I couldn't quite decide on a topic for this one. It was down to "Why wirthling is a narrow-assed hoobajoob" and "Wirthling - He put the 'fucker' in 'apefucker'". So I picked neither.

In honor of my current situation as job seeker, the topic for #7 will be 'The Job Interview'.

We'll be pretty lax about constraints for this one. Use whatever you'd like in terms of backgrounds, characters, etc. Just keep on the subject of getting or interviewing for a job. That's it.

Gabe

PS - I forgot. Just to make things interesting, you can't use the letter 'e' anywhere in your comic except the title. ANYWHERE. I'll be looking with my giant disqualifying pen which I'll use to scribble out your comic as soon as I see it.

Interview by gabe_billings 2-23-01

I did my undergrad work at Oberlin, and finished up my masters and my PhD in computer science at UC Berkeley. I've also got an MBA from Stanford, and last year I won the Nobel Prize for literature. Did I mention I do neurosurgery in my spare time? Congratulations, Mr. Billings. You're hired. I think you'll make a real asset to the team here at Burger King.

Yes, I know my comic has the letter 'e' in it. I can do that because for the next two days I'm god. HAHA! Losers.

Oh yeah, be done with your comics by noon (EST) on Sunday, 2/25/01.

Toodles.

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100 pounds of shit in a 25 pound sack.

Sorry. I goofed and posted this twice. Impatience, don't you know. Anyhoo, this is the one to use. I put a note in with the other one, and if no one posts there it'll just wander on down the list and disappear.

So, once again, USE THIS THREAD TO POST IN.

Merci.

Gabe

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100 pounds of shit in a 25 pound sack.

hehehe....since I am in HR and this is part of my daily grind...I wonder if I can validate creating an HR cartoon during my work hour? ;)

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Women are fisher's of men because we all know.... The small ones you throw back. The medium ones you eat. The large ones you mount.

Of course you can. I talked to your boss and he said it was A-Ok.

G

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100 pounds of shit in a 25 pound sack.

You are an EVIL man... Can't use the letter 'e'? At least I an still say "fuck you" LOL

Damn... I may have to sit this one out anyway. Moving to the "real world" tomorrow.

jason

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"Fascist Clay was my most favorite totalitarian boxer!" - Indie Rock Pete from Diesel Sweeties

Christ, how many of you guys are moving? Or does the same person keep mentioning it? I feel like you're about the third person to mention moving.

Maybe it's the crack wearing off.

Gabe

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100 pounds of shit in a 25 pound sack.

http://www.lowpass.net/stripcreator/view.php?ID=5292

Jael

Here's my attempt!

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Women are fisher's of men because we all know.... The small ones you throw back. The medium ones you eat. The large ones you mount.

#7 Das IV by Jael 2-23-01

Tha Hook So, an MBA just out of MIT, And what starting salary would you B looking for?" "In the n3ighborhood of $125,000 a y3ar, d3p3nding on the b3n3fits." Tha Lin3 What would you say to a packag3 of 5-w33ks vacation, 14 paid holidays, full m3dical and d3ntal, company matching r3tir3m3nt fund to 50% of salary, and a company car say, a r3d Corv3tt3? Wow!!! R U kidding?" Tha Sink3r C3rtainly, ...but you start3d it!  !!

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100 pounds of shit in a 25 pound sack.

Ok, I'm not gonna disallow that. But I'd be happier if you didn't try to sneak around the rules with hacker-talk. Though you get some points for thinking somewhat outside the box. I was thinking more of this...

Comic Contest #7 - What a Pain in the Ass by gabe_billings 2-23-01

So you want to work at our company, huh? Yup. I always thought I'd fit into this job. But you can't add or subtract. This is an accounting firm. What'll you do? How about if I suck your cock? I didn't go to an all boys school for nothing, you know. Cock, you say? You start tomorrow. Four am sharp. Should I bring my hotpants?

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100 pounds of shit in a 25 pound sack.

Y'all might find this of interest...

http://members.tripod.com/~earthdude1/gadsby/gadsby.html

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100 pounds of shit in a 25 pound sack.

lol practically every HR buzzword known to man contains an e...so without resorting to base idiocy..I had to risk the wrath of the haxor 3

:)

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Women are fisher's of men because we all know.... The small ones you throw back. The medium ones you eat. The large ones you mount.

