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StrongBadEmail #111
Brian asks what Strong Bad does on all the other days of the week.
Features: Strong Bad, Strong Mad, Coach Z, The Cheat, Homestar Runner, Strong Sad (Easter Egg)
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STRONG BAD: {talking} I got an email in my pocket, and I think it's starting to melt.
{reading email}
dear strong bad, what do you do on all the other days of the week? sincerely, brian holmes CA (he reads this line "B. Ryan Holmes, certified arborist")
{typing and speaking like a robot}Good question, Brian. I am going to answer this email like a robot. Don't you think this is a great idea? {normal voice} Yeah, sorry, me neither. OK, other days of the week. Let's see...
{A calendar appears with a heading "A Month" and weeks starting on Monday. On Monday is written "checka' e-mail.}
On Tuesdays, I check my snail mail.
{scene with Strong Bad at a mailbox that reads "sb_snailmail.exe"}
I got a snail mail in my pocket, and I think it's starting to melt.
{he opens his letter and reads it}
Dear Mr. Bad, This constitutes your final warning. Please remit payment of three(3) dollars and sixty-two(62) cents or you will be turned over to a "cut off your toes" -style collections agency.
Swarthily, Bubs' Concession Stand
{speaking sarcastically} Oh, no, final warning. Is there nothing I can do to dissuade you? Like maybe give you a ride in my BMW?!? {he pulls out the BMW lighter and burns the paper} {he laughs}
Um... where's my house?
Then to better help folks over the hump, on Wednesdays I give free motivational lectures.
{changes to the chalkboard with Coach Z and Strong Mad listening to Strong Bad}
You gots [sic] to look inside yourself! Positate [sic] the negative. When life throws pies at you, you make yourself a tall, cool glass of piemonade.
COACH Z: I'm a new man!
STRONG MAD: I'M THE HUMP!
STRONG BAD: Due to a prior arrest, Thursdays are community service days, so me and the old Cheatasaurus head down to Strong Badia and give the place a firm scrubbin'.
{cut to StrongBadia, where Strong Bad is vacuuming the dirt and the cheat is washing the Tire}
You know what I always say, The Cheat. Stay smart, vacuum... dirt.
THE CHEAT: {The Cheat noises}
STRONG BAD: Don't forget to wash where the sun don't shine.
Then there's Business Casual Fridays, or as we say around the office, Bis Cas Fri. {"bis cas fri" appears on the Friday box} You know, because we have to abreeve everything. That's the day we all wear the free polo shirts we got from various software companies.
{cut to the office}
HOMESTAR RUNNER: Oh, man. Did you play online gaming last night? No, yeah, no? I did. I got so many frags.
STRONG BAD: On Saturday I certainly don't wake up at 6 A.M., put on a Speedo, and go to swim practice. No, no, definitely not Speedo. But I do attend: BATTLE AXE SESSIONS AT THE REC CENTER, with my teacher Doulph Hauldhegen, The Instructor! And on Sunday, I check my email, for our Eastern European viewers accross the pond.
{Strong Bad sits at a gray computer with the word "BLOCK" in the bottom-left corner}
I got a Polish e-mail in my pocket, and I think it's starting to melt.
{reading, translator speaks over}
Dear Strong Bad: Please to be untieing that shoelace on the back of your head? Janus Poland
{typing} Untie my shoelace, eh Janus? Your mother is the speed limit. Your aspirin, Strong Bad
{cut back to Compy 386}
That's pretty much my week. Now time for a refreshing glass of piemonade, or as we say around the office, p-nade.
{The Paper comes down}
Easter Eggs
- Click on "brian holmes CA" after Strong Bad says "Certified Arborist" to see B. Ryan Holmes' business card.
- The card reads: "B. Ryan Holmes, Certified Arborist. Phone:555-XYLM Mobile:coming soon" It has pictures of green trees and says "I think it has to do with trees!" in cursive on the bottom.
- At the end, click on "my week" to see Strong Sad waking Strong Bad up for swim practice.
- Also at the end click on "piemonade," to see an advertisement for (Cool, Refreshing...)Piemonade(!!).
Fun Facts
- When Strong Bad dismisses the email's text to make room for his new text, as he does often, it makes the standard typing sound effects instead of the hard "enter" hitting sound.
- The calendar starts on Monday, as per some European countries. United States calendars usually start on Sunday.
- Strong Bad's Mail box says sb_snailmail.exe on it, and has never appeared before. This, together with when Strong Bad says "umm... where's my house?" could mean that this is not a real place.
- I thought that meant they took SB's house for not paying.
- Strong Bad's advice to "make Piemonade" is a reference to the saying "when life gives you lemons, make lemonade".
- When Strong Sad is waking up Strong Bad for swim practice, he mumbles various things, ranging from "I'll kill you" to the name of the classic SNES RPG, Chrono Trigger.
- This is the third time that Strong Bad has talked in his sleep about Super Nintendo games. The last two times, for the record, were in morning routine and cheatday. I suppose this could qualify as some sort of running joke now...
- I'd have to say this is a running joke after three instances. The "Super Contra" comment could have just been a reference to the "Super Bomberman" one, but now this goes backwards twice.
- Judging from the muffled sounds Strong Bad makes during this, the "I'll kill you" is likely directed to Magus, a villain in the game (who can actually be one of your party members if you play things out right).
- This is the third time that Strong Bad has talked in his sleep about Super Nintendo games. The last two times, for the record, were in morning routine and cheatday. I suppose this could qualify as some sort of running joke now...
- The office where "biz cas fri" takes place is the same as in dullard and the Senor Mortgage short, and the conversation is very reminiscient of that from 'dullard'.
- The room in which Strong Bad gives the "Motivational Speach" is reminiscent of the room in which he tries to teach people how to pronounce fhqwhgads in the email entitled sibbie.
When Strong Bad mentions having to do community service, this is a reference to the Strong Bad goes to Jail cartoon.
