Further IKEA adventures
September 19, 2011
12:00 am
Once I told my brother “Every time I think about buying something I get dad’s voice in my head asking me if I reeeeeally need to own it” and he told me that every time he goes to buy something he hears dad but then mom’s voice comes in and says “Oh but he wants it! It would make him happy!”
Awwwwwwwwwww.
Does this mean the commander sees jared as his kid? :)
I think it’s more like Jared is seeing the Commander as a (replacement) father.
I see someone down there already noted Jared is just trying to catch ’em all…
It kinda needs repeating though.
The Commander is just.. the best. The best guy.
that look those words.. compel me too… see the mistakes i make D: make him stop!
Best guy of all guys.
It’s bad that IKEA doesn’t have such cute mascots to buy. Their designs are ugly or creepy or both.
All the toys he’s carrying are ones I found on the IKEA website.
But no Klappar Vild? That dolphin puppet. I swear whenever I put it on it controls me.
So maybe finally things changed… I think I know what I’m gonna do on weekend, thanks!
Seriously – I have the cutest dragon from there. They do great kid’s toys <3
I have one of their adorable rats, they’re almost as squishy and cuddly as a REAL rat! (I did edit out the weird giant felt teeth though… looks much better now)
ikea near here is full of plush toys if you walk trough their store/maze and come out alive you are bound to have stumbeld across the toys like 4 times
wait how do you know the cuudliness of a real rat?
Probably had a cuddly real rat. They make great pets, real affectionate little guys. Just don’t be going around picking up a sewer rat, unless you want to die.
Seriously. Rats are the best pets- Unless they’re rabid. Remember, kids- Always ask to see medical records before cuddling a rat
That bit of advice also relevant among humans too…
I want them all!
Really? *Goes to the IKEA website, searches for the big shark plush, finds it, life is complete*
Aww, the shark plush is my favorite. My friend has one, it’s named Stanley.
I want the elephant. I don’t need it but it would make me happy because I love elephants. :3
*squee* I have that english bulldog and also a rat and dragon-snake thing from Ikea, yes one absolutely needs those
http://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/00195757
Y U HATE MR BROCCOLI D:
…Who ever thought of that, and thought it was a good idea? I mean, I’d totally snuggle with a broccoli, ..but still… ..plush broccoli??? Come on now.
When I was a little girl, my imaginary friend was literally a broccoli kid. I would have been all over this toy.
I present to you plush Wolverine:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004IBXEDW/ref=pd_lpo_k2_dp_sr_1?pf_rd_p=1278548962&pf_rd_s=lpo-top-stripe-1&pf_rd_t=201&pf_rd_i=B002HO6L50&pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_r=1QFRFTF9GHBS97R16J24
Not the only one. I’ve heard of a plush Wolverine with a friendly smile but couldn’t find a good picture.
Let’s face the facts…How many kids actually LIKE broccoli in the first place? Especially on their dinner plates?
I once bought a lemur from IKEA. It had nipples. Eight of them.
Next time I find myself buying stuff I don’t need I’m going to pretend I hear the commanders voice saying “Do you really need this?”
Yeah. He’s much more effective than my dad (who liked to spoil us)
Wooooow… You know his voice? Whats it like (other than reaaaaaaly badass)?
I imagine him to sound like Mickey Rourke as Marv in Sin City, but since seeing The Wrestler I sometimes imagine that voice in his more relaxed every day conversations. (I dunno if really manly men are anything like me but subconsciously i seem to make my voice deeper when I’m with the guys from my rugby club than if I’m with my other mates or my girlfriend)
That adjustment of voice level is due to the group of people you’re with. Deeper voices are considered more dominant, on an instinctive level, so it’s not surprising that your voice would adjust downward a couple of octaves in a setting involving competition, while leveling out when you’re more comfortable. On the other hand, if one ends up around someone who one has no chance of rivaling, there’s also an inclination for one’s voice to raise in pitch, so as to make clear that they are not attempting to show any form of dominance.
