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I know, I know - who pays with checks these days? Except of course for my landlord, who is 85.
But I needed an excuse to check back in on the accidental romantic subplot of my weird, spooky comics: the relationship between Glen the Henchperson and The Void. Because what is romance if not staring into the endless abyss?
Thank you for reminding me, @PineappleIsDeliciousOnPizzaFightMe
Edit: 100 likes! Wow! I'd been having a crummy morning and now I'm strutting around like a peacock and bragging to my plants. Thanks a million, everybody!
ParallelParkingInABurka
I was hoping I had a black cat upvote gif so I could give you a "void" upvote, but I don't. Best I can do is:
jrabbitmusic
PineappleIsDeliciousOnPizzaFightMe
They’re together! That makes my heart happy. My spouse still uses checks all the time. This is a fantastic joke
ChloeRed
I have a couple of customers who pay with cheques because when I fix their stuff, they want to pay it at that point and not be in debt 1/
ChloeRed
even for the time it takes me to send them an invoice, and them work out a way to pay it (one of they doesn't do online banking which 2/
ChloeRed
adds another layer of issues to this.) 3/3
md22mdrx
I pay my water bill with a check because they charge exorbitant fees for credit/debit. Like MINIMUM $10 fee and goes up depending on amount.
md22mdrx
Oh … AND I go directly to the city hall cashier’s office to pay as well because DeJoy is a twatwaffle and Mail is now unreliable.
Felineoverload
I very much enjoyed this and hope to see more on the front page!
Sm9yCg
boy, the last time I paid with a cheque was half a century ago.
MrWobblyHead
+1 for spelling it 'cheque', the correct way.
Shaodyn
I like Pie of Newt.
RulesOfImgur
I love the check's routing number. Nice touch.
mytruepersonality
how old is the void to be paying with a check? honestly might be a little to old for ghosty there.
Zeanoth
I pay with check all the time. It's how I've paid my rent the last 5 years; it's how I pay workers whenever I get the house fixed.
Bacxaber
*cheques
pottedplantsrcool
Good catch! 'Cheque' is the British spelling and 'check" is the American one - because English spelling wasn't hard enough already
Bacxaber
There's only one English. American """""""""""English""""""""""" is wrong.
pottedplantsrcool
Ah! Of course, of course. I appreciate your kind help - our one-room prairie schoolhouse couldn't afford all them fancy Europe spellings
pottedplantsrcool
If anyone wants proof that this is oc - I misspelled "restaurant" in the original. RIP my spelling skills.
CognosNerd
Your spelling is fine. Mr. Void could use some practice though.
pottedplantsrcool
I knew I was right all along! Thank you for giving me a good excuse
caulkismychoiceoflube
Rest ur Aunt? I barely know her.
pottedplantsrcool
I mean, she probably still needs.a rest - aunts usually do.
aluri
A phrase I made up to remember how to spell restaurant: You REST And U RANT at the restaurant. (PSA: Only rant to friends not staff)
pottedplantsrcool
This is super helpful! I'll definitely be using it in future - thank you.
prufock
This is one word I always had trouble with in school. Nobody pronounces is Rest-or-ant!
caulkismychoiceoflube
That's because the word comes from French. They created or popularized the concept of an establishment where you can rest and eat some food.
prufock
Yeah, I eventually figured it out, and most other non-phonetic words that didn't give me trouble. I HAD to master it 1/2
prufock
2/2 because it was the only mark I lost on that spelling test (grade 3, I think?). I was a bright kid, and couldn't handle less than 100%.
prufock
3/2 Both of those traits kind of leveled off over time.
UserMCP
Hell's Fargo! Halloween date! Tacoma, WA! And the routing/account numbers being "hell" in ascii! amazing
DidItForScience
Serious question, that's considered ASCII and not binary? Or more accurately, is it the binary encoding of their ASCII code #s?
UserMCP
Yeah, it's the binary encoding of ASCII, it's true. But that's so cumbersome! lol
PineappleIsDeliciousOnPizzaFightMe
Not to mention the price (albeit with an extra 6. That just makes it more evil. ;) )
OptimisticMisanthrope
I was going to mention how clever it was to name the restaurant "pie of newt" but your attention to detail puts mine to shame.
pottedplantsrcool
YOU READ THE ROUTING NUMBERS!!! I feel so seen.
UserMCP
Any time I see a string of ones and zeros I'm compelled to translate it. Well, to find a website to translate it. Because I'm not THAT nerdy
realizedagain
https://textbin.net/smkzdfnqyy
UserMCP
If I believed in basilisks I'd be worried ;)
PineappleIsDeliciousOnPizzaFightMe
I used to be able to translate it. I don’t remember how anymore
UserMCP
(Who am I kidding, I'd /love/ to memorize the basic ascii characters so I could read it straight off the screen!)