Backyard watercooler

by Meg on April 26, 2006

Hedge: "…So then and get this, Luckily for Cheryl, Juan didn’t actually have amnesia after all!

Cat: [gasps then nods]

Hedge: Then Senator Wayne threatens to have Bo killed if he doesn’t tell where Alison is, so Bo gets a fake passport from this sketchy dude on the dock and two tickets to Costa Rica! [Sips water from bowl]

Cat: Puh-lease.

Hedge: MEANWHILE, Detective Hodges traces the clues to Patch’s vacation house where he and Kim find ALISON! THIS WHOLE TIME she was there Dude! It’s so great she’s back—her outfits are the best.

Cat: Tewtelly.

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Thanks, FireWaia! (This backyard is in Sweden, People!)

{ 64 comments }

1 anmlvr21 04.26.06 at 1:14 pm

First Post…adorable and hilarious

2 constance 04.26.06 at 1:21 pm

That’s awesome. The caption makes it even better!

3 ariel 04.26.06 at 1:21 pm

AAAHHHahahahahah!!
luv caption

4 A thinker 04.26.06 at 1:28 pm

Oi! This picture makes me *very* happy. I think I spot a little inter-species tension going on here though–do hedgies *hiss*? Poor brave little mite!

5 Brie 04.26.06 at 1:41 pm

Too cute and the caption is great!

6 Sooz 04.26.06 at 1:56 pm

i cant get off my seat, im stuck with laughter….

7 Theo 04.26.06 at 1:58 pm

[BWAHHHAAHAHAAHAHAA!@!!!!]

…Kitty NEEDS to get her own cable. Stheriously.

8 Laurie 04.26.06 at 2:02 pm

Awesome photo, awesome captioning. I’m too dumbstruck at both to say more.

9 E. Collison 04.26.06 at 2:10 pm

Yes, hedgies hiss and “pop.”

Meg, LOVE the captions!!!

10 jaypo 04.26.06 at 2:12 pm

A thinker, the pict was snapped just as Senator Wayne was threatening Bo. Thus the hissy fit.

11 Svenster 04.26.06 at 2:13 pm

Mr. Needlejammy: “Hah! I see your ‘four needles a paw’ and raise by ten thousand neddles from all over my pyjamas!”

Needless to say, Mr Vanillapyjamas folds.

Brilliant picture.

12 jaypo 04.26.06 at 2:13 pm

errr…I mean, as the hedgie relates the conversation. You know, dramatic effect.

13 A thinker 04.26.06 at 2:16 pm

:-D helpless. helpless. MUST WORK, MUST WORK…stop, ya’ll!

14 Theo 04.26.06 at 2:16 pm

SvensterJammies — phbbbtttHAAHAHA!!! Oh man…

15 Beauregard 04.26.06 at 2:16 pm

Oh. My. God. That post was so awesome! It’s nearly identical to the conversations on the other side of my cubicle.

16 Jackie 04.26.06 at 2:16 pm

mmm..they look like to old friends..just met each other after ten years! and now they have a coffee together and chat about their lives.. mmmm* twink

17 Ruth 04.26.06 at 2:49 pm

wow. You need your own show. That was adorable and hysterically funny all at the same time.

18 punkpie 04.26.06 at 2:55 pm

LOL! Love the dialogue. Great job Meg. :-)

19 M- 04.26.06 at 3:06 pm

The commentary!!!! If only my coworkers:

A) Were half as cute
B) Had coversations that were half that intelligent!

Thank you… I loved it!

20 RavishingRoberta 04.26.06 at 3:10 pm

It Looks To Me Like H. Hog Is Not So Politely Telling The Princess To Back Off. Maybe They Just Had A Difference Of Opinion About Patch. I Also Loved The Watercooler Chat.

21 Anna aka IdleReceptionist 04.26.06 at 3:20 pm

If backyards in Sweden are wrong, I don’t want to be right.

22 pheral 04.26.06 at 3:24 pm

aaaahahahaha! beautiful.

23 dwine 04.26.06 at 3:27 pm

Sweden! I knew it! its a Scandinavia thing! earlier this week we saw Maren B. living in paradise…and now this!

24 E. Collison 04.26.06 at 3:28 pm

Nobody’s mentioned the hedgehog tongue yet – so I will. [Hee.]

25 BenPanced 04.26.06 at 3:33 pm

“So I sez to Madge. ‘Madge,’ I sez…”

26 Elizabeth 04.26.06 at 3:44 pm

I have a flashback to the days of yore, when my annoying coworker would sit there gabbing at me until I wanted to pounce on him and bite his head off… but he wasn’t nearly as cute as the hedgie.

27 lazyj 04.26.06 at 3:50 pm

gossip at the water cooler…..”and then i said…and then she said….and then i said….”

28 Diane N 04.26.06 at 3:53 pm

Never mind the animals, who is Bo taking with him to Costa Rica???

29 Diane N 04.26.06 at 3:59 pm

Could it be *gasp* THEO???

30 Theo 04.26.06 at 4:08 pm

Las vacaciones podrían ser diversión, pero no hablo españiel.

31 ariel 04.26.06 at 4:11 pm

we think it’s theo, until six episodes later when we discover it’s a spanish imposter.

