Llewellyn's Business Venture

ImAWaffle · Postby **ImAWaffle** » Thu Jan 08, 2004 8:51 am

[Llewellyn consoles his son of his failure to sell homemade lemonade] Ll: I know just how you feel, son. I once failed in a business venture myself. It was a brilliant idea if I say so myself. It was going to be a chain of combination bakeries and loan offices, called simply "Dough". We'd have the friendliest service, of course. "Well, Mr. Thompkins, your credit check should take about half an hour. Please enjoy a butter scone in the meantime." And if you took out more than a thousand dollars you'd get a complimentary cookie bouqet. Oz: So what happened? Ll: Two rather unfortunate incidents. One, the economy tanked, and two, everyone started going on the Atkins diet. Oz: I'd say that's the way the cookie crumbles, but then I'd have to strike myself with something blunt. Ll: Quite.

Burning Sheep Productions · Postby **Burning Sheep Productions** » Thu Jan 08, 2004 11:56 am

Ahem, what?

Doctor Fred · Postby **Doctor Fred** » Fri Jan 09, 2004 1:20 am

It's a fan script for an O&M strip. Funny. Edit: Well, now you've got me curious as to what would hapen if Ozy and Millie started a lemmonade stand.

Burning Sheep Productions · Postby **Burning Sheep Productions** » Fri Jan 09, 2004 1:46 am

Hmm, maybe a good idea to give to DC when he's low in new material fuel.

Zylo · Postby **Zylo** » Fri Jan 09, 2004 2:33 am

Zen lemonade...actually, there was <a href='http://www.ozyandmillie.net/1998/om19980104.html' target='_blank'>this strip</a> in early 1998 with Ozy running a lemonade stand, and it looks like it went alright. How much can you expect from a lemonade stand?

hdofu · Postby **hdofu** » Fri Jan 09, 2004 4:06 am

Hmm... I feel inspired to draw this now. IF I could figure how to do that long quote by llewlyn

Zaaphod · Postby **Zaaphod** » Fri Jan 09, 2004 7:03 am

<table border='0' align='center' width='95%' ><tr><td class='quotetop'>Quote: (ImAWaffle @ Jan 8 2004, 12:51 AM)</td></tr><tr><td class='quotebody'> [Llewellyn consoles his son of his failure to sell homemade lemonade]  </td></tr></table>  <img src='http://definecynical.mancubus.net/forum ... /laugh.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='laugh.gif' /> Very funny! I can see that as an actual strip.

Foxchild · Postby **Foxchild** » Fri Jan 09, 2004 7:45 am

the current layout is set for thre pannels, correct? if it was made into a four pannel thing, then the quote that came from the busines venture could be seen as a scene from a flashback, with a person standing at a counter being handed a scone.

Burning Sheep Productions · Postby **Burning Sheep Productions** » Fri Jan 09, 2004 12:45 pm

Hey! There's a team thing going on here!

ImAWaffle · Postby **ImAWaffle** » Fri Jan 09, 2004 8:32 pm

<table border='0' align='center' width='95%' ><tr><td class='quotetop'>Quote: (Zaaphod @ Jan 9 2004, 05:03 PM)</td></tr><tr><td class='quotebody'>  <table border='0' align='center' width='95%' ><tr><td class='quotetop'>Quote: (ImAWaffle @ Jan 8 2004, 12:51 AM)</td></tr><tr><td class='quotebody'> [Llewellyn consoles his son of his failure to sell homemade lemonade] </td></tr></table>  <img src='http://definecynical.mancubus.net/forum ... /laugh.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='laugh.gif' /> Very funny! I can see that as an actual strip.  </td></tr></table>  Well, glad you like it and all, but I didn't really have a strip in mind when I wrote this. To tell the truth, I wasn't really thinking that much of Ozy and Millie when I first thought of this. Rather, I was thinking of Red Dwarf (which I understand Rain is a big fan of), because the characters on that show have a tendency to go on non-sequitorial rambles (like Lister's infamous "Smart Shoes" soliloquy). And when I finally came up with the whole thing, it just sort of struck me as something Llewelyn would say, and I figured a failed lemonade stand would be a good context for it. Now that I think about it, it would be more O&M friendly if it concerned Millie and a failed "Wheatgrass Juice" stand, and Ozy just happened to be there to deliver the "Cookie Crumbles" line.

Doctor Fred · Postby **Doctor Fred** » Fri Jan 09, 2004 11:22 pm

Yeah, but that would add more confusion than it's worth to have the characters... I don't know. It's complicated.

Elscire · Postby **Elscire** » Fri Jan 09, 2004 11:32 pm

I don't think Lister's smart shoes thing was a soliloquy, as he was talking to Rimmer ar that point. And Simpson is a Red Dwarf fan? that's made my day that one! I love red dwarf =D

Henohenomoheji · Postby **Henohenomoheji** » Sat Jan 10, 2004 2:58 am

red dwarf... isn't that some kind of beer? (actually, I can tell from the context it's a comic strip. i just feel like playing the fool right now... I used the right uh... expression? cliche? umm. quote? thing that you say that means... aww, forget it. I felt like saying something stupid.)

Foxchild · Postby **Foxchild** » Sat Jan 10, 2004 3:04 am

I personally liked the one where they made a canary turn into a dinosaur, namely a tiranasorus rex.

Elscire · Postby **Elscire** » Sat Jan 10, 2004 3:48 am

<table border='0' align='center' width='95%' ><tr><td class='quotetop'>Quote: (iyestorm @ Jan 10 2004, 02:58 AM)</td></tr><tr><td class='quotebody'> red dwarf... isn't that some kind of beer? (actually, I can tell from the context it's a comic strip. i just feel like playing the fool right now... I used the right uh... expression? cliche? umm. quote? thing that you say that means... aww, forget it. I felt like saying something stupid.)  </td></tr></table>  Actually, it's neither a beer, nor a comic strip. It's a british sci-fi comedy. <a href='http://www.reddwarf.co.uk/' target='_blank'>reddwarf.co.uk</a> Fox child - I disliked most of series 8 - earlier series like 3,4,5,6 were the best ones in my opinion =)

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