Yeah the “instant voting bloc” plan is looking more and more plausible all the time. (In addition: if said instant voting bloc becomes massive enough, what’s stopping HT from running for office?)
The catch HT might not have noticed yet is that his instant voting bloc are also *vegetarians*. Sure, he might become President, but his unspoken “eating people” agenda is unlikely to get passed…
( Then again, an instant voting bloc of obligate carnivores would have its own problems…! )
( Do you think you could have an Eating People Executive Order? )
Actually, young turtles are purely carnivorous. It’s only as they mature that they begin including other things, such as plants and insects, in their diets.
“The catch HT might not have noticed yet is that his instant voting bloc are also *vegetarians*. Sure, he might become President, but his unspoken “eating people” agenda is unlikely to get passed…”
Ah, yes, because never in history has a group voted completely against their own self interests… 🙂
So far as I know, this is actually true… Far better to be hit by a BB than a bomb, unless you *like* being bombed. Thanks to our forebears, and the Electoral College they created!
I *was*! The only thing that saved us was the Electoral College! The BB stings… the Bomb candidate was in no one’s true best interest, except for masochists…
Voting to eat humans isn’t against the turtle’s interest. When there’s a hungry tiger licking its chops next to you, voting that he can eat somebody else is just good sense!
In the ’80’s a cheesy cult moved into the town of Antelope, Oregon. Due to their sheer numbers and to busing in homeless people to vote their way (really) they took over the whole town goverment for a while. They eventually got what was coming to them. But I’m afraid that H.T has already shown himself to be a LOT smarter and sneakier than those guys. He might have a shot at getting away with it.
The second he uses even a little of that conditioner, to even contemplate the concept of a limit, he begins to imagine a future where there is none and then the cascade resonance scenarios kick in.
I’m sure H.T. is genre savvy enough to remove all tape recorders from the cabin (without turning them on) and making sure that the complex is nowhere near any body of water that might be described as “crystal”.
Who says Unity is a virgin? I have a hard time imagining what her past sex life could be like, but there have been a few hints over the years that she had one.
Large numbers of turtles? This does not bode well. Sure, a crack squadron of turtle paratroopers helped Ernest save Kamp Kikakee from the evil mining corporation, but I shudder to think what the li’l critters could do if put to more nefarious uses.
Yeah the “instant voting bloc” plan is looking more and more plausible all the time. (In addition: if said instant voting bloc becomes massive enough, what’s stopping HT from running for office?)
The catch HT might not have noticed yet is that his instant voting bloc are also *vegetarians*. Sure, he might become President, but his unspoken “eating people” agenda is unlikely to get passed…
( Then again, an instant voting bloc of obligate carnivores would have its own problems…! )
( Do you think you could have an Eating People Executive Order? )
Yes, but it would get challenged in court.
They may be vegetarian, but they’re also well trained. They’ll do the right thing once the moment comes.
how long would it take to breed enough turtles to get H.T. into a position of power?
Depends on what kind of turtle.
Actually, young turtles are purely carnivorous. It’s only as they mature that they begin including other things, such as plants and insects, in their diets.
“The catch HT might not have noticed yet is that his instant voting bloc are also *vegetarians*. Sure, he might become President, but his unspoken “eating people” agenda is unlikely to get passed…”
Ah, yes, because never in history has a group voted completely against their own self interests… 🙂
So far as I know, this is actually true… Far better to be hit by a BB than a bomb, unless you *like* being bombed. Thanks to our forebears, and the Electoral College they created!
Screw history, look at the present
I *was*! The only thing that saved us was the Electoral College! The BB stings… the Bomb candidate was in no one’s true best interest, except for masochists…
Voting to eat humans isn’t against the turtle’s interest. When there’s a hungry tiger licking its chops next to you, voting that he can eat somebody else is just good sense!
This is pretty much just Artie’s 2000 plan for the Green Party, huh. “I mean, we can MAKE 40,000 voters!”
Enjoying Unity’s smile in the last panel: “Yup, there’s the villain plan!”
In the ’80’s a cheesy cult moved into the town of Antelope, Oregon. Due to their sheer numbers and to busing in homeless people to vote their way (really) they took over the whole town goverment for a while. They eventually got what was coming to them. But I’m afraid that H.T has already shown himself to be a LOT smarter and sneakier than those guys. He might have a shot at getting away with it.
Oh, come on. You can’t tell me that Tip didn’t bring an emergency stash, or more likely, a lifetime supply of his favorite conditioner.
The second he uses even a little of that conditioner, to even contemplate the concept of a limit, he begins to imagine a future where there is none and then the cascade resonance scenarios kick in.
If he can hide Alice somewhere invisibly about his person, he should be able to find space for conditioner and other equally vital survival gear.
In a rustic cabin… in the middle of the night…
And a book with the title Necronomicon.
I think I know that song but I can’t trace it.
I’m sure H.T. is genre savvy enough to remove all tape recorders from the cabin (without turning them on) and making sure that the complex is nowhere near any body of water that might be described as “crystal”.
“and making sure that the complex is nowhere near any body of water that might be described as “crystal”.”
Actually, why not? Your usual masked killers go after human beings, especially the sexually promiscuous, [1] not tigers, opossums or small turtles.
[1] Admittedly that would make Unity the Virgin Who Gets Away, but she’s not going to try to.
Alternately, Unity could be the Virgin Who Saves Everyone.
And given her penchant for unmitigated violence – even if she has to use her own limbs as weapons – that’s possible.
Who says Unity is a virgin? I have a hard time imagining what her past sex life could be like, but there have been a few hints over the years that she had one.
As a trope, the “Virgin Who Saves Everyone” isn’t necessarily an actual virgin.
Given the greenery behind it, you could even call it a Cabin In The Woods.
Never use the stuff.
Large numbers of turtles? This does not bode well. Sure, a crack squadron of turtle paratroopers helped Ernest save Kamp Kikakee from the evil mining corporation, but I shudder to think what the li’l critters could do if put to more nefarious uses.
There are a couple Italian brothers that could tell you stories about turtles…