Derek Burrow (bard) says:
…or they could be Italian.
I love that they’re brandishing swords and trebuchets at Tip, but at the end of the day just get down to biting each other.
“Fortezza di Silverfishi” would be a similarly fun band name.
Rachel (admiralshazbot) says: I love that they’re brandishing swords and trebuchets at Tip, but at the end of the day just get down to biting each other.
I thought that remark was directed at Tip, actually.
Basil Jelly (basil_jelly) says: Love the paperclip!
Mats Tusenfot (tusenfot) says: I can’t believe that trebuchet was their only weapon… Why didn’t they think of staple guns, using office supplies and all?
So It Begins (soitbegins) says:
This is getting good.
Side note: Re prof_tinker’s dire predicament: AHAHAHAHAHA! MWAHYAHYAHYA! AH– what the?
(short pause)
How did this box get under here, anyway, and why has it made my swivel chair start dancing?!
Ah, no matter. I’ll just remove it– *** KA-BOOOM!!! ***
You are so going down.
Ed Gedeon (eddurd) says:
Shouldn’t that be “Fortezza Pesci d’Argento”? Ten seconds at Babelfish … then again, the joke is kind of obscure that way … then again again, how much Italian could silverfish learn in the few hours they’ve been sapient?
Today’s band name: “Then Again Again”
P.S. Are the silverfish refugees from xkcd?
Joe Hoffman (joe6pack) says: “Fortezza di Pesciolini d’argento”, I think.
Tiff Hudson (tiff_hudson) says: Allo! My name is Inigo Silverfishia. You squish my father. Prepare to die!
Ed Gedeon (eddurd) says: Tiff: good one! (Except that Inigo was Spanish, not Italian. Still, good line.)
D Rock (d-rock42) says: Close, but according to Italian Wikipedia it’s pesciolino d’argento. http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lepisma_saccharina And we all know Italian Wikipedia is always right.
Incog Neato (ghede) says:
I don’t think they are italian, spanish, or any nationality. They grew up in a basement fer-cryin-out-loud.
They are obviously basementish. Basementian?
Brand Willis (brandyllyn) says: Why didn’t they think of staple guns, using office supplies and all?
Just how many offices have a staplegun? I’m sure some of the offices you guys work in do… but how many overall? And flinging staples at people would have probably had about the same effect as the trebuchet.
Dave Van Domelen (dvandom) says: At least they either never got into Unity’s desk, or they didn’t grasp what a gun was. After all, if they can steal a phone, they can steal a Glock.
Eric Williamson (nytefyre) says: But what were they doing with the phone to start with? Methinks some sort of (silver)phishing scam was afoot!! ^_^;;
(confusador) says:
I’m with Dave, here. I only think their lack of a staple gun is ludicrous because of the particular office building they are in; a staple gun is thinking small. Which, of course, is what makes the tebuchet funny.
Well, that and the fact that any budding engineer(ing species) goes through a trebuchet phase.
Dave Van Domelen (dvandom) says: The phones were probably used as barracks or even turtle-style siege engines.
Aaron Shades (prof_tinker) says:
They should use the Trebuchet as a method to launch their finest sodgers! TO WAR!
. . . . and Tip, we all feel your pain.
Side Note:
Ah, So t Begins, it seems you found my little pet amusing. My mother taught me that it is only good manners to return a gift in kind.
You have three days to deliver the antidote, before this nightmare shall never end!! BWAHAHAhAHAHAA!
Dov Mittelman (silentspeaker) says: You realize, Captain, that if you do fight Tip to the last silverfish, the Fortezza will have been taken by force. I therefore recommend that you cunningly surrender, thereby depriving him of his glorious victory. Always do what they’ll least expect, and here the expectation of fighting makes your charted course clear as some metaphor involving larvae.
Tiff Hudson (tiff_hudson) says: There are no silverfish fortress problems that can’t be solved with a pound of Pyrodex, a can of hairspray, and a flick-of-the-Bic. And sometimes government-issued cans of “computer dusting” spray are actually flammable, especially if you turn them upside down so they spray fluid instead of gas.
