I had a car wreck last night. Other driver’s fault. Bruised a bit but both parties walked away from it, nobody was hurt.
Still, as one sometimes does after such things, I feel like I should take a moment to be appreciative.
Thank you.
Thank you, everyone, for reading my comics. Whether it’s been for ten years or for ten minutes, I love and value your support. I hope to be drawing these for a long damn time to come, and I’m glad every day to see that you all enjoy following along for the ride.
Didn’t feel right to let the opportunity to say that pass, while I had it. Don’t bypasss your opportunities.
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Selkie: So whats were you sayings to Mister Scar?
Todd: I was just giving him an olive branch.
Selkie: Hmmph. Good!
He deserves stinky vegetables.
Todd: Selkie, "olive branch" means "peace offering."
Selkie: Wells... I still stands by the stink thing.
Selkie: Hmmmmm...
Selkie: Okays, okays. I guess Mom dids zap him, ands he's being okay abouts it.
So... let him eats olives, or whatevers.
Todd: I was just giving him an olive branch.
Selkie: Hmmph. Good!
He deserves stinky vegetables.
Todd: Selkie, "olive branch" means "peace offering."
Selkie: Wells... I still stands by the stink thing.
Selkie: Hmmmmm...
Selkie: Okays, okays. I guess Mom dids zap him, ands he's being okay abouts it.
So... let him eats olives, or whatevers.
Unless it's the opportunity to eat chocolate-covered bacon. Pass on that. Every time. You'll thank me later when you don't lose a small portion of your sanity.
Glad you came out of it ok and it wasn’t too serious!
I love that Selkie is willing to move on from what she learned.
Take it easy the next few days, please. You will really feel it after you’ve slept. And if there’s any pain above a 4-5/10, call your doctor. Whiplash can cause damage, even if it is not visible. Glad you walked away.
OMG! I’m glad you’re all right, Dave! Also what Vixandra said – be easy on yourself for a while.
Thank YOU for giving us this ride! 🙂 Selkie is – and has been for years – the first comic I check every day (that it’s scheduled to update). I look forward to seeing where she goes from here.
Don’t trash talk chocobacon, Dave.
Also, thank you for your webcomics, man. You do good work and deserve thanks too.
Maple bacon is THIS side of the line, Just this side on it. Choco-bacon is over the line, and not by just one toke, either. Don’t cross the line. That said, you can have all by choco-bacon, here! All your base are bel…
That much out of the way, let us dwell on our mortality for just a moment:
What Dave said so eloquently, I cannot hope to match, but DO take time to reflect always say a cheery goodbye when you leave, always apologize if you are wrong, always take an honest hug if offered. Never allow someone to gas light you with strong emotions, eat your vegetables and Remember, always, Ghirardelli and Valrhona Are worth the extra money.
Wot U sed! I can imagine a mole which would be appropriate for bacon.
In my arrogant opinion, chocolate is chocolate. Mole is a superb elixir For enlivening and elating one’s tastebuds… that is made with chocolate. Oatmeal chocolate chip cookies are made with oats, but so is oatmeal; not the same thing at all. The goddess Theabroma gifted mortals with mole as a reward for South America sharing chocolate, yeh, spreading the Wonder that is chocolate, to be enjoyed by all peoples of the whole Earth.
What is Ritter Sport or Hershey’s when you can have Valrhona?
Hmm, my mum hit a hog last night on the way back to her house. I have uncovered your secret identity! You are a wild hog! …No wait. The hog supposedly died. You’re a REINCARNATED wild hog!
Yeah, okay, I think it’s long past time for sleeps. There’s no way that’s gonna be as funny after I’ve slept as it is to me right now. Glad you’re all right. Keep an eye out for symptoms of whiplash or a mild concussion in the upcoming days; try to take it easy if you can afford to.
I thought it was funny…
Being a reincarnated wild hog would go SO FAR in explaining my eating habits.
Why worry about chocolate bacon when you can have maple-infused bacon?
Holy craps! Glad to hear everyone’s safe though.
