Ooh, it’s going to be a real challenge, is it? So far we have Chris, the Mysterious Dr. Jacob Haller, The Hungry Tiger…
Admittedly, Dr. Haller doesn’t stand much of a chance. It’s almost never the cameo who wins. Except when it’s a Gunnerkrig Court character in Sandra and Woo…
If the failure to win the irradiator means that Chris and Marcie will move and won’t be in the comic as much, then I expect they’ll win (or lose and take the irradiator anyway).
If an alternate means of staying local presents itself, then I fully expect these guys (or maybe someone that hasn’t yet been shown) to win the irradiator.
It was in the news on Monday. Apparently if you aren’t careful you can culture all sorts of fungus in the dark, moist innards of the bag, and inhale them to get nasty infections.
I used to believe that story, too… but then (after I started playing pipes) I learned there are many, many forms of the instrument, dating back to ancient Mesopotamia, most of which are not loud or particularly frightening (for instance, French musettes or Irish union pipes). The Scottish highland pipes didn’t grow that big bass drone till the 18th century (see “errors in ‘Braveheart'”). I suspect that maybe once, when Scots accompanied English colonists into some remote area, the natives heard the pipes for the first time, were more startled than scared, and fled. The Scots, recognizing a good story, then embellished things a bit…
I knew someone who played Northumbrian pipes once. Beautiful instrument! Breton pipes will probably make your dog howl, though…. the drone is SO high-pitched.
Oh, cmon, how hard is it to build a gamma irradiator? They have them in hospitals; they have them scanning containers for contraband… this is beginner-level mad physics/engineering, here!
Waitasec… I don’t have one, and I don’t even have the excuse of not having thumbs. Damnit, I clearly fail at Mad.
As I understand it, and it’s certainly the case for the one I used, a gamma irradiator is a giant lead container with a small inner chamber, with radioactive material between the lead walls and the inner chamber. This radioactive material is highly regulated (it’s what you’d use to make a dirty bomb).
Making the big lead box is easy. Making an actual irradiator is a tall order.
Fail at mad? Hmm…. how about “mad fail”? On a linear scale starting at “success” and then running to “fail” and finally to “epic fail” … where would “mad fail” fall? Perhaps on another dimension rotated 392 degrees crypticlockwise from the original scale?
I think it would depend on the level of power of the gamma irradiator. Ones at the level of “leakage might cause fruit flies to have children with humps” would be less dangerous than the “leakage might cause a local outbreak of Hulks” ones.
To defraud is “to commit fraud”. After all, he’s planning to mutate something into something sasquatch-ish via irradiation, instead of presenting the actual Sasquatch.
I made the mistake once of teasing an accordion student in college about how could there be classical music written for the accordion. Those accordions are much heavier than they look. And the brusing never went away.
To be fair, I don’t think Piazzolla’s work would be considered classical music. Hell, my mother used to tell me that when she was young most middle aged to old people reviled him and his music for “corrupting the soul of Tango”.
Not just the mad zoologist (a great concept) but Tigerlily Jones AND H.T. That’s a somewhat formidable set of villains. Chris may need some help from the gang for this one.
Driving through Chincoteague today, I saw an Ace Hardware sign that advertised ‘GUNS’, ‘AMMO’, ‘YETI’, and ‘CRAFTSMAN’S TOOLS’, which seems semi-relevant.
1. Why invite a tiger to a mad scientist fight?
2. Dr. Haller may regret not bringing the accordion when he sees H.T. there. It might be more effective than anything else he has.
I think Tigerlily is just inviting everyone to the showdown she thinks is likely to want the irradiator, and who may have a shot at winning. The more the merrier, and all that.
Ooh, it’s going to be a real challenge, is it? So far we have Chris, the Mysterious Dr. Jacob Haller, The Hungry Tiger…
Admittedly, Dr. Haller doesn’t stand much of a chance. It’s almost never the cameo who wins. Except when it’s a Gunnerkrig Court character in Sandra and Woo…
If the failure to win the irradiator means that Chris and Marcie will move and won’t be in the comic as much, then I expect they’ll win (or lose and take the irradiator anyway).
If an alternate means of staying local presents itself, then I fully expect these guys (or maybe someone that hasn’t yet been shown) to win the irradiator.
Hey, he’s not just a hungry tiger! He just happens to likes humans so much he could eat them up!
The real question is whether he particularly likes fat babies.
Ooooh is *that* what H.T. stands for?
Pack the Bagpipes, Mr. Herk!
The Bagpipes!!
Is this in response to recent news reports that bagpipes can be lethal to their users (rather than merely making listeners wish for death)?
What? I didn’t kn–
Um… Yeah! ‘Cause they’re lethal to their users!
Yeah, that’s the ticket…
It was in the news on Monday. Apparently if you aren’t careful you can culture all sorts of fungus in the dark, moist innards of the bag, and inhale them to get nasty infections.
Bagpipes were originally invented as a means of striking fear into the hearts of enemies on the battlefield. That is not a joke.
Apparently on the theory that the enemies would think “If they make their friends listen to these things, imagine what they’ll do to their enemies!”
They used to run this commercial for a real estate development which featured a lone piper piping through the mists at dawn.
