original_post:_5/28/2001_______________ I think most comic strips need a character like Chip. That's not to say, someone that's a horny, crass, not so bright sidekick type. But rather someone that can say things that people usually think in the back of their head but are too nice to say them. The blunt talkers. Chip doesn't really think before he talks. Sometimes this is more shocking which can be funny, and we've all had friends like that. We don't always like them, but we know them.