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by Paul Taylor on March 31, 2010 at 12:00 am
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  1. Jim
    March 31, 2010, 12:02 am | # | Reply

    Silly girl . Anytime of year , is grilling weather .

    • Jim
      March 31, 2010, 12:04 am | # | Reply

      And/or , kids , don’t try this at home .

    • Lucas Vieites
      April 1, 2010, 12:06 pm | # | Reply

      Sir, I completely agree.
      As a sidenote: indoor grilling is not recommended 😉

    • BMonk
      December 16, 2024, 12:52 am | # | Reply

      Yes. Anytime.
      https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTMots_P9V5fQ9v47jhoBtinbBHlwC_1nyARJJvnthBMys92QyCfNzy-rK3QzWGFsk_pyM&usqp=CAU
      or
      https://www.memesmonkey.com/images/memesmonkey/d1/d1dc9e288d400ab67d949dbd0bf7bfd3.jpeg

  2. Fairportfan
    March 31, 2010, 12:02 am | # | Reply

    Is Shelly related to Roger Fox?

    • Fairportfan
      March 31, 2010, 12:03 am | # | Reply

      …and did she get that grungey cleaning the grill?

      • Paul Taylor
        March 31, 2010, 12:06 am | #

        She didn’t clean the grill until the last frame. She pre-grunged herself. 😉

      • Fairportfan
        March 31, 2010, 12:14 am | #

        Ah. Sneaky.

        I’d say that grill is definitely clean. Now all she has to do is locate all the piuece parts and reassemble it.

        Good thing she’s an expert welder.

      • CrashFu
        March 31, 2010, 12:14 am | #

        If she had cleaned the grill already, then she wouldn’t need to blow it up to get rid of the mice nests!

        Wait, what am I saying, who detonates a grill to clean it out in the first place? There have got to be less expensive ways to meet police officers.

        Oh, that Shelly…

    • The Old Wolf
      March 31, 2010, 12:09 am | # | Reply

      I was thinking Crankshaft…

      • Fairportfan
        March 31, 2010, 12:17 am | #

        We were just talking about “Mythbusters” and the bug bombs over at Pibgorn

      • Fairportfan
        March 31, 2010, 12:38 am | #

        Never seen Crankshaft’s grill-lighting ritual.

        I remember one time Jason stuck his head out the door and said something like “Hey, Dad – NASA’a on the phone again…”

      • Fatuncle
        March 31, 2010, 12:35 pm | #

        Crankshaft doesn’t have a ritual, per se, but on a good day he only burns down the back yard. On a bad day, the house catches fire as well.

    • txmystic
      March 31, 2010, 1:37 pm | # | Reply

      No, Roger’s Grill explosions are much more vertical, and go “FOOM!”

  3. jwhouk
    March 31, 2010, 12:09 am | # | Reply

    BOOM!

  4. jwhouk
    March 31, 2010, 12:10 am | # | Reply

    She obviously didn’t check the linkage between the tank and the burner feed line.

  5. Fatuncle
    March 31, 2010, 12:12 am | # | Reply

    That is NOT how you light a gri — ah. Oh. “Cordial meeting with sexy Officer Tight Buns.” Silly me.
    Sorry, slow on the uptake this morning.

  6. CaptXpendable
    March 31, 2010, 12:15 am | # | Reply

    So is this called the Michael Bay method of grill cleaning?

  7. jordinyc
    March 31, 2010, 12:17 am | # | Reply

    Well, the mice are gone. Jamie, I’m gonna say this myth is officially [CONFIRMED]

  8. hewolf
    March 31, 2010, 12:19 am | # | Reply

    Heyyyy nice grill you got there!
    Thanks…. Wait, I don’t have a … no Wait DON’T!
    *BOOM*

  9. hewolf
    March 31, 2010, 12:21 am | # | Reply

    In related news, Flight 319 out of Minneapolis reported a UFO this afternoon. The pilot is quoted as saying “It missed us, but I could swear it was cussing the whole way!”

    • jwhouk
      March 31, 2010, 8:47 am | # | Reply

      “Another eyewitness said they thought they saw the word ‘Weber 4200 Gas-Master’ on the side of the UFO.”

      • LowFlyin'
        March 31, 2010, 11:51 am | #

        Looks like a Charmglow to me. 🙂

  10. Anji
    March 31, 2010, 12:22 am | # | Reply

    Officer Tight Buns? New person?

