[Groop] Best girlfriend ever

[Dan Bron]

My girlfriend and I have a longstanding game of oneupmanship.  Whoever does the most annoying chores for the other's sake "wins".


Well, today I thought I had the opportunity to take the trophy.  She lost a contact, and asked me to go to her place, pick up a
replacement, and deliver it to her at the office.  Given the distances, timing, and stakes involved, I figured I locked in the
lead for at least a year.

So, as I strut into her office with a smile of smug satisfaction on my lips, she hands me a present.  A purple present.  With a
bow.  Uh-oh.  The present is kinda floppy.  A pad of wrapping paper, just to be funny?  A bunch of deeds to European palaces?
Nudey photos?  No.

Groo:  The 25th anniversay special.   God-damnit!  It was all a ruse!  I didn't even know there was a new Groo scheduled; I only
read the Groop sporadically these days.  But she, being the keen onemanupper, apparently keeps a mental file of everything I like.
So what does she do?  Reads the Wikipedia entry on Groo, notices there's an upcoming edition, puts a reminder in her calendar, and
sends me on a wild goose chase the day it comes out, so she can be sure I don't buy it for myself before she can spring her trap.

I must be slow of mind.  

-Dan

PS:  There are mild spoilers in these PSes.  Avert thy gaze.

PPS:  The worst part is she's coming over tonight for her well deserved reward.  Which will probably entail kissing.  But the
comic scared the bejesus out of me.  I don't even have a surgical mask (besides, those things would probably interfere with
sensation).  And when I went to my local grocer to get some of "those berries that taste like dirty feet", all I got was a
quizzical look.  When I clarified with "you know, the ones that cure monkeys", the guy walked off.  I guess he doesn't kiss much.


PPPS:  Now what am I going to do?  How do you one-up Groo?

P4S:  Look very carefully at the titles of the books on Sergio's shelf in the intro pages.