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#174 - Chicago

Monday, July 7th, 2008

Chicago is a popular style of Poker played in Sweden where you count points instead of gambling.

Also I had trouble translating the verb for a female rubbing her genitalia on something, which literally translates to English as “snailing” or “to snail”. I decided to just have Anders call her vagina a snail instead. “Grinding” or “humping” doesn’t really cover just how gross “snailing” sounds like. :)

70 Responses to “#174 - Chicago”

  1. That Girl Says:

    Yay! first comment!

    “get your slimy snail of my face!” Oh my goodness! that was freakin AWESOME!!

    Thanks for the laugh. I REALLY needed that. :D

  2. Ben Says:

    You were right, “Snail” does sound better.

    I still have a soft-spot for “Pillocking” though, if you’ll excuse the pun.

  3. Neeksy_Magnusson Says:

    “snatch” is also a popular word replacement for that.

  4. Gabriell Says:

    Calling it a slimy snail is actually really, perfectly hilarious.

  5. Jon Says:

    hehe Slimey snail :P

  6. Nicolas Says:

    I’d call that teabagging. Right?

  7. Rene Engström Says:

    No, see, you can snail on pretty much anything. Also I’m pretty sure teabagging is a male only thing, and then only on someone’s face.

  8. Atomic Says:

    Snail? I thought it was the old joke about:

    Q. Why did God give women legs?

    A. He’d already invented snails.

    Ick!

  9. Atomic Says:

    P.S. — It’s a Vulva, not vagina. Vulva is the outside, Vagina is the inside.

  10. Kyou Says:

    This confuses me. I don’t know if I would like this done to me or not.

  11. Steve Says:

    This entire discussion makes me cry a little deep down inside for the state of humanity.

    Nonetheless, good strip as usual, Rene.

  12. Helikophage Says:

    Mmh… escargots.

    Kyou, if you didn’t abruptly jump up and flail your arms in abject terror at the thought of that, you would probably like it.

    And Rene, you have piqued my linguistic curiosity: how *do* you say “to snail” in Swedish?

  13. AnonymoousCoward (but with a good question) Says:

    Wait! Do you have a verb for a woman rubbing her genitalia on something?!?!?!?!?!?!

    It is slang, right? How is that?

    That is thing will be on my head for the rest of the day… even the week…

  14. berga Says:

    @Nicolas
    I thought you needed testicles to teabag?
    could be a different culture thing.

    I love how quickly his resolve folds.

  15. Juinia Says:

    @berga

    We use the term “meat curtains” sometimes, lol.

    Awesome comic, I will be using the term snailing now :D

  16. Neil Says:

    Dude… I’m definitely going to use the term “snail” now. Most definitely. It will cause a breakup, but still.

  17. Atcote Says:

    Oh god, they do look like the underside of a snail! Sex is ruined forever! :’(

    Love the comic to bits, keep it up!

  18. Patrick Rennie Says:

    I do believe you’ve just added a new slang sex term to English. I don’t think we had anything to already describe it. Snailing it is!

  19. Batdan Says:

    I’m surprised nobody’s commented on the fact that they’re playing music by the band Chicago in the background. It’s the little jokes like that that you pick up on the second read through that I love so much. That was great Rene.

  20. Felicity Says:

    I’ve heard of a snail trail before. I wonder where it originated. If you check urban dictionary there are a bunch of definitions. Soo it’s not just you Rene. I really need to stop reading your comic while i’m trying to drink something. Too Funny.

  21. Xopher.tm Says:

    You have a verb for a female rubbing her genitalia on something.

    Another reason you Swedes are teh awesome.

    At least we still have the best pizza.

  22. Ryanpeq Says:

    Holy god I can’t believe I’ve never heard the term “snailing” before. I’m tucking that one safely away.

  23. Indigno Says:

    Snail Trail?

  24. Indigno Says:

    Sorry for double post, what exactly is Penny doing to Anders?

  25. Angel Says:

    I hope Anders doesn’t miss the doctors appointment!!!

  26. Bryan Says:

    @Atomic:
    You have it backwards, man.

  27. dario Says:

    “Snail”. Classic. Also: “butterfly stamp”.

