#139 - Get it Out
Thursday, April 10th, 2008Aaand I don’t have so much to say about this strip so I will leave this post as is.
Aaand I don’t have so much to say about this strip so I will leave this post as is.
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April 10th, 2008 at 10:27 pm
PLEASE don’t tell me she’s pregnant, too.
April 10th, 2008 at 10:32 pm
GO TINA. Finally, she does something I can really respect.
April 10th, 2008 at 10:35 pm
oh my… tina looks like she’s about to go all fatal attraction on anders until she decides to hork it instead. what has that girl been eating???
April 10th, 2008 at 10:36 pm
Also, is Anders cooking on the counter?
April 10th, 2008 at 10:38 pm
Those eyes in panel 4… awesome
April 10th, 2008 at 10:38 pm
Oh my God, laughed so hard at that last comment….
Poor Tina. I think she will think of that day as the worst day of her life.
April 10th, 2008 at 10:39 pm
I meant the comment by KittyJimjams….
April 10th, 2008 at 10:40 pm
I didn’t think one could get pregnant from borking….
April 10th, 2008 at 10:43 pm
You gotta hand it to her - she chose just the right moment to…express herself.
April 10th, 2008 at 10:45 pm
I love Anders’ stance at the stove - and his face in panel 6!
April 10th, 2008 at 10:53 pm
Vomit always prevails! Is this morning sickness at its pinkest?
April 10th, 2008 at 10:54 pm
There’s this little known swedish saying: “Bork today, hork tomorrow”, or something like that.
April 10th, 2008 at 10:54 pm
Actually, one can get pregnant without vaginal penetration, one need only have semen make it into the “cavity”, so to speak.
Also, interesting, possibly Swedish quirk:
“Bork” is the sound of something entering the body
“Hork” is the sound of something exiting the body
nes pa?
April 10th, 2008 at 10:55 pm
Dario: Yes i have that crossstitched over my mantle!
April 10th, 2008 at 10:55 pm
I had a feeling that there was a chance that a Tina pregnancy might be a potential complication (not that she necessarily is pregnant, of course, just that there’s a hint of it).
On the other hand, this is the first time in a very long time that Anders has done something that I thought showed a level of increased self-awareness and maturity, so it makes me very happy to see. It isn’t just that he actually said this all instead of half-thinking it, but also that he may be letting Lena help him see things a bit (though perhaps only a bit) more clearly. She seems like the kind of brutally honest, compassionate friend that Anders (or anyone, really) definitely needs.
He’s still a bit of an emotional wimp for at least starting to tell her how he felt with his back turned like that, but it’s a start.
April 10th, 2008 at 11:03 pm
No no, I don´t think she is pregnant. It was all a bit too much for her. Poor girl, thinking she could win his love if she just loved him enough.
April 10th, 2008 at 11:15 pm
Oh wow. Yeah, that seems like a pretty vomit-inducing day.
Ahaha, the lead-up totally made me think Tina was going to snap… which made the up-chuck all the more funny and unexpected.
April 10th, 2008 at 11:18 pm
omg I just don’t know what to think anymore D:
At first, I loved her and thought she was sweet. Then sweet, but maybe not the brightest crayon in the box. Then the last few comics she was so crazy. SO CRAZY. This comic she is so pathetic you kind of just want to hug her. Kind of. In a tentative, fearful, “you’re cute but are you going to bite my hand off?” sort of way.
April 10th, 2008 at 11:27 pm
Rene, there is no cooktop. wtf? anyway, I can’t wait to see what’s next.
April 10th, 2008 at 11:31 pm
Hah, it is true! Anders can cook on a counter top!
I was expecting a flashback today. Keeping us on our toes aye?
Also, Tina probably has a butt pregnancy.
April 10th, 2008 at 11:33 pm
What has she been eating, insulation material?
