Will you not tell us your number one favorite band name?
My kids came up with "Peeing Won-ton" and "Itchy Nipple".
I doubt you can top those, but you may try.
Wait! I have a good one I just made up! "Bad-ass Back-pack"
Try it out: Pretend you have a microphone (a hair brush will do) and you are a DJ from the local cheesy classic rock radio station. Now yell into your hairbrush: "_(Your town here)_... PLEASE WELCOME.... FROM NEW YORK CITY.... THE FABULOUS.... BAD... ASS... BACKPACK!!!!" Now make crowd noises in the back of your throat.
Your first two suggestions are, indded, unique - but I'd never name a band that. My #1 comes from one of my childhood friends: "Little Timmy's Skateboard". Granted, it doesn't have the shock value of your suggestions, but I think it has a certain ring to it.
Especially since we didn't even know anyone named Tim, and no one from my home town was a skater.
what are you talkin about? of course backpacks are cool, i run with them all the time, you can feel it hit your back every step you take until you r back just breaks! whats not cool about that?
Well, also, the turbans tend to overbalance them, even if they aren't wearing a backback. They're in the planning stages for a jihad against gravity as we speak.
What about that scene in Casino Royale where the bomb-maker does a bunch of free-running all over the construction site? He was wearing a backpack THE ENTIRE TIME.
Steve is oblivious to the fact that backpacks are sentient creatures and will get angry when you run. They also have the power to cause you to trip conspicuously.
That parrot-head is so mean. I bet he meets a horrible end. No wonder the band never made it big. With a member that has that kind of attitude it was just impossible.
Whatever kind of bird he is, it makes his "untimely death in a tragic airplane crash" highly unlikely. Perhaps he'll be the first rock star to die of {gasp} old age...
Yeah, but I know a guy who has a theory that every great band needs at least one jerk. (BTW, if you're in a great band and can't figure out who the jerk is...)
They had a shot, they really did. But then the cockatoo decided he'd be better off going solo. Rock Monocle ended up playing country fairs, and Jerkoff ended up sad and alone in a hotel room...
The red lights flashing through his window as he reflected on the jagged, angry hole in his heart from when mama up and left one fine spring day... The drugs all that numb the pain anymore...
Right. You? You're fired. Humanity no longer requires your services. You've got ten minutes to clear out your desk. Any further punery and we shall be forced to involve the authorities.
Yeah, use up all your pencilly ammunition on my remote-control battledroid probe. I've got 3 more where that came from.
I was originally going to set up a botfighting ring within the office, but I decided I'd rather use them for food raids, break room attacks and intimidatingly unstealthy surveillance than give most of them away to ungrateful coworkers.
Any and all infiltrators shall be dealt with by my in-cubicle security. They're a couple of ex rock-'em, sock-'em robots. One got done for substance abuse, the other for unlawful use of neck reinforcers.
At this point, I'm just gonna dump the evidence in a dumpster somewhere, I don't really care. I can't wait to see a team of 3 battlebots vs. 2 especially tough rock-'em sock-'ems!
Good point. Although I'm more concerned with the fact that all posts made after the battle started have been magically bamfed to nowhere for some unfathomable reason.
This is why you should always avoid the lead guitarist. They can give you diseases you've never heard of.
Lead poisoning is possibly the worst. It causes to extreme arrogance and violent mood swings. It's possible to recover if caught before the solo career; otherwise it kills the person's music career forever.
Yup, he even sliced his knee in the process. That's why he grabbed it and started rolling back and forth on the ground in pain. In fact, if Mr. Owl hadn't helped him get to the hospital, he may have ended up rocking and rolling all night.
True Story: There was a guy named Jazzy McJazz who needed a new guy for his trio in Paris, France. A guy flew to Paris for the interview. Jazzy told the guy "In the next two days you must get a girlfriend, a car, an apartment and look cool running in a backpack." 3 out of 4 was not good enough.
I can run full speed with my school backpack with no awkward trips, falls, or spills, but it still swings back and forth in such a way to make me look like a dork. I haven't tried it with sunglasses on, though. They usually make me look cooler, but this may be a special case.
If the backpack is full/heavy enough so it can't bounce up and down you don't become uncool.
If it's empty its the worst.
Other than it being open and all your stuff flying out of course.
Foolish, Steve. You should have stuffed it with binders first, so it would be more firm and less prone to the contents wobbling and flinging the zipper open.
Of course, no one looks cool with a giant block bouncing up and down on their back either, so he still would have failed, but at least then he wouldn't have fallen down or lost the contents.
I was racing my friend to his dorm, and he almost beat me there, so i started sprinting near the end stealthily, so he wouldnt see me. Unfortunately, I had a backpack on, and he saw me and beat me to his door. Stupid backpack.
