[0071] How Not To Deal With The Devil
 

[0071] How Not To Deal With The Devil

  • Sandra: Whew, it’s so hot. I’d sell my soul to the devil for a cool glass of lemonade.
  • Sandra: … Damn.
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  1. Xarcht says:

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    Hmmmmm, run, don’t touch, or look back, , just run.

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  2. Zetal says:

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    Do it! I’d love to have you join my humble abode! It’s not nearly as hot as they say…

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  3. RJ-Pilot says:

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    drink 4/10ths of it, then flee. Then he only owns 4/10ths of your soul forever! :D Majority shareholder ftw!

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  4. Chris says:

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    Theres no lemonade in hell :( and its very hot there, just a tad hotter than a summer day

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  5. Devious_Psychopath says:

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    it only counts if you drink it.

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  6. Mew3 says:

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    Just hold it in you hands, the transaction of soul for item is not done untill you drink it.
    So it will have to stay cool for as long as you hold it.
    >^..^<

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  7. FWTrump says:

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    I would think the Devil would count that as a technicality and say that she accepted the entire drink once she grabbed it, and would likely argue she didn’t say anything about selling her soul to DRINK the lemonade. Remember people, when trying to weasle out of paying your soul, keep in mind the Devil is just as good as weasleling your soul back into his hands.

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  8. CHARDEO says:

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    as long as no one consumes the last drop your fine… trust me i learned the hard way lol

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  9. Frank says:

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    If it’s technicalities we’re talking about, she said she’d trade it for a GLASS of lemonade. So anything that involves accepting the glass would screw her at this point. (or, technically, damn her)

    And by the way, if you do take it, Sandra, say hello to Calvin and Hobbes when you get there
    “Calvin: Bad news, Mom. I promised my soul to the devil this afternoon
    “Mom: Oh, only that recently?”

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  10. Xavier says:

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    She’s screwed. Quick, get a fiddle (a.k.a. violin) and Charlie Daniels! (Will also accept an electric guitar and Steve Ouimette)

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  11. Zonack says:

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    If Homer Simpson taught us something is that what you need to do is leave one little bite.
    (Or few drops in this case).
    Just don’t go hot again near that glass.

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  12. DruidJP585 says:

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    I fully subscribe to the theory that the human soul can regenerate itself as long as at least 1/10th of it is intact and in a contiguous segment. So if the devil immediately steals a fraction of your soul you can replace it. That is why if I ever make a deal with the devil (or a deevil for that matter) I would give him/her my soul in installments leaving both of us with a full soul in the long run.

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  13. PaulTheWalrus68 says:

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    I hope she knows how to fiddle!

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  14. PaulTheWalrus68 says:

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    Dangit, Xavier beat me to it. D:

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  15. J.J. says:

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    Bet Woo put it there (he’s fast for a Raccoon).

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    Clearly, the heat’s getting to her. The poor girl’s hallucinating!

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  17. Zaiki says:

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    Do it Sandra, give in to the temptation, you must drink the lemonade, then I can rule… the… …Did I just say that out loud?

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  18. Mornar says:

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    I think this is the moment when Sandra shoud Rick’Roll the devil himself xP

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  19. A.L. says:

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    Don’t do it,it’s a trap!!
    Your head might explode and or Zombie Don Knotts might come to drag your ass to Lucifer to keep up on your end of the deal.

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  20. Coyoty says:

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    Refuse it right now. State specifically that you don’t accept it. Don’t leave it there. Someone else will come along and drink it and if you haven’t actively disowned it, it will be deemed to have been in your possession with you responsible for it. If anything happens to it in your possession, you pay for it.

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  21. tbolt says:

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    Heh, 15,000 rationalizations from the peanut gallery, but only two destinations possible. I look forward as to how this turns out…. =^^=

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  22. Vinnie D. says:

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    It’s sitting there looking ever so tempting. Just one little drop couldn’t hurt.

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  23. Celtcath says:

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    It’s sweet,chilled and refreshing.

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  24. Unsilenced says:

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    She said that she “would” not that she “did.”

    I think she can still walk away from this one.

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  25. Twilightfairy says:

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    Quick.. just run away.

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  26. BobisOnlyBob says:

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    HEAVEN OR HELL!
    Let’s Rock!

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    According to Niven in “Convergent Series” (still the best “deal with the devil” story I’ve ever read, or at least the geekiest) you’re doomed as soon as the devil answers.

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  28. Moroni says:

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    I wonder if that works every time?
    “I’d sell my soul for another Sandra and Woo update” :D

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  29. Zaiki says:

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    Alas, my powers are still limited… at least until Monday. Good thing you already said it.

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  30. Squival says:

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    thats a pretty lousy lemonade for a soul (children’s size glass), I’d drink it then demand a refund but lucky there’s no such things as souls or devils so owin to the circumstances I wouldnt trust such a convieniently appearing glass of lemonade ;P

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  31. The Big L says:

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    That’s right. I got you your lemonade. Aren’t you going to drink it? It’s so sweet and tart and icy cold; that’s what you wanted, right? A nice, cold, icy, refreshing drink on such an unbearable, hot day. Go on, what’s the worst that could happen?

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  32. baughbe says:

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    She made the offer, the goods were delivered. The transaction is complete. The only possible course now will involve a contract lawyer arguing that the delivery is invalid because it contained a straw which was not specified in the initial order.

