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Friday, 25 January, 2008 by Quint Sakugarne
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@ "Hmm...a fork. I'll take the north path, and see where it goes."
The white unicornMen have always sought the elusive unicorn, for the single
twisted horn which projected from its forehead was thought to
be a powerful talisman. It was said that the unicorn had
simply to dip the tip of its horn in a muddy pool for the water
to become pure. Men also believed that to drink from this horn
was a protection against all sickness, and that if the horn was
ground to a powder it would act as an antidote to all poisons.
Less than 200 years ago in France, the horn of a unicorn was
used in a ceremony to test the royal food for poison.

Although only the size of a small horse, the unicorn is a very
fierce beast, capable of killing an elephant with a single
thrust from its horn. Its fleetness of foot also makes this
solitary creature difficult to capture. However, it can be
tamed and captured by a maiden. Made gentle by the sight of a
virgin, the unicorn can be lured to lay its head in her lap, and
in this docile mood, the maiden may secure it with a golden rope.
[ Mythical Beasts, by Deirdre Headon (The Leprechaun Library) ]

Martin took a small sip of beer. "Almost ready," he said.
"You hold your beer awfully well."
Tlingel laughed. "A unicorn's horn is a detoxicant. Its
possession is a universal remedy. I wait until I reach the
warm glow stage, then I use my horn to burn off any excess and
keep me right there."
        [ Unicorn Variations, by Roger Zelazny ]

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butts! The white unicornMen have always sought the elusive unicorn, for the single
twisted horn which projected from its forehead was thought to
be a powerful talisman. It was said that the unicorn had
simply to dip the tip of its horn in a muddy pool for the water
to become pure. Men also believed that to drink from this horn
was a protection against all sickness, and that if the horn was
ground to a powder it would act as an antidote to all poisons.
Less than 200 years ago in France, the horn of a unicorn was
used in a ceremony to test the royal food for poison.

Although only the size of a small horse, the unicorn is a very
fierce beast, capable of killing an elephant with a single
thrust from its horn. Its fleetness of foot also makes this
solitary creature difficult to capture. However, it can be
tamed and captured by a maiden. Made gentle by the sight of a
virgin, the unicorn can be lured to lay its head in her lap, and
in this docile mood, the maiden may secure it with a golden rope.
[ Mythical Beasts, by Deirdre Headon (The Leprechaun Library) ]

Martin took a small sip of beer. "Almost ready," he said.
"You hold your beer awfully well."
Tlingel laughed. "A unicorn's horn is a detoxicant. Its
possession is a universal remedy. I wait until I reach the
warm glow stage, then I use my horn to burn off any excess and
keep me right there."
        [ Unicorn Variations, by Roger Zelazny ]

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kicks! u #@# # ############# # ###
@ "Aaaahhhh!!!" *flees*
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@ *running* "(huff, huff, pant, pant) That thing was fast!"
You hit the floating
eye. --More--       
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@ "Oh crap..."
You are frozen by   
the floating eyeFloating eyes, not surprisingly, are large, floating eyeballs
which drift about the dungeon. Though not dangerous in and
of themselves, their power to paralyse those who gaze at
their large eye in combat is widely feared. Many are the
tales of those who struck a floating eye, were paralysed by
its mystic powers, and then nibbled to death by some other
creature that lurked around nearby.

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's gaze! --More-- ....y.....| ....oo....| .......e@..######### .....i....| a.........| -----------
@ "$#&%!"
The imp ... imps ... little creatures of two feet high that could
gambol and jump prodigiously; ...
        [ The Charwoman's Shadow, by Lord Dunsany ]

An 'imp' is an off-shoot or cutting. Thus an 'ymp tree' was
a grafted tree, or one grown from a cutting, not from seed.
'Imp' properly means a small devil, an off-shoot of Satan,
but the distinction between goblins or bogles and imps from
hell is hard to make, and many in the Celtic countries as
well as the English Puritans regarded all fairies as devils.
The fairies of tradition often hover uneasily between the
ghostly and the diabolic state.
        [ A Dictionary of Fairies, by Katharine Briggs ]

