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Spoils of Babylon
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Spoils of Babylon

on January 8, 2016
Chapter: Chapter 5

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  1. Emily
    Emily
    January 15, 2016, 11:35 am

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    I would be shocked beyond belief if I am first right now.

    • Eric
      Eric
      January 15, 2016, 11:44 am

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      Well, indeed you were first.

    • Larathiel
      Larathiel
      January 15, 2016, 12:31 pm

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      It’s no PowerBall, you’ve got more than 10 words so that makes you the winner of having the first comment for today!

      • mR. Blue
        mR. Blue
        January 15, 2016, 4:08 pm

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        Yep, checked and double checked. Too bad you got Kat…

        • Richie
          Richie
          January 15, 2016, 7:55 pm

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          Could be worse, she could have the back of Vu’s head like I seem to be stuck with…

          • wavewright62
            wavewright62
            January 16, 2016, 2:51 am

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            Look at me! Who even *is* this?

            • mR. Blue
              mR. Blue
              January 16, 2016, 4:53 am

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              Not only are Carl, but you are also the twinkee cop whom Bruce Willis welcomed to the party with a corpse.

              • Richie
                Richie
                January 16, 2016, 7:37 pm

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                Yippie ki yay, MF…

              • wavewright62
                wavewright62
                January 16, 2016, 7:38 pm

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                Huh. I see but do not comprehend your words (thank you tho’), so off I go to do an archive search…

                • That one guy
                  That one guy
                  January 17, 2016, 11:41 am

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                  90’s Cafe date between Ellie & Danny. Strip 300 if I recall correctly (I didn’t look, just seem to remember that was around there).

  2. Feather Quill Inkpot
    Feather Quill Inkpot
    January 15, 2016, 11:52 am

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    It happened. She’s had Red lobster so much that she’s sick of it. The same thing happened with me and my mom’s ham and swiss Hawaiian rolls…

    • Sigurther
      Sigurther
      January 16, 2016, 10:17 am

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      I dont know what a swiss hawaiian roll is, but now i want one.

      • Tez
        Tez
        January 16, 2016, 10:51 am

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        Swiss is the cheese he puts in the hawaiian roll

        • mR. Blue
          mR. Blue
          January 16, 2016, 3:55 pm

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          Yeah, it all started with those sweet Hawaiian rolls imported from Hawaii. First it was that big loaf of round bread. Then they started making them into rolls. Now they have hamburger buns. Some stores even make their own brand of them.

        • Lukkai
          Lukkai
          January 18, 2016, 9:25 pm

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          That denomination always evokes a half sad, half amused shake of the head with me.

          Calling a sort of cheese “Swiss”… That’s like calling a sort of potatoe “South-American”. Calling a sort of wine “French”. Calling a sort of wood “Leafy tree”.

  3. Steve
    Steve
    January 15, 2016, 11:57 am

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    She said from behind a fort of takeout boxes.

  4. Magus62
    Magus62
    January 15, 2016, 11:59 am

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    She said she hated Red Lobster, but she didn’t specifically say she hated the cheddar bay biscuits. THERE’S STILL HOPE!

    • Rabbit
      Rabbit
      January 16, 2016, 12:32 am

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      Cheddar Bay is lovely this time of year.

      • mR. Blue
        mR. Blue
        January 16, 2016, 4:55 am

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        The annatto colored waves breaking upon the golden brown shore with the scent of fresh baked buscuits.

  5. Steve
    Steve
    January 15, 2016, 12:00 pm

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    “I hate Red Lobster.”

    Somewhere, there is a very sad Corgi slinking off back to Dog Fort.

    http://bodil.lol/winning-the-war/slides/m/red-lobster-standing-by.png

  6. Steve
    Steve
    January 15, 2016, 12:01 pm

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    Ellie should be using this opportunity. Find all the restaurants in Lakeland, go to a different one every time, and then blog about them. Be the biggest restaurant blogger in Florida.

    • Magus62
      Magus62
      January 15, 2016, 12:09 pm

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      If she’s going 3 times a day she really WILL be the biggest blogger in Florida.

