Biography of "Hoo" Boy

[aprilp_katje]

Since the foob site keeps giving us liographies of minor characters we don't care about, I decided to take a page from their play book and do one for a character who will never be given one.

Comments

[howtheduck]

You left out how Hoo boy went to the Rustic River Kozy Kamp in the summer of 2001 with April. See panel 1 of this strip.

[aprilp_katje]

Thanks for the tip--I've added in a passage on camp. :)

[howtheduck]

As you would expect, your very funny history of Hoo boy, led me down the AMU Reprint path of seeing just how often "Hoo" was said by characters in For Better or For Worse. That strip I linked was the only other one that was not said by a Patterson, or Gerald. It occurred often enough in the Patterson dialogue over the years, where it seems obvious to me that "Hoo" must be something that Lynn Johnston herself says from time to time.

[aprilp_katje]

Along with "hum" and possibly "whoa." :)

[dreadedcandiru2]

Perfection! You've gathered all the stereotypes that serve as the ingredients to Beth's literary Cheapie Weenie Casseroles and made a dish to my liking.

[aprilp_katje]

Thanks--I hope she doesn't come looking for me. ;)

[ellcee]

Freakin' brilliant! Like Bad Hemingway, only different!

[aprilp_katje]

Thanks. I guess "Bad Cruikshank" would be redundant. ;)

[insanitypepper]

Ha ha!

You need to write some more! (Though I can't think of any particular requests at the moment...)

Looking at the strip you linked to- who the hell says "Congratulations on the birthday" when "Happy birthday" would suffice? Or even "Congratulations on turning 16"? (Though that doesn't really sound like something a teenager would say to another teenager.)

[aprilp_katje]

Though that doesn't really sound like something a teenager would say to another teenager.

Lynn has trouble writing for humans in general, let alone teenagers in particular. :)

[dagbrown]

It's a direct translation from the original Japanese.

(Well, that's my theory anyway.)

[aprilp_katje]

Heh. I like that theory. It might be an amusing enterprise for someone to translate a foob strip into Japanese and then back into English to see what happens. ;)

[trumanf]

Hoo! Hoo and a half!

[clio_1]

Hah, I was just about to write that as my response. Hoo!

[aprilp_katje]

Heh. I mean Hoo! :)

[aprilp_katje]

:)