So they’re gonna torture that particular electronic chia pet by locking it in the tin and letting burning ancient popcorn overload its “feed me ” circuit? How cruel! 🙂
Hmmmm…Is it that Cammy would be overcome by a compelling desire to feed upon this ancient dreck? ….But, according to Vampire Canon, she could not enter the big tin to feed without an invitation (e.g., “enter freely, and of your own will”). So she’d end up stuck to the outside of the tin, unable to resist the potency of the stale-sneakerlike cheddar aroma? … Or perhaps she’d go into an orbit outside the tin, trapped by an unresolvable approach/avoidance conflict?
…Or should Nick just invite her to hop in and eat, and then slam down the lid, real quick?
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If you take an inanimate machine whose one weird trick is absorbing electricity, and drop it into a faraday cage, it’s kinda helpless. Leave said faraday cage out in the sun, and it’ll heat up like an oven, until eventually the CPU overheats or the battery explodes or something.
I think Nick might be confabulating, here. How would he know the exact date of any of Moustachio’s tins?
Also, as I recall, Moustachio would offer the popcorn inside the tins to all bypassing persons with organic metabolisms, since he had no use for the internals of the tins. Any tins with popcorn still inside them are therefore probably new.
And, I seem to recall from the one or two times I saw them, popcorn inside tins was usually packed inside plastic bags that needed to be opened before the popcorn could be eaten. The plastic bags might well be filled with low oxygen or oxygen-free gas (nitrogen? argon?) to prevent staling. I have no idea how long a closed bag could stay reasonably edible.
Some foods have a “best before” or “sell before” date stamped on the container.
Also, when Nick was parked on the roof, he must have been subjected to conversations with Moustachio. Many long, long nights filled with seemingly endless inventories of his popcorn tin collection, including descriptions, provenance and other relevant history.
I’ve been waiting a long time for these popcorn tins to become a relevant story element.
I bet that if he EATS said ‘popcorn’ it will infuse his humanoid frame and no sleazy low parasitic and hateful vampire will DARE to bite him. I have hope that it’ll work, like great scientist Ben Franklin experimented with perfume in human food to make human methane exhalations pleasant. Food solves problems, properly prepared….
I am not 100% certain that the Count from Sesame Street was created with that folklore in mind; they may well have been riffing on the “Count” of Dracula without any deep awareness of vampire lore.
I’m not even going to bother linking to Robot Chicken’s take on Count Von Count. Let’s just say there are one or two elements of vampire lore Sesame Street *may* have glossed over a tiny bit, even if they got the counting part right.
Well, it was a kids show. Making the Count a genuine vampire wouldn’t have gone over too well with parents when their children started waking up with nightmares.
I suggested that the other day. Even if Nick isn’t a golfer, and couldn’t hit a straight shot, all he’d really need to do is connect solidly. Apparently no one at Annex One has any clubs.
Okay, either the popcorn acts as insulation, or the DoI team has their own madtech involved in this. Mutated popcorn that will either grab or overload Contessa Cammie the Cute?
Cheddar keeps forever, man!
Speaking as someone who used to amputate the moldy bits at the cheese section of a grocery store, no, no it does not.
Okay, fine: Clarification: Cheddar cheese seasoning (maltodextrin, whey protein concentrate, MSG, lactic and citric acid, FD&C artificial coloring [yellow] and SALT) keeps forever, man.
Nerds are indeed an unfair advantage. ^_^
So they’re gonna torture that particular electronic chia pet by locking it in the tin and letting burning ancient popcorn overload its “feed me ” circuit? How cruel! 🙂
Nick needs all the help he can get! One more strike and he’s OUT!
Hmmmm…Is it that Cammy would be overcome by a compelling desire to feed upon this ancient dreck? ….But, according to Vampire Canon, she could not enter the big tin to feed without an invitation (e.g., “enter freely, and of your own will”). So she’d end up stuck to the outside of the tin, unable to resist the potency of the stale-sneakerlike cheddar aroma? … Or perhaps she’d go into an orbit outside the tin, trapped by an unresolvable approach/avoidance conflict?
…Or should Nick just invite her to hop in and eat, and then slam down the lid, real quick?
Go for that last option. Seal the little sucker in there forever.
I take it there’s a garlic flavored popcorn?
