Jaaha, palvelu bugasi taas viime viikon… no, tässä sentään tämän päivän sarjis.
Well, the site was down again last week… at least here’s today’s comic.

”Bruce the roach seems to have died.” ”Could you try CPR?” //
”Well… Insects don’t have lungs so mouth-to-mouth would be a bit challenging.” //
”And they don’t really have circulatory system either. So that heart-compression part would be slightly difficult as well.” //
”So I think I’ll just bury Bruce in the flower pot next to Steve.” ”RIP Bruce.”

ALL THE ORANGE THINGS

”Haaa-tchuuu! Phew, what a flu! I still gotta go do my groceries.” //
”Oh, those are some good-looking tangerines! And blood oranges too!” //
”I normally don’t drink that much juice but I’m really craving for orange juice now. And for blackcurrant juice as well.” //
”My body seems to know I’m in the need of some vitamin C…”

GOING TO MEET RELATIVES

I traveled to Austria with my Big Brother for out Grandma’s 90th birthday. //
”I’ve got some chocolate, would you like some?” ”Yeah, thanks!” //
”Gnom!” //
”This was like a feel-good chocolate. Not that I wasn’t feeling good already…” //
”…but it just made me feel BETTER nevertheless!”

(My Little Brother’s 2-year-old daughter) ”Yellow!” ”Good! What about this one?” ”Blue!” ”Correct.” //
”What’s this color?” ”Green!” ”Um… try again.” //
”Green!” ”No, it’s… well, what color is THIS?” ”Green!” ”Yes!” //
”And this is…?” ”Green!” ”No, that’s RED.” //
”What have you been teaching to your kid?” ”Hey, I’m color blind!” ”Oh yeah right.”

”It was probably a good idea that you brought your four-month-old baby to Grandma’s 90th birthday party.” ”How so?” //
”Well’, she’s clearly the most popular person in this party! And you don’t even have to hold her because everyone else wants to.” //
”And she’s the best form of entertainment for elderly relatives. Keeps them happy and out of any mischievous acts for hours!”

Last time I was in Austria my German was like a beat-up puppy. ”No! I don’t want to come out!” //
This time it was much more active and brave. ”Maybe it’s not that bad after all.”

”I’ve heard that a human’s memory system is closely linked to the sense of smell in the brain. That’s why smells and tastes so easily trigger memories from childhood.” //
”I’ve noticed this to be true. At least when it comes to cumin bread.” //
”In Southern Austria they make this really good, dark cumin bread. I ate it every time I visited my grandparents as a kid.” //
My Grandfather (who is no more) used to buy those huge loaves of bread. We ate in the kitchen of their old house (it is no more, either). //
I always remember my Grandfather sitting therein the kitchen, cutting that huge cumin loaf. There was a special technique for that. //
”I think Grandfather would like that memory. And the cumin bread is still good.”

A WATER IN ANY OTHER STATE

”It’s so nice that there’s snow now!” ”Indeed it is!” //
”Such a cute creek.” ”And beautiful ice patterns!” //
”Haha, this steam rising from the glogg looks awesome.” ”Ooh!” //
Dear diary, today I watched different states of water.

DOCTOR’S APPOINTMENT

”Do come in and have a seat.” ”Thank you.” //
”So, what seems to be the matter?” ”My neck hurts.” //
”Is it like neck tension or…?” ”No, more like hurts-hurts.” //
”Like… Neck tension is, like, blunt pain. This is sharp.” //
”But not in a needle-stab-like way. More like slashing sort.” //
”This is somehow… purple… this pain.” ”Purple?” //
”Yeah, like… blue-ish… purple. Like so.” ”…” //
”Are you alright?” ”No, my neck hurts!”

Oikeasti en ole vielä käynyt lääkärillä, mutta niska on kipeä.
In reality my neck does hurt but I haven’t seen a doctor about it yet.

This one does not translate.

QUIZ QUESTIONS

”The Latin term ’funiculus umbilicalis’ means which body part?” //
”The – the – baby-attachment-line!” //
”You mean… the umbilical cord?” ”Yeah.” //
”I’d accept that.” ”Yes.” ”Sure.” ”Why not.”

Olimme Lumihevosen kanssa hoitamassa erään ystävämme koiraa maalla hänen lomansa ajan.
Snowhorse and I took care of our friend’s dog on the countryside during her vacation.

”I take Liinu out for a walk.” ”Okay.” //
”?” ”!!” //
”?!” ”Glomp!” ”Squick!” //
”Liinu please don’t eat all those voles.” ”Nomnomnom.”

”Dog in harness?” ”Yep.” //
”Kati on skis?” ”Yep.” //
”All right, Liinu, down the hill.” //
”Down — !!” //
”AAAAAHHHAAAHAAHAHAHAHAHAAH…”

”Okay, that was fun!” //
”!” //
”?” ”?” //
”Liinu, Liinu, that’s enough, thank you! I’m alive!”

”Has Liinu eaten today?” ”Hmm.” //
”Well. She has eaten half of what I gave her in the morning.” //
”Half?” //
”Yeah. EXACTLY half.”

CABBAGE

Omistettu kämppikselleni Ranalle, joka ilmeisesti on muusani, kun sarjisideat loppuvat.
Dedicated to my flat mate Rana who, apparently, is my muse when I run out of comic ideas.

”Why is there a cabbage with bite marks on it in the fridge?!” //
”It is mine. This is how I eat cabbage when I don’t bother cutting it.” //
”I take it out of the fridge and take a bite. Then I put it back.” //
”It is the morally right way of eating cabbage.”