Funny that you mention that, Neon. The old crew used to say, ” Shit! JAK is using THE VOICE. Someone screwed up.” whenever I’d have to get all frownyface at some dimbulb who made me do something bouncerish at the club.
Those were odd years:
Day job … Toys R Us ( one of the tasks being the guy who ran the twice weekly Pokemon TCG league )
Night job … Bouncer in a goth club
Yeah, completely different voices used between those places.
Hehehe… The voice… I’ve heard that before. One of my mates from school has an amazingly deep, rich voice. It’s like it’s coming from the oak floorboards or something… When he makes head prefect, all the people from my school are gonna wet themselves when he enters the assembly hall and says “College Stand” for the first time ^^
Goths made you do something bouncerish?
Man, at the goth club I used to go to (been shut for almost a year now) the biggest problem we had was from drunks down the street
I hear Ron Pearlman’s voice.
To me, he sounds a lot like Brock Sampson from Venture Brothers.
I hadn’t realized it but OMG he totally does.
He’s written with a Beetlejuice accent.
awe cat i still pretend that its patrick warburten with a slight lisp. his voice iss just so manly
I actually kind of hate the idea of Patrick Warburton as his voice to be honest. Warburton’s voice is great and all, but it’s too smooth, Commander would be really raw and gravelly.
For some reason I’ve always pictured Commander sounding like a cross between Ron Perlman and Diedrich Bader (when he’s playing Batman in The Brave and the Bold).
I’ll admit, the media has made it so big = Patrick now, even in comics, but I still hear him sounding like Clancy Brown when he was doing the voice of Montross. That was gravelly, but with a tone that could easily shift to comical if necessary.
I always liked to imagine his voice as Tom Waits, for nothing but the incredibly rough and gravelly tone.
That’s why I imagine him with a Ron Perlman voice. It’s rough, it’s tough, but just enough warmth to prove he’s a man with heart.
obviously he’s voiced by jim cummings
Great, now I have Don Karnage’s voice in my head… That totally doesn’t work.
Didn’t the guy who writes the comics just tell us what he sounds like?
I always imagine John DiMaggio speaking, or Fred Tatascoire maybe.
Sort of the way Bruce Wayne changes his voice when donning the cape-n-cowl?
I’ve always imagined him with the voice of Rucks from that game Bastion…
Can’t unhear it now. And I do a Beetlejuice voice, so now I’m reading half the strips aloud.
I hear Brock Sampson.
Ah…he DOES kinda look like Brock Sampson…but he’s voiced by Patrick Warburton, who also voices Joe in Family Guy, Kronk in The Emperor’s New Groove, umm…Steve Barkin in Kim Possible….The Tick…He was Buzz Lightyear in the animated show?
HmMmMmM… Those voices are all deep and rich, but not overtly threatening. From now on, that’s the commander’s voice in my head!
Incorrect.
The author has gone on record saying she greatly dislikes the ‘Commander sounds like Patrick Warburton’ headcanon, as Patrick’s voice is not rough and gravely enough. She’s said he’s supposed to be more like Clancy Brown, John DiMaggio, and Scott McNeil.
I think his voice is kinda like a cross between Bill and Francis from Left 4 Dead.
Roddy Fucking Piper. That is all.
i always thought he sounded more like a grouchy man
preferably a wolverine/logan voice o-o, or Snake
I hear the marcus pheonix from gears
yep, that’s me too
If I didn’t have such horrific father issues, I would so try this.
Just imagine the Commander saying it. <3
Who doesn’t need a Plushy menagerie of animals? They brighten up life. :D
He needs the shark.
And the moose. Everyone needs a moose. Canada guy would approve.
He also need the alligator. You can’t be manly without an alligator plushie.
And the snake. What’s a man without his snake?
Ask Jake the Snake after they banned him from bringing his snake.
And the bulldog, someone has to guard Jared’s hideout.
