2 hour in salted water. Wash well again, drain and cut for cooking. When cooked, the texture of tripe should be like that of soft gristle. More often, alas, because the heat has not been kept low enough, it has the consistency of wet shoe leather. [ Joy of Cooking, by I Rombauer and M Becker ] Copyright (c) 1994, 1995, 1996 by the NetHack Development Team Copyright (c) 1994 by Boudewijn Wayers NetHack may be freely redistributed. See license for details.'d be better), doesn't explain the blindfoldThe blindfolding was performed by binding a piece of the yellowish linen whereof those of the Amahagger who condescended to wear anything in particular made their dresses tightly round the eyes. This linen I afterwards discovered was taken from the tombs, and was not, as I had first supposed, of native manufacture. The bandage was then knotted at the back of the head, and finally brought down again and the ends bound under the chin to prevent its slipping. Ustane was, by the way, also blindfolded, I do not know why, unless it was from fear that she should impart the secrets of the route to us. [ She, by H. Rider Haggard ] Copyright (c) 1994, 1995, 1996 by the NetHack Development Team Copyright (c) 1994 by Boudewijn Wayers NetHack may be freely redistributed. See license for details., and there's no B around. I think the last panel is the key one here. Rate for post-ironic humour, ladies and germs!
Nameless	November 22, 2006 14:20
First comment: 29 December, 2004	281 comments written
Oh for the love of... 1 - This comic has no references whatsoever. Any thing that resembles a reference is either a) a coincidence or b) my poor memory of Nethack having not played it for a while at the time I wrote this comic. 2 - The whole point is that the first three panels are so random that any punchline would be so ridiculous that it would fear being heard. Yes, it's very stupid, but for some reason I found it rather amusing. 3 - I haven't actually left any comments in ages. I should do that more.
Nesman	November 22, 2006 14:31
First comment: 4 January, 2005	112 comments written
I totally missed the Prometheus bit. Maybe if he wereIn 1573, the Parliament of Dole published a decree, permitting the inhabitants of the Franche-Comte to pursue and kill a were-wolf or loup-garou, which infested that province, "notwithstanding the existing laws concerning the chase." The people were empowered to "assemble with javelins, halberds, pikes, arquebuses and clubs, to hunt and pursue the said were-wolf in all places where they could find it, and to take, burn, and kill it, without incurring any fine or other penalty." The hunt seems to have been successful, if we may judge from the fact that the same tribunal in the following year condemned to be burned a man named Giles Garnier, who ran on all fours in the forest and fields and devoured little children, "even on Friday." The poor lycanthrope, it appears, had as slight respect for ecclesiastical feasts as the French pig, which was not restrained by any feeling of piety from eating infants on a fast day. [ The History of Vampires, by Dudley Wright ] Copyright (c) 1994, 1995, 1996 by the NetHack Development Team Copyright (c) 1994 by Boudewijn Wayers NetHack may be freely redistributed. See license for details. being attacked by a bird instead of a puddingThese giant amoeboid creatures look like nothing more than puddles of slime, but they both live and move, feeding on metal or wood as well as the occasional dungeon explorer to supplement their diet. But we were not on a station platform. We were on the track ahead as the nightmare, plastic column of fetid black iridescence oozed tightly onward through its fifteen-foot sinus, gathering unholy speed and driving before it a spiral, re-thickening cloud of the pallid abyss vapor. It was a terrible, indescribable thing vaster than any subway train -- a shapeless congeries of protoplasmic bubbles, faintly self-luminous, and with myriads of temporary eyes forming and unforming as pustules of greenish light all over the tunnel-filling front that bore down upon us, crushing the frantic penguins and slithering over the glistening floor that it and its kind had swept so evilly free of all litter. [ At the Mountains of Madness, by H.P. Lovecraft ] Copyright (c) 1994, 1995, 1996 by the NetHack Development Team Copyright (c) 1994 by Boudewijn Wayers NetHack may be freely redistributed. See license for details.. Instead, I took 'p' to stand for 'pinata,' which covered the food spilling out, in my mind.
Alcari	November 22, 2006 16:58
First comment: 11 September, 2006	93 comments written
If you don't know a punchline, don't make a joke???? or am i being shortshighted again?
GreyKnight	November 22, 2006 17:17
First comment: 24 March, 2006	48 comments written
The whole point is that the first three panels are so random that any punchline would be so ridiculous that it would fear being heard. Shows what you know! ;-)
SomeoneElse	November 22, 2006 18:16
First comment: 11 September, 2006	143 comments written
Why is the punchline a piercerYe Piercer doth look like unto a stalactyte, and hangeth from the roofs of caves and caverns. Unto the height of a man, and thicker than a man's thigh do they grow, and in groups do they hang. If a creature doth pass beneath them, they will by its heat and noise perceive it, and fall upon it to kill and devour it, though in any other way they move but exceeding slow. [ the Bestiary of Xygag ] Copyright (c) 1994, 1995, 1996 by the NetHack Development Team Copyright (c) 1994 by Boudewijn Wayers NetHack may be freely redistributed. See license for details.? Does it pierce the comic and make plot holes?
