I immediately flashed-back to an episode of “Cheers”, when Louie DiPalma pushed an old lady down a flight of stairs…
…in court…
…right in front of a judge!
[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0718500/?ref_=tt_ep_ep16]
This is one of those ideas that’s *juuuuuuuust* horrible enough to be really, *really* funny.
Also, in my opinion, anyone who says “come at me, bro” with any degree of seriousness automatically forfeits the right to any and all considerations or concessions in a fight.
Even though they’re still images, you draw them so that there is a storyline & feeling of motion. This is especially great today…I keep scrolling back up, and Nerd Bug is still bumping his way down the stairs. I’m still laughing. (I know this makes me a really bad person, but the arms…the antennae… hilarious!)
Huh, I knew it was like that in Australia, but didn’t know the U.S. was so alone in the “ground floor = first floor” thinking. And, both ways make equal sense.
In whatever language, it’s usually: “LOBBY”,
then “Floors 1-thru-12”,
then “Floors 14-thru-whatever”.
In many cases (if the building’s floor-layout is large enough),
they’ll even skip over “13” for the 13th room of each floor!
The usual reasoning is that too many superstitious customers refuse to accept any hotel room marked “13”…
…even if the building has (technically) a 13th floor.
It’s said that in the early days of motion pictures, when people weren’t as accustomed to the distinction between actors and the characters they played, that a certain actor couldn’t safely go out in public after a villain he played pushed a man in a wheelchair down a flight of stairs.
I’m reminded of an episode of little house on the prarie. Where Nellie Olsen was injuried and temporarily paralyzed from the waist down. Eventually the feeling comes back but she’s milking her injury and Laura’s guilt over it. At the end Laura snaps and pushes Nellie’s wheelchair down a hill. I walked in on Laura right before the pushing and walked out right cafter the pushing. And I thought “Without context that looks pretty horrible”
Adam, your humor reminds me of a time when two college friends and I were in a fast-food place discussing over lunch whether you could send babies back if they were defective. It came to me abruptly that I really hoped nobody could overhear this conversation. I’m a horrible person too.
You could claim the moral high ground and just walk away by climb the stairs ( decending the stairs ) while wishing them good health with the universal gesture of good will.
You ever seen the documentary MURDERBALL, about wheelchair rugby?
If one of those guys picked a fight with me, I’d just roll over and play dead. Running wouldn’t help — they’re faster on flat ground. Stairs wouldn’t help — the freakin’ murderball armored wheelchairs don’t care about stairs or rough terrain. Climbing a tree wouldn’t help — they’ve got upper body strength like you wouldn’t believe, so they could just follow you right up climbing just with their hands.
(One of the quotes from one of the players was something about how rough they play and aren’t they worried about being fouled, and the comment was something like, “What, maybe I’d fall and break my neck and be paralyzed? Been there.”)
Mostly you just watch your toes a lot, because having sparred with one in Taekwondo for years, people in wheelchairs are crazy fighters. They can move really fast and still be very in control of their hits, and getting your foot run over hurts.
There are tales told in the SCA about Cripple Flipping–a man in a wheelchair and leather armor attacking a hoard of men guarding a flag. The guy in the wheelchair didn’t win; he did, however, get impressive air time. Then thanked the fighters, because they were the only people who would treat the man like a human being, rather than like a wheelchair.
“Never pick a fight with a midget. If you win, you’re the jerk who beat up a little guy, and if you lose, you’re the wuss who got his butt kicked by a midget.” Probably a metaphor about staying in your weight class in all things but probably applies to in this situation.
Is that your mother in panel 3?
hey, it’s all fair in love and war…. and fighting a paraphelgic
Nope. Just some old lady bug.
I immediately flashed-back to an episode of “Cheers”, when Louie DiPalma pushed an old lady down a flight of stairs…
…in court…
…right in front of a judge!
[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0718500/?ref_=tt_ep_ep16]
“Taxi,” not “Cheers.”
D’OH!!!?!
Today I learned that I need to be 1 floor higher when I need to start a fight.
definitely Darwin’s principles. if you have the high ground, it would be scandalous not to use it.
This is one of those ideas that’s *juuuuuuuust* horrible enough to be really, *really* funny.
Also, in my opinion, anyone who says “come at me, bro” with any degree of seriousness automatically forfeits the right to any and all considerations or concessions in a fight.
“I think it’s the duty of the comedian to find out where the line is drawn and cross it deliberately.” –George Carlin
A jerk is a jerk, whether walking or rolling.