April 10th, 2008 at 11:33 pm
is Anders that mature? enough to cook for himself?! :O
not borks but horks this time. isn’t that a shame? ;3
April 10th, 2008 at 11:43 pm
Yeah, I thought she was going to go crazy freaky on him until the “hork.” I doubt she is pregnant, but I think if I had that kind of a day, I would be throwing up too. Extreme stress does crazy things to a person’s body.
April 10th, 2008 at 11:44 pm
Dude, she just puked all over Anders’s cute socks!
Get out while you can, Anders, this one is no good.
April 10th, 2008 at 11:46 pm
I am more amazed every day by how well-rendered and multifaceted all these characters are. I want to hug them and smack some sense into them and comfort them and run screaming from them… they’re like family! very, very well done. thank you, rene!
April 10th, 2008 at 11:53 pm
I loled at darios comment. haah
April 10th, 2008 at 11:58 pm
So, what’s Anders cookin’?
April 11th, 2008 at 12:04 am
……i think tina is the most depressing and beaten character throughout this entire comic. first she sleep with anders because shes lonely, then she take it up the butt from the guy because shes just wants him to be wiht her, not matter what (which all turns for nothing when he passes out on top of her) then he basicly uses her for a place to live and leads her on wiht the idea of ptoential staying together for a long periode of time, disilusioning her. then after she over hears some pretty horible shit about her from anders, she is rejected by the one person she thought could satisfy her (johan), while simultaneously having a mental break down. then she goes back and is told that basicly, shes not wanted any more or ever will be by the one guy she wanted to like her.
after all of that i feel as if tina should be given 5 fucking purple hearts and her pick of any man in the world. she is flawed, certantly, but no one, espcialy tina in my mind, deserves the shit that has happend to her.
tina…i hope you will be happy by the end of this comic.
April 11th, 2008 at 12:04 am
can you get morning sickness in under a month?
April 11th, 2008 at 12:13 am
Also, apropos of Anders’ cooking and Tina’s reaction;
“Hork: It’s what’s for dinner.”
April 11th, 2008 at 12:27 am
I just think it’s so ironic that Anders was so angry at Maria for being mean to Tina. And yet, nothing she did could really compare to what he’s done to her!
Amazing.
April 11th, 2008 at 12:37 am
I dont know if tina had a mental breakdown. Maybe something like this happens with her like every other month. She IS the craziest girl in town, after all.
April 11th, 2008 at 12:42 am
People do shitty, shitty things to each other people - get used to it. It doesn’t make them ‘deserve’ anything, really, it just makes them pretty much like everybody else.
Also, given that Anders is cooking under an exhaust flu, I think we have to assume that he’s using some hyper-advanced Scandinavian cooktop that only *looks* like a bench
Also, I would like to own a framed picture of Ander’s face in panel 6. Fantastic
April 11th, 2008 at 12:48 am
…that says it all, doesn’t it?
April 11th, 2008 at 1:01 am
Blonde girls vomit pink!
April 11th, 2008 at 1:04 am
concerning the cook top I think we’re supposed to assume it’s an induction stove… y’know the one’s that are flat and only work with metal cook wear
April 11th, 2008 at 1:29 am
Poor Tina. Still, the entire mess is rather of her own pitiful craft. Glad Anders finally got up the balls to say what he’s been feeling - that Tina wasn’t really getting anywhere with him.
Not that he wasn’t dropping hints the whole damned time. I’m pretty certain he was just as conscious of the fact that he was obsessing over Maria in front of the girl he was fucking as said girl was. He’s lucky she didn’t boot him for it - but it’s really Tina’s own fault for not doing so.
In short: Anders wasn’t leading anyone on, by any stretch; the only time he was paying much attention to her at all was during their bork-fests. If she didn’t get a hint of such MAC Truck magnitude, she’s either stupid or painfully naive.
Given her later conduct with Johan, I’m going to go with the former.
April 11th, 2008 at 1:44 am
oh please tell me that she is not preggers.