I had a race like that, but I was slightly luckier. He went around wide left to the base of the stairs, but I was able to vault over the guardrail and that cut some distance. It was difficult and slightly dangerous since my backpack was fairly heavy that day, but the "WTF?!" look on his face was priceless.
Unfortunately, the guardrail was slick with rain, so the paper in my hands got completely soaked. Important paper, too.
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fairywaif (+51)
3 months ago
Rated +5
He told you not to do it Steve! The balance just isn't right! How many have fallen to this fate! Too many, too many.
Phildo (+88)
3 months ago
Rated +2
And then there were two.
RWMagpie (+207)
3 months ago
Rated +1
'Taint right...
Dog Breath (+2571) (mod)
3 months ago
Rated +2
It's OK, they are all geeks so they each try it in turn and decide it's cool to faceplant with a backpack on.
The first original song by Rock Monocle is "Faceplant Backpack".
PonderThis (+141)
3 months ago
Rated +1
All the best rock songs are born of tragedies such as this.
Dog Breath (+2571) (mod)
3 months ago
Rated 0
The saddest instance was Paul McCartney as an awkward teen is rejected by a low rent Prostitute.
"I don't know George, I just can't buy me love".
brichins (+391)
3 months ago
Rated +1
I wish I could give you more than +1 for "Rock Monocle" - genius. That is now my second favorite band name of all time.
Princewolf (+434)
3 months ago
Rated +1
Will you not tell us your number one favorite band name?
My kids came up with "Peeing Won-ton" and "Itchy Nipple".
I doubt you can top those, but you may try.
Princewolf (+434)
3 months ago
Rated +1
Wait! I have a good one I just made up! "Bad-ass Back-pack"
Try it out: Pretend you have a microphone (a hair brush will do) and you are a DJ from the local cheesy classic rock radio station. Now yell into your hairbrush: "_(Your town here)_... PLEASE WELCOME.... FROM NEW YORK CITY.... THE FABULOUS.... BAD... ASS... BACKPACK!!!!" Now make crowd noises in the back of your throat.
brichins (+391)
3 months ago
Rated 0
Your first two suggestions are, indded, unique - but I'd never name a band that. My #1 comes from one of my childhood friends: "Little Timmy's Skateboard". Granted, it doesn't have the shock value of your suggestions, but I think it has a certain ring to it.
Especially since we didn't even know anyone named Tim, and no one from my home town was a skater.
Dog Breath (+2571) (mod)
3 months ago
Rated 0
I'd love to take credit but the reason that name is so awesome is Driscoll made it up.
Plus him!
Tacoline (+1647)
3 months ago
Rated 0
what are you talkin about? of course backpacks are cool, i run with them all the time, you can feel it hit your back every step you take until you r back just breaks! whats not cool about that?
Wilco (+9)
3 months ago
Rated +2
It's impossible (especially running to catch a train).
I would know.
anchorsandbraille (+7)
3 months ago
Rated +1
try running with weights in a backpack.. brutal training!
Dog Breath (+2571) (mod)
3 months ago
Rated +2
It's the only thing keeping Al Qaeda from ruling the world!
kitararayne (+1700) (mod)
3 months ago
Rated 0
Well, also, the turbans tend to overbalance them, even if they aren't wearing a backback. They're in the planning stages for a jihad against gravity as we speak.
Princewolf (+434)
3 months ago
Rated +1
You guys are moderators? OOH! OOH! How does one get Driscoll to bestow this honor upon one?
kitararayne (+1700) (mod)
3 months ago
Rated 0
We're still trying to figure that one out ourselves.
Dog Breath (+2571) (mod)
3 months ago
Rated 0
It costs $100 per week.
You other guys are paying too right?
Right?
kitararayne (+1700) (mod)
3 months ago
Rated 0
*stuffs a twenty in her pocket*
Ummmmm, yeah, of course we are!
packie (+482)
3 months ago
Rated 0
I knew there was an connection between the LHC and al quida
at least I thought when I was half sleeping while watching National Geographic
random (+1)
3 months ago
Rated +1
What about that scene in Casino Royale where the bomb-maker does a bunch of free-running all over the construction site? He was wearing a backpack THE ENTIRE TIME.
Wilco (+9)
3 months ago
Rated +1
Oh yeah! Like in the Matrix! They were wearing backpacks practically the whole time.
Elbow (+4)
3 months ago
Rated 0
I love you, simply because of your username.
shadow dragon (+31)
3 months ago
Rated +1
I've been able to run with a backpack, but I never looked COOL wech is the goal here.
radamu (+104)
3 months ago
Rated +3
I want to know where that punk bird got his spiked necklace. I need a case of them for my aviary.
Dog Breath (+2571) (mod)
3 months ago
Rated +1
Did you say bird with a spiked collar?
http://www.fotosearch.com/bthumb/FSD/FSD361/x19299371.jpg
MdNGhT (+44)
3 months ago
Rated 0
Sorry, out of stock - but try these black backpacks instead, with zippers that never stay shut!
