{"id":8496,"date":"2010-04-22T15:54:55","date_gmt":"2010-04-22T20:54:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/opticalsloth.com\/?p=8496"},"modified":"2010-03-24T16:11:52","modified_gmt":"2010-03-24T21:11:52","slug":"brookes-gareth-can-i-borrow-your-toilet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/opticalsloth.com\/?p=8496","title":{"rendered":"Brookes, Gareth &#8211; Can I Borrow Your Toilet?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ditcb.co.uk\/banalpig\" target=\"_blank\">Old Website<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.appallingnonsense.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\">New  Website<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/opticalsloth.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/toilet1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"toilet1\" src=\"https:\/\/opticalsloth.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/toilet1.jpg\" alt=\"toilet1\" width=\"343\" height=\"499\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Can I Borrow Your Toilet?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Chances are that you&#8217;ve never wondered what goes on at a cardboard  box factory.\u00c2\u00a0 Actually, it would probably be called a recycling plant,  as they smash cardboard boxes into little cubes and send them out, but  the point remains the same.\u00c2\u00a0 Gareth, with his uncanny ability to turn  everything comics-related he touches into gold, manages to make a  completely engaging story out of it.\u00c2\u00a0 The story begins with Gareth  taking in his surroundings, improvising for some breakfast (unless you  think porridge in a stale ice cream cone is normal), and avoiding a  conversation about football on the way to work.\u00c2\u00a0 Once he gets there we  need a list of the people he works with, and he doesn&#8217;t disappoint,  telling us the stories of his three main workmates: Ticking Time Bomb  Tom, Sleepy Roberto and Frightened John.\u00c2\u00a0 From here Gareth also mentions  other regulars that show up, the daily rituals that come from every  mundane job in the world (like the daily eating contest, always  involving the same people, food and winner, who always uses the same  technique) and the daily appearance of the one woman who always walked  by the factory at the same time of day.\u00c2\u00a0 She was a plain woman, but most  of the people in the factory had fallen in love with her anyway.\u00c2\u00a0 It&#8217;s a  thoroughly engaging &#8220;day in the life&#8221; type of story, as Gareth proves  once again that he can make anything entertaining.\u00c2\u00a0 The sample isn&#8217;t  really representative of the style of the comic, as mostly it&#8217;s text on  the left side and images on the right, but hey, this is a comics website  after all, so I had to pick one that fit the &#8220;regular&#8221; comics  standards.\u00c2\u00a0 No price on this hefty thing, I&#8217;m guessing it&#8217;s around $5  US.\u00c2\u00a0 And if you haven&#8217;t seen the rest of this page, you can&#8217;t move along  without at least looking at Man Man&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/opticalsloth.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/toilet12.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"toilet12\" src=\"https:\/\/opticalsloth.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/toilet12.jpg\" alt=\"toilet12\" width=\"440\" height=\"592\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Old Website New Website Can I Borrow Your Toilet? 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