And the hippo. A hippopotamus makes for an excellent conversation piece.
and the snake with a ribbon! he needs that its like WOW F*CK A SNAKE! but the ribbon.. i gotta…. pet it *CHOMP*
He also needs the elephant. How else are you gonna get around in a manly fashion?
Ok. You have all given valid reasons as to why he should keep all of it.
Now try telling them to Commander
but that look makes you say no to the question D: if you needed painkillers to live and hed say: do you REALY need that? with that look you would be like yeeeeaaaa-no
Painkillers to live? Technically you oculd live without them… YOu just wouldn’t be a very happy camper…
But I think we can all agree he doesn’t need the weird blue thing with the stripey feet. I mean, what even is that?
i dont know…i just dont know
But how would he get down from the Elephant?
You don’t get down from an elephant. You get down from a goose.
You slide down the snake, of course!
Even if nothing else, he needs the shark!
And the hippo.
Hoh god, how can you not laugh at this. Frigging jared crack me up everytime
The commander is there to surrogate father the manchild and teach him how to be a manman.
Yus! Jared does need to be taught how to be a manman. :D
My buying algorithms confuse even myself… I usually don’t even shop, ‘cuz I don’t have the money. :(
I’m like that during Steam sales.
It’s like Christmas comes around every other week. Steam should just download the cool games when they come on sale and charge me. I mean, they’re going to get the money anyway.
MY MONEY
Why must Steam love it so much
I’m like that with newegg. Every day they send me deals, and every time I click, I feel the monetary value burn out of my soul. And my bank account.
Is he secretly the Hulk? Because he has an incredibly stretchy waistband to be carrying them all like that…
I initially thought Jared was stuffing them all into his pants, but he seems to be carrying a large bag.
Over here in England my local Ikea gives you huge yellow bags to carry stuff round the shop then sell you blue ones at the checkout, but last time I went the blue ones you buy were less than half the size they used to be, so out of principle I still only bought one bag and squeezed everything in it much the same way Jared did. It really annoyed me cause the bigger bags were extremely useful for lugging stuff around (especially taking lots of laundry back to my mum’s when I visited)
They make tiny blue bags as well as the big blue bags, and they’re amazingly hard to tell apart when folded. I hope yours gets more big ones in, because they’re amazingly convenient.
Those giant blue shopping bags they give you in Ikea to carry stuff.
Quit making such cute shark plushies.
Years ago, I discovered that whenever my father would consider buying something, he would hear my mother in his head asking him if he really needed it.
I was even more amused when I discovered that when my mother considers buying something, she hears my father asking her if she really needs it.
For me it’s my mother’s voice, but it’s the same general rule.
I feel good for Jared. He’s finally getting the family he needs, instead of the one that encouraged him to play too much Pokemon.
where jared comes from, there is no “playing” pokemon. pokemon is way of life!
he was always playing xbox. coalesquid, what games was he usually playing before his mom forced him to mow the tall grass?
Okay. That’s it. I want Commander to adopt me.
He’s probably already adopted all of us.
Squid just needs to make an adoption certificate for all of Commander’s fanchildren.
^This.
Seconded.
Thirded. ^_^
All in favor say,”Aye!”
Aye!
Yesssss. Have pity on all us poor kids who didn’t have a dad as awesome and manly as yours, Coelasquid!
Otherwise I’m going to keep looking at John Constantine as the Daddy Gold Standard…
And we don’t want that.
O.O Pleeeeeeaaaaaaaase?
Aye.
Aye :D Commander seems like perfect father figure for anyone!
Aye, dammit!
Aye.
AGREED! ADOPT US FROM OUR BORING AND LAME PARENTS! :D
The answer to that for almost anything should be no. But then you won’t ever get yourself anything you really want, so, once Jared learns this, the question should become, “Is this something I truly want and will use/appreciate to its full value?”
