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Posted: **Sat Jan 17, 2004 4:51 pm**

<a href='http://www.ozyandmillie.org/2004/om20040117.html' target='_blank'>Just as mundane</a> <img src='http://www.ozyandmillie.org/2001/om20010531.gif' border='0' alt='user posted image' />  <table border='0' align='center' width='95%' ><tr><td class='quotetop'>Quote: (DC Simpson @ Ozy and Millie on May 31 2001)</td></tr><tr><td class='quotebody'> The slightly labored point of this strip is, of course, that anything is exciting if it's novel, and the things we daydream about as romantic and exciting would quickly get boring if we could actually do them. To me, the really funny thing in this strip is the faux-Burger King crown Locke seems to consider the trappings of governance.</td></tr></table>  The grass is always greener on the other side of the fence.

Posted: **Sat Jan 17, 2004 5:25 pm**

Thing is I wonder why Ozy was so surprised by the statement. Of all things zen would teach you perspective is one of the most inportant.

Posted: **Sat Jan 17, 2004 6:04 pm**

Yes, indeed. I would have thought that confusion at that would be more Millie's gig. And i think that the crown is essential to match the burger king one that Llewellyn was previously seen wearing.

Posted: **Sat Jan 17, 2004 7:58 pm**

Still, the surprise is also in a way, our own, since being a pirate sounds nowhere near as mundane as running a household, with the maintenance and stuff. Then again, from Millie's time there, it's obvious they are <a href='http://www.ozyandmillie.org/2000/om20000328.html' target='_blank'>high-maintenance pirates</a>.  <table border='0' align='center' width='95%' ><tr><td class='quotetop'>Quote: (Mutinying crewmember @ 3 Apr 2000)</td></tr><tr><td class='quotebody'> Nyeah nyeah... Iiii'm touching the steering thingy!</td></tr></table>

Posted: **Sat Jan 17, 2004 8:07 pm**

i think that even with perspective in mind, he's 10, and how much fun does un-clogging a drain sound? not very... and to hear Locke call it outright exciting would definatly be a suprise.

Posted: **Sat Jan 17, 2004 10:22 pm**

This strip again explains those in power having responsibility actually cripples them more than freeing them. There is a part of Oedipus Rex where Creon (the brother of the king) who is accused of plotting against Oedipus explains how having all the power of a king without the responsibility of being one is a fator that will never have him plotting against him. This (the responsibility part) applies to this strip very much. Although pirates are so crawling with myth and fantasy that we never imagine them being mundane.

Posted: **Sat Jan 17, 2004 10:25 pm**

<table border='0' align='center' width='95%' ><tr><td class='quotetop'>Quote: (Jacob @ Jan 17 2004, 05:22 PM)</td></tr><tr><td class='quotebody'> There is a part of Oedipus Rex where Creon (the brother of the king) who is accused of plotting against Oedipus explains how having all the power of a king without the responsibility of being one is a fator that will never have him plotting against him.  </td></tr></table>  I loved Oedipus. I need to read the whole trilogy sometime. Yes, I agree, repsonsibility isn't fun, but you can't have power without responsibility. It's a matter of finding the right combo of both.

Posted: **Sat Jan 17, 2004 10:43 pm**

Of course and Creon knows that. In a way everything brings responsibility and power like (for example) being a pirate we find brings mundane things. It's quite a funny strip because another facet of Locke's personality is revealed. You'd think being a pirate is one long adventure and here Locke shows that it isn't. Another aspect i noticed here is that because Locke is from an opposite world he is actually an adult and returning to this world he gets to be a kid. But he still houses his adult feelings of pillage. The responsibility affects him still.

Posted: **Sun Jan 18, 2004 5:48 am**

[...unWARP!!!] Good evening. For a while I thought Locke had looted Llewellyn's treasure and thus grabbed a REAL crown there, lol... Until next time, remember: I AM THE J.A.M. Good evening. [WARP!!!]

Posted: **Sun Jan 18, 2004 1:16 pm**

Ozy's surprised because he's thinking "Hang on, you did all that to us for nothing??"

Posted: **Sun Jan 18, 2004 8:17 pm**

<table border='0' align='center' width='95%' ><tr><td class='quotetop'>Quote: (The J.A.M. @ Jan 17 2004, 11:48 PM)</td></tr><tr><td class='quotebody'> [...unWARP!!!] Good evening. For a while I thought Locke had looted Llewellyn's treasure and thus grabbed a REAL crown there, lol... Until next time, remember: I AM THE J.A.M. Good evening. [WARP!!!]  </td></tr></table>  Mabye you'd have better flow if you said: I AM THE J.A.M. Good evening. [WARP!!!]

Posted: **Sun Jan 18, 2004 8:48 pm**

I think that's how I read it anyway, though more like: I AM THE J.A.M actually.