John Campbell (jcampbel) says: So am I the only one whom “bust out the Raid in an office where the boss is bees” strikes as a bad idea?
Rockphed (rockphed) says: Probably. I suspect that Govotte signed the requisition.
Alycia Shedd (leeshajoy) says: I suspect that Govotte signed the requisition.
How many of her did it take to lift the pen?
Michael Brewer (wusemajor) says:
Gavotte probably just has her bees walk over inkpads then dance on paper.
Panel three looks like Tip is at least partially doing the “oh sure, you expect the guy to deal with the bug problem” bit which leads nicely into the reversal in panel four. I likes.
Basil Jelly (basil_jelly) says:
Now there is a slave to fashion
Rockphed (rockphed) says: One other question: Why don’t they just have Govotte deal with it? Surely a bee swarm would be more effective at killing ants than a Mad man with a can of raid.
NigaiAmai Yume (nigaiamai_yume) says: Rockphed, you DO realize that bees DIE when they sting something, right? Hence, multiple ants means losing a LOT of weight, generally NOT a good thing for as hiveminds generally have exponential brainpower.
Dave Van Domelen (dvandom) says: Aren’t small icky things allowed to look pretty too? Let ’em have the lipliner.
Tiff Hudson (tiff_hudson) says: I used to work with a small icky thing. Lipliner didn’t help.
a (erichamion) says:
Oh, that’s how it is, is it? The team will risk life, limb, and hair for an engineered mammal (or a machine that resembles one), but they’re prepared for genocide against engineered insects? Gavotte should be ashamed for fostering such blatant and deadly classism.
Or perhaps, despite here “an organization should know,” she’s unaware of the team’s hostile activities toward insects. If that’s the case, they had better hope only Unity and Moustachio are around when she finds out.
Ed Gedeon (eddurd) says: Flashback to the Narbonic line “Also, there may be spiders that need killing.”
George Olive (geoolive) says:
NigaiAmai Yume – actually bees can sting insects without dying, it’s only when they sting thick-skinned animals like mammals that they leave their stingers imbedded.
John Vertical (tropylium) says: Nevertheless, ants can do ranged attacks (acid spray), have better jaws, and generally have more numbers than bees, so I’m not sure if Gavotte would want to engage (assuming there is some sort of hostility involved).
Dave Van Domelen (dvandom) says: -isms are always more virulent the closer the excluded group gets to one’s own group, actually. A hivemind may be indifferent to mammals but really hate those stinkin’ ants, always taking jobs and pollen away from hardworking bees, etc.
So It Begins (soitbegins) says: prof_tinker: Hit me with your best shot.
David Harmon (mental_mouse) says:
Sweetheart didn’t actually say they were ants, you know. It might be invisible rats or such.
Watanabe Jones (preferredusername) says:
“Sweetheart didn’t actually say they were ants, you know. It might be invisible rats or such.”
No, but she DID say they were “bugs.” And one doesn’t generally go adter rats with a can of Raid…
Watanabe Jones (preferredusername) says: Oops: “after,” not “adter.” And it was Unity who said “bugs,” but YNWIM.
Edwin Quantrall (reynard) says: What I’d like to know is: Why is a *Government* lab enhancing vermin???
Justin Grubbs (the_purple_knight) says: Um, do we even know that Unity is correct in what she claims it is? If I recall whatever was acting up yesterday was unseen to us.
bzzzzd (bzzzzd) says:
Mr. Ed says: Flashback to the Narbonic line “Also, there may be spiders that need killing.”
Fourth panel flashback: A very Dave-looking Tip
Enhanced Vermin. In Lip-liner. Sounds like the Raid may not bee enough.
Aaron Shades (prof_tinker) says:
Are you kidding? Do you know what ant’s *eat*? I wouldn’t want *my* lip-liner anyway *near* their mandibles!
. . . . what? It’s the *nice* kind.
So It Begins: Would you care for a cough drop?
Justin Grubbs (the_purple_knight) says: I suppose the fact that Sweetheart hasn’t got opposable thumbs might be why she can’t use the raid. But notice, and I predict, they have not said definitively what it is. I bet it’s nanobots.
John Campbell (jcampbel) says: So am I the only one whom “bust out the Raid in an office where the boss is bees” strikes as a bad idea?