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  33. Lupa says:

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    She didn’t ask for ice, either. She only asked for a ‘cool glass of lemonade’.
    If you wanted to be technical the glass isn’t made of lemonade and isn’t ‘cool’.
    If i wanted a ‘cool glass of lemonade’ I’d expect a cool lookin glass made of lemonade. Liquid of course.

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  34. Doug says:

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    She never did sign a contract, though, and evey sold-soul-to-the-devil story I’ve seen involved a contract. Anyhow, we all know to call Daniel Webster, right?

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  35. Novil says:

    “I’d sell my soul for another Sandra and Woo update”

    LOL. Maybe try:

    “I’d sell my house for daily Sandra and Woo updates”

    Then we can talk. ;-)

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  36. marial444 says:

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    she never signed an agrement form or something so it doesn’t count

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  37. Sarah says:

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    You know, I think we can hold out for somethign more then a glass of lemonade, here. I can get a lemonade at the nearest food joint. I say start the bidding off with a college education and a successful career and we can see where we end up from there.

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  38. jup-reindeer says:

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    “…The only way to get there is to go straight down. There is no bathroom and there is no sink. The water out of tap is very hard to drink.”

    …contracts, contracts, contracts…or, it’s just a joke from Hell.

    Actually, Greek Mythology said that food/drink found in Hades was a binding way to enslave the soul to the region. Avoid eating or drinking and it was possible to leave for better realms…like Earth Realm!

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  39. John K says:

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    I like to sometimes imagine that hell is a place where it is hot, and one is working, and the lemonade is seen, but just out of reach….

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  40. baughbe says:

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    Remember, the forces of evil operate on current jurisprudence. Verbal contracts are binding if the judge says it is. As long as she doesn’t drink, she has a (small) chance….

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  41. Rhea says:

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    @baughbe:
    A verbal contract isn’t worth the paper it’s written on.

    ^_~

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  42. baxtrr says:

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    As anyone who has read the non-children’s ouevre of Shel Silverstein knows, you can always spot someone who’s been dragged to Hell and managed to escape; for the rest of his or her life, even when flush with money and surrounded by other options, he or she will only drink ice water.

    Therefore, lemonade is non-canon and we have to discuss the possibility of a non-Silverstein Hell, which frankly opens up an entire can of worms that I’m not sure I want to deal with.

    On the other hand, if one considers larger strip continuity, this raises interesting issues — if Sandra is damned and doomed and knows it, the rest of her life will be very interesting, because she has absolutely no worse consequences to look forward to. I foresee a crossover with Jack in the near future. ^^

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  43. jack g. says:

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    no fair the devil cheated, she didnt mean it litterally, but it was pretty specific of her to say that >_>

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  44. jack g. says:

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    thats alot of coments in only two days like wow…. well i talk a little too much and its more of an opinion woops off topic sorry .

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  45. ZeroVX says:

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    Having just read through the archives a second time, I can honestly say this is one of the best comics I’ve read.

    Consider me a fan.

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  46. Pizzasgood says:

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    $ ps -ao pid,comm | grep ‘devil’
    666 devil.d
    $ kill 666
    sh: kill: (666) – Operation not permitted
    $ su
    # kill 666
    # ps -ao pid,comm | grep ‘devil’
    666 devil.d
    # kill -9 666
    # ps -ao pid,comm | grep ‘devil’
    # ^d
    $

    If only real life was so easy.

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  47. itssnowing says:

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    eternal damnation for a glass of lemonade. wow.
    i bet woo put it there XD

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  48. Unsilenced says:

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    When life gives you lemonade…

    make a break for it.

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  49. Loopy says:

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    Be fun to see where this goes.

    …though sadly we might not get to see baxtrr’s speculation fulfilled. XD

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    technically speaking, she did ask and recieve the glass of lemonade. whether she drinks it or not she has already recieved a cold glass of lemonade.

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  51. Henry says:

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    Who are you, gabrielsthoughts? Devil’s advocate?

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  52. Unsilenced says:

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    HIYO!!!!

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  53. MrGBH says:

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    I would agree that since she’s received the glass, she’s already damned herself, so she might as well drink it and be refreshed. If she just leaves it alone then she’s still received it.
    Damned if you do, damned if you don’t.

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  54. FiresBlaze says:

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    She has to turn it down now and make it very clear she was speaking sarcastically and wasn’t literal.

    baxtrr: I drink only ice water no matter what options are around but I don’t remember ever escaping from hell. I also don’t remember ever reading mention of hell in the bible, Revelations mentions being burned but not for eternity. So my guess is she is safe as long as it is stated she wasn’t being literal.

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  55. VC says:

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    Through a neurosis I’ve yet to conquer, I conciously avoid ever saying anything like that out loud. I even switch “soul” with “house” when I sing Weird Al’s “Grapefruit Diet”.

    I suppose, if worst came to worst, Sandra could try and take it to a higher court. It doesn’t get much higher than God Himself, and most sources say He’s on our side.

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  56. Skepitical says:

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    Theres a problem with this. She hasn’t signed for the lemonade so she can deny ever receiving it.

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  57. David Byrnes says:

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    Be careful what you wish for. You just might get it!

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  58. Bill_Wa says:

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    Don’t have to sell your soul to the devil, he already owns it.

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  59. tyciol says:

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    Saying ‘I would’ is only hypothetical, she hasn’t accepted or verbally agreed to a trade.

    For example ‘cold’ is relative, perhaps this isn’t cold enough to meet her standards. Perhaps she wants a block of lemonice.

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