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2008-02-19

by shaenon on February 19, 2008 at 12:01 am
Chapter: Borrowers
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  1. maarvarq
    August 25, 2012, 4:04 am | # | Reply

    So It Begins (soitbegins) says:
    Three things flashed through my head with this one. (Tuesday)
    1. Real honey?  …I don’t want to know.
    2. Note that Tip wears earrings.
    And, 3:
    …say, want a mint? 😉

    Jordi (jordik) says: Honey is bee vomit… no wonder Trip feels more than a little weirded out.

    Dave Van Domelen (dvandom) says: Imagine talking to the cow who provided the milk you’re drinking. 😉

    David Harmon (mental_mouse) says:
    SIB:  So, would Tip gender-flip into a drag king?
    I’m amused that Gavotte has a desk — with a calendar-book on it, yet!
     
    Tiff Hudson (tiff_hudson) says:
    Now you have me wondering whether the calendar book is written in English or Bee.
    “Take a note,” she thinks, and thirty bees dip their feet in ink and dance on the book. 

    Ed Gedeon (eddurd) says:
    Dave — even worse, imagine your own real-life job, and your boss offering you some candy that you know was excreted from his/her body.
     
    Dave Van Domelen (dvandom) says: The desk is probably full of honeycomb.  Which is bound to get the files sticky.

    Johnn Reynolds (sleepyjohn) says: Of course it is,  You catch more files with honey, you know.

    David Palmer (viadd) says:
    No you don’t.
    http://xkcd.com/357/
    (I’ve never tried it.  Maybe we should ask Mythbusters.) 

    Thomas Levy (ergonomytch) says:
    You know, it almost seems like Gavotte is coming on to Tip…
    Or maybe she just likes tweaking at his insecurites. 

    bzzzzd (bzzzzd) says: Has anyone else twigged to the many African artworks? Are Gavotte genetically-altered African (or Africanized) Honey Bees? In other words, KILLER bees? Makes sense: to have an intelligent weapon that swarms would be harder to disable or destroy. Anybody read Crighton’s PREY?

    bzzzzd (bzzzzd) says:
    Jordi says:Honey is bee vomit… no wonder Trip feels more than a little weirded out. 
    Tip is trippin’ alright. (I once had a weird friend named Charlie Tripper. He was.)
    Honey is nectar mixed with bee-spit, vomit, and in the case of fir-tree honey, aphid feces. Considering the crap many bosses make one take, this one is easier than most. 
     
    Aaron Shades (prof_tinker) says:
    See, the problem here is that you *just KNOW* that that toffee is *delicious*. Have you ever *had* real honey toffee?!
    On a side note, Why yes!  I would love a mint! 

    Martha Mintz (muffinthamighty) says: In response mental_mouse- no, I don’t think tip would identify as a drag queen.  Drag queens are much more over the top traditionally, and they’re impersonating the other gender.  Tip isn’t, as he has hairy legs and isn’t stuffing a brassier.  He’s not trying to fool anyone, he just thinks he looks hot in ladies clothing.  So I think Transvestite would be appropriate; Action Transvestite doubly so.

    Martha Mintz (muffinthamighty) says: God I love this comic.

    David Harmon (mental_mouse) says: Martha:  You’re surely right, but “my poor little joke, you squashed it!”  (I’d only just just lent it out from keyboard duty.  Really, Gaxotte… Gawotte… Gafotte… whatefer, she’d empathize!  😉 )

    Elaine Corvidae (elaine_corvidae) says:
    (I’ve never tried it.  Maybe we should ask Mythbusters.)
     I’m fairly certain they did that one, and the vinegar attracted more flies.

    Quentin Long (cubist) says: You know, nobody has yet speculated on which Oz character Gavotte might have been inspired by. She doesn’t seem to be a close match to any of them, but there is at least one sentient insect in the Ozian canon: Professor H. M. Wogglebug, T.E. Yes? No?

    John Campbell (jcampbel) says: I like how Gavotte says, “an organization knows”. Unusual wording, but intriguingly appropriate for someone who is herself an organization.

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