    • Sonicthunder
      March 31, 2010, 12:41 am | # | Reply

      My money is the same cop who tried to pick up Heather way back when.

      • hewolf
        March 31, 2010, 12:48 am | #

        That would be hilarious! ^_^

      • jwhouk
        March 31, 2010, 1:05 am | #

        He wasn’t trying to pick her up; he was just talking hobbies over his gun collection.

      • hewolf
        March 31, 2010, 1:12 am | #

        *snerk* That’s cop-talk for “You’re Hot. Wanna go inspect my magnum? Nope… not talking ’bout the gun.”

      • WilliamTheWolf
        March 31, 2010, 1:26 am | #

        Colt would be better. Sure it’s thinner, but it’s got length, and handles everything…Demons, vampires, gods of alcohol, ghosts, immortal politicians, demons possessing your father

      • hewolf
        March 31, 2010, 1:35 am | #

        @WilliamTheWolf , my fellow wolf

        Length doesn’t make a gun better, it’s the caliber for ‘stopping power’. 😉

  11. irot9791
    March 31, 2010, 12:36 am | # | Reply

    Thats one way to get a date..why didn’t I think of that? 🙁

  12. NOTDilbert
    March 31, 2010, 1:34 am | # | Reply

    Is it really gonna be cordial when the officer shows up to investigate a gas explosion? Not to mention the required Fire Department callout, with ambulance, the fine and fees for the first responders should be less than $2,000.00. Unless there’s collateral damage……….

  13. SoWhyMe
    March 31, 2010, 2:03 am | # | Reply

    I find it hard to believe it’s already warm enough in Mineapolis for shorts and short sleeves. Unless you’re an animate clay doll.

    • Dusty668
      March 31, 2010, 4:20 am | # | Reply

      This is the same girl who welds wearing a halter top, goggles and not much else. Hmph makes me think she’s really a fire demon or somethin.

      • Bratty Roger
        February 11, 2022, 11:28 pm | #

        [SPOILER ALERT❗] Phix is her paternal grandmother [SPOILER …]

      • Bratty Roger
        February 11, 2022, 11:55 pm | #

        😖( That is: I would not be surprised if she turned out to be Shelly’s grandmother )🙄

    • Deuce
      March 31, 2010, 6:48 am | # | Reply

      Nah, it was 72 yesterday and I’m only about a 3.5 hour drive from there. We had people out in shorts and T shirts when it hit 60. Spring is funny that way.

    • UglyShirts
      March 31, 2010, 8:50 am | # | Reply

      Yep. Yesterday, it was warmer here in the Twin Cities than at Disneyland. Today, we’re supposed to hit 75. Funny thing is, I noticed some stubborn snow-bank remnants still hanging out at the edges of the fence line in Roosevelt Park off Nicollet on my way to work this morning. I’ll bet they’re gone by the time I get home, though.

      Minneapolis springs are the bomb.

    • Paul Taylor
      March 31, 2010, 9:58 am | # | Reply

      It’s going to be 75 degrees today! 😀

  14. Jeff
    March 31, 2010, 2:35 am | # | Reply

    Heh, I’ve done that. It was more fun then it should have been. Seriously, listen to Jim. Don’t do it at home. Go to a friend’s place.

    • dadman
      March 31, 2010, 11:20 am | # | Reply

      Not that I know you that well, but we do have this comic in common.

      Where do you live?

      And do you have a grill? 🙂

      • Jeff
        March 31, 2010, 3:07 pm | #

        I’m in Colorado, just follow the column of smoke and the smell of slow cooked wet rub pork ribs.

  15. vince
    March 31, 2010, 4:38 am | # | Reply

    That’s a heck of a way to “clean” a grill……. I guess it’s especially effective in eliminating any infestations that took root while the snow was falling…….

    Guess it helps that she’s such a good welder and such……. but why do I have a feeling that she’s talking about a firefighter and not a police officer?

  16. Alex C.
    March 31, 2010, 5:12 am | # | Reply

    I’m faintly jealous that Shelly’s arms are more well-defined than mine. That said, I hope that was a really, really long stick. I really don’t want my favourite character getting crisped.

    • Hinoron
      November 26, 2016, 5:40 pm | # | Reply

      Paul’s been getting much better at drawing them as muscular rather than just “large rectangles”. It really shows here. Excellent work!

