Nerd Boy, episodes 121-127

Another week's worth of strips.
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Oooh, the tree again!
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                              Come on... Work! Crappy
                            internet connection! COME ON!
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                             Blaargh...
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                            OK, might as well work on my Java
                            project. Hm... How do I do double
                        _   ,  buffering? Let's check on the..
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                             BLAAAAAARRRGHHH!!
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               jg____ |   |d| | ___

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Of course, this happened to me. Only it wasn't the Java project; I wanted
the lyrics for Michael Jackson's "Wanna be startin' something". It's
incredible how Internet dependent you can get.
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       Euuf.. Shouldn't have          Ho ho ho!                |__|_|
 -)(-   had those 3 liters of        __ ,  ______________      |_|__|
  /\     cola before bed.. huh?     /-.\  |   /      \   |    _|__|_|_
 /'o\              `OO              ~~`*  |  /  .     \  |   |__|__|__|
/o_`_\             ((             .(" ).  |-(___||||___)-|   |_|  ) |_|
  || _____________ b b ____________ || __ |__\        /__| _ |_|(,,)|_|


          Santa! But.. How did         Never mind that. I'm    |__|_|
 -)(-      you.. Where'd that        __ ,  here to tell you    |_|__|
  /\      fireplace come from?      /-.\  that someone misses _|__|_|_
 /'o\                  `OO          ..`*    you very much.   |__|__|__|
/o_`_\                 .||.       .(" ).                     |_|  ) |_|
  || __________________ bb ________ || _____________________ |_|(,,)|_|


          Linda? Where is she?        Before asking, try to    |__|_|
 -)(-      And where did this        __ , answer your own      |_|__|
  /\        tree come from?         /-.\   questions. Ho      _|__|_|_
 /'o\                  `OO          ~~`*     ho ho-          |__|__|__|
/o_`_\                 -||.       .(" ).                     |_|  ) |_|
  || __________________ bb ________ || _____________________ |_|(,,)|_|


   Wouldn't you need hundreds of      HO HO, you're this close |__|_|
 -)(-  reindeer to reach Mach        __ , to ending up in my   |_|__|
  /\  3000, the required speed      /-.\  permanent naughty   _|__|_|_
 /'o\  to deliver all  `OO          --`*   file, kiddo...    |__|__|__|
/o_`_\  the presents?  .||.       `(" ).                     |_|  ) |_|
jg|| __________________ bb ________ || _____________________ |_|(,,)|_|

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Managed to sneak some art into this one, NB is exquisitely nerdy, and I find
the disgruntled Santa rather amusing.
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  You're leaving already?         Well, I -am- Saint Nick after all.
    But I have so many             I have a lot to do right now...
   unanswered questions!            __ ,           ______________
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                    OO             ..`*           |  /  .     \  |
                   .||.          .(" ).           |-(___||||___)-|
                ___ bb ___________ || ___________ |__\        /__|


                And please stop
              __ ,  asking stupid       What do
             /-.\    questions...      , you mean?
             ..`*                    OO
            (" )                    .||.
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         Quit following      How do you deliver those?     /___________
      __   me around! I       Do you teleport them all  ____|      `|
     /.-\ , have to make     , over? Or are there no   | __ |   ___
     *'..   presents for   OO  nice children anymore?  ||__||  |_|_|
      ( ")   Christmas!   .||.                         |o   |  |_|_|
  ____ /| ________________ dd _________________________|.-._|__________


         OK, that's it! __            Bring it on,
           I am gonna `/.-\            , old man!
           kick your   *'--          OO
            -ass-!     .( ")-        .)).
    jg _________________ || ________ d d __

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The last frame was originally second, but then my older brother read what I
had so far and laughed, so I thought "What the hey". The two middle frames
are pretty good for filler.
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    OK... Santa's gonna          Stop talking and start fighting,
      give you a real __           you prissy pringle's chip!
       ass whooping `/.-\           ,
      for Christmas! *'--         OO
                     .( ").       .)).
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           THAT'S IT!  __           HEEYA!
                     `/.-\           ,
                      *'--         OO
                      .( ")-       -))'
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        And then he totally      You deserved it.
           kicked my ass.          ,
                       `OO      ..~
                       ((      .<<.
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                  Whaat!?           Drink that much cola before
                       `             ,  bed, and you're -bound-
                        OO        ~--    to have those weird
                       -||-        >>      recurring dreams!
                jg_____ bb _______ |\ __

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Weak to no punchline. In retrospect, I should've put the third frame last,
with "And then he totally kicked my ass." -- "Wuss.", or something. I dunno.
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        You do realise            "All I know is that I know nothing."
      that Santa doesn't            ,  I'm a skepticist, remember?
       exist, right? `~..         OO
                      .>>.       '||.
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        It's "skeptic".             Oh, so I suppose a person who
                     `              ,  believes there's one god would
                      ~--         OO    be a "the" and not a "theist"?
                      .>>.       .||.
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You have to accept the              My point is that one should strive
fact that English isn't             , towards formality and away from
 a formal language!  `~..         OO    this inconsistently evolved
                      `>>'       .||'    language -- it's stupid!
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   Look, do you believe            Don't change
     in Santa or not?!             , the subject!
                     `~..        OO
                      ->>-       -\\.
                jg____ || _______ dd _____

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I really like this one. A "the". :) That had me chuckling, as did NB's
accusatory stance.
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          WOOHOOO!
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                            WEEEEE!
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                               __ -  h'`h *rrrip*
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                                       Told ya.
                                             `~..              Shut up.
                                              .>>.         yy  ,
                                        jg____ || _________ \\ ____

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This is why flying boots will never work.

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