Jean AKA Jeannie AKA Jeanie is a film, book, and magazine reviewer for a national magazine. Most of Jean’s work is done through email, which means he doesn't have to go into the office.
On a trip to find a gift for his girlfriend, Jean found an empty Genie Bottle. Upon picking up this bottle, Jean became the bottle’s new genie-powered occupant. Not only was Jean turned into a genie, but the bottle turned him into what he believed a genie of the bottle should look like. Which, due to his fascination with a classic 60s TV show, turned him into a busty blonde woman.
A junior engineer working for a small engineering firm in Cocoa Beach. The firm focuses mostly on NASA projects.
Neil is Jean’s best friend. When Jean was turned into a genie, Neil became Jeanie’s master.
I mean, I don’t know about anyone else? But for me, there is no such thing as drinking alcohol without knowing it. There’s kind of a telltale taste to it no matter what it’s in.
At least, if the concentration is high enough to get you drunk, then the taste/odor should be noticeable, unless you’re so inexperienced with alcohol that you don’t know how to recognize it.
Even as an adult, I drink alcohol rarely enough that it takes less than 1/3 of a shot for the alcoholic effects are obvious to me. If the average high schooler has a similar tolerance, than means a 26 oz bottle is enough to get about 50 students tipsy. Or possibly closer to 80 students given the weight difference.
well that really depends, on the person. as for me the reason I don’t ever drink isn’t because I got anything against it but the alcohol it self has a rather distinct, potent and nasty flavor. for me it would be as if someone poured in rotten milk, and while I have no idea how common my situation is I don’t think I’m the only one like this.
Kit, I can also “taste” the alcohol in pretty much anything. It burns and is unpleasant. I don’t find the need to “get used to it” or whatever. I simply avoid the burn and associated pain by not drinking alcoholic beverages (and it’s easier on my wallet, too). As to how common it is, I don’t think it is all that common given the prevalence of drinking alcohol in today’s society. Many cooking shows include a wine pairing with a dish; I haven’t seen one that includes a soda pairing, for instance, or a fruit juice pairing. Restaurant wine lists are often a totally separate section from the other drinks.
It depends on the fruit flavours in the punch, a lot of pineapple or fresh citrus will hide alcohol pretty well. The sharpness cuts through a lot of the boozey taste.
I wonder what she added too it. I mean it is a punch so it was filled with alcohol already.
Although when I went to school they only sold wine and beer at the parties and looked down on anyone who brought hard alcohol and drugs, but someone always did.
High school proms in the US have no alcohol in the punch when the dance starts. Drinking is prohibited in the US before one’s 21st birthday. (Yes, that’s why kids drink. It’s forbidden.)
then why make a “punch” why not just put out coke bottles. Seriously alcohol free punch is like alchohol free wine. Which is just grape juice by the way.
Having punch at the school prom it kind of a tradition along with having some kind of cake and maybe some finger food stuff on the side to top everything off with. Things like wedding, school proms and other special events will generally have something little more exotic than just having coke and cake, that just won’t cut it.
That why when they have a teenage prom in those movies or TV shows, you will generally see some either spiking the punch or trying to spike the punch and getting caught doing it.
It would just be easier if they pre spiked it.
When I went to well we call it “gymnasium” beer and wines were sold in the school cafeteria at the parties, and the rector generally did not like when people brought hard alcohol to school, but a lot of people always did.
The punishment for that was to be thrown out of the party if they got cut.
Besides Larry, I find the idea of sober teenagers to be quite an odd concept, especially at parties, ye should really switch is around, so people could drink when they were 16, but needed to be 21 in order to drive. Because driving is a lot more dangerious
I have to disagree on that last point. Driving, like any activity requiring muscle memory and spacial awareness, is a skill best learned by the young. There’s a reason all the best racers started with go-carts at single digit ages. All of people I know who learned to drive as adults are terrible drivers who shouldn’t be on the road. Unfortunately, the car-based nature of US society means there’s a lot of people who shouldn’t be driving behind the wheel. Your average US soccer mom probably has more driving experience than a UK taxi driver but experience + poor skills just means more opportunity for accidents.
I think the demon added something to Jean’s bottle because there is a spray coming from around the flow of the liquid from the bottle. Like fairy dust. Real alcohol flows in a stream. I think she will be cute (demon) and very hot. (LOL)
The demon hence the comic number 666!
Well, I guess that one way to break the ice with Zoey. To get punched out and have Zoey have to take care of Neil after he got punched out by the guy he spilled the punch on. Not idea, but, I guess that will work too.