April 11th, 2008 at 1:48 am
Hey, hey, hey, hey now. Let’s just give Tina a little slack. She can’t help it if she’s crazy in love with these guys for the wrong reasons. I don’t think Anders should have stayed with her, especially after Maria freaked out and ran off to Bjorn’s. Sure, it’s a step forward to be open and honest with Tina, but how long was he leading her on before he told her today?
April 11th, 2008 at 2:23 am
Nerves or the flu, I’m calling it here and now!
April 11th, 2008 at 2:23 am
Am I the only one who thought maybe Tina’s been drinking? I mean she has had a shitty day, and she’s a nutso. I think those things added together could mean some serious drinking. Plus look how woozy she looks.
April 11th, 2008 at 2:24 am
Explanation for my previous comment. I got trigger happy.
Nerves : Anders just kicked her out of his life and she’s freaked out.
Flu : Naked in the snow.
April 11th, 2008 at 2:31 am
Is it me, or is saying “we have no future together” then embracing the girl a huuuuuuge mixed-message?
April 11th, 2008 at 2:38 am
Meh. When I have a particularly horrid day, I get nauseous. My department manager has often asked me if I was pregnant. I ain’t.
some people just have very violent bodily reactions to bullshit.
April 11th, 2008 at 3:10 am
The little chunks in her vomit are a nice touch.
April 11th, 2008 at 3:14 am
p.s. Just noticed the luggage at the bottom of the stairs.
April 11th, 2008 at 3:31 am
Where are the burners?
April 11th, 2008 at 4:06 am
maturity… pfft… he was always just using Tina anyway, there was never anything of substance going on there, so by him having this conversation with her, he’s not proving any hidden maturity (in my opinion)… he’s just making sure Tina knows she’s disposable.
(run-on sentence anyone… haha)
April 11th, 2008 at 4:33 am
yeah, so i think it’s too soon for a morning sickness.. unless she got germs from something.. i am guessing it’s the nerves. she wasn’t able to persuade jonah into giving her the tool to control anders at this point, the video. she’s just at the end of her ropes.
oh yeah, and pink puke. quaint.
April 11th, 2008 at 5:17 am
Anders… too adorable.
April 11th, 2008 at 5:38 am
Oh my goodness that is the most adorable puking I have ever seen
April 11th, 2008 at 6:21 am
BUAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!
Ermmmm…
XD
(what else could you say???…)
April 11th, 2008 at 6:29 am
“God! It feels so good to get that out!”
I’m not sure what someone is supposed to say to that. I give Tina big points for innovation!
April 11th, 2008 at 6:35 am
i bet it was Anders’ cooking that made Tina hork!
April 11th, 2008 at 6:37 am
Oh dear. It would be SO soap-opera for Tina to be pregnant too…
April 11th, 2008 at 6:42 am
Also, as a carpenter i think i should point out that a lot of the new electric stove tops really blend in with the counter top.
April 11th, 2008 at 6:43 am
haha Maxx i hope you’re right!!!
April 11th, 2008 at 8:33 am
I thought pregnancy too, good god wouldn’t that be horrible! On the other hand, she might be puking because she’s spent all day binge drinking to get rid of the feelings of rejection from first Anders and now Maria’s brother.
Or she just might be vomiting because her whole world just came undone, there have been times when a good vomit probably would have cleared some feelings right up.
Poor Tina, sometimes people just can’t love the other, no matter how many times they bork you. (Ok, I’m Canadian and I have to admit the word is just so CHARMING for what’s being done)
April 11th, 2008 at 8:46 am
I can’t help picturing that very last panel with Anders instead smirking like Bjorn from Meredith Gran’s “Helvete Bjorn” guest strip. Anybody?
April 11th, 2008 at 9:06 am
Oh god… the two baby birds?
April 11th, 2008 at 9:56 am
It will be even more of a mixed message when he fucks her later on that night because she needs ‘comforting’.
