Vinnie the Vampire

Discussion (22) ¬

1. 
   Brad_Joyce

   February 1, 2013 at 7:39 am | # | Reply

   The goverment..also another blood sucking monster!!

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     Tim

     February 1, 2013 at 5:16 pm | # | Reply

     My thoughts exactly!
2. 
   J.P. Keslensky

   February 1, 2013 at 7:51 am | # | Reply

   That shock of the first paycheck should be bottled and brought out on election days.

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     Tim

     February 1, 2013 at 5:16 pm | # | Reply

     Ain’t that the truth!
3. 
   Michael Corley

   February 1, 2013 at 8:09 am | # | Reply

   I would read the heck out of a comic where a vampire hunts down the various governmental acronyms. “You’re going down, GNP!”

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     Tim

     February 1, 2013 at 5:15 pm | # | Reply

     That would be great! I’d call it “Bloodsucker Vs. Bloodsucker!”
4. 
   Christi

   February 1, 2013 at 8:11 am | # | Reply

   I still remember my first paycheck, $232.00! I was so amazed that my name was on the check. It never occurred to me to look at the deductions till later- once I had blown every bit of it (no surprise there, huh?). Do you remember me taking you & my best friend Asha out to eat Chinese food? I hope Vinnie does a little celebrating with his first paycheck

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     Tim

     February 1, 2013 at 5:15 pm | # | Reply

     I do remember that! I hope Vinnie gets to have a little fun before Mom gets her hands on it!
5. 
   Stephen Beals

   February 1, 2013 at 10:51 am | # | Reply

   I love the second panel. It’s always a guessing game with paychecks. Why is that?

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     Tim

     February 1, 2013 at 5:14 pm | # | Reply

     We’re all a slave to the almighty dollar!
6. 
   Mark Stokes

   February 1, 2013 at 11:40 am | # | Reply

   The first bite is the deepest.

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     Tim

     February 1, 2013 at 5:13 pm | # | Reply

     and the most painful!
7. 
   tmcelmurry

   February 1, 2013 at 1:24 pm | # | Reply

   I’ve sent FICA and his whole family to college, trips around the world, and back again with all the deductions he’s taken from me. I remember my first paycheck, I was making $2.75 per hour and living large until I met FICA and realized he was living so much larger than I.

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     Tim

     February 1, 2013 at 5:13 pm | # | Reply

     Aha! So it is a “he!”
8. 
   Landlord Pete

   February 1, 2013 at 10:19 pm | # | Reply

   We don’t have Fica here in Australia… but something remarkably similar and also related to the government. Clearly it’s a global conspiracy.

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     Tim

     February 2, 2013 at 6:15 am | # | Reply

     I was hoping my friends outside the US wouldn’t be alienated by this comic!
9. 
   Bearman

   February 2, 2013 at 11:21 am | # | Reply

   Is FICA related to FIFO and LIFO?

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     Tim

     February 2, 2013 at 5:17 pm | # | Reply

     I think it’s related closer to Groucho, Harpo and Chico.
10. 
    Axonite

    February 3, 2013 at 10:57 pm | # | Reply

    “I saw Count Fica with red light of triumph in his eyes, and with a smile that Judas in hell might be proud of.”

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      Tim

      February 4, 2013 at 11:51 am | # | Reply

      Count FICA sounds like a creature I would prefer to avoid!
11. 
    George

    February 4, 2013 at 11:55 am | # | Reply

    FICA is a harsh, unforgiving mistress, I believe.

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      Tim

      February 4, 2013 at 6:55 pm | # | Reply

      Yes, but all I’m asking for is a little lube.