Rockphed (rockphed) says: Probably. I suspect that Govotte signed the requisition.
Alycia Shedd (leeshajoy) says:
I suspect that Govotte signed the requisition.
How many of her did it take to lift the pen?
Michael Brewer (wusemajor) says:
Gavotte probably just has her bees walk over inkpads then dance on paper.
Panel three looks like Tip is at least partially doing the “oh sure, you expect the guy to deal with the bug problem” bit which leads nicely into the reversal in panel four. I likes.
Basil Jelly (basil_jelly) says:
Now there is a slave to fashion
Rockphed (rockphed) says: One other question: Why don’t they just have Govotte deal with it? Surely a bee swarm would be more effective at killing ants than a Mad man with a can of raid.
NigaiAmai Yume (nigaiamai_yume) says: Rockphed, you DO realize that bees DIE when they sting something, right? Hence, multiple ants means losing a LOT of weight, generally NOT a good thing for as hiveminds generally have exponential brainpower.
Dave Van Domelen (dvandom) says: Aren’t small icky things allowed to look pretty too? Let ’em have the lipliner.
Tiff Hudson (tiff_hudson) says: I used to work with a small icky thing. Lipliner didn’t help.
a (erichamion) says:
Oh, that’s how it is, is it? The team will risk life, limb, and hair for an engineered mammal (or a machine that resembles one), but they’re prepared for genocide against engineered insects? Gavotte should be ashamed for fostering such blatant and deadly classism.
Or perhaps, despite here “an organization should know,” she’s unaware of the team’s hostile activities toward insects. If that’s the case, they had better hope only Unity and Moustachio are around when she finds out.
Ed Gedeon (eddurd) says: Flashback to the Narbonic line “Also, there may be spiders that need killing.”
George Olive (geoolive) says:
NigaiAmai Yume – actually bees can sting insects without dying, it’s only when they sting thick-skinned animals like mammals that they leave their stingers imbedded.
John Vertical (tropylium) says: Nevertheless, ants can do ranged attacks (acid spray), have better jaws, and generally have more numbers than bees, so I’m not sure if Gavotte would want to engage (assuming there is some sort of hostility involved).
Dave Van Domelen (dvandom) says: -isms are always more virulent the closer the excluded group gets to one’s own group, actually. A hivemind may be indifferent to mammals but really hate those stinkin’ ants, always taking jobs and pollen away from hardworking bees, etc.
So It Begins (soitbegins) says: prof_tinker: Hit me with your best shot.
David Harmon (mental_mouse) says:
Sweetheart didn’t actually say they were ants, you know. It might be invisible rats or such.
Watanabe Jones (preferredusername) says:
“Sweetheart didn’t actually say they were ants, you know. It might be invisible rats or such.”
No, but she DID say they were “bugs.” And one doesn’t generally go adter rats with a can of Raid…
Watanabe Jones (preferredusername) says: Oops: “after,” not “adter.” And it was Unity who said “bugs,” but YNWIM.
Edwin Quantrall (reynard) says: What I’d like to know is: Why is a *Government* lab enhancing vermin???
Justin Grubbs (the_purple_knight) says: Um, do we even know that Unity is correct in what she claims it is? If I recall whatever was acting up yesterday was unseen to us.
bzzzzd (bzzzzd) says:
Mr. Ed says: Flashback to the Narbonic line “Also, there may be spiders that need killing.”
Fourth panel flashback: A very Dave-looking Tip
Enhanced Vermin. In Lip-liner. Sounds like the Raid may not bee enough.
Aaron Shades (prof_tinker) says:
Are you kidding? Do you know what ant’s *eat*? I wouldn’t want *my* lip-liner anyway *near* their mandibles!
. . . . what? It’s the *nice* kind.
So It Begins: Would you care for a cough drop?
Justin Grubbs (the_purple_knight) says: I suppose the fact that Sweetheart hasn’t got opposable thumbs might be why she can’t use the raid. But notice, and I predict, they have not said definitively what it is. I bet it’s nanobots.
Martha Mintz (muffinthamighty) says: Raid first, ask questions later…
What’s funny is I just saw a commercial where someone was using raid body bug spray, as I was reading this.