Last panel = so much win! The expression on Wheelchair Bug!
I know this is tacky to say: But I cracked up when I drew the wheelchair bug goin’ down the stairs.
Even though they’re still images, you draw them so that there is a storyline & feeling of motion. This is especially great today…I keep scrolling back up, and Nerd Bug is still bumping his way down the stairs. I’m still laughing. (I know this makes me a really bad person, but the arms…the antennae… hilarious!)
Cool! Thanks!
If you’ll forgive the TVTropes reference, I believe this is what’s known as “The Tethercat Principle.”
Some people are like Slinkys– no use at all but it’s a lot of fun to push them down the stairs.
In the UK, the 1st floor is above the ground floor.
We are divided by our common language.
That’s how it is in most of Europe. English has nothing to do with it.
Huh, I knew it was like that in Australia, but didn’t know the U.S. was so alone in the “ground floor = first floor” thinking. And, both ways make equal sense.
In whatever language, it’s usually: “LOBBY”,
then “Floors 1-thru-12”,
then “Floors 14-thru-whatever”.
In many cases (if the building’s floor-layout is large enough),
they’ll even skip over “13” for the 13th room of each floor!
The usual reasoning is that too many superstitious customers refuse to accept any hotel room marked “13”…
…even if the building has (technically) a 13th floor.
For the first two, I was just gaping a little. Then he sent the proxy in and it became *just* absurd enough that I started to lose it.
I am a bad, bad person.
The third panel cracked me up but they were all great. Thanks so much for making the work week more tolerable.
It’s said that in the early days of motion pictures, when people weren’t as accustomed to the distinction between actors and the characters they played, that a certain actor couldn’t safely go out in public after a villain he played pushed a man in a wheelchair down a flight of stairs.
This reminds me of an earlier comic in which you pick a fight with a cancer patient who says “no punching me in the cancer”. Remember that one, Adam?
No, but that sounds like me. I’m horrible person.
He’s talking about this one: https://www.bugmartini.com/comic/my-battle-with-cancer/
You’re just showing him that you’re handicapable!
Ugh, that was… lame.
I’m reminded of an episode of little house on the prarie. Where Nellie Olsen was injuried and temporarily paralyzed from the waist down. Eventually the feeling comes back but she’s milking her injury and Laura’s guilt over it. At the end Laura snaps and pushes Nellie’s wheelchair down a hill. I walked in on Laura right before the pushing and walked out right cafter the pushing. And I thought “Without context that looks pretty horrible”
Adam, your humor reminds me of a time when two college friends and I were in a fast-food place discussing over lunch whether you could send babies back if they were defective. It came to me abruptly that I really hoped nobody could overhear this conversation. I’m a horrible person too.
You could claim the moral high ground and just walk away by climb the stairs ( decending the stairs ) while wishing them good health with the universal gesture of good will.
Would that be the same gesture that informs someone that they’re #1?
You ever seen the documentary MURDERBALL, about wheelchair rugby?
If one of those guys picked a fight with me, I’d just roll over and play dead. Running wouldn’t help — they’re faster on flat ground. Stairs wouldn’t help — the freakin’ murderball armored wheelchairs don’t care about stairs or rough terrain. Climbing a tree wouldn’t help — they’ve got upper body strength like you wouldn’t believe, so they could just follow you right up climbing just with their hands.
(One of the quotes from one of the players was something about how rough they play and aren’t they worried about being fouled, and the comment was something like, “What, maybe I’d fall and break my neck and be paralyzed? Been there.”)
I did see that years ago, it is a great documentary. Going to watch it again now that you reminded me!
After panel 3 I’m envisioning two people fighting via wheelchair proxies, like Pokemon.
Gotta catch ’em all?
Mostly you just watch your toes a lot, because having sparred with one in Taekwondo for years, people in wheelchairs are crazy fighters. They can move really fast and still be very in control of their hits, and getting your foot run over hurts.
There are tales told in the SCA about Cripple Flipping–a man in a wheelchair and leather armor attacking a hoard of men guarding a flag. The guy in the wheelchair didn’t win; he did, however, get impressive air time. Then thanked the fighters, because they were the only people who would treat the man like a human being, rather than like a wheelchair.
Thanks for helping me to see things in a difnereft light.
“Never pick a fight with a midget. If you win, you’re the jerk who beat up a little guy, and if you lose, you’re the wuss who got his butt kicked by a midget.” Probably a metaphor about staying in your weight class in all things but probably applies to in this situation.
I for one assumed that dudes in wheelchairs were trained in jousting.