I think all of us have felt the burn of futon hell. What is interesting is that we feel that burn BEFORE we start lifting that sorry excuse for a mattress.
Look at panel five. We all know what thoughts are going through his mind at that point.
Oh yes...carrying the futon diagonally up 4 flights of dormitory stairs during move-in weekend...because it won't fit on the elevator...futon angst should be in the DSM-IV
Who started that joke, anyways? I cannot rest until I know where it comes from. Or I get my mattress through the doorway and onto the floor. Whatever comes first.
Trivia note: my mattresses are already in place. This has been a joke.
Are you trying to find out about Yakov Smirnoff? How some comedy bit he started in the '80s ended up being an internet "thing", though... that I can't answer for you.
I'd like to reply to point out that this was a great call, because in a couple of comics
*Spoiler alert*
*omg close your eyes, people that spend time reading all the comments per strip before they move on to the next, hmm maybe that does not happen? Well maybe. Just to be safe.*
What I love most is that Daisy and Cooper are so calm. Not sure what is better: panel four (again with the "sound" effects (love it!)) or panel eight We've all been there in panel eight.
Futons are 100 times better than foldaway sofa beds. Sofa beds all have that bar that runs across your lower back that was designed during the inquisition and can paralyze your lower extremities for up to three weeks after one night of fitful "sleep".
It's too bad the Owl of Cancer can prevent many a youth from smoking, but is bested by a futon mattress. However, I'm sure we've all wrestled a futon mattress and lost.
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Snipped (+25)
11 months ago
Rated +5
You've won my heart and my money, Driscoll. This is my favorite strip yet. It hits close to home. I think it's safe to say I love you right now.
jebobek (+31)
11 months ago
Rated +8
I think all of us have felt the burn of futon hell. What is interesting is that we feel that burn BEFORE we start lifting that sorry excuse for a mattress.
Look at panel five. We all know what thoughts are going through his mind at that point.
"God. Damn. Futon."
Hechtor31 (+69)
11 months ago
Rated +3
Oh, I know how he feels. I have to move my futon upstairs for my cousin, but I keep procrastinating it because I feel like Mr. Owl in panel 5.
sweetness_on_a_stick (+26)
11 months ago
Rated +1
LOL
i really
LadyFiona (+2)
5 months ago
Rated 0
Oh yes...carrying the futon diagonally up 4 flights of dormitory stairs during move-in weekend...because it won't fit on the elevator...futon angst should be in the DSM-IV
friendlybus (+28)
11 months ago
Rated +1
awww! what is mr owl good at these days...
kuma kami (+766)
11 months ago
Rated +3
smack talk
http://www.daisyowl.com/comic/2009-02-16
Telephos (+48)
11 months ago
Rated +4
You're so bad at handling a futon, you could argue that it sleeps on you.
Willows (+246)
11 months ago
Rated +1
So then Mr. Owl would fit in perfectly in Soviet Russia.
VEgasJhim (+3)
11 months ago
Rated +2
*groan* In Soviet Russia, joke gets old . . .
Willows (+246)
11 months ago
Rated +1
I know, but the setup was there and I just couldn't resist. What can I say? Bad jokes are my weakness.
VEgasJhim (+3)
11 months ago
Rated +1
Yeah . . . the set up was there, so I would have been shocked if someone didn't throw that out :P
Rainfly_X (+279)
11 months ago
Rated +1
Who started that joke, anyways? I cannot rest until I know where it comes from. Or I get my mattress through the doorway and onto the floor. Whatever comes first.
Trivia note: my mattresses are already in place. This has been a joke.
H. Monkey (+2)
10 months ago
Rated +2
Are you trying to find out about Yakov Smirnoff? How some comedy bit he started in the '80s ended up being an internet "thing", though... that I can't answer for you.
Rainfly_X (+279)
10 months ago
Rated 0
Holy dang, that was Yakov Smirnoff? I saw that guy once and he was LEGENDARY. Thanks, dude. I regret that I only have one plus to plus you with.
Brendan (+84)
11 months ago
Rated +2
I don't think Steve would be of much help anyway. Claws do not have a positive effect on futon mattresses.
