Woa – who are Joe & Yehuda talking to? There’s a vague shadow behind them in the third frame, and then they seem to be looking at an empty space in the final frame. Can anyone tell me what’s going on here?
Considering the attitudes involved I’d be willing to put money on it being Thistle’s husband that drives the blue car.
I can’t see her pulling a hit & run like that but so far his attitude, what little we’ve seen of it, about her riding and all hasn’t been exactly stellar.
I dont think that Thistle’s husband is the driver of the blue car just because he is surprised that a bicycle can cost $3,000. We have to give the guy some credit as he is married to Thistle, and therefore shouldn’t be someone who will kill a person and drive away.
I will put a bet together with you Marrock that he is not the driver of the blue car.
In my mind, Thistle’s husband drove the blue car and inadvertently killed Fred. When Yehuda finds out, he gathers up enough evidence and reports it to the police, who then arrest Thistle’s husband. Thistle is devastated when her husband is sentenced to life without parole and vows revenge against whoever landed her husband in jail. Meanwhile, working with Yehuda every day and being so far away from her husband, she develops feelings for him which culminate in their having a moment of intimacy one evening when she visits him at home with a shop related question. She somehow figures out that Yehuda was the one that turned in her husband but at this point it practically doesn’t matter anymore because she has turned on her husband for what he did.
Gordon – nice scenario, but it has two big holes that I can see. First, no one ever gets that kind of sentence for killing a cyclist. And second, she can’t visit Yehuda at home since he’s homeless.
Since predicting Fred’s killer seems to be all the rage. It’s not Thistle, I can’t believe Rick would get us so emotionally invested in a killer. Nor is it her husband, everyone needs a foil, Yehuda has Joe, Thistle has her husband. No the killer is:
One of the other moms. I think the clues all point to this.
We don’t know that was Yehuda’s house. In fact, given those odd hair oil protectors on the couch, it very well might have just been a house Yehuda ‘borrowed’ to make the call.
I don’t know whats better, the comic or the posts! I agree with bikebuddha that its one of the other moms. Maybe the one on the cellphone after the kids cried out that Fizz wasn’t wearing a helmet. Look at the Blond with the mean stare in her eyes!
you guys are all messed up, I don’t think that we have yet met the blue car driver, but I do think Fred is both fading out and nearing closure. In fact, it seems that the more he remembers about his accident, the the more banged up and closer to death his spectre appears. We may gain closure soon, I think Thistle may be somehow involved with finding the killer.
Of course Fred knows about Thistle; she’s been in the shop.
Yehuda is NOT homeless; Joe just pokes fun at him for (from his perspective) LOOKING LIKE he’s homeless. Aside from Joe’s barbs, there has NEVER been any reference to Yehuda being homeless, plus we HAVE seen his home on a few occasions. From the small glimpses we’ve seen, it’s still a rather large question mark as to exactly what KIND of home Yehuda lives in (apartment or full house), but he clearly has a fixed address.
Why can’t we drop the “Thistle and Yehuda hook up” angle? She’s married and all that, and her husband is just as likely to be the grail as he is the killer at this point. Mostly he exists off stage for the sake of thistle having dialogue with someone other than Fizz.
It’s interesting that in this strip, Yehuda tells Joe “don’t only focus on bike sales,” while several weeks ago Yehuda told Thistle that he didn’t sell her any helmets because she “didn’t ask for any.” Yehuda could help the Kickstand’s balance sheet if he sold the accessories along with the bikes!
I have a theory in my mind that it will be a discussion between Thistle and the guys regarding Fred’s death and she’ll remember someone she knew with a blue car that had an unexplained, or poorly explained accident and THAT will be what breaks the Fred hit and run.
Aye
I have to agree with Joe this time. When I saw the last pane I said the same thing he did.
Fred seems to be getting more bloodied. Another story line twist coming up? Or are Yehuda’s and Joe’s memoried starting to remember Fred differently?
It looks as if it nears the end of the search of the “Blue Car”.
It’s just a comic … so why is it so hard to see Fred like that?
Fred likes those pink panties!
That settles it.
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“It’s just a comic … so why is it so hard to see Fred like that?”
Because we bicyclists know that we’ll die looking like that.
Fred is getting so creepy.
Somebody theorized way back when Thistle was first introduced that it’ll turn out that she and/or her husband drives a blue car…
Given Fred here, I have to wonder if that theory might have some merit…
Woa – who are Joe & Yehuda talking to? There’s a vague shadow behind them in the third frame, and then they seem to be looking at an empty space in the final frame. Can anyone tell me what’s going on here?
Holy Fred!
Nice twist Rick.
Karl OnSea:
If you read back you’ll find the story of Fred. He is introduced in <http://www.yehudamoon.com/index.php?date=20080213>. Fred makes a poigniant comment in <http://www.yehudamoon.com/index.php?date=20080413>. Keep reading through the past strips to find out all about Fred.
That makes me so sad.
Considering the attitudes involved I’d be willing to put money on it being Thistle’s husband that drives the blue car.
I can’t see her pulling a hit & run like that but so far his attitude, what little we’ve seen of it, about her riding and all hasn’t been exactly stellar.
Rick, if you make Thistle or her husband in any way responsible for Fred’s death, I am removing this comic from my RSS feeds!
