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2015-05-26

by Jeffrey C. Wells on May 26, 2015 at 12:01 am
Chapter: Mixed-Up Files
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  1. Jorro
    May 26, 2015, 12:04 am | # | Reply

    This is weirdly reminiscent of the Killdozer guy. Mostly the last panel.

  2. Manifesta
    May 26, 2015, 12:19 am | # | Reply

    I have never loved Virginia more!

  3. BMunro
    May 26, 2015, 12:21 am | # | Reply

    You know, they call them “plans” because you _plan_ things out in advance, so you don’t find yourself going forty miles over the speed limit with two thousand pounds of robot on your back and severe spinal issues and a police record in your future.

    • Myles Adams
      May 26, 2015, 12:38 am | # | Reply

      only 40 over? 12x the speed limit if math is to be believed. Unless they’re in a parking lot…

      • BMunro
        May 26, 2015, 2:05 am | # | Reply

        I sincerely doubt that little car can make over 100 miles per hour with all that robot in it, unless it’s some sort of Asig Special. Also, direct math fails to take into account traffic lights, stop signs, baby ducklings, etc.

        • Freddie Freelance
          May 26, 2015, 1:25 pm | # | Reply

          And we can be certain there are no baby ducklings because Hitty would wish to bask in their beauty.

        • greenknight32
          May 27, 2015, 4:35 am | # | Reply

          That’s the key to saving so much time – they’re not stopping for anything. Go until they run out of gas.

  4. Towering Barbarian
    May 26, 2015, 12:25 am | # | Reply

    Heh. Perhaps Ginny should be grateful that Hitty has currently not learned to say “Are we there yet?” at this time. ^o^

  5. John Campbell
    May 26, 2015, 12:38 am | # | Reply

    Skin Horse has a surprisingly high incidence of people being pulled over while crammed into cars containing more than their nominal capacity of products of mad science.

    Judging by its ability to average twelve times the speed limit while crammed beyond its nominal capacity with products of mad science, I think the car itself is a product of mad science, too.

    • MauveCloud
      May 26, 2015, 1:01 am | # | Reply

      I’m wondering how the police car can keep up in that case. Presuming they’re on a US highway, I think the speed limit would be at least 55 mph, meaning they’re going at least 660 mph.

    • GammarayCanon
      May 26, 2015, 4:27 am | # | Reply

      Maybe Lee usually drives ridiculously slowly and that’s why it usually takes four hours?

      • Pygar
        May 26, 2015, 2:35 pm | # | Reply

        I figure she is one of those Miss Pickerill drivers, too. I used to live in Yuma, and from about 4-7 PM, 4th St. was made miserable by people slowly driving their 5th wheels along, looking for fast food bargains… If they found one, they’d go in and eat, then return to their 5th wheel, which would have moved maybe 7 feet in the interim… It is possible I exaggerated that last, but only slightly. I kept wishing a skateboarder would grab on and speed them up…

  6. Ron Armstrong
    May 26, 2015, 12:42 am | # | Reply

    Dr. Lee is pretty hawt when she is snarly/in a bad mood!

  7. Eddurd
    May 26, 2015, 1:03 am | # | Reply

    (TUNE: “Convoy”, C.W. McCall)

    ‘Twas a sunny day, 26th of May,
    In a little compact car …
    Down the road, with a heavy load
    And we gotta go quite far …
    “Though you’re kinda big, we’ll avoid A-Sig
    And I’ll save you!” Ginny said …
    “I’ve dissected lots of your fellow ‘bots
    But at least they all were dead …”

     [CHORUS:]
      ’Cause we’re in a li’l red compact, foot stuck on the gas!
      Yeah, we’re in a li’l red compact, no one we can’t pass!
      Who’s in a li’l red compact? M and Hitty and Lee!
      We’re all squished in a li’l red compact, doing ninety-three!
       Com-pact …

    We heard Hitty ask, “May we kindly bask
    In the beauty of this view?
    There’s a river, hark! And a lovely park!
    And a Hardee’s with drive-thru!”
    Doc Lee’s a mess, ’cause she’s feeling stress
    And no small amount of fear …
    She’ll avoid a crash with that Rambler Nash
    That’s still stuck in second gear!
     [repeat CHORUS]

    Now this four-hour drive (if we just survive)
    Will take 20 minutes, about …
    But a cop’s in view, flashing red & blue,
    With a bullhorn, hear them shout!
    Now Lee says, “See, they can’t take me
    Into custody of the police …
    ‘Cause I’m stuck! No use! They can’t get me loose
    Using crowbars, ropes, or grease!”
     [repeat CHORUS]

    • Clifton
      May 26, 2015, 2:52 am | # | Reply

      Excellent.