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hits! The hill orcOrcs, bipeds with a humanoid appearance, are related to the
goblins, but much bigger and more dangerous. The average orc
is only moderately intelligent, has broad, muscled shoulders,
a short neck, a sloping forehead and a thick, dark fur.
Their lower eye-teeth are pointing forward, like a boar's.
Female orcs are more lightly built and bare-chested. Not
needing any clothing, they do like to dress in variegated
apparels. Suspicious by nature, orcs live in tribes or
hordes. They tend to live underground as well as above
ground (but they dislike sunlight). Orcs can use all weapons,
tools and armours that are used by men. Since they don't have
the talent to fashion these themselves, they are constantly
hunting for them. There is nothing a horde of orcs cannot
use.
        [ het Boek van de Regels; Het Oog des Meesters ]

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hits! The hill orcOrcs, bipeds with a humanoid appearance, are related to the
goblins, but much bigger and more dangerous. The average orc
is only moderately intelligent, has broad, muscled shoulders,
a short neck, a sloping forehead and a thick, dark fur.
Their lower eye-teeth are pointing forward, like a boar's.
Female orcs are more lightly built and bare-chested. Not
needing any clothing, they do like to dress in variegated
apparels. Suspicious by nature, orcs live in tribes or
hordes. They tend to live underground as well as above
ground (but they dislike sunlight). Orcs can use all weapons,
tools and armours that are used by men. Since they don't have
the talent to fashion these themselves, they are constantly
hunting for them. There is nothing a horde of orcs cannot
use.
        [ het Boek van de Regels; Het Oog des Meesters ]

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hits! --More--..| .......ooy| .......e@.d######### .......i..| .......a..| -----------
The yellow lightStrange creatures formed from energy rather than matter,
lights are given to self-destructive behavior when battling
foes.

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explodes! You are blinded by the flash. --More-- ..........| ........@..######### ..........| ..........| -----------
@ "Oh, that just sucks.
It hits! It hits! It
hits! It bites! It  
bites! You die...   
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@ "Okay, what kind of stupid conspiracy was behind ganging up on me this time?"
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   /  REST IN   \   
  /    PEACE     \  
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 |     Dudley     | 
 |killed by vowels| 
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 /\\_/(\/(/\)\//\/| 
As a sidenote, I recently learned that patience is an important virtue in success at Nethack.


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Rapigel January 25, 2008 00:14
First comment: 19 October, 2007 4 comments written
Another victory for Team AntThis giant variety of the ordinary ant will fight just as
fiercely as its small, distant cousin. Various varieties
exist, and they are known and feared for their relentless
persecution of their victims.

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!
Wonderer January 25, 2008 00:40
First comment: 22 March, 2007 106 comments written
Old McDudley had a YAAD, e-i-e-i-o...
Slowpoke January 25, 2008 00:54
First comment: 27 February, 2007 239 comments written
The brutes! They disemvoweled him!
Antheridium January 25, 2008 01:35
First comment: 17 May, 2007 442 comments written
I don't know what to say about this one.
Wellan January 25, 2008 02:41
First comment: 27 November, 2007 247 comments written
Well, that one WASN'T obvious.

I like it.
davinci.secrets@gmail.com January 25, 2008 02:55
First comment: 25 January, 2008 1 comments written
Hah good one :)
Mordae January 25, 2008 05:48
First comment: 11 May, 2007 116 comments written
A solid punchline is worth a couple of extra I's in the second-to-last panel.
zem January 25, 2008 06:47
First comment: 5 December, 2005 64 comments written
irritable vowel syndrome - gets you every time
Eskimo January 25, 2008 08:18
First comment: 14 April, 2004 166 comments written
Wonderer and zem 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 ]

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even better than the comic. Excellent.
Quint Sakugarne January 25, 2008 08:43
First comment: 1 January, 2008 233 comments written
Mordae: I'm not sure what the extra I's are in the penultimate panel; I'm quite sure I counted everything, and left out the yellow lightStrange creatures formed from energy rather than matter,
lights are given to self-destructive behavior when battling
foes.

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as well.
jukka January 25, 2008 12:37
First comment: 22 November, 2006 57 comments written
Maybe Mordae forgot the dogA domestic animal, the _tame dog_ (_Canis familiaris_), of
which numerous breeds exist. The male is called a dog,
while the female is called a bitch. Because of its known
loyalty to man and gentleness with children, it is the
world's most popular domestic animal. It can easily be
trained to perform various tasks.

