Lorraine to the rescue… or will her nickname come into play? Only your hair dresser will know for sure. And she was a hairdresser too! How handy…
And yes, that’s the Mystery Machine is making yet another appearance in the comic. If you’re going to be doing some snooping around, you have to do it in the Mystery Machine. You can catch the other appearances HERE and HERE.
I am a fan of noise… good noise. And the album version of Van Halen’s cover of “Pretty Woman” has an intro called “Intruder” that rarely gets played but gets cranked by me anytime I hear it on the radio. It’s not everyone’s cup of tea, so you can skip the noise and just go for “Pretty Woman” below. If not, enjoy some noise on a Monday morning!
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I loved that intro, but I could never stand to hear their cover without it and never needed to thanks to Boston’s legendary WBCN!
I don’t know if your doctor has brought this up, and I may be way off since I’m not a doctor, but could there be anything environmental that is causing your symptoms? Considering your wife’s illness (maybe completely unrelated) but maybe worth mentioning to your doctor in case there’s something in your home that might further harm you or your family.
Thanks for the great strips, and I hope you all feel better soon!
The dizziness seems to stem from the fact that I had severe ear infections as a young child. They had to lance my inner ear to get fluid out of them once (I was really young but remember this vividly) and the doc today says that essentially with all these infections over the decades, the inner ear has become swollen and from time to time pushes that little thingy in your ear that keeps you balanced. Since it gets knocked out of alignment, I go for some spins. I’m on meds to control the “attacks” and seems I’ve adjusted well. The only side effect is that if I suddenly look straight up, I can sometimes end up on my ass sometimes. I’ve gotten use to it and can get you free food at restaurants if you plan your fall just right (I’m kidding…). 🙂
I’ve taken Steroids to help reduce the swelling and that’s helped too. My wife’s issues are all from her Lupus. I appreciate the thoughts though and know we’re doing everything we can to track down what’s the real cause of these ailments and cure those.
Sheesh, I could have saved you some medical expenses if I’d known that! I too had waaay too many ear infections as a child and it eventually affected my balance – not *too* badly, though, until my Pet Chronic Illness first hit me 20 years ago and re-activated the dizzy spells (which still happen occasionally to this day, especially if I get too interested in something on the screen and hold my neck a certain way without realising it – AND if, like you, I look up suddenly!). But the point is that there’s nothing dodgy about MY cardiovascular system, so you prolly didn’t need tests to tell YOU about yours 🙂
I’ve learned to not panic (mostly) when the vertigo happens and to shout out things like ‘Oops, trouble with the gyroscopes!’ so my people won’t panic either. Oh, and one did happen in a restaurant once, but as it was whilst we were waiting to be seated I couldn’t blame the food 😛
I’ll send you my doctor’s bills… 🙂
I figured it was my ears all along, but given other factors in my health and my family history, I felt it a good play to check everything out. Good to have a baseline for me now anyway, as I’m sure those will crop up at some point in time.
Also, suggest that when your dizzies are all gone you start going walkies. Daily. Seriously, it’s one of the most ‘magical’ cures from almost everything and it’s FREE. Don’t think of it as a chore, think of it as a life extender!
Erm, cures *for*, not ‘from’.
Old man…. Jenkins-eh? I’m starting to think that name is being used in the wrong way bub! [smirk]
Old Man Jenkins has been in the comic since the beginning in 2007 (the “lost” 50 comics NO ONE will ever see…. maybe…) He was an old codger in the beginning but now he’s more of a late 40’s kinda guy. So to a 20 year old like Bud, he’s an old man… hell I thought folks in their 30s were old back then. Bud would think I’m ancient…
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Enquiring minds want to know *exactly* where Lorraine’s wire is hidden. Just saying.
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No secret there… it’s where you’d expect it… especially given my sense of humor … 🙂
Gives a new meaning to “Down to the wire”…!
THIS.
By the way, Where’d Bud get the vee-wee van, new wheels?
The van belongs to Bud’s friend Chet… the first link up in the blog post takes you to the first time they used it… it even has “CHET 1” as the plate. They use this van for the local gigs. Scooby Doo is not included.
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She isnt bad, just drawn that way 🙂
P, p, p,p,p, please!
Jessica Rabbit was the inspiration for Lorraine’s look in this comic for sure! She was hot… for a cartoon…
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Great strip. Great comic so far. I’ve been looking through your past strips and your podcasts. Keep it up!
Thanks, Jason! And I’m glad you enjoy the Webcomic Alliance podcast too! They’re a lot of fun to do and I’m glad people get something from them!
Welcome to the party, pal! 🙂
This is a double edged sword, you know. On one hand she will distract them, on the other they might just look close enough to find the wire.
Love Lorraine’s hot red dress where she get it but I don’t trust Nick maybe because he’s grubby, maybe the film noir jargon maybe the cheap 38 caliber revolver or it could be he stole the Mystery Machine from Scoobi Doo. Fred and Thema are going to figure out you stole their van and won’t get away with it thanks to meddling kids. Bud should have been Buddet in a little black dress then catching a confession would be easier. That Nick is so incompetent how he ever got to be a private detective or get a handgun permit is beyond me. Should have hired Fred, Thema, Daphine, Shaggy and Scoobi Doo they’d get to the bottom of this without the jargon see.