0029 - Back On His Bensington
🕑 Added 2023-11-17 18:00:07 +0000 UTCIn this strip we check back in with Bensington Butters, whom careful readers will recall is actually a man named Jimmie "Darnell" Hockawock, from Flokes County, Florida. Along with Ray and AKKOLADE, he is a "Brother in the Syndicate," a term for the members of a halfhearted group of musicians who do not like one another all that much, and meet at odd intervals in a Best Western conference room.
Spoiler alert ahead! Do not read the next paragraph before the comic, as it will spoil the punchline.
Seriously, spoiler alert ahead! Do not read the next paragraph before the comic, as it will spoil the punchline.
"Sabbath titties" are mammary glands which do not produce milk after the birth of young; the reference is to a Jewish ban on doing work from Friday evening to Saturday evening. It is not a reference to the musical act Black Sabbath, or to 18th century French literalist Jacques Sabbattittie. "Sabbath titties" is in-universe slang; please do not go around using it and expecting to make great social inroads. (I felt obligated to place this definition here because ending a strip with a piece of virtually unknown and not-entirely-intuitable slang prevents the sensation of closure which is a critical hallmark of all the best fiction.)
Comments
Scott Chapman
Do as thou wilt shall be the whole of the law
John Hart
Sabbath Titties: L'esprit de l'escalier is the name of Ray's next jam
Sedric And Charlie
Theft is a sin, so he's okay with it. He'll get his royalties one way or another
Oppido
Wasn't Ray enabled to write "Ass In Your Pants" by selling his soul to the devil? I wonder how Satan feels about unlicensed sampling.
Andrew Gillies
I thought that Bensington was getting whipped cream licked off his stomach by women who ain't bought an album since Rumours?
Jay Williams
Hockawock’s failure is so large and undeniable that mere ordinary, daily-type sass isn’t enough. Ray is simply staggered by the measure of Bensington’s failure and so forgets to bring the sass required for the occasion, and that he came up with Sabbath titties but didn’t use it is evidence of the gravity of the situation. If I’m honest, nothing less than a withering haiku assist from the JVJL HS English honors class, a la Showbiz, can bring true closure here. Finest kind, Onstad, finest kind.
Rob Dalton
I'm changing my dog's name to "Sabbath Titties" forthwith.
Eric Bradford
Need a sticker of Hockawock with the caption "So Sad, So Nasty"
Jenn
God, BB is about to get his car horn fired up
Spyguitar
Surely you mean catsup
Paul Dunn
Coming up with new slang like that is just one of the reasons we love you Chris. Sabbath titties was utterly believable until I read that text above.
“Cool Mayonnaise” Hank Spurlock
Honestly this could just be a chorus hook for a new Lil’ Jon and the Eastside Boyz single.
Matt Mitchell
I am also wondering about how Lonis’s Irish dancing spell has worn off. Or maybe it is/was able to coexist with Butters’ prior life and predilections?
Matthew Harris
Shouldn't he be Irish dancing in the dreams of chubby post-menopausal realtors?
Julie (HiDeeHoGal)
Ray serves up only the finest sass.
Jay Y
@souvlaki Alabama I was born and raised there and have only done the former, although it's possible that I risked the latter and an order of garlic fries foreclosed the possibility of anything taking root in my body.
Jay Y
@Brody in most cultures, one's profane initiation into the world of body horror comes via Cronenberg or Eraserhead. In the PNW, you visited a tide pool in elementary school and know the rudiments of marine biology.
Michael Ryan
pretending like we didn't know about sabbath titties already, the nerve
Jenn
Sister graduated from Evergreen. Knew the mascot was a geoduck, but was stunned they had a song about it. Go, Geoducks go, Through the mud and the sand, let’s go. Siphon high, squirt it out, swivel all about, let it all hang out. Go, Geoducks go, Stretch your necks when the tide is low Siphon high, squirt it out, swivel all about, let it all hang out.
souvlaki Alabama
There are two rights of passage for new residents to the PNW. One is eating geoduck, and the other is getting Norovirus from an Ivar’s- I’ve only done one of these.
Rob Satterfield
Ray forms Black Sabbath Titties, to use Ozzy's AI voice to sing Dance Like There's Ass in You Pants
b.zap
It is always good to ketchup with Butters.
J Hardy Carroll
So sad, so nasty. How did it feel when they picked out the casket? One for each nut that they plucked from your basket?
Jacquelyn R Walters
Chuckling to myself having a solo lunch break in a pub near the office. The words are perfect, as always. But the speechless panels of Ray listening - sublime.
Brody
I've never heard it pronounced (checks online). Thank you for saving me from that formerly-gifted-child thing of mispronouncing words wrong because I've only ever read them!
Brody
like...who the fuck thinks like this (Onstad thinks like this).
Oppido
Seems like Pat's performance a couple weeks ago inspired Ray to some new heights of sass-mouth.
Oppido
Yeah, the Portland influence is strong in this one.
Alexander Rediger
The burger king trip- awesome line. Hahahaha
Yelahneb Unicornucopiax
No one drops the oratory pain like Ray
Miles McMahon
You just KNOW Ray doesn't know that Geoduck is spelled that way
Jay Y
"a horny geoduck in a deli cup" The Pacific Northwest has finally rubbed off on Onstad.
Josh Egbert
When in the HELL did Lonis's voodoo wear-off? Butters should still be neck deep in frosted tips and BMW-butts
Cayce
Tremendous language in this strip, fantastic stuff
bootblacking
FUCK YOU FRIDAY IS BACK, BAYBEE