This. ^_^
The plushies are adorable and it’s obvious he wants them. I’m “forty minus seven” as I’ve started telling people for the lulz factor (the concept of age amuses me highly) and I buy and play with some rather expensive dolls. Asian ball-jointed dolls, with an addiction factor worse than World of Warcraft. Do I care that some people think I’m childish or don’t know what to spend my money on… while they buy $4000 gold-plated cables for their entertainment unit to make the sound “better”? Heck no! It makes me happy. That is the whole point of buying something you don’t need (aka doesn’t provide basic nutrition and isn’t necessary to keep you from dying of hypothermia, or any such other actual need).
Well I now feel a deeper connection to Jared and like Commander more. I blame my dad leaving before I was born. Keep up the good work Coel.
My mom always says during shopping for clothes: “If you really want it, you’ll come back in 20 minutes and buy it.” Which generally results to: buying something else not as cool, just to be done with shopping.
So I try to ignore that sentence in my head as much as possible :P
My dad’s voice would say “Flip a coin for it.” True story.
jared should get a lovebird. they are bossy and they possess you! happy birthday kiddo!
Or a cat. Can`t get both, though, or the cat will eventually rule it all. And have fresh lunch.
If buying tons of crap caused a big hairy guy with a partially unzipped shirt to follow me around and ask me if I really needed said tons of crap I would never stop shopping.
Just saying.
^— You made me lol with that last sentence… Brought to mind a comedian. He said a few funny things about that last sentence of yours…
Awe, I wish the Commander had been my Dad.
Ya never know… With all the time-travel he does, he could be you great-great-grandfather or something.
He might be his own grandpa.
No, that only ends in tears. Or Heinlein stories.
This discussion brought to my mind both Futurama and that movie called the Stupids. Where Tom Arnold’s character sings the song that explains how he’s his own grandpa in front of Oprah’s audience.
The commander is clearly future Jared.
…I will now be adding “Look t’me now” before every sentence.
…Now I’m seeing the Commander as Old Spice Guy.
glorious
You gave me horrible mental images of cause of that… D: Commander and Old Spice… *shivers* ;A;
He can’t help it, he’s just following his natural trainer instincts to catch ’em all :D
The manliest thing you can do is stand up to society and be yourself. So while Jared does not need all of that, he should stand up and buy some of it because he wants it!
Whenever I hear my dads voice saying that I just go “shut up, you fatass deadbeat”
…yeah, we dont have the best relationship
Clearly he need the elephant though
Everyone needs that elephant.
I have to wonder why Jared’s hair is so shiny, he doesn’t strike me as someone who bathes
Maybe it’s just greasy hair…
His hair’s shiny because it’s sparkling clean from him constantly hitting that bubble booby-trap in his secret hideout.
Where is the Like button? XD
Despite having a perfectly ok father, I think my “father figure” who stops me from being stupid is usually just me thinking ahead. I picture myself within the next few hours, days, weeks, etc. looking back on what I’m doing now and going “WHY THE FUCK DID I THINK THIS WOULD BE A GOOD IDEA”. And that’s why my Amazon wishlist is so full, but my cart remains empty.
Don’t listen to him Jared…you do need it. You do. Those plushies are the only thing keeping you alive. They are your life blood. Clearly he just wants you dead so he can steal them all for himself.
My own bio parents weren’t too good either. I met my own foster (leather) dad as an adult, who also helped me in similar ways, but the Commander is a pretty good icon for such things too.
And HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!!!!
I’m just gonna go ahead and not comment about my parents. xD;
I need the Commander in my life to be that voice, though xD
You’re kidding, right? Everyone needs a plush shark. EVERYONE.
the commander of all people should know this, what with his son always carrying one
And the elephant. You always need an elephant. Elephants never forget.
The Commander is officially Jared’s adopted Daddy…. and I find myself jealous….
Poor Jared. I’m glad to see that Commander cares at least, even if his dad doesn’t. I’d actually kind of like to see the two of them meet. That would be interesting. XD
I wonder what would happen if Jared’s biological parents showed up for another comic.
I don’t think it’s a matter of interpretation anymore: The Commander is the dad Jared never had, and his transition to adulthood begins.