Not in the standard mix–the most common tri-mix is Plain, Cheddar and Carmel.
You never know, though… Moustachio likes to collect unusual items, so there very well could be a variety with garlic in it.
Hmm… I guess it remains to be seen how this ties in to vampire lore
Freemage: Not sure I fancy the carmel ones. (Lets see if this works.)
Second attempt… The medical diagram in Maniac Mansion had a “chewy carmel center”.
Sorry… (what I could do with an “edit” function), the diagram is of a head with a “Chewy carmel center”.
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You guys are overlooking the obvious. The tin!
If you take an inanimate machine whose one weird trick is absorbing electricity, and drop it into a faraday cage, it’s kinda helpless. Leave said faraday cage out in the sun, and it’ll heat up like an oven, until eventually the CPU overheats or the battery explodes or something.
The coffin metaphor remains apt.
I think Nick might be confabulating, here. How would he know the exact date of any of Moustachio’s tins?
Also, as I recall, Moustachio would offer the popcorn inside the tins to all bypassing persons with organic metabolisms, since he had no use for the internals of the tins. Any tins with popcorn still inside them are therefore probably new.
And, I seem to recall from the one or two times I saw them, popcorn inside tins was usually packed inside plastic bags that needed to be opened before the popcorn could be eaten. The plastic bags might well be filled with low oxygen or oxygen-free gas (nitrogen? argon?) to prevent staling. I have no idea how long a closed bag could stay reasonably edible.
Some foods have a “best before” or “sell before” date stamped on the container.
Also, when Nick was parked on the roof, he must have been subjected to conversations with Moustachio. Many long, long nights filled with seemingly endless inventories of his popcorn tin collection, including descriptions, provenance and other relevant history.
I’ve been waiting a long time for these popcorn tins to become a relevant story element.
Given Marcie is with the Department of Irradiation, that tin could be one of their experiments and fresh as a daisy!
I bet that if he EATS said ‘popcorn’ it will infuse his humanoid frame and no sleazy low parasitic and hateful vampire will DARE to bite him. I have hope that it’ll work, like great scientist Ben Franklin experimented with perfume in human food to make human methane exhalations pleasant. Food solves problems, properly prepared….
I know at least two people who are exactly like marcie in that last panel.
You mean the kind who will eat the Cheetos they find between the sofa cushions?
For SCIENCE!
No, if you read the info on the side carefully, it says *best* if eaten before 1983.
I’d guess the ol’ “scatter seeds and the vampire is forced to count them” ploy, but I’m not sure that would work on the Tamagotchi variety.
Maybe we’ll find out.
“Sesame Street” is vampire lore?
The folklore that vampires must count scattered items like poppy seeds or a multitude of other small things precedes Sesame Street by some centuries.
https://curiosity.com/topics/sesame-streets-the-count-loves-to-count-because-of-this-real-life-vampire-legend-curiosity/
I am not 100% certain that the Count from Sesame Street was created with that folklore in mind; they may well have been riffing on the “Count” of Dracula without any deep awareness of vampire lore.
I’m not even going to bother linking to Robot Chicken’s take on Count Von Count. Let’s just say there are one or two elements of vampire lore Sesame Street *may* have glossed over a tiny bit, even if they got the counting part right.
Well, it was a kids show. Making the Count a genuine vampire wouldn’t have gone over too well with parents when their children started waking up with nightmares.
The “scatter seeds” thing was my guess. But garlic popcorn is a possibility.
“What you describe is impossible. That would require processing capacity in excess of ERROR_NAN.”
I’ve been wondering. If you gave Nick a golf club, could he drive Cammy down the fairway a couple hundred yards?
I suggested that the other day. Even if Nick isn’t a golfer, and couldn’t hit a straight shot, all he’d really need to do is connect solidly. Apparently no one at Annex One has any clubs.
Maybe Unity can barf up a golf club…
“Ha ha! The joke’s on you! I’m made of meat! I can make electricity out of carbohydrates!”
*nom nom*
“Yeah! Just a few hours of eating this terrible popcorn and I’ll be back up to full health! Give up yet?”
Okay, either the popcorn acts as insulation, or the DoI team has their own madtech involved in this. Mutated popcorn that will either grab or overload Contessa Cammie the Cute?
Do they make silver popcorn tins?