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.
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.