Jeanie might have a plan here beyond boozing. Maybe she plans to get her younger self so drunk he won’t really remember what happened–which could be what’s already happened.
Not really fair of her to call him an amateur. They had to use a small tin flask they could hide in their jacket, to avoid being caught. She just poofed her bottle into existence, no chance of being caught.
The punchbowl probably either had an ice ring in it or ice cubes. They freeze the ice in a bunt cake pan with flowers in it to make it look pretty but it stays in one piece.
It was between this page and the one where that guy that Neil spilled punch on punched Neil. No you didn’t miss it, it was only understood that Neil go punched out by that guy, because, Neil is holding his eye after he got punched out.
I made up a drink that went down like soda pop and barely could taste any alcohol But there was the equivalent of 1 1/2 shots per glass I’m sure Jean can arrange that. LOL
I saved and enlarged panels 5 and 6. Coulcn’t read the label but from the shape of the bottle and the color in looks suspeciously like a bottle of “Old Underpants.” If it is prom is going to get interesting.
It comes from a story by Robert Heinlen called “All you Zombies.” If this story line followa it then Our Jeanie will seduce her younger self and get pregnant. She will have a baby boy and travel back in time to have him adopted by her parents who will name him Jean. And then every thing will cycle. If Jeanie doesn’t get pregnant at prom she will never be born and mess up the time line.
Jean spiking the punch better tell Natalie not to drink it tonight and call taxis for everyone sober drivers are safer for prom night.
I mean, I don’t know about anyone else? But for me, there is no such thing as drinking alcohol without knowing it. There’s kind of a telltale taste to it no matter what it’s in.
At least, if the concentration is high enough to get you drunk, then the taste/odor should be noticeable, unless you’re so inexperienced with alcohol that you don’t know how to recognize it.
to be fair, these are *high schoolers*. Most of them probably *are* that inexperienced.
Even as an adult, I drink alcohol rarely enough that it takes less than 1/3 of a shot for the alcoholic effects are obvious to me. If the average high schooler has a similar tolerance, than means a 26 oz bottle is enough to get about 50 students tipsy. Or possibly closer to 80 students given the weight difference.
Depends on the alcohol. A sweet Liquor like Lochan Ora, Irish Mist or Drambuie would be barely noticeable.
“Thish is reeelly good! I can barely taste the alcohol!”
“That’s the plan, baby!”
–Jimmy Buffet
well that really depends, on the person. as for me the reason I don’t ever drink isn’t because I got anything against it but the alcohol it self has a rather distinct, potent and nasty flavor. for me it would be as if someone poured in rotten milk, and while I have no idea how common my situation is I don’t think I’m the only one like this.
Kit, I can also “taste” the alcohol in pretty much anything. It burns and is unpleasant. I don’t find the need to “get used to it” or whatever. I simply avoid the burn and associated pain by not drinking alcoholic beverages (and it’s easier on my wallet, too). As to how common it is, I don’t think it is all that common given the prevalence of drinking alcohol in today’s society. Many cooking shows include a wine pairing with a dish; I haven’t seen one that includes a soda pairing, for instance, or a fruit juice pairing. Restaurant wine lists are often a totally separate section from the other drinks.
It depends on the fruit flavours in the punch, a lot of pineapple or fresh citrus will hide alcohol pretty well. The sharpness cuts through a lot of the boozey taste.
That’s probably a 50 ounce bottle of 190 proof Everclear.
I wonder what she added too it. I mean it is a punch so it was filled with alcohol already.
Although when I went to school they only sold wine and beer at the parties and looked down on anyone who brought hard alcohol and drugs, but someone always did.
High school proms in the US have no alcohol in the punch when the dance starts. Drinking is prohibited in the US before one’s 21st birthday. (Yes, that’s why kids drink. It’s forbidden.)
then why make a “punch” why not just put out coke bottles. Seriously alcohol free punch is like alchohol free wine. Which is just grape juice by the way.
Having punch at the school prom it kind of a tradition along with having some kind of cake and maybe some finger food stuff on the side to top everything off with. Things like wedding, school proms and other special events will generally have something little more exotic than just having coke and cake, that just won’t cut it.
That why when they have a teenage prom in those movies or TV shows, you will generally see some either spiking the punch or trying to spike the punch and getting caught doing it.
It would just be easier if they pre spiked it.
When I went to well we call it “gymnasium” beer and wines were sold in the school cafeteria at the parties, and the rector generally did not like when people brought hard alcohol to school, but a lot of people always did.
The punishment for that was to be thrown out of the party if they got cut.