  7. Boomer Gonzales
    Boomer Gonzales
    January 15, 2016, 12:42 pm

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    And now they done did it.

    They spoiled Red Lobster for Ellie!

    Now she’s going to be like one of those hipsters and hang out at Chipotle all day.

    • Tesla
      Tesla
      January 15, 2016, 1:54 pm

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      … that’s a thing?

    • Richie
      Richie
      January 15, 2016, 7:57 pm

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      Worse than hipsters; eColi fanboys…

      • mR. Blue
        mR. Blue
        January 16, 2016, 4:56 am

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        Makes you wonder where those famous will hang out while those stores are temporarily closed.

  8. Se7en cats
    Se7en cats
    January 15, 2016, 12:56 pm

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    “I hate Red Lobster”
    You’re not the only one!

    • mR. Blue
      mR. Blue
      January 16, 2016, 4:58 am

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      But the thing is, it was one of her checklist items for a great date. Also, winnowing the wheat from the chaff, or Alex as he was known.

  9. NotTheFirstandNottheLast
    NotTheFirstandNottheLast
    January 15, 2016, 1:02 pm

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    Ellie! Bite your tongue!

    • Richie
      Richie
      January 15, 2016, 7:58 pm

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      Better her tongue than their “food”…

  10. SomeOldGuy
    SomeOldGuy
    January 15, 2016, 1:12 pm

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    I hate chain restaurants. What ever happened to the small Mom & Pop places with good food and atmosphere? Use to travel for work before I retired. We traveled in teams and got sick of places like Red Lobster. Didn’t matter what city you were in it was the same old “stuff” with no variation. We were sick of them! We began to seen out the small roadside diners. Got stuck in one mid-west city where everyplace we went the food was just lousy! Finally ended up in Viet Nam town of the city and finally got good food.

    • JackPoint
      JackPoint
      January 15, 2016, 2:13 pm

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      Mom and pop places still exist. They are just often hole-in-the-wall places that aren’t easy to find. When I used to go on business trips to places, I’d ask people who worked at the hotels I’d stay at, or go to a local bar nearby and ask the bartender (if they seemed nice enough). Honestly, even bar food was alright depending on the bar.

      There are some areas that are just unlikable though. One road/one horse towns where there is either a single family owned place (if its a tourist trap, it’ll be expensive) or a single chain restaurant with a drive through. Places like Schenectady, for instance. Not a one horse town by any means, but unlikable ;P

    • Richie
      Richie
      January 15, 2016, 7:59 pm

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      Doesn’t matter if it’s a chain, only if it’s good (hint: Red Lobster ain’t).

      Got any Hillstone restaurants in your ‘hood?

      http://www.hillstone.com/

      They all rock…

    • mR. Blue
      mR. Blue
      January 15, 2016, 11:50 pm

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      Why not look up the places shown on the Food Network?

  11. TheAdmiralty
    TheAdmiralty
    January 15, 2016, 1:14 pm

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    …Well then.

    I’d just like to take a moment to point something out, because it really hit me in the face with this particular panel for some reason. Take a look back at the original SS pilot strips and compare them to what we’ve got now. Rusche, you and Jess need to step back and take a moment to appreciate the sheer amounts of awesome you’ve accumulated over the course of SS. The artistic development is incredible.

    • CptNerd
      CptNerd
      January 15, 2016, 1:37 pm

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      Seconded.

    • Rusche
      Rusche
      January 15, 2016, 1:56 pm

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      Blonde
      Blue eyes…
      I’m not.. seeing the difference…

      • Rusche
        Rusche
        January 15, 2016, 1:56 pm

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        :D

      • Richie
        Richie
        January 15, 2016, 8:02 pm

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        What eyes..?

      • Noclevername
        Noclevername
        January 16, 2016, 11:53 pm

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        Everyone needs a place to rest a snack tray.

    • Rusche
      Rusche
      January 15, 2016, 2:10 pm

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      • TheAdmiralty
        TheAdmiralty
        January 15, 2016, 4:45 pm

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        Ahhh… the good old days of Quinn’s questionable hair management. She’s even grown a soul since then.