The story line of Fred is my favorite.
I dont think that Thistle’s husband is the driver of the blue car just because he is surprised that a bicycle can cost $3,000. We have to give the guy some credit as he is married to Thistle, and therefore shouldn’t be someone who will kill a person and drive away.
I will put a bet together with you Marrock that he is not the driver of the blue car.
Thougha plot twist like that is similar to killing your father and marrying your mother.
yuck.
It’s not that Mr. Thistle was surprised that a bike could cost $3000; it was that they had spent that much on gas over a year’s time…
Wow… there are SO many directions that this could wind up going. I’m really getting into this, BIG TIME!
Maybe Fred just likes her because she is destined to be a bike advocate…
Maybe?
OK, – got it – her husband hit him – they will split up over it and the love interest starts – as I guessed on July 1 – this is the love interest
http://www.yehudamoon.com/index.php?date=20080701
Fred never saw the “pink panties”. Thistle is cute, whats not to like? It doesn’t mean her husband is bad.
How to know I watch too much Days of our Lives:
In my mind, Thistle’s husband drove the blue car and inadvertently killed Fred. When Yehuda finds out, he gathers up enough evidence and reports it to the police, who then arrest Thistle’s husband. Thistle is devastated when her husband is sentenced to life without parole and vows revenge against whoever landed her husband in jail. Meanwhile, working with Yehuda every day and being so far away from her husband, she develops feelings for him which culminate in their having a moment of intimacy one evening when she visits him at home with a shop related question. She somehow figures out that Yehuda was the one that turned in her husband but at this point it practically doesn’t matter anymore because she has turned on her husband for what he did.
Was that too much?
pmdeaves – nope – I looked at them all, and all I see is Joe / Yehuda talking to fresh air. No idea what’s going on there at all.
Oh, and there was an article on BikeSnob for you yesterday with a follow-up today: http://bikesnobnyc.blogspot.com/2008/08/bike-jousting-with-windmills-opinion.html
Gordon – nice scenario, but it has two big holes that I can see. First, no one ever gets that kind of sentence for killing a cyclist. And second, she can’t visit Yehuda at home since he’s homeless.
@Ride Rage
LOL. Such insight!
Since predicting Fred’s killer seems to be all the rage. It’s not Thistle, I can’t believe Rick would get us so emotionally invested in a killer. Nor is it her husband, everyone needs a foil, Yehuda has Joe, Thistle has her husband. No the killer is:
One of the other moms. I think the clues all point to this.
I thought they showed Yehuda’s home in one strip?
he answered the phone re: fred’s investigation
We don’t know that was Yehuda’s house. In fact, given those odd hair oil protectors on the couch, it very well might have just been a house Yehuda ‘borrowed’ to make the call.
I don’t know whats better, the comic or the posts! I agree with bikebuddha that its one of the other moms. Maybe the one on the cellphone after the kids cried out that Fizz wasn’t wearing a helmet. Look at the Blond with the mean stare in her eyes!
http://www.yehudamoon.com/index.php?date=20080724
Karl OnSea:
I get ya, that was funny. I can’t see him either.
Yehuda just looks like he is homeless.
My “I’m Sticking To It” theory about the blue car driver:
It’s the grail. The identity of both will be revealed the same day or never.
you guys are all messed up, I don’t think that we have yet met the blue car driver, but I do think Fred is both fading out and nearing closure. In fact, it seems that the more he remembers about his accident, the the more banged up and closer to death his spectre appears. We may gain closure soon, I think Thistle may be somehow involved with finding the killer.
Fred’s deterioration reminds me of ‘Jack’ in An American Werewolf in London. Each time we saw him, he looked a little more worse for wear.
Do Joe and Yehuda always have pencils in their shirt pockets? I’ve never noticed before.
Or is that some indication that they’ve been thinking hard?
Interesting that Fred knows about Thistle. Kind of spooky. Then again, Fred is a spook. I’m interested to see where this goes.
Of course Fred knows about Thistle; she’s been in the shop.
Yehuda is NOT homeless; Joe just pokes fun at him for (from his perspective) LOOKING LIKE he’s homeless. Aside from Joe’s barbs, there has NEVER been any reference to Yehuda being homeless, plus we HAVE seen his home on a few occasions. From the small glimpses we’ve seen, it’s still a rather large question mark as to exactly what KIND of home Yehuda lives in (apartment or full house), but he clearly has a fixed address.
Why can’t we drop the “Thistle and Yehuda hook up” angle? She’s married and all that, and her husband is just as likely to be the grail as he is the killer at this point. Mostly he exists off stage for the sake of thistle having dialogue with someone other than Fizz.
It’s interesting that in this strip, Yehuda tells Joe “don’t only focus on bike sales,” while several weeks ago Yehuda told Thistle that he didn’t sell her any helmets because she “didn’t ask for any.” Yehuda could help the Kickstand’s balance sheet if he sold the accessories along with the bikes!
I have a theory in my mind that it will be a discussion between Thistle and the guys regarding Fred’s death and she’ll remember someone she knew with a blue car that had an unexplained, or poorly explained accident and THAT will be what breaks the Fred hit and run.
@ Karl OnSea
Nobody caught it… Whoa you cannot see Fred too? I was wondering the same thing… what the hell these guys are talking about… blood, holy, Fred ….