April 11th, 2008 at 11:04 am
if tina is pregnant I am completely DONE with anders… I just wouldn’t be able to stand him anymore. he’s a jerk enough to string her along this long until he no longer needed a place to live and started mending things with maria.
if he didn’t use protection and sperminated tina that would put me over the edge.
April 11th, 2008 at 12:17 pm
It’s good Anders said the truth to her.
April 11th, 2008 at 12:51 pm
You know, Tina may be a psycho doormat, but that reaction I can understand.
April 11th, 2008 at 2:32 pm
I will say that I hope she’s not pregnant, just because that’s a way over-used plot device. But to all those who are saying you can’t get pregnant from back door lovin, you’re forgetting that they did do things the more conventional way as well (probably many, many times).
April 11th, 2008 at 3:23 pm
once, when i was little I ate loads of this pink blackpool rock ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blackpool_rock ) and on the bus ride home I of course threw up, i sware it looked precicely the same as tina’s there. some images stick with you for life
April 11th, 2008 at 4:23 pm
“god it feels good to get that out”
April 11th, 2008 at 4:27 pm
I wanted to go to Sweden. Now I’m afraid. Not only you have IKEA (which furniture I believe is hiddens transformers that will take over the world) but men Bork and women Hork. I bet there’s is a book that says “How to bork and hork properly in Swedish”. And Tina is kind of retarded kitty, sweet little thing you want to hug but you know is reterded. You see it in his eyes.
April 11th, 2008 at 5:24 pm
Tina has taken the word “pathetic” to new levels. I do feel sorry for her, but she deserves a nice hard whack on the head more than she does purple hearts. Good god I hope she’s not pregnant, that would be a horrible storyline and hypothetically someone like her should not be reproducing.
April 11th, 2008 at 6:17 pm
I love Tinas face in panel 6. :p
April 11th, 2008 at 6:39 pm
Anyone else wondering if there’s a bunny in the boiler?
April 11th, 2008 at 7:01 pm
Oh noes, another preggers. Darn buns in the oven.
April 11th, 2008 at 7:12 pm
So if theres this much Hork after Bork, and Anders goes back to Stockholm , what new crazy “Orking” will ensue? Will Bjorn step aside without problem? Will Tina let Anders go without going completely batty? And what color will the baby’s hair be!? (just not vomit pink please)
April 11th, 2008 at 7:39 pm
oh I hope she isn’t preggers. Vomit=preggers is SUCH a cliche. I’m thinking she’s just hungover, anders got her kinda liquored last night before using the back exit.
April 11th, 2008 at 7:49 pm
Mesyspeaches: funny how history repeats itself, huh?
Ben: idk! i was thinking that giving birth would probably sound something like “splork” or “mork”…
April 11th, 2008 at 8:10 pm
A good name for Tina’s baby would be Bork Hork Jr.
Why isn’t there a rainbown coming out together with that vomit? Some butterflies would be nice too.
April 11th, 2008 at 8:11 pm
I want to open a restaurant called Hork n’ Bork.
Also, yeah, that seemed REAL HARD for you, Anders. Dick.
April 11th, 2008 at 9:17 pm
Maybe she’s puking because she GOT DRUNK with the town hunchback!
April 11th, 2008 at 11:17 pm
I’m with the people who say she’s puking just because she’s heard an extremely upsetting thing. I get that way enough times to know exactly what Tina is feeling there.
April 11th, 2008 at 11:20 pm
maybe she’s BULEMIC.
…since we’re throwing out these fearsome theories out there.
oh no~! the baby birds? didn’t one of them like throw up? it’s… insides? :C err
haha that went totally over my head
April 11th, 2008 at 11:34 pm
i hate Tina i hope she dies
April 11th, 2008 at 11:41 pm
This is the first responsible thing Anders has done in months. Kudos to him.
…But don’t hug her right after you say something like that! I’ve been in a similar situation, and hugging just makes it so much worse.
Tina, you need therapy. I’m not trying to be facetious, I really think she needs help.