# Order of the Stick - Book 5 Discussion Thread **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 31, 2009, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-5-discussion-thread/508323 "2009-08-31T04:09:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 430
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2014, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-5-discussion-thread/508323/8583 "2014-01-24T21:25:31Z")
> [@Balance](#): > > Yeah, but she made up for it by crossing the next couple of years in about a page. Teleporter malfunctions don’t count… ---
**Author:** ![Grumman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/43a26b/32.png) [@Grumman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grumman)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2014, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-5-discussion-thread/508323/8584 "2014-01-24T22:06:13Z")
> [@squeegee](#): > > So is it still the evening of the same day that’s been going for 100-something strips, coming up on a year now? I found out yesterday Naruto has been on the same two days for the past four years. So it’s not just OotS. ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Borgia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/larry_borgia/32/156_2.png) [@Larry\_Borgia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Borgia)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2014, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-5-discussion-thread/508323/8585 "2014-01-24T23:40:33Z")
Theory: Next book will be the final confrontation with Xykon at Kraagor’s gate. The last book will be a tying up of loose ends, including the fate of Tarquin, and the resolution of the Azurite/goblin conflict. ---
**Author:** ![squeegee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/squeegee/32/14537_2.png) [@squeegee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/squeegee)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2014, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-5-discussion-thread/508323/8586 "2014-01-24T23:42:03Z")
I (almost) wonder if Berlew is intentionally keeping this going until the anniversary of this “day”. I’ll need to look it up, but I think that’s in about 3 weeks. ETA: and for certain Berlew update rates, that could be only 2 strips away. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2014, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-5-discussion-thread/508323/8587 "2014-01-25T02:17:44Z")
How cool is it that Ian is the first character EVER with enough self-preservation instinct\* to check for Explosive Runes? \*Okay, call it “paranoia” if you must, ya buncha cynics… ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2014, 6:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-5-discussion-thread/508323/8588 "2014-01-25T06:44:24Z")
CRAP!!! Self-_preservation_ instinct. :smack: ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2014, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-5-discussion-thread/508323/8589 "2014-01-26T22:52:23Z")
> [@Finagle](#): > > Pfftt. [Agatha](http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20111102) spent what, four and a half years in that damned castle? The entirety of Erfworld Book 2 took place in one day (although I’m not sure if all the epilogues were also the same day) and that likewise took over four years from start to finish. The first strip of the book is dated October 29, 2009. ---
**Author:** ![Gedd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gedd/32/4938_2.png) [@Gedd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gedd)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2014, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-5-discussion-thread/508323/8590 "2014-01-27T18:14:13Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > How cool is it that Ian is the first character EVER with enough self- instinct\* to check for Explosive Runes? > > \*Okay, call it “paranoia” if you must, ya buncha cynics… Does he have the instinct to burn the plans after reading them? (Or did he give them back?) ---
**Author:** ![Knorf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/58956e/32.png) [@Knorf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knorf)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2014, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-5-discussion-thread/508323/8591 "2014-01-27T18:49:13Z")
> [@Gedd](#): > > Does he have the instinct to burn the plans after reading them? (Or did he give them back?) If Elan did his job properly—and his genre-savviness might be high enough to ensure this, but I wouldn’t put odds on it—an assumption that Tarquin will get his hands on the plan is built into the plan. ---
**Author:** ![Leaper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/4bbf92/32.png) [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2014, 11:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-5-discussion-thread/508323/8592 "2014-01-28T11:02:04Z")
> [@Larry\_Borgia](#): > > Theory: Next book will be the final confrontation with Xykon at Kraagor’s gate. The last book will be a tying up of loose ends, including the fate of Tarquin, and the resolution of the Azurite/goblin conflict. Hmm, I think I’d add to the theory of the next book a confrontation of some kind with the Snarl. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2014, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-5-discussion-thread/508323/8593 "2014-01-28T16:24:48Z")
The Snarl is, by definition, a being of loose ends that need to be tied up. ---
**Author:** ![Gadarene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47c2d/32.png) [@Gadarene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gadarene)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2014, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-5-discussion-thread/508323/8594 "2014-01-28T21:02:10Z")
[New strip.](http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0942.html) ---
**Author:** ![squeegee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/squeegee/32/14537_2.png) [@squeegee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/squeegee)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2014, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-5-discussion-thread/508323/8595 "2014-01-28T21:25:59Z")
Has handlebar-mustache guy been in the strip before? I recognize the Python reference, but is this also a callback? ETA: I like how Uncle Pegleg’s pegleg was the sending wand. ETAETA: wait, is that the guy from the hotel where Miko and OOTS stayed? Nah. ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2014, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-5-discussion-thread/508323/8596 "2014-01-28T21:27:01Z")
longest brick joke ever ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2014, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-5-discussion-thread/508323/8597 "2014-01-28T21:35:31Z")
> [@squeegee](#): > > Has handlebar-mustache guy been in the strip before? [Yes](http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0136.html). ---
**Author:** ![wolfman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a8b319/32.png) [@wolfman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfman)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2014, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-5-discussion-thread/508323/8598 "2014-01-28T21:37:11Z")
Hmm, now that the Thieves guild knows about the north pole too, I wonder if we are headed toward a “battle of the X armies” situation around the last rift. Why does the Polearm Emporium have a picture of Geoff and Ivy? Did I miss something obvious? ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2014, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-5-discussion-thread/508323/8599 "2014-01-28T21:40:26Z")
> [@wolfman](#): > > Why does the Polearm Emporium have a picture of Geoff and Ivy? Did I miss something obvious? Handlebar Guy is Jiminy, their son that Geoff was talking about. ---
**Author:** ![squeegee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/squeegee/32/14537_2.png) [@squeegee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/squeegee)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2014, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-5-discussion-thread/508323/8600 "2014-01-28T21:44:32Z")
> [@Peter\_Morris](#): > > [Yes](http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0136.html). My lord. Only 806 strips ago. How could I forget? :o ---
**Author:** ![wolfman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a8b319/32.png) [@wolfman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfman)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2014, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-5-discussion-thread/508323/8601 "2014-01-28T21:53:19Z")
> [@jayjay](#): > > Handlebar Guy is Jiminy, their son that Geoff was talking about. :smack::smack::smack: I only ever considered that the customer was Jiminy. ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2014, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-5-discussion-thread/508323/8602 "2014-01-28T22:20:38Z")
The customer is a woman, and quite the wrong skin colour to be Ivy + Geoff’s offspring. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-5-discussion-thread/508323.md?page=429) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-5-discussion-thread/508323.md?page=431)