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And DCS had sent out an email saying he was going to abandon O&M for two years, because of school, and I was wondering what you would do if it actually happened?

Well, first of all, I would doubt that school alone would keep DCS from updating O&M for two years; therefore, I would suspect he had other reasons which he did not feel obliged to divulge. His long hiatuses happen often enough that I would not be altogether surprised, but this one would finally worry me not just about his emotional health (he gets depressed easily) but about his ability to keep his word. Maybe he couldn't admit, even to himself, that he was giving up O&M indefinitely because it just wasn't in his interest to perpetuate his 7+-year-old cartoon. Aside from that, I would worry about my own ability either to wait that long without losing it or to remember to look when the two years were up.<br><br>OTOH, if he made the announcement on or around April 1st, my worries would abate in a matter of seconds.

move on with life, keep reading fuzzy things

I'd be as dissapointed as when Calvin and Hobbes ended and hopefully as understanding. I would then fill the void with Ozy and Millie. ... <!--emo&:o--><img src='http://definecynical.mancubus.net/forum ... s/ohmy.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='ohmy.gif' /><!--endemo--> Wait a minute! <!--emo&--><img src='http://definecynical.mancubus.net/forum ... s/cry2.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='cry2.gif' /><!--endemo-->

Re-read the archives...and again...and again...etc <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://definecynical.mancubus.net/forum ... /smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif' /><!--endemo-->

<!--QuoteBegin-NHJ BV+Jul 26 2005, 08:46 AM--> <table border='0' align='center' width='95%' ><tr><td class='quotetop'><b>Quote:</b> (NHJ BV @ Jul 26 2005, 08:46 AM)</td></tr><tr><td class='quotebody'> Re-read the archives...and again...and again...etc <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://definecynical.mancubus.net/forum ... /smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif' /><!--endemo--> <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table> <!--QuoteEEnd--><br> Yeah, pretty much what I'd do.

(and the books! if ya got em....)

I'd try to buy the books, but... the seem to have been out of print for... quite some time now.

I'd be sad, but I'd move on.

<!--QuoteBegin-Mista_B+Jul 27 2005, 02:04 PM--> <table border='0' align='center' width='95%' ><tr><td class='quotetop'><b>Quote:</b> (Mista_B @ Jul 27 2005, 02:04 PM)</td></tr><tr><td class='quotebody'> I'd try to buy the books, but... the seem to have been out of print for... quite some time now. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table> <!--QuoteEEnd--><br> Yeah. For months they only had the first book in stock, now since a few weeks they also have 3 and 5, but 2 and 4 are still out of stock. I sent them an email asking when they would be back in stock, but they haven't responded yet.

You can try to backorder them. Thats what I had to do to get Never Mind Pants.

Yes, Plan 9 has the tendency to be, to put it nicely, very inefficient due to their incredibly short print runs. I just got book 5 yessterday, which I ordered in <b><i>DECEMBER!</i></b><br><br>(Yes, I'm slightly bitter.)

wow....that's odd....when I ordered the books, they were shipped out almost immediately....<br><br>(same with the 3 O&M shirts I own....[I'm wearing a Locke one now! <!--emo&:P--><img src='http://definecynical.mancubus.net/forum ... tongue.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tongue.gif' /><!--endemo--> ])

Back ordering does take awhile. If they have it in stock you should get it farily quickly. If not, don't hold your breath. Its not medically advisable.

Jon tried that one once, on an old girlfriend, to force her to go out with him.....he lasted two panels before fainting while Garfield just watched.....