“We had some hopes for the Killbots, but it turned out that when they said they would kill any A-Sig troops, they meant they would offer them a nice cup of tea.”
I was aware of that fact the day after I posted, but was curious if anyone would turn up to complain. My expectations for the internet have been fulfilled.
I think I read about a D&D character like that once. The rest of the players didn’t work it out until the human got killed, and the PC went and got another one.
Well, awgiedawgie, I think you have the right idea. The non-humans’ defense is likely to be very confusing. Also, I think Echo Bravo and Alpha Alpha may be rather unmotivated to complete their mission once they arrive.
Hmm…making A-Sig laugh themselves to death could work, if they could develop a sufficiently lethal joke. Proper handling of the joke to prevent friendly fire is quite difficult, but at least they wouldn’t have to deal with the tedious process of translating the joke into another language. Certainly someone present doesn’t speak English and could deliver the joke safely.
Well, they could have the piggie and other dangerously cute critters from Whimsy House show themselves, and give the A-Sig troops heart attacks from cute overload.
Sweetheart looks for whatever they’ve got. Their skill set does not have a lot. Song, friendship, and jokes are what they evoke, plus bumps on the head—looks like squat.
I assumed the joke the chicken is making is referencing Diogenes plucking a chicken and declaring it to be a human being, since it was a featherless biped (the definition Plato had proposed).
That … that could easily be me with that chicken there. I do have a great joke about a chicken. And it’s exactly the sort of joke that would draw a reaction like that from Sweetheart.
“We had some hopes for the Killbots, but it turned out that when they said they would kill any A-Sig troops, they meant they would offer them a nice cup of tea.”
Or a cake.
Surely they would have said they would destroy the troops, not kill them. Those are quite different words with very different numbers of meanings.
I was aware of that fact the day after I posted, but was curious if anyone would turn up to complain. My expectations for the internet have been fulfilled.
I’m getting Duck Man vibes from the guy holding the chicken.
So if asked he’d say “what chicken?”
What guy holding the chicken?
Y’know, that thing the chicken is using as a roost.
. . . and the chicken says, “Doctor, it all started with this wart on my bottom . . . “
Why did the human cross the road?
Bioweapons without the weapon part
I wonder what the chicken-man thinks he is doing, and where he is
Ah, but the *chicken* is clearly Socrates.
Does that make the man who be holding him Diogenes?
I always thought the human was somehow being controlled by the chicken (telepathy or something) acting like an extension of her body
Like the hippie?
I think I read about a D&D character like that once. The rest of the players didn’t work it out until the human got killed, and the PC went and got another one.
Perhaps he misunderstood when he was instructed to serve the chicken.
He read the wrong “To Serve Chicken” book.
Well, awgiedawgie, I think you have the right idea. The non-humans’ defense is likely to be very confusing. Also, I think Echo Bravo and Alpha Alpha may be rather unmotivated to complete their mission once they arrive.
@Candace,
A bit like some of the battle scenes in F Troop then!
I’m delighted someone else remembers F-Troop!
“The end of the Civil War was near…”
“It is balloon!”
Oooh, I see my dragon nose! Do I get to be useless, too?
Dunno, but I am delighted to appear in a strip with you.
Hmm…making A-Sig laugh themselves to death could work, if they could develop a sufficiently lethal joke. Proper handling of the joke to prevent friendly fire is quite difficult, but at least they wouldn’t have to deal with the tedious process of translating the joke into another language. Certainly someone present doesn’t speak English and could deliver the joke safely.
Sounds like the Monty Python sketch.
I thought of Mr. Smoketoomuch with yesterday’s discussion with Mehitabel.
i watched a documentary about this one,
Is that human reality-blind? What does he think is happening here?
Maybe he’s not actually human, but the chicken is unaware of that.
Well, they could have the piggie and other dangerously cute critters from Whimsy House show themselves, and give the A-Sig troops heart attacks from cute overload.
Has Dan finally come out as Zombie Ben Franklin, or is that somebody else in that outfit?
Maybe it’s the REAL Zombie Ben Franklin! They should meet.
Looked up “phrenology” on Wikipedia—they guy does bear a resemblance to Franz Joseph Gall.
For the umpteenth time I am Zombie Dan. That looks to be Franz Joseph Gall.
Yeah, zombie Ben Franklin probably would have a more useful suggestion. Possibly involving lightning.
Somehow managed to miss this one when posting above.
Let’s get down to business~
To defeat… A-Sig!
Did they send me small-fries~
When I asked… for big?
You’re the saddest works that science wrought,
But before… the arc… is through,
Monsters, I’ll… make a horde… out of you!
A Herculean task!
Sweetheart looks for whatever they’ve got. Their skill set does not have a lot. Song, friendship, and jokes are what they evoke, plus bumps on the head—looks like squat.
We’re gonna need some Seven Zombie Samurai action here, and fast.
Is it presumptuous to assume the chicken’s joke begins with “Why did the human cross the road?”
I assumed the joke the chicken is making is referencing Diogenes plucking a chicken and declaring it to be a human being, since it was a featherless biped (the definition Plato had proposed).
That … that could easily be me with that chicken there. I do have a great joke about a chicken. And it’s exactly the sort of joke that would draw a reaction like that from Sweetheart.