  17. Kaibyo
    March 31, 2010, 6:57 am | # | Reply

    Actually, I’d really like to see the boys on Mythbusters give this a shot! Laughter and mucho comments galore!!!

  18. Llewellian
    March 31, 2010, 8:30 am | # | Reply

    To make that comic hillarious, I’ll expect next comic to contain one butt-ugly firefighter and Shelly not getting what she wants…

  19. Eee
    March 31, 2010, 8:41 am | # | Reply

    She does this EVERY year?!? Geez. Given the size of the blast, does that mean she has to buy a new grill every year, too? And if this is an annual event, you’d think the authorities would start asking questions…

    She should have gotten Bud to come over and flick the switch. The worst that could happen would be Bud’s clothes catching fire, which wouldn’t hurt her any more than the blast itself.

    • jwhouk
      March 31, 2010, 8:44 am | # | Reply

      But then she’d have to explain a naked straw-blond college-age girl on her patio…

      • eschmenk
        March 31, 2010, 9:16 am | #

        Bud would probably just claim she was worshiping a propane fire god and start chanting in gibberish until they left.

      • Fairportfan
        March 31, 2010, 11:27 am | #

        I don’t think the cops and/or firefighters would object…

  20. Fnord
    March 31, 2010, 10:06 am | # | Reply

    Wow. She blew up her grill on the first click. Mine usually doesn’t go ‘boom’ until the third or fourth click. I hope she’s alright.

    • Marchbanks
      March 31, 2010, 6:34 pm | # | Reply

      I have yet to do that to my grill, and I’ve had it for . . . umm . . . ten years now.

      (Mind, my grill is part of my smoker, and I stoke it exclusively with pecan and live oak, which are not known for exploding. And I make it a point of pride to use no more than two lucifer matches to start the fire. Butane lighters and their ilk not allowed; that’s cheating.)

  21. Valis_kr3
    March 31, 2010, 10:19 am | # | Reply

    Welp shit happens. I’m sure she’s fine.

  22. kingklash
    March 31, 2010, 11:05 am | # | Reply

    She’s a Comanche. Ma would do the outdoor cooking most of the time. Only used grilling utensils half the time. Any one with traditional Native American upbringing will tell you about the women just reaching over into the grill to turn meat over by bare hand. Down this way Comanches can subsist on three main things: Lots of meat, black coffee, and jalapenos.

    Shelly tosses engine blocks, stabs her buddy in the noggin, and actually handles slipping in ice better than I do. ‘Sploding gas grills aren’t much of a challenge.

    • Heather D
      March 31, 2010, 12:30 pm | # | Reply

      That’s the way I do it sometimes. It’s quicker. You just have to be quick about it to avoid getting a little singed.

    • Etak
      May 14, 2012, 9:14 am | # | Reply

      In college, I got to do work-study at the Blue Ridge Institute and Farm Museum (look ’em up! They’re a great crew.) When the farm museum (1800’s German Baptist farmstead) was open in summer, three lucky work-studies got to be in costume and cosplay act in character for homesteaders back then.
      Very often I would use my hands instead of the tools when cooking over the open fire or in the Dutch Oven. After a while, you got to feel what temperature was reached. That turned out to be super, as I live in an apt. with a gas stove with no temperature gauge. I stick my hand in the oven, and can tell if it’s quiche-baking, cookie-baking, bread-baking, or meat-baking temperature, depending on how quick I have to yank it out again.
      And yes, if I am too lazy to get the spatula or fork, I use my hands to flip stuff in the fryin’ pan. 🙂 I should quit that habit, at least when my 4-year old is looking…

  23. Mike, that's all.
    March 31, 2010, 11:37 am | # | Reply

    Uh, when she pressed the button, nothing should have happened. She didn’t turn any of the grill control knobs. Unless they’re all turned full on already, and it just wasn’t mentioned…

    BTW, that’s some wild upsweep Shelly’s got on her hair in the first panel. Almost looks like she’s blown herself up already.

    • Paul Taylor
      March 31, 2010, 12:44 pm | # | Reply

      Yeah, I noticed the dials right after I posted it.

      She’s dolled herself up to look like she was blown up. 😉

      • Fatuncle
        March 31, 2010, 2:28 pm | #

        There was an explosion, ergo, the dials were turned full on.
        Dibs on Officer Tight Buns being one of the guys who was investigating Bud’s UFO!

