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Old 07-05-2009, 05:33 PM   #1
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The lunch in that cafeteria looks great!
John Fillis appears to agree.

BTW, everyone, I've been trying to come up with a name for the Downer's little mascot; that scull with the thumbs up guy. Any ideas on what he/she/it should be called?

Humphrey is the first name that springs to my mind...
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Humphrey is the first name that springs to my mind...
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Humphrey is the first name that springs to my mind...
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How come this "future-Downer" look like a 'Downer from the late seventies or early eighties?
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Now that you mention it, you're right. I can almost hear Devo playing....
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I liked it a lot!!

And I must say, I also like the new P&A more and more. The drawings are really good too. And hard to admit it, but Peter Hampton is just cool. Though I like John Fillis too. And SpM. And of course Beef, sorry, Alien, he's just awesome even in this one. And everybody, basically...

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The lunch in that cafeteria looks great!
Quite so! I am interested in John's in particular. It looks... well, it LOOKS.

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BTW, everyone, I've been trying to come up with a name for the Downer's little mascot; that scull with the thumbs up guy. Any ideas on what he/she/it should be called?
(Boldening mine) You brought me to an idea. What about Hammond Scull? Or Hammond the Skull? Or something of that sort.
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How about Bob?
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Okay peoples, today sees the dramatically untriumphant return of The Downer! I've revamped it a bit, but kept the format roughly the same. Hope you like the new look for Hammond the Skull. Yes, that's the name I've chosen.



Thanks a bundle to TheGreatElvenWarrior for her story. Special prizes will go to people who send me stories in the future.

Now, back to Philip and John. Today we learn a bit more about the Bus Company. Philip also drinks some milk. That's good... isn't it.



On Thursday we'll see exactly how Alien got the job in that bar. Maybe.

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Incidental, I have no idea if the real phantom gets blind, stinking drunk as often as the cartoon character will do after he meets Alien. But then, can you blame him? The only reason Formy hasn't drunk all the wine in his church was because Alien put soap in it all...
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He should have drunk it anyway.. even the soapiest of wine won't take well to the destruction of the parish plant. Now he'll never have the chance!
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