Comments on: #268 – competitive shopping skills

By: Carvin

Carvin — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 03:16:04 +0000

My older brother (we were like…6 and 8.5) convinced me that mouth wash was made of fuel (almost true… it is made with alcohol, which is a fuel) and that the reason you weren’t supposed to swallow it was that you could catch on fire randomly (we didn’t know about spontaneous combustion). I don’t think it was his intent, but I freaked out, certain I had just swallowed a bit by accident. I didn’t really cry, I was just too out and out scared- sure that I was going to die. Nothing like facing mortality before finishing kindergarten.

By: BG

BG — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 16:11:21 +0000

Oh my god.

Best. Sibling. Lesson. Ever.

By: Ramia

Ramia — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 03:22:22 +0000

My brother and I once convinced our younger brother
while we were giving him a vocabulary lesson
that a hypocrite was a hybrid of a hippo and cricket
that ate little boys that broke CDs

By: Ertwin

Ertwin — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 20:07:49 +0000

I remember my brother and I teaching my sister the meaning of the word gullible….

“gullible means you have purple spots all over you, and you’re very gullible”

“no I’m not I don’t have purple spots!”

it went on like that for an hour >=D

Now we just annoy her by saying “that’s what she said” after absolutely everything she says

By: Fyrisvellir

Fyrisvellir — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 15:41:42 +0000

Heh, I love Eve’s expression in panel seven. ^^

By: unclesombrero

unclesombrero — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 01:32:10 +0000

I love seeing a lighter side in Eve!

By: Addy

Addy — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 00:25:30 +0000

Reminds me of the time my sisters were throwing a rubber knife at each other, and it hit one of them right in the middle of their forehead. She got a little bump so we all convinced her she was turning into a Unicorn. She started crying, it was hilarious.

By: MerchManDan

MerchManDan — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 18:02:50 +0000

I very much dig the convex-mirror perspective in panel 2.

By: David Waltergart

David Waltergart — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 18:00:40 +0000

Why am I flashing on Slumdog Millionaire scenarios here?

Ollie will never have a final answer, in any case.

By: Tom

Tom — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 16:54:03 +0000

haha thats terrible…. i dont remember the situation cause it was a long time ago but my older brother and i once convinced my sister that she had ringworms in her feet. poor girl =P we were so mean haha

and speaking of turning into dinosaurs – i know this doesnt fit the cruel aspect of the conversation – but my lil brother once wanted to pretend he was turning into a big dragon, so my brother and sister and i all pretended to be scared of him, and we all looked way up above his head when we talked to him =P