Also congratulations! You deserve it.
kuma kami (+766)
11 months ago
Rated +2
Yeah, nowhere near as effective as a chipper
kuma kami (+766)
11 months ago
Rated +1
then again, if he claws like he punches...
michael (+34)
11 months ago
Rated +2
Steve wouldn't claw it, he'd set it on fire.
kuma kami (+766)
11 months ago
Rated +2
but completely on accident of course.
kuma kami (+766)
11 months ago
Rated +1
maybe he'd pick it up by the scruff of it's neck
becky (+232)
11 months ago
Rated +1
Possibly using a flare from his car repair kit. He bought it for a REASON, you know.
jebobek (+31)
10 months ago
Rated +1
I'd like to reply to point out that this was a great call, because in a couple of comics
*Spoiler alert*
*omg close your eyes, people that spend time reading all the comments per strip before they move on to the next, hmm maybe that does not happen? Well maybe. Just to be safe.*
HE ACTUALLY DOES SET IT ON FIRE!! Sort of.
MaggieL (+72)
11 months ago
Rated +8
Owls are better suited to the job; instead of having claws, they are more talonted.
kuma kami (+766)
11 months ago
Rated +8
yeah, but Owl's just winging it.
Princewolf (+434)
11 months ago
Rated +8
He'd be more successful if he gave a hoot.
reduviidae (+6)
11 months ago
Rated +2
I hope he's not crushed by the task, as he'd make a rather unorthodox owl pellet.
zetoastking (+345)
11 months ago
Rated +2
I sat for at least 5 minutes failing to think of a pun for owl pellet. But my, I like the word pellet.
heheheh......pellet.
reduviidae (+6)
11 months ago
Rated +4
Sure, a pun has to come naturally, it's not like you can com-pellet.
zetoastking (+345)
11 months ago
Rated +2
*cry*
Willows (+246)
11 months ago
Rated +1
Yes, but he could always try ti improvise it up the stairs.
Fab (+76)
11 months ago
Rated +4
I feel your pain, Mr. Owl.
I think we've all ended up on the wrong side of a futon mattress sometime in our lives.
Don't worry, someday the world wont look so bleak.
Someday.
MaggieL (+72)
11 months ago
Rated +1
Yes...and sometimes "wrong side of the futon" is decided in terms of "right vs. left" rather than "above vs. below".
Fab (+76)
11 months ago
Rated +2
And in some trans-dimensional scenarios by terms of "completely evil and fueled by corrupt overlords vs. shining utopia of happiness and laughter"
...Or is that just me?
kuma kami (+766)
11 months ago
Rated +2
or inside vs. outside
AJ (+483)
11 months ago
Rated +1
Poor Mr Owl!
The things he does to help other people - yet it always ends in his own mockery.
One day you'll learn Mr Owl, one day. :'(
kuma kami (+766)
11 months ago
Rated +9
The moral of the story is never try.
kuma kami (+766)
11 months ago
Rated +5
Ah yes, I have found that many of life's problems can be solved with a wood chipper.
speedbert (+4)
11 months ago
Rated +1
so so good, Keep going Ben it all so fantastic
woodstock (+71)
11 months ago
Rated +1
What I love most is that Daisy and Cooper are so calm. Not sure what is better: panel four (again with the "sound" effects (love it!)) or panel eight We've all been there in panel eight.
starburst91 (+29)
11 months ago
Rated +1
Its probably happened a few times before, it could take him a few hours to muster up the strength and courage needed to take on the futon again.
gneissisnice (+99)
6 months ago
Rated 0
See, I used to think that this was an exaggeration, until I helped my brother carry a futon mattress.
mikekearn (+43)
11 months ago
Rated +1
*shudder* I hate futons.
Princewolf (+434)
11 months ago
Rated +6
Futons are 100 times better than foldaway sofa beds. Sofa beds all have that bar that runs across your lower back that was designed during the inquisition and can paralyze your lower extremities for up to three weeks after one night of fitful "sleep".
nexttwelveexits (+210)
11 months ago
Rated +1
I couldn't agree with you more. And yet, we all know what 100 x 0 is...
Mice (+73)
11 months ago
Rated +6
Nobody expects the foldaway sofa bed!
mikekearn (+43)
11 months ago
Rated +1
Haha, nice one.
Cheeser (+23)
11 months ago
Rated +2
It's too bad the Owl of Cancer can prevent many a youth from smoking, but is bested by a futon mattress. However, I'm sure we've all wrestled a futon mattress and lost.
Dog Breath (+2571) (mod)
11 months ago
Rated +1
Albert Einstein never lost a Futon battle
zetoastking (+345)
11 months ago
Rated +1
If it falls on him, he does the atomic slide away from it.
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