Rose	November 22, 2006 18:56
First comment: 3 July, 2006	79 comments written
oops - my random association. I was thinking p was a ravenBut the raven, sitting lonely on the placid bust, spoke only That one word, as if his soul in that one word he did outpour. Nothing further then he uttered -- not a feather then he fluttered-- Till I scarcely more than muttered, 'other friends have flown before-- On the morrow he will leave me, as my hopes have flown before.' Then the bird said, 'Nevermore.' [ The Raven - Edgar Allan Poe ] Copyright (c) 1994, 1995, 1996 by the NetHack Development Team Copyright (c) 1994 by Boudewijn Wayers NetHack may be freely redistributed. See license for details., for some reason. and the @ is next to a post and his liver is regenerating. but then i looked up the myth and it should have been an eagle and the hero should have been tied, not blindfolded.
Mikoangelo	November 22, 2006 19:32
First comment: 19 October, 2005	82 comments written
Sucked. Read comments. Re-read. ****ING ROCKED!
	November 22, 2006 21:14
First comment: 1 April, 2004	431 comments written
Well, I thought it was funny, considering I didn't expect there to be an "actual" punchline...
Fathead	November 27, 2006 16:37
First comment: 1 April, 2006	1136 comments written
Well, let's see. His ringThree Rings for the Elven-kings under the sky, Seven for the Dwarf-lords in their halls of stone, Nine for Mortal Men doomed to die, One for the Dark Lord on his dark throne, In the Land of Mordor where the Shadows lie. One Ring to rule them all, One Ring to find them, One Ring to bring them all and in the darkness bind them In the Land of Mordor where the Shadows lie. [ The Fellowship of the Ring, by J.R.R. Tolkien ] Copyright (c) 1994, 1995, 1996 by the NetHack Development Team Copyright (c) 1994 by Boudewijn Wayers NetHack may be freely redistributed. See license for details. that heals him is cursed, he's blind, and he's losing his food. I guess that's funny enough! Thus, I rated it Gee.
Ristipisto-Risto	December 7, 2006 09:24
First comment: 25 January, 2006	52 comments written
WEIRD.
Ana	January 9, 2007 20:50
First comment: 9 January, 2007	14 comments written
"If you don't know a punchline, don't make a joke???? or am i being shortshighted again?" Yes. (though the commente deserved to be just like that, i need to add: come one, it's not THAT hard to understand. I got it at first. I feel somethime people are just stuck in the present a stituation - develop it logically - end with an easy-to-understand punchline. It's like only hearing music with the part1-chorus-part2-chorus-bridge-chorus struture! So YES you're being shortsighted. Voted Excellent.)
SomeoneElse	May 12, 2007 12:17
First comment: 11 September, 2006	143 comments written
I just hit "Random" and got this comic. Not the definition of random I was expecting!
Grognor	July 31, 2007 08:54
First comment: 4 April, 2007	1161 comments written
I'm confused. I KNOW I commented on this one. Did Dion delete it? Possibly.
Kerta	December 14, 2007 17:49
First comment: 12 December, 2007	72 comments written
I think it's running away because he is purposefully making himself the easiest target in the game.
Quint Sakugarne	January 2, 2008 18:17
First comment: 1 January, 2008	233 comments written
SomeoneElse: Why is the punchline a piercerYe Piercer doth look like unto a stalactyte, and hangeth from the roofs of caves and caverns. Unto the height of a man, and thicker than a man's thigh do they grow, and in groups do they hang. If a creature doth pass beneath them, they will by its heat and noise perceive it, and fall upon it to kill and devour it, though in any other way they move but exceeding slow. [ the Bestiary of Xygag ] Copyright (c) 1994, 1995, 1996 by the NetHack Development Team Copyright (c) 1994 by Boudewijn Wayers NetHack may be freely redistributed. See license for details.? Does it pierce the comic and make plot holes? This comment saves this comic.
Killheart	January 3, 2008 11:56
First comment: 19 August, 2007	11 comments written
The first three panels is the warmup for the joke. It's so random that any punchline would be horribly absurd, so the punchline flees in terror in fear of the joke. Also, 'p' is the first letter of 'punchline'.
Custard	January 31, 2008 09:19
First comment: 1 December, 2007	10 comments written
I wish someone would delete Grognor's comments. It's not as if he does anything other than whine, preen himself, and generally trollThe troll shambled closer. He was perhaps eight feet tall, perhaps more. His forward stoop, with arms dangling past thick claw-footed legs to the ground, made it hard to tell. The hairless green skin moved upon his body. His head was a gash of a mouth, a yard-long nose, and two eyes which drank the feeble torchlight and never gave back a gleam. [...] Like a huge green spider, the troll's severed hand ran on its fingers. Across the mounded floor, up onto a log with one taloned forefinger to hook it over the bark, down again it scrambled, until it found the cut wrist. And there it grew fast. The troll's smashed head seethed and knit together. He clambered back on his feet and grinned at them. The waning faggot cast red light over his fangs. [ Three Hearts and Three Lions, by Poul Anderson ] Copyright (c) 1994, 1995, 1996 by the NetHack Development Team Copyright (c) 1994 by Boudewijn Wayers NetHack may be freely redistributed. See license for details. the place.

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