    • Lukkai
      Lukkai
      January 18, 2016, 9:30 pm

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      It’s true. It really is.

  12. Deepbluediver
    Deepbluediver
    January 15, 2016, 2:12 pm

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    Well Ellie, you’ve got a soul-crushing job that likely pays peanuts and makes you hate everything you once loved.

    WELCOME TO ADULTHOOD!

  13. mR. Blue
    mR. Blue
    January 15, 2016, 4:12 pm

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    Its sad that these dates have taken something so beloved by Ellie and just through sheer agony of “work” she has come to hate what she loved because of transference of the sheer negativity of those bad dates.

    Bad Tired Guy. If I were Sigmund Freud, I’d bash you over the head with a box of cigars and then slap you in the face with whatever Juniper hands me.

    • wavewright62
      wavewright62
      January 16, 2016, 2:50 am

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      Hope it’s not a banana, then. Heaven knows where Juniper would have kept *that.*

      • mR. Blue
        mR. Blue
        January 16, 2016, 5:03 am

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        In her ditch?

        • Yakko Warner
          Yakko Warner
          January 16, 2016, 11:23 am

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          *MWAH!* G’night, everybody!

          • mR. Blue
            mR. Blue
            January 16, 2016, 3:55 pm

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            I thought that Dot did the kisses.

            • Noclevername
              Noclevername
              January 18, 2016, 6:21 pm

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              Not if there’s a double entendre to be skated past.

  14. Matt
    Matt
    January 15, 2016, 5:40 pm

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    I hope this doesn’t turn into Ellie generating an angry mob of socially inept men against her. From a “for her wellbeing” standpoint anyway.

  15. aroree
    aroree
    January 15, 2016, 6:30 pm

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    Poor girl is getting burned out…

  16. Gravatarless
    Gravatarless
    January 15, 2016, 7:48 pm

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    Damn. They’ve broken Ellie. By the end of this she might readopt the name Lavender.

    • That one guy
      That one guy
      January 16, 2016, 3:06 pm

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      I wouldn’t go that far. Laziness is her sister council affirmed defining characteristic. Lavender is one more syllable and three more letters. WAY too much extra effort.

  17. Richie
    Richie
    January 15, 2016, 8:01 pm

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    LOVE that Nena’s silhouette is done in chocolate brown…

    • Richie
      Richie
      January 15, 2016, 8:13 pm

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      And glad to see the iNimbus is still hangin’ around…

  18. TheLastOutlaw
    TheLastOutlaw
    January 15, 2016, 9:54 pm

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    Oh my God, her love for Red Lobster has been destroyed? That’s it, her spirit is broken!

  19. fantasylancer
    fantasylancer
    January 15, 2016, 11:29 pm

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    LOL shrimp and Lobster overkill…but hey just one more trip and her card will probably be fully punched and she’ll get a free lobster dinner!

  20. JackPoint
    JackPoint
    January 16, 2016, 4:38 am

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    I think that Ellie is depressed about this for several reasons. The first is that she is encountering men that are desperate and inept in many ways. They just aren’t interesting (with the possible exception of her first “date”), and there are a lot of them. Much like being a peace officer who mostly encounters criminals, Ellie is getting a taste of that same kind of cynicism. Not that all men are criminals, but rather, in Ellie’s case, she’s seeing nothing but men that don’t interest her and are very damaged.

    Worse, even if she DID like any of these guys, she can’t pursue any of it. It’s a one date per guy job, so that leads her to be apathetic.

    Further, she can’t help these guys, even if she might want to. She can’t offer advice (because she has to keep up the premise that she is on a real date, not a consultant), and she can’t help in the future because they don’t allow contact after that first date.

    It’s not that that guys are shit. It’s that the job is shit. I feel bad for Ellie =\

  21. mR. Blue
    mR. Blue
    January 17, 2016, 7:55 pm

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    CrRiIsSpPyY MmMm AaNnDd MmMmMm’sSs aArReE bBaAcCkKkK!!!

  22. corncobman
    corncobman
    January 18, 2016, 2:48 am

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    How about Green Burrito then?
    White Castle?

    Ellie are you still there?

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