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?
One January 25, 2008 13:05
First comment: 13 September, 2004 13 comments written
Rated excellent for Slowpoke's comment.
MightyTater January 25, 2008 16:19
First comment: 8 December, 2006 2 comments written
I hate it when that happens.
  January 25, 2008 18:17
First comment: 1 April, 2004 431 comments written
Good for comic, excellent for comments.
Henry J Cobb January 25, 2008 18:24
First comment: 28 June, 2007 29 comments written
What he needed was a good vowel movement to clear them out. What's Dudley in Polish anyway?
Mordae January 25, 2008 18:37
First comment: 11 May, 2007 116 comments written
Since neither the floating eyeFloating eyes, not surprisingly, are large, floating eyeballs
which drift about the dungeon. Though not dangerous in and
of themselves, their power to paralyse those who gaze at
their large eye in combat is widely feared. Many are the
tales of those who struck a floating eye, were paralysed by
its mystic powers, and then nibbled to death by some other
creature that lurked around nearby.

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nor the dogA domestic animal, the _tame dog_ (_Canis familiaris_), of
which numerous breeds exist. The male is called a dog,
while the female is called a bitch. Because of its known
loyalty to man and gentleness with children, it is the
world's most popular domestic animal. It can easily be
trained to perform various tasks.

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would be hitting him, they wouldn't show up as I's. And I agree with the comments that note that the other comments are excellent :)
Its Me January 25, 2008 19:50
First comment: 25 January, 2008 1 comments written
I was expecting a Robert Frost related comment after the first panel...
Antheridium January 25, 2008 21:51
First comment: 17 May, 2007 442 comments written
I was kind of expecting a Yogi Berra.
Quint Sakugarne January 25, 2008 23:54
First comment: 1 January, 2008 233 comments written
Mordae: ah, you're right. My bad.
Kernigh January 26, 2008 07:17
First comment: 6 April, 2005 349 comments written
Remember, Dudley's dungeon sometimes allows us to see beyond Dudley's vision. So we may see two I's that Dudley cannot see. (We must be blind, and wielding an artifact that grants warning against Dudley's race.)

Alternatively, the room contained two other invisible monsters, and the dogA domestic animal, the _tame dog_ (_Canis familiaris_), of
which numerous breeds exist. The male is called a dog,
while the female is called a bitch. Because of its known
loyalty to man and gentleness with children, it is the
world's most popular domestic animal. It can easily be
trained to perform various tasks.

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discovered a teleportation trap, landed adjacent to the floating eyeFloating eyes, not surprisingly, are large, floating eyeballs
which drift about the dungeon. Though not dangerous in and
of themselves, their power to paralyse those who gaze at
their large eye in combat is widely feared. Many are the
tales of those who struck a floating eye, were paralysed by
its mystic powers, and then nibbled to death by some other
creature that lurked around nearby.

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, killed it in one hit and moved away to seek an offscreen tripe rationIf 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 ]

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Quint Sakugarne January 26, 2008 09:18
First comment: 1 January, 2008 233 comments written
Or, Dudley searched in between the next-to-last and next-to-next-to-last panels.
Looney January 26, 2008 18:32
First comment: 26 January, 2008 29 comments written
Or Dudley tried to run and hit a monster that wasn't attacking him before (the eye, or a peaceful monster). And remember that it's always possible for new monsters to show up in the middle of a fight.
Grognor's Ghost January 27, 2008 00:10
First comment: 20 January, 2008 6 comments written
If Grognor 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 ]

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alive today, he'd be turning in his grave"Who'd care to dig 'em," said the old, old man,
"Those six feet marked in chalk?
Much I talk, more I walk;
Time I were buried," said the old, old man.
        [ Three Songs to the Same Tune, by W.B. Yeats ]

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Toby Bartels January 27, 2008 07:37
First comment: 11 August, 2007 83 comments written
Well, the "I" for the eye is wrong, but I assumed that the last "I" (and one of the "It bites!") was from Dogley, who bit Dudley accidentally since it was blind. (Can that actually happen?) If so, then it's possible that Dudley was, ironically, killed directly by the consonant.
Grognor, killed by Vowels January 27, 2008 22:32
First comment: 27 January, 2008 1 comments written
Good one.
Fathead February 12, 2008 00:46
First comment: 1 April, 2006 1136 comments written
Yeah, the "I" for the eye is always wrong.

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