… well maybe the second point was established when Jared finished his Portal trials, but whatever. :P
Oh, and happy Bday. I already said so on DA, but it wouldn’t hurt to do it twice. :P
Wait… So does this mean that catching the Wild Commander is about to make Jared evolve? IT’S SUPER EFFECTIVE!!!!
Happy Birthday Coelasquid! Hope you get lots of alcohol in you!
As for the comic, I’m generally doing this all the time, only buying things that I really need (when I don’t have extra money for myself), but when I get that voice it’s more “the voice of GOD” than my own parents.
Oddly enough, now I want to picture a manly Jesus looking at me like Commander is looking at Jared in the third panel to get me to get off my duff and get to class.
Did anyone else think about when you try to use, say, a bike indoors in pokemon and a ‘mysterious voice’ of professer oak or your dad says as you remembered ‘now son, theirs a time and a place for everything’
“And it’s called college. Do you understand?”
I am your father.
NoooooOOOoooooOOOoo! That’s impossible!
How nice that on you’re birthday there’s a comic so relevant to our ways! Though I think to go with the day you should put up a picture of that rockin Pikachu cake from back in day.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY BESTEREST SISTER EVER!!!
Happy Birthday, C. Squiddy!
I wish you $100 worth of booze!
What? No pony plushies? :(
I wish I had a dad like that. Unfortunately, my dad is more like your mom. And my mom, though definitely a good mom, never gave me such sagely advice… But now that you gave me that image, I think I’ll have difficulties buying new video games off of Steam from now on… I feel very conflicted about that…
I’ve already been doing this. I’m starting to feel like Scrooge McDuck with the money I’ve saved.
This would be good advice for all girls when they go to the mall.
Re: Girls at the mall:
I like the “go in a shop once to look at the things, and then only if you remember and still want a shiny after you’ve been in other shops should you go back to that shop and buy the shiny” as a rule of malls. I may start trying Commander-voice now, though, too, and the mall trick really only works with lots of little shops that are close together enough that visiting lots of shops won’t take up too much time.
Huh. In my experience, it’s typically the mom saying things like that.
But the Alligator is just soooo cute!
At least let him keep that one, Commander. :c
I find it kind of sad that that’s the question my parents have never asked me, but one I’ve had to learn to ask myself without outside assistance.
In happier matters, Jared’s such a softie. <3
Happy birthday, artist person who makes me laugh.
I’d give you the Internets, if I had them.
“Jared! There’s a time and place for everything! But not now.”
Wow. Commander Badass really is being all paternal toward Jared. That’s so nice of him.
He really is a badass, isn’t he?
This comic is simply further proof that he’s taken Jared in as his own son.
Freaking adorable. I love how the Commander has become a father figure for Jared. Poor kid needed it. <3
Being a father figure is actually extremely manly. It is an often overlooked aspect of manliness. An aspect to be respected and emulated.
Well played, miss Turnbull.
So. cute. Commander is amazing.
Since he’s a Pokemon Trainer, shouldn’t Jared be hearing Professor Oak’s voice tell him that?
Jared! This isn’t the time to use that!
No amount of rational intervention could convince me I didn’t need a blue horsebear thing wearing green and white stripey socks.
Wow is this ringing true. I totally just stuck a load of cool looking beanie babies and teddies in my wish list… why? Why did I do that??
Thanks Commander.
D’aaaaaawww! X3
Commander being all fatherly to Jared FTW! :D
Also, I totally want that giant snake plushie!
I am wondering how much more of his bullshit the commander with take. Seems like Jarred is due for a solid punch, and that might just kill someone like him.
Commander’s not the kind of guy to hit Jared. -_o Or anyone, for that matter, unless said someone started it.
Which REEEEEEALLY makes me wonder how the Commander vs. Commander fight in the coffee shop started.
The (future) Commander did start it. The (past) Commander was just minding his own business.
Time paradox. : (
Real men (or women) will not punch someone who can’t take it.
(Or kick a guy in the wossname’s unless your life depends on it.)
