Ernie
Wednesday, 26 Jan 2005 19:09
This in NOT the official Ernie page,
Never heard about Ernie, Sid, Effie and all the others from Bayonne ? If you haven’t … you have sure missed out one of the reason to live. My history as an fan of Ernie aren’t to long (sadly), it all started when the serie was in the Calvin and Hobbes comic. Yes, yes … i have to admit that i once was young and didn’t know better (althought Calvin and Hobbes are a good number two for me).
Well, i am sure that nobody cares about my history as an Ernie reader, so i won’t fill a page with it. Today i am a proud member of the Ernie fanclub and is a subscriber to the Ernie comic. Ohhh, the way from past to present was maybe a bit short … Ernie got so popular that it is now an OWN comic. This means that we (at least in Norway) are blessed with one Ernie comic every month.
These two gentlemen are two of the main characters in the Ernie comic, so i will tell you some about them. If you want to know more about them or other characters of the comic, you should search the net.
Sid (Sid Fernwilter) is a successful real estate man who makes good money on tricking suckers … ehrm … helping old people who needs a roof above their head. You can always trust him, as long as you keep him away from your wallet, silver, hub cars or anything else that has any value at all. He has also been running a bank from his trailer, but stopped when he realized that people didn’t only open savings accounts, but also wanted to draw out money. As you probably know, Sid is Ernie’s uncle (hehe well … read the comic and you will find out. Sid is a very kind uncle, and when he is playing poker with the guys, he usually lets his good newhew partisipate. Ernie also takes part in all quick-money-schemes witch Sid is running all the time. Sid is a respected member of the Piranha Club, and during the years he has won the “Piranha of the year” award many times. He has of course never done anything illegal to deserve this prize. (Sid has been charged for fraud countless times, but they could never prove a thing.)
Mr. Fernwilter lives in a house which is so ramshackled that only the paint on the outside keeps it together. His neighbour, Henslow, is often visited by Sid, who usually wants to borrow coffee, ink, ladders, water or electricity. Sometimes Fernwilter wants him to contribute to one of the charity campains that Sid patricipate in. But Henslow isn’t, to Sid’s annoyance, one of those who is easily ..eeh.. who likes to contribute to charity.
Ernie (Ernest Floyd) is the cool main-character of this dubious comic. He lives alone in a flat above Effie, and it is a miracle that he hasn’t been trown out ages ago. He has a tendency to keep all sorts of animals in his apartment; horses, gnus, apes, snakes, elks, parrots etc etc etc etc. But Effie sees the value of this, because then she get the chance to try out some of her new recipies (without permission from Ernie). Ernie has often a hard time getting rid of the animals he keeps in his apartment, so this is sometimes (not every time) useful. Ernie seems like an animal-lover, but keeping all kinds of stinking creatures in his apartment, isn’t really his favourite hobby. He does, however, have a strong passion for toasters. He has millions of them, and buys even more of them, if he can afford it. Ernie isn’t one of those guys who gets overrun by pretty women, but his girlfriend, Doris, is crazy about him. And that is probably enough for a lifetime. There is one thing that is not on his list of top priorities; marriage. Doris would love to get married and have 15 kids. But Ernie is, for some reason, not too eager to be a part of her plans. He would probably be too poor to feed a lot of kids anyway. At least, as long as his uncle Sid is around. Sid is often volunteering to collect money for important causes, and Ernie has of course got to support him in this, by donating a few hundred dollars. The Piranha Club always has parties the following nights after this, but that is of course pure coincidence.
So, how can Ernie afford to give away so much cash to help humanity? The answer to this, is the job he has. He works at Mr. Squid Fast Food Franchise (TM). It’s a demanding job that requires many skills. Most people would break under the pressure of such an important position, but Ernie is born for the job. He is among the few chosen ones that sells squid to the hungry masses. The civilization, as we know it, would go under if the deliverance of these burgers, with ..err.. interesting taste, stopped. So let’s hope Ernie will live forever and never stops working at the burgery! The only thing that probably is more important to him than toasters, is his car. He has a ’57 Desoto. It’s a very unique car, and in the entire world there are only two left. Against all odds this wonderful car hasn’t fallen apart yet. Well, actually it has many times, but so far it has been possible to fix it again (who says miracles doesn’t happen anymore ?).
This was all from me folks, i would like to thank Bud Grace … for making this cool comic. Also all graphics on these page are borrowed (hopefully) … and are copyrighted by Bud Grace i guess.
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