  28. Ing Says:

    “At the end of your life you only regret the things you didn’t do, not the things you done.” - Well, I’m not sure…

  29. fnord Says:

    >“Snail”. Classic. Also: “butterfly stamp”.

    Butterfly stamp? Come on, you just made that one up. Or translated it from another language. It’s pretty awesome nonetheless.

    Since we’re right in the middle of a really classy discussion, let me add the onomatopoeic expressions for “snailing” and “butterfly stamping”, which are obviously /slish slosh/ for the former and /shloooop/ for the latter.

  30. ritaxis Says:

    Around the Bay Area, in California, “Chicago” is a split-the-pot poker game, seven-card stud where high hand splits the pot with the high Spade down. Dealt two down one up, bet, then three more up with a bet after each, then a final card down, bet then show.

  31. Neil Says:

    Ritaxis, I have never heard of your chicago, and it sounds dreadfully complicated. As poker and beer go hand in hand in this neck of the woods, I shall never try it.

    Also, I want all of my money when I win.

  32. dario Says:

    @fnord course I translated that from another language!

  33. Ellie Says:

    I think the closest equivalent to ’snail’ that I’ve heard in English for female genitalia is clam…

  34. Rene Engström Says:

    A word I used once-upon-a-time in English for the whole vaginal area was “conch”. Mind you these are all fine and nasty, but it’s verbs I’m more interested in hearing.

  35. Michael O'Neill Says:

    Snailing, hmmm. Like everyone else, I plan to steal that term the next opportunity it presents itself.

  36. Brett Says:

    Hey Renee,
    Are you sending out notifications for those of us that donated for sketches? :)

  37. Rene Engström Says:

    Brett: Yes! I will be contacting each of the donators individually via mail to make sure everyone gets a sketch they are satisfied with! :)

  38. Withing Says:

    The translation does a great job of getting the meaning across, but perhaps loses something of its unique Swedish flavor. I propose, “Get your leaky lutefisk off my face.”

  39. charchum Says:

    i hate to keep foreshadowing.. but this looks like trouble??
    thanks for the good strip. made my other wise crap day less crappier! yr awesome rene!

  40. Rene Engström Says:

    You’re welcome charchum! :)

  41. Voks [Damnit Dave] Says:

    Char: I don’t think so.. Yeah, Thanks Rene, ever since I clicked the link from SMBC comics, I got hooked. :] [Oh, you added me with the characters on facebook, sweet :]]

  42. saintneko Says:

    Wow, Swedish is totally fucking awesome if it has a word for rubbing your vag on something.

  43. Boumama Says:

    I forget what I was actually looking for on Urban Dictionary, but a term I ran across was ‘camel stomp’. I guess a reference to the term ‘camel toe’ for jeans so tight they cut into the mound and leave the division of flesh visible. But yeah, it also sounded like it was specifically meant as a female equivalent of teabagging, so, an action done to the face.

  44. Bryan Says:

    As far as I know, there is no english verb for rubbing one’s cootch on something. As such, I believe ’snailing’ is no co-opted into the english language!

  45. seann Says:

    ive heard of a snail trail before, so it translates!

  46. DoctorDidj Says:

    I dig the black girl giving Anders the bearded clam, but why is she in her underwear? Is this a strip card game, or do card games just naturally turn into orgies in Sweden? I can get my cards and be on a plane tomorrow.

  47. Deano Says:

    Lol Snailing!

    O man, I live in the wrong country! Only you crazy Swedes could make snail a verb!

  48. Skuggis Says:

    “Snailing”? Rene, wtf? Snigla? Jag har aldrig hört den betydelsen av ’snigla’ innan… Inte för att jag någonsin har varit bra på sexrelaterade slanguttryck… Hur högt upp I landet är du, om man får fråga?

    //translation for any curious people who don’t know Swedish and are too lazy to use google translate: “I’ve never heard that meaning of ’snailing’ before… Not that I’ve ever been good at sex-related slang expressions… How high up in the country are you, if I may ask?

  49. Rene Engström Says:

    Östersund.