Derek Burrow (bard) says:
…or they could be Italian.
I love that they’re brandishing swords and trebuchets at Tip, but at the end of the day just get down to biting each other.
“Fortezza di Silverfishi” would be a similarly fun band name.
Rachel (admiralshazbot) says:
I love that they’re brandishing swords and trebuchets at Tip, but at the end of the day just get down to biting each other.
I thought that remark was directed at Tip, actually.
Basil Jelly (basil_jelly) says: Love the paperclip!
Mats Tusenfot (tusenfot) says: I can’t believe that trebuchet was their only weapon… Why didn’t they think of staple guns, using office supplies and all?
So It Begins (soitbegins) says:
This is getting good.
Side note: Re prof_tinker’s dire predicament: AHAHAHAHAHA! MWAHYAHYAHYA! AH– what the?
(short pause)
How did this box get under here, anyway, and why has it made my swivel chair start dancing?!
Ah, no matter. I’ll just remove it–
*** KA-BOOOM!!! ***
You are so going down.
Ed Gedeon (eddurd) says:
Shouldn’t that be “Fortezza Pesci d’Argento”? Ten seconds at Babelfish … then again, the joke is kind of obscure that way … then again again, how much Italian could silverfish learn in the few hours they’ve been sapient?
Today’s band name: “Then Again Again”
P.S. Are the silverfish refugees from xkcd?
Joe Hoffman (joe6pack) says: “Fortezza di Pesciolini d’argento”, I think.
Tiff Hudson (tiff_hudson) says: Allo! My name is Inigo Silverfishia. You squish my father. Prepare to die!
Ed Gedeon (eddurd) says: Tiff: good one! (Except that Inigo was Spanish, not Italian. Still, good line.)
D Rock (d-rock42) says: Close, but according to Italian Wikipedia it’s pesciolino d’argento. http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lepisma_saccharina And we all know Italian Wikipedia is always right.
Incog Neato (ghede) says:
I don’t think they are italian, spanish, or any nationality. They grew up in a basement fer-cryin-out-loud.
They are obviously basementish. Basementian?
Brand Willis (brandyllyn) says:
Why didn’t they think of staple guns, using office supplies and all?
Just how many offices have a staplegun? I’m sure some of the offices you guys work in do… but how many overall? And flinging staples at people would have probably had about the same effect as the trebuchet.
Dave Van Domelen (dvandom) says: At least they either never got into Unity’s desk, or they didn’t grasp what a gun was. After all, if they can steal a phone, they can steal a Glock.
Eric Williamson (nytefyre) says: But what were they doing with the phone to start with? Methinks some sort of (silver)phishing scam was afoot!! ^_^;;
(confusador) says:
I’m with Dave, here. I only think their lack of a staple gun is ludicrous because of the particular office building they are in; a staple gun is thinking small. Which, of course, is what makes the tebuchet funny.
Well, that and the fact that any budding engineer(ing species) goes through a trebuchet phase.
Dave Van Domelen (dvandom) says: The phones were probably used as barracks or even turtle-style siege engines.
Aaron Shades (prof_tinker) says:
They should use the Trebuchet as a method to launch their finest sodgers! TO WAR!
. . . . and Tip, we all feel your pain.
Side Note:
Ah, So t Begins, it seems you found my little pet amusing. My mother taught me that it is only good manners to return a gift in kind.
You have three days to deliver the antidote, before this nightmare shall never end!! BWAHAHAhAHAHAA!
Dov Mittelman (silentspeaker) says: You realize, Captain, that if you do fight Tip to the last silverfish, the Fortezza will have been taken by force. I therefore recommend that you cunningly surrender, thereby depriving him of his glorious victory. Always do what they’ll least expect, and here the expectation of fighting makes your charted course clear as some metaphor involving larvae.
Tiff Hudson (tiff_hudson) says: There are no silverfish fortress problems that can’t be solved with a pound of Pyrodex, a can of hairspray, and a flick-of-the-Bic. And sometimes government-issued cans of “computer dusting” spray are actually flammable, especially if you turn them upside down so they spray fluid instead of gas.
Rachel S. (masamage) says: SQUEE.