NCHammer326 (+210)
3 months ago
Rated +3
Sam and Owl have seen this happen to countless adequate bassists, and every time, it's just as painful to watch.
skine (+41)
3 months ago
Rated +3
The problem is that they're looking for a cool bassist.
THERE IS NO SUCH THING!
(I'm a bassist, I should know)
gneissisnice (+99)
3 months ago
Rated +1
My brother "played bass in a band". Except that he didnt actually know how to play to the bass.
Dog Breath (+2571) (mod)
3 months ago
Rated +1
Does anyone REALLY know?
All you need is a washtub, a string and a stick.
Sounds just as good.
kitararayne (+1700) (mod)
3 months ago
Rated 0
I've always preferred the jug, personally.
Hey, DB, let's start a band!
GobyCow (+105)
3 months ago
Rated 0
Can I help? I actually play the bass! (But I'm not all that good, people just think I am when I wear my dark shades.)
kitararayne (+1700) (mod)
3 months ago
Rated +2
Ahhh, much the same way the wearing of dark shades makes Keanu Reeves seem to be a good actor.
We'll take your application under advisement. Every band needs a bass player, right?
Dog Breath (+2571) (mod)
3 months ago
Rated 0
I'll bring the Bass, you bring the jugs.
Wait...
DoggFather (+113)
3 months ago
Rated 0
JACO. PASTORIUS.
DoggFather (+113)
3 months ago
Rated +3
ALSO PHIL LYNOTT.
IF YOU ARE SAYING PHIL LYNOTT IS ANYTHING OTHER THAN COOL THEN I SHALL HAVE TO ASK YOU TO STEP OUTSIDE.
WHERE I SHALL PUNCH YOU IN THE FACE.
GobyCow (+105)
3 months ago
Rated +1
I like how your words have more meaning when they're shouting at me. Bravo, good sir.
CluelessPedestrian (+353)
3 months ago
Rated +3
Steve is oblivious to the fact that backpacks are sentient creatures and will get angry when you run. They also have the power to cause you to trip conspicuously.
Darth NANAME (+36)
3 months ago
Rated 0
I also noticed Steve has the same facial expression throughout the comic. I guess the backpack took over his mind the second he put it on.
vgracebutterfly (+19)
3 months ago
Rated +1
That parrot-head is so mean. I bet he meets a horrible end. No wonder the band never made it big. With a member that has that kind of attitude it was just impossible.
skine (+41)
3 months ago
Rated +1
That's not a parrot.
He's a cocky cock cockatoo.
Also, he's a jerk.
brichins (+391)
3 months ago
Rated 0
Whatever kind of bird he is, it makes his "untimely death in a tragic airplane crash" highly unlikely. Perhaps he'll be the first rock star to die of {gasp} old age...
UncaDave (+146)
3 months ago
Rated +1
Yeah, but I know a guy who has a theory that every great band needs at least one jerk. (BTW, if you're in a great band and can't figure out who the jerk is...)
kitararayne (+1700) (mod)
3 months ago
Rated +1
They had a shot, they really did. But then the cockatoo decided he'd be better off going solo. Rock Monocle ended up playing country fairs, and Jerkoff ended up sad and alone in a hotel room...
The red lights flashing through his window as he reflected on the jagged, angry hole in his heart from when mama up and left one fine spring day... The drugs all that numb the pain anymore...
"VACANCY"... "VACANCY"... "VACANCY"...
jeslyn (+47)
3 months ago
Rated +7
Ouch! I hope Steve didn't fall on his bass...
Rainfly_X (+279)
3 months ago
Rated +8
No, but he did fall on a hard rock.
He fell hard enough to give himself a cut, which gave him lead poisoning. It was a heavy metal, you see.
DoggFather (+113)
3 months ago
Rated +3
NO.
STOP IT.
STOP IT NOW.
Rainfly_X (+279)
3 months ago
Rated +3
Hey, stop *riffin'* on me! Why don't you go *pick* on someone your own size!
Badum-pshh
DoggFather (+113)
3 months ago
Rated +3
Right. You? You're fired. Humanity no longer requires your services. You've got ten minutes to clear out your desk. Any further punery and we shall be forced to involve the authorities.
Rainfly_X (+279)
3 months ago
Rated +1
Fine, fine. *starts going through desk* Holy spumoni, that's a lot of incriminating evidence! What am I gonna do with all this?
*notices DoggFather's unguarded desk*
Ooooohhhh, yeah.
DoggFather (+113)
3 months ago
Rated +1
Hah. Another victim to my cunningly disguised traps. My desk is guarded by a novelty pencil holder.
IT IS SHAPED LIKE A TROLL. IT HAS BLUE HAIR.