You can imagine the reaction when someone really did it…
I used to believe that story, too… but then (after I started playing pipes) I learned there are many, many forms of the instrument, dating back to ancient Mesopotamia, most of which are not loud or particularly frightening (for instance, French musettes or Irish union pipes). The Scottish highland pipes didn’t grow that big bass drone till the 18th century (see “errors in ‘Braveheart'”). I suspect that maybe once, when Scots accompanied English colonists into some remote area, the natives heard the pipes for the first time, were more startled than scared, and fled. The Scots, recognizing a good story, then embellished things a bit…
I knew someone who played Northumbrian pipes once. Beautiful instrument! Breton pipes will probably make your dog howl, though…. the drone is SO high-pitched.
I make it a rule never to bring bagpipes to an accordion fight.
If it will help, I’ve got a concertina and a Hurdy Gurdy.
I’ve also got a banjo, but I’m being merciful.
Oh, cmon, how hard is it to build a gamma irradiator? They have them in hospitals; they have them scanning containers for contraband… this is beginner-level mad physics/engineering, here!
Waitasec… I don’t have one, and I don’t even have the excuse of not having thumbs. Damnit, I clearly fail at Mad.
As I understand it, and it’s certainly the case for the one I used, a gamma irradiator is a giant lead container with a small inner chamber, with radioactive material between the lead walls and the inner chamber. This radioactive material is highly regulated (it’s what you’d use to make a dirty bomb).
Making the big lead box is easy. Making an actual irradiator is a tall order.
Fail at mad? Hmm…. how about “mad fail”? On a linear scale starting at “success” and then running to “fail” and finally to “epic fail” … where would “mad fail” fall? Perhaps on another dimension rotated 392 degrees crypticlockwise from the original scale?
I think it would depend on the level of power of the gamma irradiator. Ones at the level of “leakage might cause fruit flies to have children with humps” would be less dangerous than the “leakage might cause a local outbreak of Hulks” ones.
So Tigerlily is collecting.
Defraud? What does that mean?
To defraud is “to commit fraud”. After all, he’s planning to mutate something into something sasquatch-ish via irradiation, instead of presenting the actual Sasquatch.
Are not Sasquatch just irradiated gerbils?
It really is a shame that “defraud” doesn’t mean “to remove fraud and the effects of fraud”, along the lines of “debug”.
Hmm, I’m going to have to revise my plan.
Suddenly this is starting to feel like Tigerlily Jones and the Chocolate Factory
Wonka having an irradiator makes things make a lot more sense
Come with me
And you be
In a world of pure irradiation
Is that an Eevee?
No, that’s Raynard
I made the mistake once of teasing an accordion student in college about how could there be classical music written for the accordion. Those accordions are much heavier than they look. And the brusing never went away.
This is very accurate. Be safe out there, people.
Did they also say “Astor Piazzolla, baby” in an Arnold Schwarzenegger voice?
[tumbleweed]
To be fair, I don’t think Piazzolla’s work would be considered classical music. Hell, my mother used to tell me that when she was young most middle aged to old people reviled him and his music for “corrupting the soul of Tango”.
Also, a bandoneon and an accordeon are different instruments.
If H. T. destroys humanity, won’t that kill off a lot of the audience for his Internet comic?
My research indicates that many yeti are voracious devourers of webcomics. (And some of them read them, too.)
Yeah, but what’ll it do to his take from Patreon?
Intriguing. A new area for research.
Depends if the reader’s Patreon subscription is on autopay.
Not just the mad zoologist (a great concept) but Tigerlily Jones AND H.T. That’s a somewhat formidable set of villains. Chris may need some help from the gang for this one.
Maybe more to come.
I’m waiting for the crews from Sluggy and Lil Dee to show up.
So who gets visited by the Bird next? Queen Elena of the Keys?
To be fair, H.T. considers _most_ pieces of advanced technology as potentially useful for wiping out humanity. He lives in hope.
As do we all.
Is Dr. Haller so mad, that he can not exist without the comic cut-away reveal trope which follows him whereever he goes. He’s batting 3 for 3.
It isn’t very convenient, but one learns to cope.
H.T. has a webcomic? I thought it was the lion from the very beginning of the S.H. comic.
H.T. took it over. I think this was revealed in the ‘If I Ran The Zoo’ story line. Let me see if I can track it down …
Here we go. http://skin-horse.com/comic/todays-comic-612/
Driving through Chincoteague today, I saw an Ace Hardware sign that advertised ‘GUNS’, ‘AMMO’, ‘YETI’, and ‘CRAFTSMAN’S TOOLS’, which seems semi-relevant.
Unfortunately, Ace Hardware instituted a lifetime ban after I was involved in an … incident there.
1. Why invite a tiger to a mad scientist fight?
2. Dr. Haller may regret not bringing the accordion when he sees H.T. there. It might be more effective than anything else he has.
I think Tigerlily is just inviting everyone to the showdown she thinks is likely to want the irradiator, and who may have a shot at winning. The more the merrier, and all that.
“Haller’s got a squeezebox, H.T. doesn’t sleep at night…”
Lou Berryman plays the accordion. It can’t be all bad.