    • Sheik
      May 26, 2015, 1:30 pm | # | Reply

      Ed, I am in awe of your memory.
      Now the tune of the Nash Rambler will be with me all day.

  8. Mark V
    May 26, 2015, 1:15 am | # | Reply

    Nice one. If you like the tune, you’ll enjoy this (especially if you hold out for the modem solo):

    http://www.clubbo.com/1995-breaker-bear/

  9. harryvoyager
    May 26, 2015, 2:13 am | # | Reply

    I imagine this is the first time someone has ever tanked them for the spike strip…

  10. Clifton
    May 26, 2015, 2:51 am | # | Reply

    Ooh! Ooh! Will it be Konstantin the former Spetznaz guy again? It really should be.

  11. Robert Nowall
    May 26, 2015, 3:52 am | # | Reply

    I hope they all went before they started.

  12. BrokenEye, the True False Prophet
    May 26, 2015, 5:06 am | # | Reply

    You’re also carrying an unregistered weapon of mass destruction and harboring a fugitive. And I think your tail light might be busted.

    • Robert Nowall
      May 26, 2015, 6:50 am | # | Reply

      Didn’t put a red flag on the end sticking out, either.

  13. The Wealthy Aardvark
    May 26, 2015, 5:29 am | # | Reply

    Aim for a rumble strip to shake the passengers loose.

    • oneuniverse2
      May 26, 2015, 4:45 pm | # | Reply

      That would be a good way for Jeff and Shaenon to get her out of this…

  14. David Harmon
    May 26, 2015, 7:25 am | # | Reply

    Yay, road trip! Not exactly inconspicuous, but reality-blindness will probably protect them from the worst.

  15. Shen
    May 26, 2015, 8:31 am | # | Reply

    A NEW PAGE! SHEN WISHES TO BASK IN ITS BEAUTY!

  16. Treesong
    May 26, 2015, 8:57 am | # | Reply

    ‘Tanked them for the spike strip’?

    • Finn
      May 26, 2015, 1:59 pm | # | Reply

      “Thanked,” I’m guessing.

  17. evilmidnightlurker
    May 26, 2015, 12:08 pm | # | Reply

    It’s been a long time since I’ve seen a Hardee’s. They insist on calling them Carl’s Jr. over here for some reason.

  18. Frank Hightower
    May 26, 2015, 3:53 pm | # | Reply

    “po-po”?

    • maarvarq
      January 24, 2016, 2:05 am | # | Reply

      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_police-related_slang_terms#P
      Amusingly, Wikipedia redirects “po-po” straight to the main article on police.

  19. Shadowmehr
    May 26, 2015, 7:18 pm | # | Reply

    When the police catch up – assuming that’s possible at this point – Ginny should let Hittie speak with the nice officers. She has a gentle technique that should persuade them long enough to get the heck out of there. Hittie could also use this on the patrol car to take care of pesky video logs.

    • Pygar
      May 26, 2015, 7:29 pm | # | Reply

      Never let a robot taste blood…

  20. Delta Echo
    May 26, 2015, 8:03 pm | # | Reply

    @EvilMidnightLurker: It’s the other way around, actually. Hardee’s as we knew it is no more. The blue-and-orange signs and the fried chicken that were a Southern institution went bye-bye; Carl’s Jr. bought them out in 1997 and in the circa 2001 era rebranded all of the Hardee’s using the Carl’s Jr. menu and “Star”, although they kept the Hardee’s name for brand recognition.

    However, Hardee’s now is simply Carl’s Jr. under another name. Hardee’s as it once gloriously was is lost and gone forever, and lives on only in our California Raisin statuette sets…

    • Altarboy
      May 27, 2015, 2:32 am | # | Reply

      They rebranded the Carl’s Jrs where I’m from as Hardee’s for a bit, but didn’t change the menu at all. They’re back to Carl’s Jr again.

  21. Alphaghoul
    May 27, 2015, 12:01 am | # | Reply

    Well for someone who reverse engineers mad science on a regular basis she cleasrly didn’t think this through, like how she’s going to get out of the car or stop it, or for that matter get the robots out of the car. But then again if she reverse engineers stuff that you have to be crazy to know how to build then she’s probably crazy herself, as evident in the last panel.

  22. Delta Echo
    May 27, 2015, 8:22 pm | # | Reply

    @Altarboy: Yeah, after the buyout Carl’s Jr. and Hardee’s are EXACTLY the same except the name on the sign. No idea why mucsical naming (aside from the fact that apparently they can’t use the Hardee’s name in Canada due to trademark law apparently…)

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