Base idiocy? Base has an e in it...

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"Oh, look, a joke! How original! Thank you, but if I wanted my emotions stimulated pleasurably, I'd get a whore." - Donald B. Jones III

Damn, that no e restriction was tough. I kept re-reading it and finding more e's that had crept in. I think I've got them all now...

Comic Contest #7 - Thankfully ass doesn't have an e in it. by BigEvilDan 2-23-01

I am a PhD grad of Smarty U., I mix with guys and girls and I was working for many months in this kind of job. But you also fuck goats at night. What?! How could you possibly know that? Giant Corp. is a big-ass multinational corporation. It knows all. Thanks, man. I'm glad Giant Corp. got you to work at this job. Oh, and your 10:30 is wirthling, who sucks ass. wirthling should not work at this company.

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"Oh, look, a joke! How original! Thank you, but if I wanted my emotions stimulated pleasurably, I'd get a whore." - Donald B. Jones III

New here, thought I'd chance my arm.

Competition #7: Appointing by erithromycin 2-23-01

Anonymous Vast Corporation, Day What's this? An applicant for my old job? I'm a honcho now, but that job was awful. Possibility of promotion in rank has its good stuff, but who would want a crappy job doing what I did? Working in a chronotransportation division sucks. What's this? An applicant for my job?

Oops. Can you tell that I thought this would be a one login - one password - one set of hassle deal?

Ha! I think that happened to all of us. Join the club. :)

Gabe

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100 pounds of shit in a 25 pound sack.

Well I tried...I'm such a loser. This was really hard, Gabe. Thanks for the challenge though!

Comic Cont*st #7--Anoth*r Day, Another Yuppi* by Cute_Little_Manda 2-23-01

A hall in Microsoft..... What ya holdin, Mista? Um...nothing....You boss in this joint? Uh-huh. You lookin for job, Mista? Um...I think. Wait...you actually boss? I thought I would talk to Bill G., you know..'da main man.' I brought him muffins for crying out loud. My daddy is busy, Mista. Can't talk to all da guys lookin for a job.....just walk this way.. But...but...oh, why not? Not what I thought it was, but I'll go for it.

Comic Contest #7: Can I buy a vowel, Pat? by wirthling 2-23-01

So, you say you had a frontal lobotomy? Bingo. Do you think you can put words and punctuation into a dialog box? Why not. Low Pass isn't too picky. Job's yours! You can start today. Congratulations, Mr. Billings! Groovy. What's my salary?

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"And Wirthling isn't worth the paper he isn't printed on."

Hardest contest yet.

Comic Contest #7: Floridian Job Inta-Vu by Bottlerockett 2-23-01

So. Can you count chads? Yup. So, you CAN count Chads? I said "yup". Count chads? So can you! WTF?

I jsut thought of a cool "non-contest". If one person were to start a serial comic strip and set the characters, make the first strip, and determine the next person to do the next strip in the sequence somehow... How to get it to work without people making conflicting strips (i.e.: two strip #2's by 2 different authors)..?

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I wanted my half in the middle and I wound up on the edge.

No 'e'? Bah. Child's play. Check this out:

http://partal.com/vademecum/eng/llibres/1.html

Read the first story ("What a Man!"). That's right: no vowels other than 'a'. And awkward as it is, it actually makes sense. It's about this guy who's an international spy/private eye (although of course it can't use those words). That's just hardcore, man.

This contest was kind of eerie, 'cause I'm looking for a job right now too. Seems everyone around here is either job-hunting or moving. Weird.

Er, that last post was me. I'm at a different computer and I forgot to log in.

And I'm still thinking about my entry. Though I ought to have plenty of real-life material to draw on.

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The what mentioned above is total fiction. Please don't take it seriously!

I like the idea of a serial comic, too. What we should do is get a list of everyone interested in doing it and give everyone a number. Each person goes in turn then passes off to the next in line. When you get to the end, we go back to the beginning of the list. If anyone new shows up and wants to give it a try we tack them onto the end and just ease 'em on into the rotation.

Gabe

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100 pounds of shit in a 25 pound sack.

Sounds like a plan to me.