This Archie comic is even more unintentionally hilarious that the old Batman comic that kept using the word “boner” over and over:
They’re beat off, all right: disoriented and blind in one eye!
If Xeni Jardin, BoingBoing’s queen of all matters related to rumpy-pumpy doesn’t link to this, I shall be severely disappointed. And then I’ll have to “beat off” the blues.
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Surely you know about this: http://angel.net/~nic/man_gs5.jpg
Actually, I didn’t. That’s hilarious enough to merit getting posted tomorrow! Thanks for the link!
The phenomenon is quite widespread. I’m pretty sure it’s not intentional but I can think of several comics that have used “Wank” as a sound effect.
Quite reputable ones too 🙂
Amusingly, Warren Kinsella has grabbed this with no attribution :: http://www.warrenkinsella.com/musings.htm May 24.
This rocks, chief.
you need more slang
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