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2015-06-29
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2015-06-29

by shaenon on June 29, 2015 at 12:01 am
Chapter: Looking Glass Land
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  1. Michael Brewer
    June 29, 2015, 12:25 am | # | Reply

    I was gonna say. Hiring someone you hate to be your office manager is kinda stupid. You hire them to be either a gopher or you give them a fancy title somewhere out on the edge of the org chart and then use them as a gopher.

    • Foradain
      June 29, 2015, 2:16 am | # | Reply

      Sweetheart didn’t hire her. She was assigned, by Shaenon only knows how high up the food chain— er, chain of command…

      • Foradain
        June 29, 2015, 2:18 am | # | Reply

        OK, Jeff may know, also. ^_^

        • matt w
          June 29, 2015, 7:09 am | # | Reply

          Wednesday’s comic makes clear that Sweetheart didn’t hire her, though–she doesn’t know where the new staff came from either. Friday’s comic was just an explanation of why Sweetheart doesn’t fire her.

          This seems like it’s probably a realistic account of how civil service jobs work, actually.

      • daibhidc
        June 29, 2015, 4:25 am | # | Reply

        That’s not how it was explained on Friday. Tip questions why Sweetheart would “want to be her boss”, then realises it’s for revenge.

        • Jeffrey C. Wells
          June 29, 2015, 6:26 am | # | Reply

          I think that if Sweetheart *had* decided to fire her, she would have encountered some resistance. We may see this scene later, but one worries about too many plot digressions at one time.

        • matt w
          June 29, 2015, 7:11 am | # | Reply

          Whoops, reply fail–see comment above.

  2. Moe Lane
    June 29, 2015, 1:34 am | # | Reply

    Is that a goblin romance calendar?

  3. casimir
    June 29, 2015, 1:35 am | # | Reply

    cutest…damn…tiger…ever!
    Time Bandits calendar?

    • Candace
      June 29, 2015, 2:32 am | # | Reply

      I think Moe Lane about has it right. Looks like a goblin romance calendar to me.

      • chrisn
        June 29, 2015, 12:21 pm | # | Reply

        Starts with what looks like “Time,” ends in what looks like “g.” Goblin-cake seems more likely, but who knows?

    • Candace
      June 29, 2015, 2:38 am | # | Reply

      Also, do not be fooled by H.T.’s cuteness. As a tiger should be, H.T. is a completely amoral sociopath. The cuteness is just a trap.

      • BMunro
        June 29, 2015, 9:14 pm | # | Reply

        Substitute “cat” for tiger and you have the general case.

  4. Shen
    June 29, 2015, 2:18 am | # | Reply

    Loving Sweetheart on the last panel XD Poor thing~

  5. Robert Nowall
    June 29, 2015, 5:59 am | # | Reply

    Maybe she’d look good in a nice stomach.

    • oneuniverse2
      June 29, 2015, 6:36 pm | # | Reply

      I see a big tummy ache resulting.

      • Candace
        June 30, 2015, 12:51 am | # | Reply

        Eh. Cats are quite good at digesting pests.

  6. Robert Nowall
    June 29, 2015, 6:36 am | # | Reply

    From “These Dreams,” Jim Croce.

    Once we were friendly,
    But you had turned to crime.
    I had my zombie roommate
    To keep me happy as I made the climb.
    I had my zombie roommate
    To keep me happy as I made the climb

    What came between us?
    Maybe it was just your evil ways.
    But I knew you could not be tamed.
    Though sometimes I think should have hunted big game.
    Mmm hmm hmm my dream,
    It kept me goin’ away.

    Once we were friendly,
    Some laughs and also smiles.
    But I’ve become a major player
    Taking over Skin Horse for awhile.
    But I’ve become a major player
    Taking over Skin Horse for awhile.

    What came between us?
    Maybe it was just your evil ways
    But I knew you could not be tamed
    Though sometimes I think I should have hunted big game
    Mmm hmm hmm my dream
    It kept me goin’ away

  7. s854
    June 29, 2015, 8:59 am | # | Reply

    I wonder what the most polite way to drop “she comes to work armed” into a conversation is.

  8. Freddie Freelance
    June 29, 2015, 10:55 am | # | Reply

    OK, I need a list of recipes for HT’s sauces; I love anyone with more sauces than the British.

    • Frank Hightower
      June 29, 2015, 10:13 pm | # | Reply

      Apparently one of them is “Former patient extraction specialists in juice”

      • Candace
        June 30, 2015, 12:54 am | # | Reply

        Englebright au vin?

  9. Smithnik
    June 29, 2015, 5:27 pm | # | Reply

    That’s entirely unfair. The British invented the HP line of sauces, which more than makes up for the rest of their cuisine.
    Since HT is a tiger, it’s possible that HP curry sauce is on the list of shortcut ingredients. Think of it as catsup to put on people…

    • Pygar
      June 29, 2015, 8:24 pm | # | Reply

      My experience with British sauces is limited, but suggests you are right. I did a side-to-side of HP Brown Sauce, with the USA “A-1” knockoff. A-1 was bland, HPBS was sharp and lively.

  10. Shadowmehr
    June 29, 2015, 7:46 pm | # | Reply

    Sweetheart shouldn’t be quite so quick to dismiss H.T.’s ideas. Given her office manager’s past performance and current attitude, he might just have found the niche where she might do the most good . . .

  11. Jon
    December 22, 2019, 3:57 pm | # | Reply

    I’m not a huge fan of HT normally? But I’ll admit to a certain amount of sympathy for his point of view here.

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