Penny Arcade - Comic - Maximum Wax

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Penny Arcade - Comic - Maximum Wax

Videogaming-related online strip by Mike Krahulik and Jerry Holkins. Includes news and commentary.

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Littlestars

I don't know if I want to even touch the subject of scent memories, because, damn. I'm just grateful "Dad's Belt" isn't a scent I associated with dad's belt.
Gunpowder and sawdust, as scents, might be more entertaining as bath salts. Why do you smell like the first World War? Because I'm a man, duh.

Interestingly enough I do have a scent that I've associated with man failures and it has to do with barbecue. It's the smell of lighter fluid. I don't know why, in Texas of all places, no one knows how to do barbecue properly. Here's a tip: if your food tastes like accelerant, you're doing it wrong. If there was an explosion at a lighter fluid... cannery? Factory? Whatever. If one of those buildings exploded and an eternal fire burned from it for all time, people would just assume someone nearby was just "making" barbecue.

briguy

I'm happy burying dad's belt down with all the other things I no longer wish to remember.

Anyways, what's wrong with wanting candles that smell good? Does "apple cider" or "juicy watermelon" not sound pleasant? Challenge your misguided masculinity. Join us in the world of finer things.

knitdan

I like the woody, earthy scents. Sandalwood, cedar, sage, etc. years ago there was a Yankee candle that just smelled like...autumn. Like dewy mornings and burning leaves.

Ravelle

I always liked the scent of old weathered wood.

BrushwoodMutt

This is one comic where I feel like I want to hug Tycho and cheer him up.

GDT1985

I'm partial to Fresh Linen myself.

Littlestars

I like the scent of "ahhh, doesn't smell like a public men's urinal or weeks of dirty laundry or rotten food" the most. Like when you drink water, and don't taste anything because it's just water? That's how I like my local scentscape. As it happens, I don't like my water tasting like a public men's urinal either.

BrushwoodMutt wrote: »

This is one comic where I feel like I want to hug Tycho and cheer him up.

He doesn't strike me as a physical contact guy, let alone a guy that hugs. He might be okay hugging someone to comfort someone else but I'm not sure he'd stand to be hugged for his own comfort. Which is a shame, because that makes me want to hug him more.

DCAarmus

Anyone who's been to a PAX or seen footage from PAX can attest that Jerry does not shy away from the hugs.

This is prime candle season for me: Apples and Cinnamon stockpile for the rest of the year.

KalTorak

I realized recently that I have a bizarre affinity for the smell of hydrogen peroxide.

I should probably not dig too deeply on that.

YoungFrey

The only one I really like (as opposed to tolerating) is Winter Balsam by Bath and Body Works. It just smells like pine trees.

randomusername

Just don't forget which belt is the right belt: http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2008/06/23

Donnicton

Growing up in a single parent household I don't have any "dad's belt" associations.

I consider myself fortunate however that there's no "Grandma's wooden spoon" variation.

Jakk Frost

I'd buy one that smelled like cigar smoke, or old leather.

Soul Sanctum

This genuinely made me laugh out loud. Ahh... childhood trauma.

Rottonapple

Jakk Frost wrote: »

I'd buy one that smelled like cigar smoke, or old leather.

I was at Meijers last night and bought two candles, a leather and a mahogany scented candle based partially on Jerry having mentioned them in a news post. They did have one labeled "humidor" if you want something close to cigar smoke. It didn't quite have that hint of vanilla though.

MalReynolds

Jakk Frost wrote: »

I'd buy one that smelled like cigar smoke, or old leather.

My parents weren't into physical punishment, but they had very little compunction about gaslighting me when I did something wrong.

OldSlacker

Sawdust actually sounds good. I would also like Freshly Mowed Lawn.

Chiselphane

I have always hated the "Real men do this " or "Real women do that" way of thinking, and I find it hard to respect people who buy into it.

'Real' people do what they want. What else needs to be said?

Alypius

I looked at the Old Factory site and immediately abandoned it when I saw the "Man Cave" scent. Can we please go back to having a proper study with old books, scotch, and a chess set?

ziddersroofurry

Petrichor and burned leaves. I'd love some of that right now.

Enlong

Whoever made those candles missed a golden opportunity to coin the term "mandles"

GDT1985

Enlong wrote: »

Whoever made those candles missed a golden opportunity to coin the term "mandles"

Check the newspost.

MichaelLC

Donnicton wrote: »

Growing up in a single parent household I don't have any "dad's belt" associations.

I consider myself fortunate however that there's no "Grandma's wooden spoon" variation.

Dad's soap also not a big seller.

Dissent

http://www.amazon.com/Feel-Alright-Marijuana-Scented-Candle/dp/B00PX8J1HM

Hiding in plain sight..."What!?!? Huh? I hadn't noticed that candle smelled like weed. I'm gonna go buy five bags of candy now..."

Rhesus Positive

The best candle scent is when you've just snuffed out a candle and there's that little puff of smoke. Do they make a candle that smells of that?

Jacques L'Homme

Log cabin. I will buy all of the log cabin candles.

streever

It's amazing how much stuff they finally sell for men! Soap, candles, what's next, clothing? Maybe I can finally stop running around buck naked or wearing only a simple loincloth I fastened from the skin of the last beast I slayed.

briguy

streever wrote: »

It's amazing how much stuff they finally sell for men! Soap, candles, what's next, clothing? Maybe I can finally stop running around buck naked or wearing only a simple loincloth I fastened from the skin of the last beast I slayed.

Wait a minute, they make pants for men now?
Finally. All of those public indecency charges were getting tiresome.

teknoarcanist

"There are also some designed specifically to evoke, and perhaps even summon or bind some kind of Eternal Grandfather."

That is a beautiful sentence.

His Shadow

What does this have to do with "Destiny"?