# 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:** 8
**Author:** ![E-Sabbath](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e19adc/32.png) [@E-Sabbath](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-Sabbath)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2009, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-5-discussion-thread/508323/141 "2009-09-24T04:34:51Z")
Opinion, good sir? Your evaluation is always interesting and useful. ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2009, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-5-discussion-thread/508323/142 "2009-09-24T13:38:24Z")
> [@E-Sabbath](#): > > Opinion, good sir? Your evaluation is always interesting and useful. Very entertaining, I’ll be following it regularly. More later. I think. ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2009, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-5-discussion-thread/508323/143 "2009-09-25T00:03:25Z")
> [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](#): > > Very entertaining, I’ll be following it regularly. > > More later. I think. To elabore further: I like it, it’s funny! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Ferret\_Herder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e47774/32.png) [@Ferret\_Herder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferret_Herder)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2009, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-5-discussion-thread/508323/144 "2009-09-25T00:35:58Z")
> [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](#): > > To elabore further: > > I like it, it’s funny! 🙂 One of us, one of us! ---
**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:** [September 25, 2009, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-5-discussion-thread/508323/145 "2009-09-25T01:02:56Z")
> [@Ferret\_Herder](#): > > One of us, one of us! Darn you! rassinfrassinstolemylinemumblemumble ---
**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:** [September 30, 2009, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-5-discussion-thread/508323/146 "2009-09-30T17:53:28Z")
> [@appleciders](#): > > Seriously! I didn’t even check it this morning. This whole “frequent updates” thing is pretty cool. But this “Keeping us waiting a week” thing isn’t. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/malleus_incus_stapes/32/3293_2.png) [@Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malleus_Incus_Stapes)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2009, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-5-discussion-thread/508323/147 "2009-09-30T21:02:05Z")
You said it. I was waiting and waiting and then I saw someone had finally posted… tease! ---
**Author:** ![tanstaafl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ba8739/32.png) [@tanstaafl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tanstaafl)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2009, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-5-discussion-thread/508323/148 "2009-10-01T12:56:48Z")
[New strip is up](http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0682.html)! Wonder if Belkar had planned that when he directed Durkon to that tree in the first place. ---
**Author:** ![Hypno-Toad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b2d939/32.png) [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2009, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-5-discussion-thread/508323/149 "2009-10-01T13:20:01Z")
So is Mr. Scruffy Belkars animal companion? I thought that was a druid thing, not for rangers. ---
**Author:** ![chorpler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chorpler/32/2888_2.png) [@chorpler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chorpler)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2009, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-5-discussion-thread/508323/150 "2009-10-01T13:25:58Z")
> [@tanstaafl](#): > > [New strip is up](http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0682.html)! > > Wonder if Belkar had planned that when he directed Durkon to that tree in the first place. Wasn’t it Haley who directed Durkon to the tree, to distract him from her trip to the cart-of-gopher to help find her dad? ---
**Author:** ![Lightray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lightray/32/391_2.png) [@Lightray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lightray)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2009, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-5-discussion-thread/508323/151 "2009-10-01T13:28:04Z")
> [@tanstaafl](#): > > Wonder if Belkar had planned that when he directed Durkon to that tree in the first place. It was Haley that had sicced Belkar on the tree, to give him the slip while following up on a lead on her father. Belkar was busy taking Roy to find some sex taints. ---
**Author:** ![Bosstone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/22d042/32.png) [@Bosstone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosstone)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2009, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-5-discussion-thread/508323/152 "2009-10-01T13:32:41Z")
> [@Hypno-Toad](#): > > So is Mr. Scruffy Belkars animal companion? I thought that was a druid thing, not for rangers. Rangers get animal companions at a higher level than druids. ---
**Author:** ![tanstaafl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ba8739/32.png) [@tanstaafl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tanstaafl)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2009, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-5-discussion-thread/508323/153 "2009-10-01T14:06:20Z")
> [@chorpler](#): > > Wasn’t it Haley who directed Durkon to the tree, to distract him from her trip to the cart-of-gopher to help find her dad? Doh! You’re right! IGNORE ME! ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2009, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-5-discussion-thread/508323/154 "2009-10-01T15:20:41Z")
Well, he’s got to have _some_ kind of special bond to get a cat to obey a command beyond “Sit there and lick yourself”. ---
**Author:** ![Yllaria](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yllaria/32/3452_2.png) [@Yllaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yllaria)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2009, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-5-discussion-thread/508323/155 "2009-10-01T16:54:48Z")
Would anyone care to predict whether a ‘helpful’ Belkar is going to get on everyone’s nerves more than the homocidal Belkar did? ---
**Author:** ![Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/malleus_incus_stapes/32/3293_2.png) [@Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malleus_Incus_Stapes)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2009, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-5-discussion-thread/508323/156 "2009-10-01T19:13:50Z")
Yes… come to think of it, THAT’s how Belkar’s going to die in seven weeks. Strangled by a fellow member of the Order. ---
**Author:** ![Knorf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/58956e/32.png) [@Knorf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knorf)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2009, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-5-discussion-thread/508323/157 "2009-10-01T22:05:05Z")
> [@Yllaria](#): > > Would anyone care to predict whether a ‘helpful’ Belkar is going to get on everyone’s nerves more than the homocidal Belkar did? The odds support this hypothesis. ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2009, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-5-discussion-thread/508323/158 "2009-10-01T23:56:11Z")
Good punch line: “…with a hump.” laffowtlowd. ---
**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2009, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-5-discussion-thread/508323/159 "2009-10-02T00:57:27Z")
> [@John\_DiFool](#): > > Good punch line: “…with a hump.” laffowtlowd. And note the title of the strip: _Plus, He Probably Spits, Too_ ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Some\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ad7895/32.png) [@Just\_Some\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Some_Guy)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2009, 12:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-5-discussion-thread/508323/160 "2009-10-06T12:36:24Z")
Hey, [a new one](http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0683.html). Subplot, ahoy! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-5-discussion-thread/508323.md?page=7) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-5-discussion-thread/508323.md?page=9)