Besides Larry, I find the idea of sober teenagers to be quite an odd concept, especially at parties, ye should really switch is around, so people could drink when they were 16, but needed to be 21 in order to drive. Because driving is a lot more dangerious
I have to disagree on that last point. Driving, like any activity requiring muscle memory and spacial awareness, is a skill best learned by the young. There’s a reason all the best racers started with go-carts at single digit ages. All of people I know who learned to drive as adults are terrible drivers who shouldn’t be on the road. Unfortunately, the car-based nature of US society means there’s a lot of people who shouldn’t be driving behind the wheel. Your average US soccer mom probably has more driving experience than a UK taxi driver but experience + poor skills just means more opportunity for accidents.
comic number and the background of the last panel
Are you implying the Devil is in the details? 😉
seriously pal. I didn’t know the Devil went to High School.
Maybe not–but in one form or another, the Devil attends every prom.
Am I the only who sees a feminine form under those horns?
I think he went down to Georgia.
Nah, that’s the chaperone who just caught Jeanie spiking the punch.
Whereas the amateur got away with it
🙂
If you zoom in on the last panel you can actually see a barbed tail.
Caught? She’s not holding her yet, and even if she would, pooof …
Quick work! We were wondering how long it’d take people to notice that.
I think the demon added something to Jean’s bottle because there is a spray coming from around the flow of the liquid from the bottle. Like fairy dust. Real alcohol flows in a stream. I think she will be cute (demon) and very hot. (LOL)
The demon hence the comic number 666!
Well, I guess that one way to break the ice with Zoey. To get punched out and have Zoey have to take care of Neil after he got punched out by the guy he spilled the punch on. Not idea, but, I guess that will work too.
Looks like a punch up
Nice touch in the last panel.
Jeanie might have a plan here beyond boozing. Maybe she plans to get her younger self so drunk he won’t really remember what happened–which could be what’s already happened.
Speaking of the younger Jean, where is he now?
She could have just poofed the alcohol into the punch. Amateur.
Not really fair of her to call him an amateur. They had to use a small tin flask they could hide in their jacket, to avoid being caught. She just poofed her bottle into existence, no chance of being caught.
As long as it isn’t Willie’s shine she should be OK with it. If she starts sneezing-look out.
I wonder if that is “Demon Rum” she is using. Real moonshine doesn’t have any color or taste so it would work.
Or a decent vodka, which would be similarly colorless and flavorless.
Wasn’t there any ice in the punchbowl?
The punchbowl probably either had an ice ring in it or ice cubes. They freeze the ice in a bunt cake pan with flowers in it to make it look pretty but it stays in one piece.
Jeanny spikes the drink in episode 666?
Oh this can’t be good. 666 generally never are
Neil got punched? When? Did we missed one page?
It was between this page and the one where that guy that Neil spilled punch on punched Neil. No you didn’t miss it, it was only understood that Neil go punched out by that guy, because, Neil is holding his eye after he got punched out.
Neil probably blabbered on to Zoey, completely not noticing he spilled punch on that guy, so a punch is probably a little deserved
Larry’s got it. We can infer that some physical violence occurred off-panel, because we see the obvious before-and-after of what happened.
I made up a drink that went down like soda pop and barely could taste any alcohol But there was the equivalent of 1 1/2 shots per glass I’m sure Jean can arrange that. LOL
Is that a cameo by Green, Yellow, or Rose in the last panel? (The coloring and eye shape incline me to guess Rose.)
Hmm. CD didn’t mention it as any sort of cameo from the succubi of Melvin Chronicles. But it could be.
But why no one seems to remember this night is becoming apparent…
I think they are both amateurs. You hold the bottle low to avoid it being seen as you spike the punch.
Booze and Hormones don’t mix!
Love the Christmas sweets dress.
Indeed! Jeanie looks delightfully delectable in that.
Awesome, Santa’s little helper.
I saved and enlarged panels 5 and 6. Coulcn’t read the label but from the shape of the bottle and the color in looks suspeciously like a bottle of “Old Underpants.” If it is prom is going to get interesting.
Is there actually a booze called “Old Underpants”? I’ve only ever heard it referenced in fiction, and Googling it comes up with nothing.
It comes from a story by Robert Heinlen called “All you Zombies.” If this story line followa it then Our Jeanie will seduce her younger self and get pregnant. She will have a baby boy and travel back in time to have him adopted by her parents who will name him Jean. And then every thing will cycle. If Jeanie doesn’t get pregnant at prom she will never be born and mess up the time line.
JEEzus Jean xD
You trying to get them shit-faced or give them liver poisoning?!