# Apart from the dead body, I had a pretty quiet weekend. Howabout you? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 20, 2002, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apart-from-the-dead-body-i-had-a-pretty-quiet-weekend-howabout-you/109993 "2002-05-20T20:38:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Skerri](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f04885/32.png) [@Skerri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skerri)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2002, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apart-from-the-dead-body-i-had-a-pretty-quiet-weekend-howabout-you/109993/21 "2002-05-21T13:19:24Z")
No, and it was a jar of pennies. Hence the name Penny Tessio. (Sorry. My favorite story/movie of all time.) Skerri ---
**Author:** ![plnnr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ea924/32.png) [@plnnr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/plnnr)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2002, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apart-from-the-dead-body-i-had-a-pretty-quiet-weekend-howabout-you/109993/22 "2002-05-21T14:26:34Z")
He was not only merely dead, he was really quite sincerely dead. Now only if his feet had rolled up into the shrubbery as you approached. ---
**Author:** ![Hamlet](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hamlet/32/2818_2.png) [@Hamlet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hamlet)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2002, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apart-from-the-dead-body-i-had-a-pretty-quiet-weekend-howabout-you/109993/23 "2002-05-21T15:46:27Z")
Shrub Guy drank himself to death? That’s exactly what THEY want you to believe. But the Truth is out there. I suggest you follow **Nacho4Sara’s** dream and become **Inky, the Cartooning Detective**. I’m sure if you investigate this case further, you will find out the guy wasn’t some random drunk, but really the head of the Research and Development Branch of the Illumanti. Which will spin you off onto an amazing adventure that includes car chases, beautiful Nordic women, and hastily drawn cartoons. Don’t let THEM fool you. Find out the truth for yourself! ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2002, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apart-from-the-dead-body-i-had-a-pretty-quiet-weekend-howabout-you/109993/24 "2002-05-21T15:57:43Z")
You found a disreputable-looking gumdrop addict who drank himself to death on, what, Saturday? Ummm, has Ukulele Ike posted lately? ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2002, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apart-from-the-dead-body-i-had-a-pretty-quiet-weekend-howabout-you/109993/25 "2002-05-21T16:17:24Z")
Darn It! I found a dead body this weekend and you beat me to it. Now if _I_ start a thread everyone will call me a copycat. sheese ---
**Author:** ![jk1245](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/49beb7/32.png) [@jk1245](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jk1245)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2002, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apart-from-the-dead-body-i-had-a-pretty-quiet-weekend-howabout-you/109993/26 "2002-05-21T16:59:04Z")
[Miracle Max] Are you sure he was completely dead, as opposed to _mostly_ dead? [/Miracle Max] ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2002, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apart-from-the-dead-body-i-had-a-pretty-quiet-weekend-howabout-you/109993/27 "2002-05-21T17:16:20Z")
> [@](#): > > He tied up our dogs and ambled over. > > “Dead?” > > “As a door nail” he sighed. “Say, are you eating candy?” I enjoyed that very much, in the same vaguely creepy way that I enjoy watching Judge Judy shows when I am home with the flu. If only this were a 60s cigarette commercial, so it could have gone - [QUOTE] He tied up our dogs and ambled over. “Dead?” “As a door nail” he sighed. “But not as dead as this cigarette!” “Try one of mine”, replied **Inky-**. Their fingers touched as the cigarette changed hands - briefly, but it was like an electric shock to them both. “Well, this guy isn’t going anywhere. What about a cup of coffee before we phone the authorities?” “Certainly. How about my apartment - it’s right up the stairs.” The steely blue eyes of the handsome, muscular podiatrist took on a warm glow as they traversed the sleek elegance of **Inky-**'s magnificent form. “Okay”, he murmured - “We can phone the police - afterwards.” As the handsome couple disappeared into the indefinite future, filled with exciting adventure, hairsbreadth escapes, and a quick recovery for **Inky-**'s dad’s corns, I could have sworn the face of the corpse bore an enigmatic smile… Regards, Shodan ---
**Author:** ![bup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6bbea6/32.png) [@bup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bup)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2002, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apart-from-the-dead-body-i-had-a-pretty-quiet-weekend-howabout-you/109993/28 "2002-05-21T17:28:16Z")
You’re a cartoonist? Of what - comic books? What do you draw? ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2002, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apart-from-the-dead-body-i-had-a-pretty-quiet-weekend-howabout-you/109993/29 "2002-05-21T17:51:41Z")
\*\*Inky! \*\* not only do you have my permission, sweetie, I have the follow up titles of your next Cartoonist Detective series: \*\*Naked Came the Cartoonist \*\*. \*\*The Maltese Cartoonist \*\* \*\*The Treasure of the Sierra Cartoonist \*\* \*\*Live and Let Draw \*\* \*\*Cartoonists with Dirty Faces \*\* \*\*The Cartoonist Who Knew Too Much \*\* \*\*Cartoonists on a Train \*\* \*\*Throw Inky From the Train \*\* The comedy homage to the above, starring Billy Crystal and Danny Devito \*\*Cartoonist on a Hot Tin Roof \*\* \*\*To Catch a Cartoonist \*\* and the classic: \*\*Rorshach \*\* 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2002, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apart-from-the-dead-body-i-had-a-pretty-quiet-weekend-howabout-you/109993/30 "2002-05-21T23:59:07Z")
Did the fat kid ever find his jar of pennies? ---
**Author:** ![SpartanDC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b2d939/32.png) [@SpartanDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpartanDC)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2002, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apart-from-the-dead-body-i-had-a-pretty-quiet-weekend-howabout-you/109993/31 "2002-05-22T00:47:00Z")
> [@](#): > > _Originally posted by Inky-_ > \*\*“Dead?” > > “I’m no authority, but I suspect so, yes.” I called back.\*\* LOL! This was my favorite part! Even though irony has become a little too commonplace for my tastes, it still produces a gem every once and awhile. But should I expect any less from a cartoonist? 🙂 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apart-from-the-dead-body-i-had-a-pretty-quiet-weekend-howabout-you/109993.md?page=1)