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2019-04-09

by shaenon on April 9, 2019 at 12:01 am
Chapter: Green Noah
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  1. casimir
    April 9, 2019, 1:36 am | # | Reply

    I have no idea of what the Baron means by his last statement.
    Somebody? Please?

    • awgiedawgie
      April 9, 2019, 1:42 am | # | Reply

      It’s just a euphemism disparaging Nature’s (in this case, Nick’s) abilities. When I was younger, the popular equivalent was “blows goats”.

      At least that’s my take on it.

      • CameoAppearance
        April 9, 2019, 2:42 am | # | Reply

        I figured it was a euphemism for “eats ass”, but yeah, same idea.

      • Bear
        April 9, 2019, 2:46 am | # | Reply

        We used to say that something “sucks rope” to express disgust with it. Or we’d tell someone “go push a rope” meaning, roughly, I don’t care what you do next but get out of my face.

        • awgiedawgie
          April 9, 2019, 3:15 am | # | Reply

          I always thought of “go push a rope” being sort of like telling Sisyphus to “go push a rock”. It’s an impossible task, so they’ll never finish it. Has the same effect, though. Either way it means go away.

          • Forrest M Davis
            April 9, 2019, 1:25 pm | #

            I think “go push a rope” may just be the slightly less crude version of “go piss up a rope”, which was once a widely used expression in certain circles for “get out of my face”.

      • Clifton
        April 11, 2019, 12:15 am | # | Reply

        In college in Chicago, “blows dead rats” was one of the popular versions, but I had one friend in college who would use “blows dead bears.” When she was really really mad or peeved about something she would escalate to “blows dead polar bears.”

    • Doghouse
      April 9, 2019, 4:24 am | # | Reply

      Me neither. It’s obviously meant to be dismissive, but I’ve never heard it before.

    • Robert Nowall
      April 9, 2019, 10:33 am | # | Reply

      Quoting what Nick said when his swear filter was working?

    • Carl Muckenhoupt
      April 9, 2019, 1:45 pm | # | Reply

      Given all the talk about Monstro, it may also be a subtle Pinocchio reference.

      • Robert Nowall
        April 9, 2019, 5:49 pm | # | Reply

        Probably gonna whale on Nick, then.

    • jdreyfuss
      February 4, 2020, 4:46 pm | # | Reply

      The unsaid word there is dick.

  2. Historian
    April 9, 2019, 2:07 am | # | Reply

    I wonder how Baron would look turning on a spit, basted with butter and herbs….

    • CameoAppearance
      April 9, 2019, 2:40 am | # | Reply

      Probably either the same as usual but more undignified, or a horrifying nightmare of burnt faux-fur and exposed metal, depending on how hot it was and how long he’d been there.

      • Shadowmehr
        April 9, 2019, 8:24 pm | # | Reply

        So, like the end of FNAF4, but with more swear words from the Baron.

    • awgiedawgie
      April 9, 2019, 3:19 am | # | Reply

      He’d look a lot uglier than he does now, and nowhere near as appetizing as a nice lamb in the same position.

  3. Sleepy John
    April 9, 2019, 7:00 am | # | Reply

    Why do I not have a DONUTS ARE NATURE’S POWER CORD T-shirt?

    • OneUniverse
      April 9, 2019, 1:47 pm | # | Reply

      I’d settle for a “Team Annex One” tee. Or one with “Cute and Crude” over a Baron Mistycorn pict6.

  4. bergerjacques
    April 9, 2019, 9:41 am | # | Reply

    My brain keeps saying “POWER CHORDS.”

    • casimir
      April 9, 2019, 10:27 am | # | Reply

      My brain keeps saying “Donkey Donuts”.
      I like your brain better.

      • Robert Nowall
        April 9, 2019, 10:39 am | # | Reply

        I read “hdding” at first glance. The “o” and the “l” are pretty close together.

  5. Robert Nowall
    April 9, 2019, 10:36 am | # | Reply

    If Nick keeps eating like that, and stays in the flesh, maybe he will be a fat guy in a little while.

    • awgiedawgie
      April 9, 2019, 5:44 pm | # | Reply

      He probably has a while before it catches up with him. I used to eat like a horse – two horses, even – and I didn’t start gaining any weight until I was nearly 40. And that was only because my activity level dropped dramatically.

  6. Bruce A Munro
    April 9, 2019, 12:01 pm | # | Reply

    I guess we’ve skipped over a fight or two, but that’s OK: Skin Horse has a much more compressed story telling style than, say, Dragon Ball. 🙂

  7. Chrisn
    April 9, 2019, 1:41 pm | # | Reply

    Is it just me or was anyone else hoping for something else between ginny and nick? It’s almost the first time they’ve touched, let alone hugged.

  8. Barbara K
    April 9, 2019, 3:01 pm | # | Reply

    Nick’s “dumbass” reference followed by Baron Mistycorn’s “Nature eats donkey” reply makes me wonder if The Baron is a cyborg unicorn based on a donkey (rather than a horse) paradigm. Donkeys are asses, by definition. That could go a long way towards explaining his asinine personality.

    • bergerjacques
      April 9, 2019, 5:06 pm | # | Reply

      I think you are on to something. I also find it hihgly suspicious that the Baron seems intent on avoiding peaceful resolutions with Monstro on deck.

      • bergerjacques
        April 9, 2019, 5:07 pm | # | Reply

        Hihgly…suspicious….

  9. Shadowmehr
    April 9, 2019, 8:28 pm | # | Reply

    I get the feeling that Nick is more nervous about the bout with Monstro than he’s letting on. All those donuts might be either carbo-loading for the fight, or a last meal.

  10. Bruce A Munro
    April 9, 2019, 10:07 pm | # | Reply

    Where did all those donuts come from in the first place? I thought they were limited to what was in the vending machines: did Dr. Jones build a doughnut-generating machine?

    • awgiedawgie
      April 9, 2019, 10:09 pm | # | Reply

      Probably raided a convenience store.

    • greenknight32
      April 9, 2019, 10:47 pm | # | Reply

      I did a quick search, there are lots of donut shops around Sequim and Port Angeles, maybe they found one that delivers.

      • Robert Nowall
        April 9, 2019, 11:27 pm | # | Reply

        What would a union meeting be if there weren’t donuts?

    • Candace
      April 10, 2019, 1:06 am | # | Reply

      If Dr. Jones hasn’t already built a doughnut-generating machine, she totally should. That should be a thing.

      • Robert Nowall
        April 10, 2019, 10:24 am | # | Reply

        Ever read “Homer Price,” by Robert McCloskey?

        • reynard61
          April 14, 2019, 7:15 pm | # | Reply

          Wow, does that name take me back! “The Case of the Cosmic Comic” was in my 4th- or 5th-grade reader, and I saw “The Doughnuts” around that time too.

          https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homer_Price

  11. Knuckles
    February 9, 2022, 12:31 pm | # | Reply

    Certain parts of nature would eat donkey, yes.

    Unity for instance.

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