  24. ziggy78eog
    March 31, 2010, 12:51 pm | # | Reply

    Wait…wait,wait,wait. Did she just PURPOSEFULLY cause her propane grill to explode, just to meet a good looking cop? WTF! Okay, I know she really wants to be in a relationship, but this is a little too much. Is that not “endangering public safety”? Of all the short sighted, stupid things she has done, this beats them all. Flaming pieces from the grill could have struck her or any nearby building. Maybe “Officer Tight Buns” will write her up, or better yet, the local Fire Marshal will.

    • Paul Taylor
      March 31, 2010, 1:00 pm | # | Reply

      Just the lid. Those things are built like a tank.

      • txmystic
        March 31, 2010, 1:41 pm | #

        Paul, you seem to speak from experience…is this your springtime ritual as well? 😉

      • Paul Taylor
        March 31, 2010, 2:55 pm | #

        It’s not as much a ritual, I’ve just done it before. 🙂

      • eschmenk
        March 31, 2010, 6:06 pm | #

        Shelly isn’t married. Paul is. 😀

        Actually, if Shelly had a boyfriend or husband, he would probably think it was cool, too.

      • eschmenk
        March 31, 2010, 6:12 pm | #

        Darn, I should have asked Paul if he took a picture. Hmm, maybe that’s how he did the last frame. 😉

      • Etak
        May 14, 2012, 9:16 am | #

        So that’s how you and your wife met? I didn’t know she was an officer of the law.

      • sq_rigger
        April 1, 2010, 2:34 pm | #

        That’s fine as long as the explosion doesn’t sever the hose from the propane tank to the control panel. Some friends of mine were grilling when the propane hose broke at a coupling and turned into a flame-thrower. They had to find somewhere else to live for 6 months while the damage to their house was repaired.

    • Marchbanks
      April 6, 2010, 8:16 pm | # | Reply

      I think Paul just likes an excuse to use the Fireball Filter on Photoshop . . . 😉

  25. Akamar
    March 31, 2010, 4:06 pm | # | Reply

    God, this just makes me think about how I’m hungry and broke. XD

    • SoWhyMe
      March 31, 2010, 5:12 pm | # | Reply

      This is why they make Ramen soup. I prefer Top Ramen, myself. I also like to smash it up while still in the pack. That way I can eat it with a spoon. Add lots of cheap crackers too for bulk. Thirty cent meal (including the crakers).

  26. Chris Mayer
    March 31, 2010, 5:10 pm | # | Reply

    AND WHO SAYS BARBEQUEING ISN’T A BLAST??? (girl got boom…)

  27. Opus the Poet
    March 31, 2010, 5:11 pm | # | Reply

    Mentioned before, but Eddy Crankshaft lives!

  28. SoWhyMe
    March 31, 2010, 5:15 pm | # | Reply

    I expect to see the next comic showing her sans eyebrows.

  29. Chris Mayer
    March 31, 2010, 5:16 pm | # | Reply

    Actually, I did something like that too, but with a car engine and TOO much gasoline!

  30. Wire-frame Strongbad Head
    March 31, 2010, 8:48 pm | # | Reply

    “Your grill a splode.”

  31. Jon Sloan
    March 31, 2010, 11:50 pm | # | Reply

    So, finally the question is answered! Yes, I would agree, I hope your son never does anything like this when he gets older!

  32. jwhouk
    April 1, 2010, 2:45 am | # | Reply

    Tis such a shame to do that to a nice four-burner Weber gas grill.

  33. Patrick
    April 1, 2010, 3:24 pm | # | Reply

    The only kind of grilling is with all natural charcole briquets and LOX.

    • Virnin
      April 1, 2010, 11:47 pm | # | Reply

      Is that still on the Purdue HKN website?

      • bmonk
        July 8, 2011, 4:31 pm | #

        Last I checked, Goble had to move it, but it can still be found, for example: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UjPxDOEdsX8

      • bmonk
        July 8, 2011, 4:33 pm | #

        Notice (about 1:00) what happens if you try it with a cheap grill. . . .

  34. Centaur1971
    October 30, 2010, 10:49 pm | # | Reply

    Insert explosion sound effect here!

  35. Grant McCormick
    December 7, 2016, 3:41 pm | # | Reply

    Ballistic mice!

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