Irritable Buyer Syndrome
This is the second strip in a row that has “buy” in the title. This was unplanned and in no way have I been hired by any sort of Illuminati organization to subliminally entice you, my audience, into making unnecessary purchases.
Let me assure you that I would never allow the acquisition of my principles. They simply aren’t for sale. And I certainly would not let some third party tell me how to write my strip, no matter what the bargain. Here’s the deal, folks: I appreciate the way you all have made an investment in my little comic, and I value that too much to throw it all away.
Commerce.
Nice!
…When are the T-shirts getting here?
I was getting all set up to go the print-on-demand route, but then a friend pointed out that they seemed a tad expensive – and that was with me making practically nothing on the shirts. So rather than overcharge you guys to make a buck, I’m going back to my original plan of making them myself and keeping costs low. I’ll keep you guys posted.
I smiled. The blunt use of poop humor can do that if wielded well, and I gotta say, the exchange in the 2nd panel followed by the word “crapapalooza” has done it. Very good. ^-^
And now you’ve gone and made me write one of those suck-uppy-sounding comments, darn you… XP
Must.. buy.. t-shirts..
Adam is loosening us up for Black Friday sales! I already spent 200$ since yesterdays title!
Best. Comic. Ever!
Ditto to all of the adoration above…plus, I love the fist pump in the last panel.
Happy Turkey Day, all! I am thankful that I have Bug to look forward to every weekday morning. It’s the best way to kick off the crappy day I’ll have at work. 🙂
Thanks! I was worried that it wouldn’t read as a fist pump.
Well, at least Bug wasn’t going to the grocery store just to buy KY Jelly and bird seed.
Then we’d really have to worry about him.
(I asked a grocery store clerk about the weirdest purchases he’d ever seen made by one person. The above is what he told me.)
I once bought: condoms, KY, shaving cream, a bottle brush and a rug beater — that must’ve rated quite high on weirdness. Disclaimer: the brush and the beater have only been and will only be used for their original purposes, cleaning bottles and beating rugs.
Hence. TP holds no fears for me.
Poop humor rocks because most pen are perpetually 6 inside.
BTW, if you ever want a real Crapapalooza just have your gallbladder removed and eat Mexican food. Trust me on this. 🙂
I was once picking up medicine for crab lice (for a friend – true story) but I must have grabbed to one bottle where the UPC code fell off.
So the cashier calls out on the store PA, “Can I get a price check on the Pyrinate-2000, please?”
You have scarred me for life. Although I do have crazy thoughts about what the male clerk is thinking when I am buying tampons, toilet paper never really bothered me before. BUT NOW, thanks to you, when I go out for a late night chips and salsa and TP run, the pooping connection will be forever etched in my brain. I HATE YOU!!!
This would be a great blurb to put on the back of my book.
As a former grocery store cashier, I would like to state that we don’t really care what people are buying. Maybe a few new ones do, but most of us just scan it on through as quickly as possible so the line will (hopefully) stay manageable.
Even when business is slow, we’re not analyzing your purchases. We wouldn’t sell products if we were going to jolt back in horror if people bought them.
“Lets get it on, pizza rolls!” is my new catchphrase.
Lol
just dont buy spray paint, ski masks, duct tape, and a shovel or theyll ask if u want condoms with ur rape kit -yikes- 0-0
Re. Your explanation. I just don’t buy it. I believe you when you say you’re refusing to sell out, but your logic is on the money, but your premise is just bucking the trend. You don’t think you can be bought? You just haven’t seen the right offer.
I just came up with the business scheme ever toilet paper treated with a laxative so the more you wipe the more you have to poop and it’d be a never ending circle of consumption