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2020-01-03

by Jeffrey C. Wells on January 3, 2020 at 12:01 am
Chapter: A Life in the Woods
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  1. awgiedawgie
    January 3, 2020, 12:07 am | # | Reply

    Eris, what part of “Mad” do you not understand?

    • Towering Barbarian
      January 3, 2020, 9:19 am | # | Reply

      As I recall, Eris claimed to be a biology based Mad so maybe she can now show us her L33t Mad biology skilz! ^_~

      • awgiedawgie
        January 3, 2020, 1:12 pm | # | Reply

        Now would be a really bad time for a caffeine crash.

        But really, I was just answering her question. Peirson’s a Mad genius. Questioning others’ ideas is what they do. Sure, they occasionally actually invent things, but mostly they just try to convince others that their ideas are better. And her question itself just proves my point (and to be fair, her idea of running and shooting actually was better in this case).

    • jdreyfuss
      February 5, 2020, 5:16 pm | # | Reply

      The correct response is “Young lady, you fail to grasp the basic principles of mad science.”

      • awgiedawgie
        February 5, 2020, 5:23 pm | # | Reply

        But then who actually does grasp the principles of Mad science? Surely not the Mads themselves.

  2. Owlmirror
    January 3, 2020, 12:19 am | # | Reply

    Nit: “more cunning that” should be “more cunning than”

    • awgiedawgie
      January 3, 2020, 12:21 am | # | Reply

      Interesting… my brain glossed right over it and read it the way it should be.

      • Robert Nowall
        January 3, 2020, 12:27 am | # | Reply

        At least Tip has his collar on.

      • Sheik
        January 3, 2020, 11:02 am | # | Reply

        Same here.
        But I find the confusion of “then” with “that” much more annoying.

        • awgiedawgie
          January 3, 2020, 5:48 pm | # | Reply

          Did you mean “then” and “than”?

  3. David B Huber
    January 3, 2020, 12:22 am | # | Reply

    Peirson certainly has the baiting part of his traps down pat!

    • awgiedawgie
      January 3, 2020, 5:49 pm | # | Reply

      You could say he’s mastered it.

      I’ll show myself out.

      • tyersome
        January 3, 2020, 7:48 pm | # | Reply

        … so, you’re suggesting he’s about to get rubbed out?

  4. Robert Nowall
    January 3, 2020, 12:26 am | # | Reply

    I’d say “Guard that with your lives,” but that probably will be only a few minutes of guarding…

  5. St. Clair
    January 3, 2020, 4:53 am | # | Reply

    My hope, since Tip isn’t shown, is that he escaped and only these two nitwits are left hanging around.

  6. Max
    January 3, 2020, 8:23 am | # | Reply

    Hmmm, as awesome as a lathe is, it seems a bit oddly specific – it’s not really a general purpose tool after all; back in the day the A-team seems to have preferred a welder (which is) in similar situations, although I could see myself going for a plasma cutter too if there is one around (no, oxy torch is not what I had in mind with “welder”). Anyway, if one must really really compromise, perhaps… a wrench?

    • Herah
      January 3, 2020, 9:29 am | # | Reply

      Maybe a Galaxy Quest reference. Or whatever Galaxy Quest was referencing.

    • Sheik
      January 3, 2020, 11:15 am | # | Reply

      In the hands of a skilled machinist a lathe is downright magical. Especially since almost all our other machine tools can be built with one, and as such it is a cornerstone of the entire machine tool industry. FYI another cornerstone is/are the hyper-accurate Johansson gauge blocks.

      • mickeyjf
        January 3, 2020, 12:00 pm | # | Reply

        This, yes. I have not just a lathe, but a whole machine shop. Three solid hours available though? Much harder to find.

    • awgiedawgie
      January 3, 2020, 11:19 am | # | Reply

      A welder is not a general purpose tool either. An oxy-acetylene torch (which was possibly the most-used item on The A-Team) is far more versatile.

      But depending on what exactly Peirson was planning, a lathe may be just what he needed. After all, there really isn’t any other tool that can do what a lathe can. Besides, it’s quite possible that he didn’t want the lathe as part of the manufacturing process, but as part of the finished product.

      • BMunro
        January 3, 2020, 12:25 pm | # | Reply

        And given that Peirson is a Mad, he may be able to make a lathe do things quite outside the manufacturer’s expectations.

        • Robert Nowall
          January 3, 2020, 4:50 pm | # | Reply

          Well, he did have great success with the Eyeball Razor Chimps…

  7. Shadowmehr
    January 3, 2020, 8:23 pm | # | Reply

    Well, there is an outside chance that Pierson’s idea would have worked if the Thing collective hadn’t been lurking in the sewers already. Timing, after all, is everything.

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