32 ariel 04.26.06 at 4:12 pm

he slips up and begins speaking continental spanish without a computer, and everyone knows the REAL theo isn’t fluent.

33 A thinker 04.26.06 at 4:13 pm

Theo: Espaniel? Is that what these guys speak:

http://mfrost.typepad.com/cute_overload/2006/04/buddy_the_king_.html

34 mariser 04.26.06 at 4:14 pm

no es necesario hablar Español en Costa Rica.
ademas, Bo habla español, si?

35 Ponygirl 04.26.06 at 4:15 pm

That is totally an Ikea bowl.

36 Theo 04.26.06 at 4:42 pm

Ariel and Thinker are *SSSMOKIN* today. Gold stars.

37 Aubrey 04.26.06 at 4:43 pm

I like to think that these marvy captions were not made up, and that along with the picture a transcript of this potentially career-damaging (should it get into the wrong hands) conversation had been sent as well.

But maybe there’s more? Maybe he was hedging?

Will interns NEVER learn?

38 you guys r silly 04.26.06 at 4:44 pm

FUNNIEST CAPTION(S) EVER!!! The conversation fits the picture PERFECTLY!
You are just WAY too frickin’ funny. —
Meg — *YOU ARE THE BEST!!!*
&:o)

39 Theo 04.26.06 at 4:53 pm

“Maybe he was hedging?”
[groan]
Like I said, the puns *always* pass Customs. They’re like Get Out Of Jail Free cards.

40 ElfOwl 04.26.06 at 5:06 pm

A Thinker – good call. I was gunna point that out too. Theo has too much cute on the brain :-P

41 eden 04.26.06 at 5:07 pm

What kind of cat is that?

42 Aubrey 04.26.06 at 5:09 pm

Sorry, Theo, but it had to be done! As we know, Cute Customs uses an entirely different set of rules.

Puns always go to the head of the line, and they never get their bags checked!

43 Theo 04.26.06 at 5:14 pm

‘Twas intentional, you know, ElfOwl. But you’re not wrong.

44 frostine 04.26.06 at 5:31 pm

Meg, you really do rock the house. Tewtelly.

45 Theo 04.26.06 at 6:04 pm

…and Do a hard refresh… not “to”

46 Svenster 04.26.06 at 6:16 pm

Eden, I’m pretty sure that it’s a sacred birman cat (SBI).
I also heard that they are considered to be quite fluffy.

47 ElfOwl 04.26.06 at 6:19 pm

Ah! Theo! Good one! My creative self just kicked in and is laughing her socks off. My editor self has no sense of humor, and was deep in contemplation over my Spanish translation project. Hee!

48 Theo 04.26.06 at 6:59 pm

Make sure you don’t forget “españiel.” ;)

49 RavishingRoberta 04.26.06 at 7:22 pm

Were Your Hands In Palmolive When Ya Spoke With Madge

50 Genny from the Burb 04.26.06 at 8:26 pm

ponygirl, you are too right. That IS so an Ikea bowl, and I know because we have a zillion of them in lots of different colors. So the hedgie and the kitty have good taste too.

51 Jackie 04.26.06 at 9:19 pm

A fuzzy cat AND a hedgehog? Oh man, I think my brain just exploded!

52 Netherland Dwarf rabbit, owner! 04.26.06 at 10:08 pm

How Sweden it is! :)

53 petgirl 04.26.06 at 11:46 pm

that is the FRICKIN funniest caption ever… still laughing, it hurts!

well done meg :)

54 Theo 04.27.06 at 2:27 am

Meg — the captioning really is aces, here. I’d say CO is hitting its stride, in all sorts of ways.

55 Theo 04.26.06 at 5:35 pm

I thought this rated a Glossary update today…
Tewtelly!

56 ariel 04.26.06 at 5:54 pm

theo, merp? winkie no werkie

57 Theo 04.26.06 at 6:03 pm

Ariel — it’s JUST been updated. You probably need to dump your browser’s cache. OR, just go to the Glossary and do a hard refresh (i.e. click the Refresh button in your browser’s toolbar while holding down the Ctrl and Alt keys)

58 A thinker 04.26.06 at 6:05 pm

LOL @ “couple of television sets in England”–Theo, you’re too much, guy.

59 kathi 04.27.06 at 8:23 am

I had to laugh so loud, that people from other offices came running to see what was happening. Slightly embarrassing. Could you please post more sad pictures?

60 co 04.27.06 at 8:30 am

you will know it’s sweden because of the IKEA bowl ;)

61 Jenni-joon 04.27.06 at 12:24 pm

I like “tewtelly” cannot stop saying that… tewtell! LMAO. GRRRREat balls of cuteness… I do so love it. You’ve tewtelly outdone yourself AGAIN, Meg dear!
:)

Hedge onward, yo!

62 Theo 04.27.06 at 8:26 pm

…well holy crap, I found the yard. Huh.

‘Sup, kitters. Hey hedgie, scootch over, I’ve tewtelly got the worst drymouth…

63 RavishingRoberta 04.28.06 at 1:14 pm

Ya Know; I Was Looking At This; And There Should Be A Catagory For Mommas & Babies.

64 rin 05.01.06 at 12:50 am

omg! that cat is my cat’s twin!

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