Would she be now on the furniture(staff) side of the payroll, or is she still classed as furniture(furniture)?
actually, are water coolers considered part of the furniture in an office or are they classed as something else (fittings?)
Anyway, I’m just wondering if Miss Cooler gets paid and is also in line for a raise? Which could explain her ‘poing’ joy?
…
note to self: do NOT use google until the phrase “poing joy” is gone from your memory. I don’t know what the results will actually be, but I suspect I don’t want to find out :-p
ps: I see a musical note floating in the first panel. Is Miss Cooler whistling or humming there?
WC sounds rather scatalogical. Water Violet sounds nicer and is a pleasing looking flower. Its scientific name, Hottonia palustris, has comedic potential.
(TUNE: “Let Me Call You Sweetheart”, Whitson & Friedman)
Chris demands the files, for the
D. of I.,
“They are now in use,” is the
Calm reply …
Suddenly, the screen will show
Message for Moustachio …
He re-thinks, and says, “You know,
Time is nigh …”
Let’s uspet Miss Sweetheart, her we shall an-noy!
Cooler says that service is her on-ly joy,
Happy as the Killbots when they shout “De-stroy!”
Let’s uspet Miss Sweetheart! Schemes we’ll now deploy!
bubbles has been confirmed for female? Nick wasn’t female when he drove the chassis.All we know about bubbles is that bubbles is attracted to masculine robots, it could be a gay/bisexual dude. Or a un-gendered/non-binary. Machine intelligence which is attracted to masculine robots. seriously though , sexy times with someone who doesn’t pass the Harkness test due to limited vocabulary kind of creeps me out.
Just roll with it until you get told otherwise. When you talk to people you don’t know you don’t go mangling language just in case they identify with the opposite gender they look, right?
Limited vocabulary in human speech, perhaps, but Bubbles isn’t looking for a relationship with a human.
She could be quite erudite in text or machine code, over the inbuilt WiFi system of the chassis.
Thankfully for all concerned, the water cooler does not get paid, as service is her only joy. Also, the Violet droid appears to be remarkably self-sustaining.
M has a very purposeful expression on his face. I, for one, am glad he didn’t lapse into rampage font. M going to his default destructive mode and thinking he’s doing that under orders? Frightening.
Ungh. For the first three panels, I was confused as to why Marcie looked exactly like Violet Bee. I need to go to sleep several hours ago. (That was not a typo, just poor use of tenses for specific effect.)
The Water Cooler seems quite interested in the notion of upsetting Sweetheart…
A little resentment for being ignored for ages, methinks.
Indeed. One has to wonder just what it was that Sweetheart did to Miss Cooler. >_>
That, or she’s channeling her inner Kiki…
Perhaps she was reading over Mustachio’s “shoulder” and was excited by the prospect of fulfilling customer requests?
the Department of radiation should have copies of those files anyway, they would share jurisdiction on those silverfish.
Bold of you to assume that a public works building would do something silly like make backup copies or, heaven forbid, share files.
This is all going to be a part of some master plan by Gavotte to distract everyone with the prospect of monetary gain.
I believe this would be an example of what Sir Pratchett refers to as “jam tomorrow”.
Ah, of course: all staff assignments are mutually exclusive, pitting them against each other. Hilarity ensues.
First rumbles of an avalanche ahead…
Perhaps the point is to teach them what supersedure feels like from the inside?
Silly question, but …
Miss Cooler.
Would she be now on the furniture(staff) side of the payroll, or is she still classed as furniture(furniture)?
actually, are water coolers considered part of the furniture in an office or are they classed as something else (fittings?)
Anyway, I’m just wondering if Miss Cooler gets paid and is also in line for a raise? Which could explain her ‘poing’ joy?
…
note to self: do NOT use google until the phrase “poing joy” is gone from your memory. I don’t know what the results will actually be, but I suspect I don’t want to find out :-p
ps: I see a musical note floating in the first panel. Is Miss Cooler whistling or humming there?
I suspect Miss Cooler is “kitchen equipment”, possibly with an allotted maintenance budget.
From the look of her smile, I’d say she’s whistling.
OK, I’ll jump on that grenade. ^_^
Hmmm, the top Google entry for “poing joy” (sans quotes) seems to be someone I wouldn’t be surprised to find here.
Most seem to be misspellings, or references to a city in Bavaria…
I had to go to page seven before finding a Sluggy Freelance reference.
Watercooler-Violet is so cute. 😀
call her “Bubbles”.
Isn’t she just? She is cute as a bug’s ear. I think it’s because she’s just so lively and happy looking.
I was thinking “Miss WC,” but if she’s walking around (and if she’s a she), something is needed…
WC sounds rather scatalogical. Water Violet sounds nicer and is a pleasing looking flower. Its scientific name, Hottonia palustris, has comedic potential.
(TUNE: “Let Me Call You Sweetheart”, Whitson & Friedman)
Chris demands the files, for the
D. of I.,
“They are now in use,” is the
Calm reply …
Suddenly, the screen will show
Message for Moustachio …
He re-thinks, and says, “You know,
Time is nigh …”
Let’s uspet Miss Sweetheart, her we shall an-noy!
Cooler says that service is her on-ly joy,
Happy as the Killbots when they shout “De-stroy!”
Let’s uspet Miss Sweetheart! Schemes we’ll now deploy!
And it would be nice if I could spell “upset” properly aaaaaarrrgghhh.
Would you say that you’re… upset about it?
I’ve lost track of Miss Watercooler. Could we have a profile piece under “cast”, maybe a office furniture section?
bubbles has been confirmed for female? Nick wasn’t female when he drove the chassis.All we know about bubbles is that bubbles is attracted to masculine robots, it could be a gay/bisexual dude. Or a un-gendered/non-binary. Machine intelligence which is attracted to masculine robots. seriously though , sexy times with someone who doesn’t pass the Harkness test due to limited vocabulary kind of creeps me out.
Just roll with it until you get told otherwise. When you talk to people you don’t know you don’t go mangling language just in case they identify with the opposite gender they look, right?
Limited vocabulary in human speech, perhaps, but Bubbles isn’t looking for a relationship with a human.
She could be quite erudite in text or machine code, over the inbuilt WiFi system of the chassis.
Thankfully for all concerned, the water cooler does not get paid, as service is her only joy. Also, the Violet droid appears to be remarkably self-sustaining.
M has a very purposeful expression on his face. I, for one, am glad he didn’t lapse into rampage font. M going to his default destructive mode and thinking he’s doing that under orders? Frightening.
That would be Rev. Dodgson, AKA Lewis Carroll’s “Jam tomorrow”:
“You couldn’t have it if you did want it,” the Queen said. “The rule is, jam to-morrow and jam yesterday – but never jam to-day.”
I think this is a good idea.
Calling her bubbles, that is. What do you have to do to make a reply? clicking on ‘Reply’ doesn’t do it for me.
To quote one of Heath Ledger’s more infamous characters:
Aaaand here . . . . we . . . go!
Treesong: it doesn’t work for me either, but for me it might be because still using IE7 (at least Skin Horse doesn’t use Disquis, yet…)
Ungh. For the first three panels, I was confused as to why Marcie looked exactly like Violet Bee. I need to go to sleep several hours ago. (That was not a typo, just poor use of tenses for specific effect.)