A most commendable suggestion! And if the answer is “Yes” then it might be worth the risk to pass the comm links to their respective Doctors Phillips so they can work out who’s who…
Can you imagine their IT support calls?
Are you connected to an angry AI?
Have you been in contact with an alternate dimension?
Have you tried turning the universe off and on again?
Both. Portland, Oregon and Portland, Maine are actually one continuous Portland connected by wormhole physics, but are considered separate only for state tax purposes.
I believe they are toll wormholes. There are downsides to being a toll booth operator in a wormhole, but on the positive side you age backwards during working hours.
I’m not even sure Phillips is being sarcastic in the first panel. “Well, I think I’m here, but if there’s evidence I’m in Carbondale, I can’t be certain, you know?”
In the third panel, how would Phillips know if he had a clone, or a robot double, or a mirror universe self? I mean, sure, if he’d actually met one of them, he’d know, but how can he be sure that he doesn’t have them?
He’s misunderstanding the word “got”: he’s taking it in the sense of “you’ve got a television”, something he _owns_ or at least keeps in his train cabin until someone shows up and asks for it back.
Ah, takes me back to the pilot episode of the animated Buzz Lightyear show, where Buzz is trying to come up with an explanation for his believed-dead partner showing up on the side of the evil empire that ISN’T “was working for them all along”.
Actually he is. When we last saw him, he was saying “say, this [sweater] goes great with my kilt and aloha shirt!” The floweredy shirt was under the sweater when he said it. He appeared to have just put it on at that moment.
Go back to his prior appearances in this storyline. He’s not wearing a floral Hawaiian shirt in them, either.
Besides, far as I can tell, he got killed in Skin-Horse’s first sojourn into St. Charlie, the one with GODOT. Couldn’t track down if he got a cool resurrection or joined the undead community or what.
Sweetheart’s line in the fourth panel would make an excellent desktop sign for an office worker who has to deal with hopelessly intransigent bureaucracy all day.
Or, for altogether different reasons, an excellent t-shirt for a parent of small children.
Was Annex 1 in Carbondale? If not, we haven’t seen Dr Phillips there before this. That being so, we may find out a bit more about what has been going on as soon as Sweetheart starts listening to him.
I’m thinking one major possibility is that the 16 hour time loss was spent with the Cypress kidnapping and replicating Pierson. The reason it was only him is either that she’s flailing and attacking randomly, that she calculated that he is the one they were least likely to notice was not himself while he sabotages their mission, or that she calculated that he, as the trap master, is the one most critical to the safety of the mission and therefore the best one to take out.
Just ask him what’s going on, Sweetheart. Don’t play twenty questions with him.
Must still be in the 15 MPH zone…
Sure. ’cause asking a Mad Genius “what’s going on”, will get you the answer you actually need… XD
At best it will start a singalong.
Sweetheart, did it occur to you possibly to contact Tip on the link, and ask him if Phillips is still there?
A most commendable suggestion! And if the answer is “Yes” then it might be worth the risk to pass the comm links to their respective Doctors Phillips so they can work out who’s who…
Can you imagine their IT support calls?
Are you connected to an angry AI?
Have you been in contact with an alternate dimension?
Have you tried turning the universe off and on again?
Is your CPU electronic, clockwork, springs, steam-powered, or a tiny fraction of an unaware Elder God?
What if it’s an angry AI that believes itself to be a tiny fraction of an unaware Elder God?
Is it squamous? Does it have tentacles? Is it a color you can’t identify? Does it have impossible angles? (It might just be an insane AI, after all!)
Ugh, stop. You’re making me snort tiny umbrellas out my nose.
Better that than snorting them up your nose.
I’m with Phillips! There can never be too much “silliness”. ^_~
http://skin-horse.com/comic/todays-comic-791/
Wow, that’s really something. I’ve almost never gotten so drunk I actually bi-located before. I think the last time was… hmmm… probably in Portland.
Don’t you mean “Teleportland”? 😀
Well played, sir, well played.
Would that be Portland, Oregon, or Portland, Maine? Or both?
Both. Portland, Oregon and Portland, Maine are actually one continuous Portland connected by wormhole physics, but are considered separate only for state tax purposes.
Aaand… how are wormholes taxed?
Singularily?
I believe they are toll wormholes. There are downsides to being a toll booth operator in a wormhole, but on the positive side you age backwards during working hours.
Forget that, what the heck were you drinking anyway? I need the name of the drink and the bar, and the recipe if you can get it.
I’m not even sure Phillips is being sarcastic in the first panel. “Well, I think I’m here, but if there’s evidence I’m in Carbondale, I can’t be certain, you know?”
In the third panel, how would Phillips know if he had a clone, or a robot double, or a mirror universe self? I mean, sure, if he’d actually met one of them, he’d know, but how can he be sure that he doesn’t have them?
How about “twin brother”? Occam, y’know?
He’s misunderstanding the word “got”: he’s taking it in the sense of “you’ve got a television”, something he _owns_ or at least keeps in his train cabin until someone shows up and asks for it back.
It goes back to the old scientific dilemma – it’s impossible to prove that something doesn’t exist.
The Heisenberg principal on a macrocosmic scale.
I like how Sweetheart’s ears go back and down in the exchange. Needs to show more fang. Whenever I try this, I hurt myself.
Ah, takes me back to the pilot episode of the animated Buzz Lightyear show, where Buzz is trying to come up with an explanation for his believed-dead partner showing up on the side of the evil empire that ISN’T “was working for them all along”.
“Of course, amnesia!”
“No.”
“Evil clone.”
“No…”
“Android replica!”
“No.”
Enough of this foolishness, I have OTHER foolishness to attend to!
The one in Carbondale isn’t wearing a floral Hawaiian shirt. He must be the phony Phillips.
Actually he is. When we last saw him, he was saying “say, this [sweater] goes great with my kilt and aloha shirt!” The floweredy shirt was under the sweater when he said it. He appeared to have just put it on at that moment.
Go back to his prior appearances in this storyline. He’s not wearing a floral Hawaiian shirt in them, either.
Besides, far as I can tell, he got killed in Skin-Horse’s first sojourn into St. Charlie, the one with GODOT. Couldn’t track down if he got a cool resurrection or joined the undead community or what.
They’re *both* impostors!
Or…
They’re both legitimate, and it was the impostor who died from drinking molten phenol.
That’s odd. All I need to do to get to the silliness I need is come here…
The thing is is that all of the questions she’s asking him are viable, she’s run into them in some capacity before; as have we.
Sweetheart’s line in the fourth panel would make an excellent desktop sign for an office worker who has to deal with hopelessly intransigent bureaucracy all day.
Or, for altogether different reasons, an excellent t-shirt for a parent of small children.
Was Annex 1 in Carbondale? If not, we haven’t seen Dr Phillips there before this. That being so, we may find out a bit more about what has been going on as soon as Sweetheart starts listening to him.
It’s simple. He’s got a CARBONdale COPY…
I’ll see myself out
You win today’s Internet!
I’m thinking one major possibility is that the 16 hour time loss was spent with the Cypress kidnapping and replicating Pierson. The reason it was only him is either that she’s flailing and attacking randomly, that she calculated that he is the one they were least likely to notice was not himself while he sabotages their mission, or that she calculated that he, as the trap master, is the one most critical to the safety of the mission and therefore the best one to take out.