BOW BEFORE MY SUPERIOR DESK SECURITY.
Rainfly_X (+279)
3 months ago
Rated 0
Yeah, use up all your pencilly ammunition on my remote-control battledroid probe. I've got 3 more where that came from.
I was originally going to set up a botfighting ring within the office, but I decided I'd rather use them for food raids, break room attacks and intimidatingly unstealthy surveillance than give most of them away to ungrateful coworkers.
DoggFather (+113)
3 months ago
Rated 0
Any and all infiltrators shall be dealt with by my in-cubicle security. They're a couple of ex rock-'em, sock-'em robots. One got done for substance abuse, the other for unlawful use of neck reinforcers.
Rainfly_X (+279)
3 months ago
Rated +1
At this point, I'm just gonna dump the evidence in a dumpster somewhere, I don't really care. I can't wait to see a team of 3 battlebots vs. 2 especially tough rock-'em sock-'ems!
LET THE CARNAGE BEGIN!!!!1!1!wooooot
Princewolf (+434)
3 months ago
Rated 0
Has anyone else noticed the geek-o-meter has started rating rather high lately?
Rainfly_X (+279)
3 months ago
Rated 0
Good point. Although I'm more concerned with the fact that all posts made after the battle started have been magically bamfed to nowhere for some unfathomable reason.
Dog Breath (+2571) (mod)
3 months ago
Rated +2
Stop or We will all suffer Titanic syncopation.
skine (+41)
3 months ago
Rated +3
This is why you should always avoid the lead guitarist. They can give you diseases you've never heard of.
Lead poisoning is possibly the worst. It causes to extreme arrogance and violent mood swings. It's possible to recover if caught before the solo career; otherwise it kills the person's music career forever.
RWMagpie (+207)
3 months ago
Rated +5
So...Steve fell between a rock and a hard bass?
Rainfly_X (+279)
3 months ago
Rated +2
Yup, he even sliced his knee in the process. That's why he grabbed it and started rolling back and forth on the ground in pain. In fact, if Mr. Owl hadn't helped him get to the hospital, he may have ended up rocking and rolling all night.
Dog Breath (+2571) (mod)
3 months ago
Rated +2
Rocking like it's 1997!
Technohawk (+309)
3 months ago
Rated +5
True Story: There was a guy named Jazzy McJazz who needed a new guy for his trio in Paris, France. A guy flew to Paris for the interview. Jazzy told the guy "In the next two days you must get a girlfriend, a car, an apartment and look cool running in a backpack." 3 out of 4 was not good enough.
Koi Pond Enthusiast (+43)
3 months ago
Rated 0
Or was it?
Koi Pond Enthusiast (+43)
3 months ago
Rated 0
...Nah I guess it wasn't
Dog Breath (+2571) (mod)
3 months ago
Rated +1
Jazz Hands!
Oh GOD!
lisslar (+5)
3 months ago
Rated +1
of course i googled that story to verify it's authenticity. sigh.
CarVac (+56)
3 months ago
Rated +1
It can be done with a hikng backpack, just not a school backpack.
Rainfly_X (+279)
3 months ago
Rated +2
I can run full speed with my school backpack with no awkward trips, falls, or spills, but it still swings back and forth in such a way to make me look like a dork. I haven't tried it with sunglasses on, though. They usually make me look cooler, but this may be a special case.
Dog Breath (+2571) (mod)
3 months ago
Rated 0
Running in full combat gear is the exception. Painful but cool.
fuji2001 (+542)
3 months ago
Rated +1
I did it with a school backpack once. It was the coolest thing ever. My mom said so!
2me (+1837) (mod)
3 months ago
Rated 0
If the backpack is full/heavy enough so it can't bounce up and down you don't become uncool.
If it's empty its the worst.
Other than it being open and all your stuff flying out of course.
Mega_Man (+8)
3 months ago
Rated +1
Foolish, Steve. You should have stuffed it with binders first, so it would be more firm and less prone to the contents wobbling and flinging the zipper open.
Of course, no one looks cool with a giant block bouncing up and down on their back either, so he still would have failed, but at least then he wouldn't have fallen down or lost the contents.
gneissisnice (+99)
3 months ago
Rated 0
I was racing my friend to his dorm, and he almost beat me there, so i started sprinting near the end stealthily, so he wouldnt see me. Unfortunately, I had a backpack on, and he saw me and beat me to his door. Stupid backpack.
Rainfly_X (+279)
3 months ago
Rated +1
I had a race like that, but I was slightly luckier. He went around wide left to the base of the stairs, but I was able to vault over the guardrail and that cut some distance. It was difficult and slightly dangerous since my backpack was fairly heavy that day, but the "WTF?!" look on his face was priceless.
Unfortunately, the guardrail was slick with rain, so the paper in my hands got completely soaked. Important paper, too.
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