Sled Till Yer Dead
When I originally wrote this strip I named the hill in the last panel “Rape Mountain.” Believe it or not, even I (a lover of dark and inappropriate humor), was hesitant to use that title. But I did because: a) The eleventh hour was approaching and I knew I had to name it something horrible, and b) I figured that most people would see it in context.
Now most folks were fine with it but some were offended by that word, and I’m not doing this strip to offend people. I’m doing this to make people laugh. Plus, the joke ain’t that great and not worth fighting for. So I got rid of it and replaced it with, what I consider, a much funnier title.
Living in the southern hemisphere makes all this snow stuff feel oddly disconnected.
I’m so glad of where I went to College. It’s right by home and they have the best sledding hill nearby. And as a student they cant kick me out anymore for sledding there!
The hands at “Abortion Alley” and the little handshake at the end just slay me! We had a “Dead Man’s Hill” where I grew up. Went back as an adult and was all, “You have to be kidding me. It USED to be HUGE! Now it’s like a speed bump” Sheesh!
You also have to worry about snow sticking to your sign and turning it into RAP MOUNTAIN. The horror! The horror!
AA and RM have got the real life Harakiri and Body Bag beat. But the scariest ski slope actually does have a pretty sissy sounding frog name — Corbet’s Couloir.
You should try living near the equator. All we get during “winter season” are slightly cooler temperatures and holidays.
“Dead Man’s (window) Draft?”
Rape Mountain? Oh boy…
Don’t worry. Usually the Pedobears tend to hibernate during the cold season. Just try not to make too many children based sounds, and you’ll be fine.
I spent a winter in Estes CO where we had a hill that ended up in a granite wall if you went too far. But you had to plow through the bushes and stumps and fly off a small (4 foot) Retaining wall first before you could smash into the wall/house.
Little 90’s Bug looks so cute.
I think he’s called Kid Cool Bug.
My favorite John Pinette bit (about skiing with his friends): “Take me to the little slope, and I’ll get used to falling down…no, John’s funnier when he’s falling down a big mountain. They took me up to Mount Sonofabitch.”
This comic made me think of it. 🙂
from panel to panel I had to laugh harder until my brains went down Rape Mountain
In the twin cities is “dead sled hill.” it earned its name.
I live in southern Alabama, which means I don’t get any snow at all. 🙁
Man, this one had me laughing throughout. Panel 1 brings up sweet (and painful) memories; we DID manage to jump an electric fence, after two tries 😛
The “Till” in the comic title is spelled as “TIll”. Is that a typo or is it intentional?
I’m glad you asked this (although I realize you were, in fact, NOT asking ME). Since this is shorthand for “until”, I’ve always thought the shortened form should be ” ’til “. Anyone with me on this? Huh? Huh? Anyone? Bueller?
You’ll probably never see this since a new comic got put up, but I agree with you. I’ve always spelled like ” ’til “.
“’til” it is! I have no idea where people came up with “till” as the short form for “until”. You see signs on pubs with “Open till 3am!” and you think, “Wow! Free money!” or you start thinking about farming. Either way, not the right word. 😉
a mountain raped me a few years back. he never calls……
only slightly wierd…
Yup. “Painful Colonoscopy Mountain” is definitely funnier! A “Rectal Exam Mountain” sled run would be merely uncomfortable.
While I could definitely have seen “rape mountain’ in context, I think the new title is epically better. Just sayin. 🙂
I would have gone for castration mountain