  50. Rene Engström Says:

    Don’t you dare blame the dirty slang on me being a northerner either!

  51. Ant Says:

    Well… Östersund is a naughty place, along with the whole north half of Sweden. You know it’s true!

  52. Rene Engström Says:

    Så här är det för mig i Norrland:

  53. Calvinball Says:

    so i learned of this comic from Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal…this is easily the most gorgeous webcomic i’ve ever read. The changing art styles really keep it fresh and inventive. and the story has me caught like a fish on a hook, i can’t get enough!

    I look forward to the next page. and the page after that! and the page after that!

  54. fnord Says:

    Why does Google return 0 hits for ‘nysniglad’? I guess it’s a made-up word after all :P

  55. Rene Engström Says:

    fnord: It’s a compound word meaing newly-snailed. Look up sniglad.

  56. Chrissy Says:

    sorry to bring it back..but from another american’s point-of-view, i’d never heard of it before myself, but snailing is both metaphorically and literally the perfect term for a woman (specifically) rubbing her genitalia on someone’s face. ew ew ew ew. so dirty. SO DIRTY.

  57. Ben Says:

    yeah dude, snail trailing! my roommate and I used to joke that our friend was a serial snail trail-er, breaking into people’s houses in order to scoot around on their sheets and couches to get snail trails all over the place

  58. Dave Says:

    “It’s a compound word meaing newly-snailed.”
    Are you implying that you snailed… your glasses?
    Cus.. yea.. snail trails.. right.. thats kinda icky..

  59. Elin Says:

    Va? Bor du i Östersund?
    Shit, jag går i skola där.

    I övrigt;
    ÄLSKAR Anders Loves Maria. Bästa serien någonsin. Så bra att jag nästan blir kär i dig. Kommer man kunna köpa den i bokform en dag?
    Ahh.

  60. alefnought Says:

    I just started reading your comic today (I found it through Kate Beaton’s site) and instantly became hooked. I’ve spent the last two hours going through the entire archives and I can’t get enough! We’re all so insulated into our personal/regional bubbles that we forget that there is an world out there, different from our own. Your little doses of Swedish culture (pop or otherwise) are a delectable bonus to an already phenomenal comic. Thanks, and I can’t wait for the rest of the story and your wonderful, and wonderfully varied, artwork!

  61. alefnought Says:

    ps. Snailing is like a female version of tea-bagging, but I would also say that the slang use of grinding also applies. Though grinding can be done by both men and women and also can be a particularly violent and lewd form of juking, which is what we call the popular dance-style of a woman grinding her ass against a man’s crotch here in Chicago. (I’ve found that people from elsewhere in the US either don’t use that term, or use it differently) I’ve also never heard of tea-bagging being used in a positive/sexual manner, whereas snailing seems like it would apply in that sense. Either way, Anders seems to be in for a long, albeit crazily fun, night!

  62. Rene Engström Says:

    Elin: Coolt! :)

  63. Rene Engström Says:

    Elin: Och ja, NÅGON gång kommer jag att ge ut en bok.

  64. sarah b. Says:

    wow, this comic really makes me want to learn swedish. i love it!

  65. neil Says:

    So I used the term “snail” yesterday. It got me slapped pretty hard, but no breakup in sight.

    Awright.

  66. Alexandra Says:

    Wow… another reason why swedish rocks, and why I need to learn it. My favourite Swedish word to date was “slinka”, as it just sounds so appropriate, but snailing… amazing!

  67. KM Says:

    Xopher.tm: “At least we still have the best pizza.”

    Ha! You wish. I’m Swedish living in the States with an American wife, and ever since our first visit to Sweden my wife can’t get enough of Swedish pizza. She’s gotten pretty good at doing a home-made facsimile, and every one of our friend’s who’s tried it swears its better than anything available over here. So, yeah, Swedish pizza rules.

  68. Ew Says:

    Ew…

  69. Brendan Says:

    I made a pizza the other night with creme fraiche in place of sauce, and gammon bacon and caramelized onions as a topping, no cheese. Apparently it’s a French style of pizza, and it’s delicious.

  70. Grey Says:

    Haha, awesome.

    Also, LOVE the music in the background. :3