The Commander won’t hit Jared for the same reason that he didn’t want Duke hitting the bimbos: They can’t hit back.
Well he did hit Jared’s face on the table once, but he really deserved that.
I get this but with my mom and “Oh, but you could make that.”
Really? I thought it was just another Pokemon reference.
DAD’S voice… “JARED! There’s a time and
place for everything!”
Screw you, Dad, I’ll bike indoors if I want to.
Awww, Commander ;3; (Also apparently it is your birthday? Happy birthday!)
Like many others, I want the Commander to be my daddy. And for once, I mean that in a completely non-sexual way.
I already have a nice father figure-type person, so I’d be down for the Commander being my daddy in a completely sexual way.
I just love love LOVE Paternal Commander Badass.
in here its still 20 so….HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!
hope u enjoyed this day :3
btw, would have been a good thing if i had read the comic this morning, for some weird reason i bought a cow plushie without thinking <3
*Happy Birthday Awesomeness!*
I hope you had a fantastic day celebrating! You rock!
oh yea happy birthday
Jared just grew up a little right there. I know he struggled, but I expect a yes.
I would’ve said yes. Just saying.
Happy birthday Coealsquid
lol simply perfect
The fan service was enough.
This is just more awesome. What did we do to deserve your love? Happy birthday!
If I were Commander, I’d go find another of those big huge sharks and get it for Lil’ Badass.
Look, I think we’re all thinking that Jared needs to get a Commander “How-to-be-a-Man” talk.
We didn’t get one in Secondhand Lions, and by god, the Commander can fill in for Robert Duvall this time.
I definitely own the dog with the socks. Oh IKEA, you and your cute but useless crap
I think Jared should come to terms with plush toys by donating most of his collection to a good cause.
I know it made me feel a lot better about getting rid of mine when they went to a battered women’s shelter- they’ll mean more to those children than they ever did for me.
Except the one. That little dragon is my own little token of “Things will get better.”
I wonder what Commander Badass would have said if Jared had to him yes…on the other hand, I must say I’m proud of Jared.
Happy birthday.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4DSR45ZF0r8#t=2m35s
BAM! Adopted.
I’m printing this page out and sticking that panel on my wallet.
Then every time I wanna buy something I’ll see that! And hopefully my closet’s pressure levels will go down as a result!
(I reaaaally need to donate some of my clothes…)
Haha I was thinking the same thing.
Awesome comic! Commander is the best.
I never had a father to give me stern fatherly advice either. Am I Jared?
Thaaaat’s some true man there. ;u; <3 Heartwarming strip this week, thank you for it!
Remembering this one will serve me well in life.
I can take gator and shark off of Jared :D <3
Also my dad never did anything for me either as a father. He’s a classic dumbass with his xbox 360 :P
That sounds like me if I ever became a parent.
So you want your daughter to grow up hating you? O.o
Those glacial eyes will pierce through your soul.
Happy birthday! Have some cute shark cupcakes:
http://www.missionvegan.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/MV-085.JPG
IKEA is the best. I like putting the plush fruit hats on the plush elephants. It’s a perfect fit and looks hilarious.
I never knew the Commanders eyes were blue-grey. Oh, and keep the moose. Everyone needs a moose.
Yes! you drew the Hippopotamus! *SQUEEE*
Yeah, I’m afraid hippo-Plush-toys beat burly manly men everytime – in my book *coughs*
Oh… oh. Ooooh
This has been what’s happening in my life recently. I’ll now see this every time something like this happens. Because I literally have been craving stuffies like mad recently. So thank you, I think.
If my dad weren’t already the best dad, I’d want the Commander as my dad.
its soooo cute how the Commander acts like his father
It’s official. Commander is the father figure Jared missed for so long. I daaawed.
OMG THE FACE!
Well he needs the snake definitely, just look at it!
With my parents they wouldn’t ever say that, they just belittle me after i bought it or even suggested in it. They scorn me for even just buying something small.
Pft. He may not, but I would. I’d have at least kept the moose and maybe the elephant. But definitely the moose.
