April 4th, 2017
4 Apr 2017 · page 689 of 1306
The hardest part of this page was choosing whether it was Sid or Wolfe who was going to make the bad joke.
Cast: Benjamin Thackerey, Heinrich Wolfe
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Seems like Ben doesn't think that joke cuts the mustard.
Did Wolfe mean that as a joke? I THINK he did, but...
He is looking pretty smug, so I think the answer is probably yes.
Or pride is sneaking up on them.
It WAS a bit hard to stomach. Rather stale, really.
I guess that's just how the cookie crumbles.
Nobody likes a ham.
Just like the kebab shop on a Saturday night after the pub closes.
Speaking of bad jokes...
Is that cat part of the free food handout?
Nuk nuk nuk
That's the law of the jungle for you. Eat until you get eaten.
Worth noting that half the wall is missing and there's no debris lying about...so that is literally "eating you out of house and home!" (or in this case hotel)
That, or because of all the time travel kerfuffle said rubble is just waiting somewhere in the future... or both even.
Wolfe made me proud. This was puny.
Ben, methinks it is time for you to revisit your breadmancy skills [http://www.widdershinscomic...](http://www.widdershinscomic.com/wdshn/may-30th-2012/ "http://www.widdershinscomic.com/wdshn/may-30th-2012/")
Lol if only Ben was that terrifying
...Yeah, Ben's got this one. This is the same kind of job as the ones he's been doing over the last few books. just a bit... larger, that's all.
Ben is plum tired having to ketchup with all these sins, so you butter be on guard, Mr. Wolfe!
I hope I catch that ham.
You can't have that ham. That's Gren's ham. She's been wanting it forever, or for at least 5 minutes. (That's the same thing, right?)
Now if we could just find a live chicken there could be... "Gren's eggs and ham!"
You may like them. You will see.
When controlled by Gluttony!
(inspired by the comment above, and the song "This is Halloween")
Boys and girls of every age
Would you like to eat something strange?
You may like it, you will see.
When controlled by gluttony!
Chorus:
This is gluttony, this is gluttony!
I just want to say how much I like the haircut Ben has these days. It makes him look younger and less buttoned-up, which is a nice illustration of the effect Mal and Wolfe have had on him.
Speaking of which, I have a theory that Wolfe cuts Mal's hair for him. When they first met, Mal had that straggly mop of hair: [http://www.widdershinscomic...](http://www.widdershinscomic.com/wdshn/april-14th-2014/ "http://www.widdershinscomic.com/wdshn/april-14th-2014/") and it seems likely that sometime after they started traveling together, Wolfe trimmed it into the tidier style he has now (especially since Mal doesn't do mirrors).
And since Wolfe was the one who went to get the scissors when Ben's hair was hopelessly snarled after the cider-barrel incident, he's probably responsible for Ben's haircut as well: [http://www.widdershinscomic...](http://www.widdershinscomic.com/wdshn/october-20th-2014/ "http://www.widdershinscomic.com/wdshn/october-20th-2014/")
This is a correct theory! Also thank you for noting the haircut in that top post, that was the intent of it :D
:D
Why are people inside Gula throwing things out to the crowd below? That doesn't seem very Gluttonous to me...is there a trap here?
They're probably being influenced by the Deadly to do so, in order to feed the Gluttony of the people below. It all serves Gluttony's Word.
I looked a bit closer at the hotel workers' expressions, and they seem more worried than influenced. The Hotel Gula itself is in shambles, but there doesn't seem to be any debris on the street or near the building, which leads me to believe the workers are trying to placate the crowd with food so that they don't eat the building the workers are in.
Or indeed, eat the workers.
Maybe that was Gluttony's ultimatum.
"Bring food for that crowd to eat.... Or I will eat YOU!"
Much the same way that Envy chose performers to provoke the members of the audience? That would make sense.
Keeping them from storming the kitchen?
Imagine if one of these women was on a diet for the last 6 months, hoping to look her best on her wedding day. And then this happens. All lost weight is back, the dress doesn't fit anymore, zits are popping all over the face and there are less than 3 days before the ceremony.
Why did you have to say this D:
I like to share <3
And when she snaps out of Gluttony's control she walks right into Pride :D Talk about having a bad day.
Working in this hotel is just the worst.
You'd think that people would have remembered this, afterwards.
you mean the Wurst?
I love that it's Wolfe, the second language learner, making the pun! I once knew a Finnish man who had near-perfect English; I'm convinced that the primary reason for his expertise was his desire to make terrible, terrible jokes (what my family calls "Dad jokes").
So his jokes were fun-ish?
Yes, indeed! Good for Wolfe! His command of English is really excellent.
man, that hotel's gonna need some serious renova- ohhhhhhhhhh
Of course it gets the renovations because it's still there in 2032 when Ethan Booth shows up.
I wonder how they'll deal with this. If I was a wizard in this universe I'd probably summon disgust. Can't think of a better way to keep people from eating.
Start serving broccoli and cauliflower of course, prepared using the traditional British recipe of boiling it for three hours. Suddenly the crowd will realise they're not that hungry after all.
Needs sprouts boiled to translucency and horrible with pigs in over-oiled (yet dry) and overcooked blankets. xP
Hmm, the only horrifying English recipe I am vaguely aware of is eel pie. Elgie liked them though, bless his stabby heart.
Well of course, Wolfe had to do the pun. Being quite familiar with the German language, he probably wishes to have a pickelhaube right now.
Subtlety? What's that? Is it some kind of cake?
Subtlety, chocolate and Guinness cake... ;P
The cat makes me giggle. :)
Methinks we've seen the lady throwing the donuts before. I'm surprised she's still working at the hotel!
[http://www.widdershinscomic...](http://www.widdershinscomic.com/wdshn/december-20th-2013/ "http://www.widdershinscomic.com/wdshn/december-20th-2013/")
The cat going after the (more-or-less) fish can't be blamed on Greed - well, not in the sense of "doing something I wouldn't do if Greed wasn't affecting me".
Cats are NATURALLY greedy.
"If I had two dead rats, I'd give you one."
I can't believe this happened again.
Maybe put up a sign.