And we totally appreciate the work you do on this comic. It’s probably my favorite comic I read online. 🙂
Glad to hear you’re in one piece, even if your car presumably is not right now. Take care of yourself for a bit in particular, as others have said.
Regarding choco-bacon: I have had both a chocolate-covered-bacon ice cream sundae and a bacon-and-potato chocolate bar.
Both of them tasted… pretty much exactly like what you would imagine bacon and chocolate together tasting like. It was less of a surprise than I expected. Also unsurprisingly, neither was very good, though also not quite as horrendous as they sound.
Bacon-flavored *soda* however, is the second-worst-tasting thing I have ever put in my mouth that is legally considered food. It’s also in the running for worst-tasting thing I have had in my mouth, period. Whatever you imagine bacon soda might taste like, it is SO much worse.
Glad you are okay! Also rest up, you will be sore just from your muscles locking up even without other injuries
I’m glad you are okay Mr. Dave.
Dave I’m glad you’re alright. Go easy on yourself physically as others have suggested, but do so mentally as well. Especially the next time you’re in a driver’s seat again. Mental self care, yo.
Selkie deciding that punishment isn’t eternal and enough is enough, is a HUGE sign of maturity. I’m so glad to see this from her, and glad to see this topic being treatised. <3 <3 <3
Glad your and the other driver are both safe. It’s easy to be mad or frustrated or a whole gamut of emotions about this. As someone who has been in a really bad car accident where “not” everyone made it out okay. Just being able to know that everything will go back normal eventually is a good feeling.
Dave,
So glad to hear that you are O.K., I hope that the insurance comes through for you. The strip is a wondrous world you have created and shared with us. Know that we appreciate you and it.
Remember:Motrin, aspirin, Tylenol, excedrin, can help ease the aches, and aspirin will reduce the swelling, a hot shower to ease the tightness, a Mate who can Gently massage sore muscles, one glass of sherry, all these do wonders after a crack-up. (He said, after having been in several Without broken bones.)
Glad you’re okay! Like the others said, take it easy a few days.
No problem! Thank you for making such a wholesome comic<3
If you need to take a break, go ahead. We're here for ya! Glad to hear you made it ok.
Glad you’re safe! I would recommend getting some x-rays, though, and maybe seeing a chiropractor or massage therapist. Speaking as one who’s been there, some of those ‘bruises’ can turn into much longer-lasting issues than you’d like. Soft tissue trauma is no joke.
Omg, glad you’re okay! Do you need to take another break?
I’d like to Express my own appreciation for this comic you make. It’s creative, thoughtful, humorous, and doesn’t rely on violence or gross-out humor in order to be entertaining. So Many Kudos.
Glad to hear you’re both okay. And glad to be here, reading these comics.
Yeah, chocolate bacon… I dunno. I like bacon. I like chocolate. But I had bacon-infused chocolate before, and it wasn’t as good as either of the two separately. Different spheres of cuisine, I guess.
Glad you are okay. Please be really kind to yourself for a few days.
Glad you’re okay but as others said, please keep a close eye out…! My coworker got rear ended a good little while ago now and still isn’t fully back— But it took some time for him to feel the full effects in the first place… whiplash is a helluva mess…
That aside, thank you for your hard work.
So glad you are OK You and the stories you tell would have been missed something fierce. I hope the cash money side of a car crash is manageable for you too.
Glad you’re okay! Since you took a moment to thank us, the readers, I feel that I should also thank you, the artist, for creating the comic that we read. Thank you!
+1 to all the above bestwitches and be-carefuls, and the lead-in to a wee tale from the late 1950s when things were more innocent, involving things bumping other things. One day I was out in the driveway and noticed that there was some coarse hair under one of the chrome trim strips on the driver’s door of his car, so I asked him about it. Late the night before on his way back home from a hunting trip a deer bashed into his car during a leap across the road, shook its head, and ran off. Ironically, that would have been the only deer to have come home with him, as he’d failed otherwise to bag one.
My goodness Dave, I miss one Wednesday and this happens! It’s all my fault!
I’M SO SORRY EVERYBODY!
Glad you’re OK.
Get better Dave you’ve been through a lot 👍