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Tuesday, 5 August, 2008 by The Lurker
You faint from lack 
of food! You regain 
consciousness!      
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     |...@..|       
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@ "Just my luck. Starving to death[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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, low on health, and under attack. Let's take care of that vampireThe Oxford English Dictionary is quite unequivocal:
_vampire_ - "a preternatural being of a malignant nature (in
the original and usual form of the belief, a reanimated
corpse), supposed to seek nourishment, or do harm, by sucking
the blood of sleeping persons. ..."

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first..."
Choose which spell  
to cast             
    Name            
a - force bolt      
b - cone of cold    
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@ "b"
N - an ice cream con
The vampireThe Oxford English Dictionary is quite unequivocal:
_vampire_ - "a preternatural being of a malignant nature (in
the original and usual form of the belief, a reanimated
corpse), supposed to seek nourishment, or do harm, by sucking
the blood of sleeping persons. ..."

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hits! You die... --More-- # ---|---- |..V...| |...@..| |......| --------
@ "Ah, ironic puns..."


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Wellan August 5, 2008 00:52
First comment: 27 November, 2007 247 comments written
Not bad! Good, in fact.

I don't think Dudley's comment in the last panel was necessary, but I made a similar mistake once, so...
@ August 5, 2008 06:14
First comment: 26 July, 2004 155 comments written
meh. kinda funny.
@ August 5, 2008 06:15
First comment: 26 July, 2004 155 comments written
vote raised to ggod since he was hungry. Missed that part.
@ August 5, 2008 06:16
First comment: 26 July, 2004 155 comments written
hmmm... vote lowered back to Fair since 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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weakness can inhibit spells.
Arle August 5, 2008 09:55
First comment: 2 June, 2008 29 comments written
@, might it be implied that his 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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inhibited him into generatin' the wrong cold cone?
Quint Sakugarne August 5, 2008 13:10
First comment: 1 January, 2008 233 comments written
I like this. Excellent rated.

Also, I agree with Arle.
SQLGuru August 5, 2008 13:31
First comment: 23 October, 2006 77 comments written
It could have been better if an 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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had appeared in the doorwayThrough me you pass into the city of woe:
Through me you pass into eternal pain:
Through me among the people lost for aye.
Justice the founder of my fabric mov'd:
To rear me was the task of power divine,
Supremest wisdom, and primeval love.
Before me things create were none, save things
Eternal, and eternal I endure.
All hope abandon ye who enter here.
        [ The Inferno, from The Divine Comedy of Dante
                Alighieri, translated by H.F. Cary ]

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....... :D
  August 5, 2008 14:52
First comment: 1 April, 2004 431 comments written
G. but that comment at the end was unnecisary
idontexist August 5, 2008 14:57
First comment: 19 July, 2008 35 comments written
That comment was me forgot to put in my name. I think a stronger enemy would have been better. any naked touristThe road from Ankh-Morpork to Chrim is high, white and
winding, a thirty-league stretch of potholes and half-buried
rocks that spirals around mountains and dips into cool green
valleys of citrus trees, crosses liana-webbed gorges on
creaking rope bridges and is generally more picturesque than
useful.
Picturesque. That was a new word to Rincewind the wizard
(BMgc, Unseen University [failed]). It was one of a number
he had picked up since leaving the charred ruins of
Ankh-Morpork. Quaint was another one. Picturesque meant --
he decided after careful observation of the scenery that
inspired Twoflower to use the word -- that the landscape was
horribly precipitous. Quaint, when used to describe the
occasional village through which they passed, meant fever-
ridden and tumbledown.
Twoflower was a tourist, the first ever seen on the discworld.
Tourist, Rincewind had decided, meant "idiot".
        [ The Colour of Magic, by Terry Pratchett ]

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can kill a regular V.
gneek August 5, 2008 15:59
First comment: 18 January, 2008 159 comments written
Pretty good
Tonya "Confused? Me?" Hawkes August 5, 2008 17:34
First comment: 5 August, 2008 1 comments written
Not rated, I don't get it.

I just read it for the fifth time and noticed that ice cream cone was missing an 'e', does that have something to do with it? Ice cream con...

Can someone go through and explain it for me?
G August 5, 2008 17:42
First comment: 5 October, 2005 82 comments written
He wanted to kill the vampireThe Oxford English Dictionary is quite unequivocal:
_vampire_ - "a preternatural being of a malignant nature (in
the original and usual form of the belief, a reanimated
corpse), supposed to seek nourishment, or do harm, by sucking
the blood of sleeping persons. ..."

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, but instead summoned an icecream cone with his cone of cold spell.
Antheridium August 5, 2008 22:52
First comment: 17 May, 2007 442 comments written
Ah, ironic puns.
321zero August 6, 2008 00:16
First comment: 25 April, 2008 12 comments written
Why doesn't Dudley #pray?
TK August 6, 2008 01:30
First comment: 11 August, 2007 69 comments written
Truly a good idea, but I agree with what others have posted about the last panel's line being unnecessary.
Tonya "slightly less confused" Hawkes August 6, 2008 10:47
First comment: 6 August, 2008 1 comments written
I still don't see how it is ironic...
Ren August 12, 2008 11:55
First comment: 2 April, 2008 35 comments written
Zapping a cone of cold in close combat is a good way of killing yourself, too.

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