From am RPG I used to play the last message from the commanding general of the US 5th Infantry division after a counter attack by the Warsaw pact caught them out of fuel… “You’re on your own…Good Luck!”
As we learned in the last Hitchhiker book Douglas Adams wrote, Mostly Harmless, when someone offers to take you on a spaceship you do not go back for your bag first.
Iāll tell them what the smile on my face meant
My heart going “Boom-boom-boom”
“Hey”, I said
“You can keep my things, they’ve come to take me home”
Peter Gabriel – Salisbury Hill
I canāt bear no more Sweetheart Darling,
No Unity seen
In shades of black and white.
Iām getting sadder.
The end is closer to me.
Watching here
With these madder types in strife.
Too late.
For further artwork scrawling.
I caught the bug,
And brightened up my life.
Now I have read
The meaning of announcements.
So no more,
And leave me sidelined for a sight.
Donāt let āSkin-Horseā go-bye on me.
Although Iāll search again,
Itās now another strip Iāll see.
Itās just a great attachment in our lives,
Responded, see?
But losing all them now
Is like Skin-Horse going bye on me.
I canāt lie,
Oh, the right fantastic signs.
Iāve seen it all,
And thatās the way I feel.
Donāt discard it,
Just because this strip has bought the farm.
But these strips I have,
We need time to know itās real.
Donāt let āSkin-Horseā go-bye on me.
Although Iāll search again,
Itās now another strip Iāll see.
Itās just a great attachment in our lives,
Responded, see?
But losing all them now
Is like Skin-Horse going bye on me.
Donāt let āSkin-Horseā go-bye on me.
Although Iāll search again,
Itās now another strip Iāll see.
Itās just a great attachment in our lives,
Responded, see?
But losing all them now
Is like Skin-Horse going bye on me.
—from “Don’t Let the Sun Go Down on Me,” lyrics by Bernie Taupin, music by Elton John, sung by Elton John (and later, George Michael.)
If Wilkin is no longer packing, the future could be quite nerve-wracking. For hugging and kissing he’s sure to be missing his handgun, named Alice, he’s lacking.
Dearly beloved, we are gathered here today…
…To get through this thing called ‘life’…
Electric word, life
It means forever and that’s a mighty long time
In this life
You’re on your own
From am RPG I used to play the last message from the commanding general of the US 5th Infantry division after a counter attack by the Warsaw pact caught them out of fuel… “You’re on your own…Good Luck!”
Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? Caught in a UFO, escape from reality….
Oh yeah! OH YEAH!
This is so soul-warming and satisfying!!
…why am I still waiting for Chekhov’s other shoe to drop?
This is Skin Horse, you may be waiting for Chekhov’s other, other, other shoe to drop. š
Shaenon Garrity’s writing. Chekhov is a centipede in command of an artillery company.
Equal props to Jeffrey Channing Wells for the story
True that!
With that blue glow, Cherenkov’s other shoe may have dropped…
I’m so glad to see them happy. Yet so sad to see them go.
Truly a defining moment!
As we learned in the last Hitchhiker book Douglas Adams wrote, Mostly Harmless, when someone offers to take you on a spaceship you do not go back for your bag first.
Presumably they have towels on board.
Beer and peanuts, however…
“It’s unpleasantly like being drunk.”
“What’s wrong with being drunk?”
“You ask a glass of water!”
Iāll tell them what the smile on my face meant
My heart going “Boom-boom-boom”
“Hey”, I said
“You can keep my things, they’ve come to take me home”
Peter Gabriel – Salisbury Hill
Smiling through tears. I’m going to miss them.
Could this be… THE END?
VMMMM
I couldnāt have said it any better.
You should make a postcard or bookmark of the third panel. Gotta love a happy ending.
There’s no place like Lovetron, there’s no place like Lovetron, . .
Is it ok to cry? Or is it a case of “Crying? There’s no crying in Skinhorse!” (with apologies to Tom Hanks of course)
If you actually watch a game, it turns out there actually is crying in baseball.
“Baseball will break your heart.” —Bartlett Giametti.
Sure is dusty in here . . .
Two, to beam up, Mr. Scott
Allonz-y!!
I canāt bear no more Sweetheart Darling,
No Unity seen
In shades of black and white.
Iām getting sadder.
The end is closer to me.
Watching here
With these madder types in strife.
Too late.
For further artwork scrawling.
I caught the bug,
And brightened up my life.
Now I have read
The meaning of announcements.
So no more,
And leave me sidelined for a sight.
Donāt let āSkin-Horseā go-bye on me.
Although Iāll search again,
Itās now another strip Iāll see.
Itās just a great attachment in our lives,
Responded, see?
But losing all them now
Is like Skin-Horse going bye on me.
I canāt lie,
Oh, the right fantastic signs.
Iāve seen it all,
And thatās the way I feel.
Donāt discard it,
Just because this strip has bought the farm.
But these strips I have,
We need time to know itās real.
Donāt let āSkin-Horseā go-bye on me.
Although Iāll search again,
Itās now another strip Iāll see.
Itās just a great attachment in our lives,
Responded, see?
But losing all them now
Is like Skin-Horse going bye on me.
Donāt let āSkin-Horseā go-bye on me.
Although Iāll search again,
Itās now another strip Iāll see.
Itās just a great attachment in our lives,
Responded, see?
But losing all them now
Is like Skin-Horse going bye on me.
—from “Don’t Let the Sun Go Down on Me,” lyrics by Bernie Taupin, music by Elton John, sung by Elton John (and later, George Michael.)
I’ll miss your lyrical contributions, too. Thanks for enlivening this community!
Nice one!
whoa, Tigerlily is serious – she used Tip’s actual name!
Aww, shucks. My wretched little 0.5 sized heart is melting…
If Wilkin is no longer packing, the future could be quite nerve-wracking. For hugging and kissing he’s sure to be missing his handgun, named Alice, he’s lacking.
I’m not crying. *sobs*
Godspeed, you glorious goofs.