On the Run 14/9/05

Squeaky Bunny · Post by **Squeaky Bunny** » Wed Sep 14, 2005 5:53 am

GrayTiger wrote:Thanks alot Ralph. I now have "Band On The Run" stuck in my head.

*grumbles*

I was thinking of the Nutcracker. Sweet.

Madmoonie · Post by **Madmoonie** » Wed Sep 14, 2005 6:08 am

Pain. Lots of pain.

GrayTiger · Post by **GrayTiger** » Wed Sep 14, 2005 6:19 am

it reminds me of the time my brothers and i were playing 'blooperball' (you use a soccer ball or basketball instead of a baseball). i hit a slow hopper with tons of topspin. when he charged it it hit square on the ground and all the topspin accelerated it. caught him flush in the tender vittles. he was down for about 15 mins, and his face turned a shade of purple i have never seen before.

ah, the memories of childhood.

Madmoonie · Post by **Madmoonie** » Wed Sep 14, 2005 6:23 am

Squeaky Bunny wrote:I was thinking of the Nutcracker. Sweet.

Geeeemmppphhh...........

SolidusRaccoon · Post by **SolidusRaccoon** » Wed Sep 14, 2005 6:38 am

Tiger

Ohhhh, that hadda hurt.

Ransom Returns · Post by **Ransom Returns** » Wed Sep 14, 2005 6:59 am

This PROBABLY wasn't the smartest move on Quentyn's part. All things considered he probably could have gotten off on self defense, but maybe not. Makes for great comedic effect though. Plus it fits in the unwritten Ralph universe law "All bad/annoying characters will experience extraordinary amounts of pain."

Am I reading too much into it, or is the blue background when Quentyn "snaps" meant to symbolize something beyond him "snapping?" I'm not sure what it would be, but it just seemed odd.

SolidusRaccoon · Post by **SolidusRaccoon** » Wed Sep 14, 2005 7:38 am

Just got sick of being everyones whipping boy.

GrayTiger · Post by **GrayTiger** » Wed Sep 14, 2005 7:53 am

Tiger

Ohhhh, that hadda hurt.

Yes it did. My other brother and I cramped up from laughing so hard.

SolidusRaccoon · Post by **SolidusRaccoon** » Wed Sep 14, 2005 7:55 am

Laughing at cheap nut shot, the foundation of humor world wide.

GrayTiger · Post by **GrayTiger** » Wed Sep 14, 2005 8:02 am

I've felt much worse tho. When I had my vasectomy the local hadn't kicked yet when the doc made the first incision. I felt it all.

That pain beats anything I ever felt in my life.

SolidusRaccoon · Post by **SolidusRaccoon** » Wed Sep 14, 2005 8:06 am

Ouc Ouch ouch ouch, thank you for sharing.

Kerry Skydancer · Post by **Kerry Skydancer** » Wed Sep 14, 2005 8:36 am

Still looking like Mulharney's not the sharpest knife in the drawer. Mad at Quentyn for being in a 'bloody brawl' when all the blood present is his and the little guy's? Hate to say this about anyone, fictional or not, but he deserved that shot. And it's going to give Q some -major- street cred.

He can justify it later (if he has to) as a non-lethal tactic to maintain his undercover investigation. And he can get the Guardsman who handled the cleanup after Rosad's lair to vouch for him, even if they won't mention -why-. The old Richilieu bit-- 'what he has done, he has done for the good of society'.

Dragoon The Griffin · Post by **Dragoon The Griffin** » Wed Sep 14, 2005 9:32 am

... Lets ope he never has to return to this city, he could have explained his way out of what happened (not to Mulharney, but somone above him), but he is not going to be able to get out of kicking a guard in the groin.

SolidusRaccoon · Post by **SolidusRaccoon** » Wed Sep 14, 2005 10:22 am

heh, this little story will not be told to others.

RHJunior · Post by **RHJunior** » Wed Sep 14, 2005 12:26 pm

Wayfarer wrote:And may I just add...
WHY!?!
Granted, I was hoping he would lose it just a little bit. Enough to respond, when the guard said
And you're not coming out till I get some answers about where you're from and what you're [up to]
with
You want to know who I am and what I'm doing? You really want to know that? 'Cause I'd be happy to tell you! I would have been happy to from the beginning! You just seemed to be too busy assuming I was up to no good to listen before!
If I were in Quent's place, I'd want to be yelling, or even screaming, this at the guard.
*sigh*
I know, I know, it wouldn't work...
but still, this?!

Because, once again, Quentyn is in an "undercover" situation. He can't tell anyone. And he CERTAINLY can't sit in the pokey while Mulharney turns the Villages upside down finding out where he's from.

He was frantic, he was mad, and he had to shut Mulharney up fast.

CasVeg · Post by **CasVeg** » Wed Sep 14, 2005 12:36 pm

Aww, nuts!

This just proves that Quentyn is still an inexperienced hack. It's not the first time he's snapped, either.

And, yes, there is little chance that a self-righteous bigot like Mulharny is going to let anyone know that this happened to him.

Who knows where Quentyn's adventure!? Just follow the bouncing balls!

P.S.: That blue wash was Quentyn having a "Oh, %$#@!" dawn-of-realization moment.

P.P.S.: In case you didn't notice, Quentyn's proximity and short stature means that he made contact travelling upward and outward. I can only assume Mulharny was wearing sturdy pants. Otherwise, there's a good chance his plumbing--including vascular support--just got torn to shreds. (And, if Quentyn's boots were active, Mulharny just got a jack-hammer vasectomy.) I'd better stop, now; I'm starting to get uncomfortable.

Dapple · Post by **Dapple** » Wed Sep 14, 2005 1:30 pm

Bwahahahaha he'll be feeling that for a day or two.

SolidusRaccoon · Post by **SolidusRaccoon** » Wed Sep 14, 2005 1:36 pm

Dapple wrote:Bwahahahaha he'll be feeling that for a day or two.

Try an entire week.

Catherine_Puce · Post by **Catherine_Puce** » Wed Sep 14, 2005 1:38 pm

Now Mulharney will hunt himwith a lot more of determination. He has a personnal revenge to take against Quentyn.

S'il le retrouve,

RedSquirrel456 · Post by **RedSquirrel456** » Wed Sep 14, 2005 1:38 pm

At least that was a blunt kick. I've been hammered in that area a couple times, and the first time had me literally writhing.

We were playing "ultimate football" in gym (government subsidized child abuse) or something, where we tossed footballs at targets and each other. Granted, they were nerf ones, but almost all of them were more often than not just as hard as the plastic ones.

So anyway, I got in front of one the most athletic kids in the school. He kinda, well... aimed at me, or maybe at the target behind me. It went way lower than I wanted, and I happened to get in front of it. It was the pointy end of one of those faulty "rock hard foam" things, from about three feet away, chucked with all the force that guy could muster.

So I stagger over to the teacher babbling incoherently and grasping myself from the pain, and he just looks at me and says, "I think you need to sit down for a minute." So I sit down and get beaned in the head about eight seconds later.

As I remember from Peanuts:

Charlie Brown: "You aren't afraid of a little pain, are you?"

Lucy: "Of course I am! Pain hurts!"

Fortunately, it's always funny when it happens to another guy (who is a cartoon with big google eyes).