February 19, 2004

Strindberg and Helium
posted by Dr. Zira 20 years ago
  • I enjoyed Helium's exclamations, like "Bleading!" and "Poison!" (Sometimes, when my friends are telling me various problems in their lives, acting like Helium seems like about the best I can do. "[Insert malady here]!") When this was posted on MetaFilter a long time ago, it was compared to a Monty Python meets Edward Gorey sort of cartoon, which resonated with alot of people. It's an odd cartoon.
  • i'm a recent fan of this cartoon. does anyone know how often it is updated?
  • Thanks Dr. Z! Loved it! (And I've always wanted to try absinthe-- I read maybe two years ago or so that is IS possible to purchase the product because the new formulation is so dilute.) Anybody have info?
  • Well, you could probably start here.
  • I don't think it is updated very often, zoarre. I'm sure at least two of these (episodes 1 and 4) were here back in September 2002, and the other 2 seemed familiar too, so it's possible it hasn't been updated *at all* since 2002. All the copyrights on the page are 2000 through 2002; nothing more recent.
  • I got my first absinthe buzz last year, but I pussed out after three shots and several beers (work in the morning). It helped me clean up at poker and gave me the queasies and close to doublevision, but I regret not taking more to make to see where I coulda gone. "ooh, hot tonight... strindberg's hot tonight..."
  • This is so amazingly cool. I'm a huge strindberg fan. Ghost Sonnata was breathtaking. But somehow that makes this all the funnier. I sort of wish I was Helium. I wonder if those are actual Strindberg texts. I don't recognise them if they are, but if they were that would be too awesome for words.
  • This is so amazingly cool. I'm a huge strindberg fan. Ghost Sonnata was breathtaking. But somehow that makes this all the funnier. I sort of wish I was Helium. I wonder if those are actual Strindberg texts. I don't recognise them if they are, but if they were that would be too awesome for words.