Cul de Sac by Richard Thompson for November 10, 2010
November 09, 2010
November 11, 2010
Transcript:
Man: Can I retoin dis wid no receipt? Clerk: Nope, sorry. Man: You cheap mug! I'll get youse! Clerk: AAAGH!! Boss: Gruntles! You broke the scanner! You're fired! Clerk: Ha ha ha! I'll make them pay for this! And no coupons or discounts either! Andre: That's the most compelling comic book super-villain origin story I've ever read. Petey: It was too action-packed. One day, mild-mannered office supply salesman Norm Gruntles is accosted by an irate customer. The customer, enraged, shoves Norm's head into the scanner! Driven criminally insane by the laser scanner and the general unfairness of it all, Gruntles becomes FEARMONGer, the menace merchant!
margueritem about 14 years ago
I have to agree with Andre.
GROG Premium Member about 14 years ago
I’d have to side with Petey on this one.
rayannina about 14 years ago
So Norm is now … dis-Gruntled?
Sisyphos about 14 years ago
Can I agree with both Andre and Petey? I am of two minds on this….
Scio about 14 years ago
Good lord…rayannina!
sutirtho about 14 years ago
wow!! Look at the hairline of the new villian… where did i keep the bleeep scanner??? Need to give it to my dad :)
Hillbillyman about 14 years ago
Such Violence!
Herb Thiel Premium Member about 14 years ago
The Merchant of Menace?
Hugh B. Hayve about 14 years ago
^Yep, he takes way more than a pound of flesh.
cdward about 14 years ago
It was a dark and stormy scanner….
paul about 14 years ago
Gruntle’s boss looks a bit like Gene Weingarten.
pibfan868 about 14 years ago
hahahaah!
BelleBaubo about 14 years ago
rayannina, that was priceless!
That was the most amusing origin story I’ve ever read :).
amingv about 14 years ago
Someone’s been reading Retail. ;)
Dirty Dragon about 14 years ago
♪♫ And he’s drawin’, what’s that? Colossal noises? Banging on the sketch pad like a chim-pan-zee Oh, that ain’t working, that’s the way you do it Get your money for nothing get your chicks for free ♪♫
Though Petey will have to learn that the customer is generally right when it comes to commission work.
kfaatz925 about 14 years ago
Argh, rayannina beat me to it!
DirtyDragon, that’s inspired.
I’ll side with Andre on this - excellent archvillain origin!
Lyons Group, Inc. about 14 years ago
Possible spin-off?
fritzoid Premium Member about 14 years ago
The most compelling comic book super-villain origin story I’ve ever read is Dr. Doom’s (the long version, going back to his childhood). It works because they gave him a hero’s origin story, but it somehow went terribly, terribly wrong…
ponytail56 about 14 years ago
I con empathize. no more retail clerk become retail jerk
Miba about 14 years ago
Hey, looks like something that would happen to me at where I work!