Uuugh. How can I ship Commander/Jared this way? You are a cruel mistress, Coeslaquid.
I demand more bearded Commander at some point. Hurray for beardy-ness!!
On a more important note, I have no voice of reason, simply: HOLY FRAG! MUST BUY! NEEEEEEEEED! -clingy hands-
One day I’ll learn…
At first glance, it seriously looks like Jared has all of those stuffed animals stuffed into his pants.
I love the relationship between Commander and Jared. Commander Badass is such a great father figure (:
i though he was going to ikea to get a shelf/displaycase to put all his benie babys in so they don’t get all damp and moldy? XD
Commander’s face in panel three.
It couldn’t possibly be better drawn.
I ship it.
^^
Commander: There is a time and a place for everything, but not now.
Haha! I’ve never heard the voice while shopping but I hear it ALL THE TIME when I’m about to post stuff on social networking sites. “Do ya /really/ need to tell everyone this? Do ya?” “Hnnngghnenfnggg- no.”
Since my father is the biggest nerd I’ve ever met, I actually ask myself “Would my father think he’d need this?”. And if the answer is yes, I put it back since it would probably just collect dust.
What the hell? Since when does IKEA sell plushies?
The Commander makes one helluva’ Father-Figure!
*Captain Obvious AWAAYYYY!!!*
This strip gets even better when you realize that characters in the Pokemon games rarely have fathers.
I love this one SO much. <3 <3 <3 Just had to go back and say that.
I think your comments to this comic justifies what I’ve suspected all along: boys get more stuff easier than their sisters. :)
And apparently saving money, considering I completed a BA with no student loans and he dropped out of school after he burned through his savings in the first year.
I know Jared is probably being dramatic, but what he said about his own father made me feel a bit sad. I wish there was more public praise for dads like the Commander, instead of using the ‘bumbling dad’ stereotype everywhere in the media – even our Commander probably missed the mark a few times or said the wrong thing to his kids, but he can always be counted on and will properly help them out when they need it. That’s a lot more that can be said for some fathers and mothers who only did what they found convenient. I don’t mean ‘the kids went to daycare’, I mean parents who interrogate but don’t listen, who care more about what marks ‘that smart kid’ got than their own and whine excuses instead of trying solutions when their kids truly need them.
But he neeeeeds the shark, and either the hippopotamus and the moose! Otherwise, where will he sit? What if he invites a friend over, or wants separate seats for his TV-watching and food-eating?
I like my mental voice for the Commander, but a discussion further up the page got him glitched as Patrick Warburton as Kronk (from The Emperor’s New Groove). He stopped sounding like that pretty quickly, but I hope it reverts to its original sound, which might be difficult since his voice briefly switches back to PW-as-K every time I mentally hear him say “Do [you] REALLY need this?”
I do not inspect goods with my hand. He who inspects goods with his hand has forgotten the face of his father. I inspect goods with my eye.
I do not calculate expenses with my hand. He who calculates expenses with his hand has forgotten the face of his father. I calculate expenses with my mind.
I do not shop with my wallet. He who shops with his wallet has forgotten the face of his father. I shop with my heart.
And years later this is still my very favorite page…
I love how the Commander is becoming a father figure to Jared.
It probably does help that he already has kids, so he is already a dad.
Never read the comments here before, but I gotta say, it was the opposite with my parents XD Dad always brought us back ‘treats’ from his trips, mom was always mad because they fell into two categories: Stuff she didn’t want us to have yet because we were too young, and stuff that she knew we didn’t want but was dad living vicariously through us. Like the time he bought me an entire firetruck. I’m not even kidding. I was like 5, and he told me my firetruck was outside, and I was expecting a neat toy, and I go out there, and there’s this giant hose-carrying firetruck, white with a red crawfish painted on the side.
Apparently he didn’t buy it but was given to him as a gift cause they were going to junk it? Best jungle gym -ever- until it finally got too wasp infested rusted to be safe to climb on.