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The Blockhams in "THE AGONY OF... VICTORY?"

By Six Zero — September 11th, 2012 at 10:51 AM — 12 comments
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THE AGONY OF... VICTORY?

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Today, on September 11, it's appropriate to celebrate some of the many of the things America does right.  Fast food. Trucks.  Big budget Hollywood epics full of explosions and ridiculous violence. God Bless the USA.

One of the things we're also great at is raising up heroes... and tearing them down. At least since the rise of Elvis, our nation, and particularly the national media, has had a knack for elevating our heroes to impossible standards, and then lambasting them when then they fail to live up to those expectations. But it's not just the media. We, the public, buy into the hype. It's dangerously easy to feel entitled to the type of expectations that arise from public perception. We defend the frantic need to be more entertained than we had been by the previous outing.  Think Iron Man 2.  Nucky Thompson.  The Green Album.

Team 133 did not vote themselves #8 in the country. They did not write the team preview and send it to Athlon Sports. And they most certainly can't be faulted for trying their best yet not performing the way we wanted them too.  For not picking up where a somewhat  lucky and over-achieving team left off.  We're AAAAAWWWLLL guilty of it, myself included-- but maybe that's a positive thing to emerge this week, the idea that whatever we expect from this team this year may very well not be what we receive.

I'm currently working on several strips right now, so on Thursday we'll either see how Tom likes to rant about the team's perceived shortcomings or Desmond will meet a famous singer/songwriter.


 

THE BLOCKHAMS™ runs (typically) every Tuesday here at MGoBlog,
and at least every Thursday on its official home page.  Also, don't forget to
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September 11th, 2012 at 11:45 AM
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Dude, you are talking way too

Dude, you are talking way too much sense with no use of strange meme's or repeatedly beating a dead horse...are you sure you belong on the internet?

 

 

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September 11th, 2012 at 12:01 PM
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Y U no like ManPanda?  

Y U no like ManPanda?

 

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September 11th, 2012 at 12:36 PM
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It's not that I don't like

It's not that I don't like it, it sounds kind-of cool, I just don't get it. When I read that I pictured the Kung-Fu Panda in my head and Jack Blacks voice being critical of Michigan football...I know, that isn't what it is...but it is what popped into my ADHD head.

 

 

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September 11th, 2012 at 2:01 PM
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Yeah. I miss the dicks.

Yeah. I miss the dicks.

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September 15th, 2012 at 9:42 AM
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Well...

Whatever floats your boat, I guess.

I do hear that there are bars that can accomondate you, though.

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September 11th, 2012 at 3:02 PM
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Also, what is the old man

Also, what is the old man pushing away in the second to last frame?

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September 15th, 2012 at 9:09 AM
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Good Call

http://blockhamswithdicks.blogspot.com/2012/09/the-agony-of-deepthroat.html

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September 11th, 2012 at 1:47 PM
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Now hold on just a damn minute Six Zero!

I found Iron Man 2 to be damn entertaining....

....but your point is well made.

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September 11th, 2012 at 2:28 PM
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I agree, Iron Man 2 was

I agree, Iron Man 2 was awesome.

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September 11th, 2012 at 9:20 PM
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This is me in 30 years

I sent this to my wife - I said this will be us in 30 years

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September 13th, 2012 at 11:13 AM
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Sorry?

Sorry?

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