Well, if they can’t see into his cockpit, presumably they will assume he’s just some asshole who insists on communicating by loudspeaker rather than landing his ‘copter to talk.
Not necessarily. Some people’s reality blindness is more extreme, so if he were to tell the truth about who he is, some of them might filter him out completely, and neither see nor hear him at all. That would be remarkably counter-productive. He’s better off fabricating the story himself and telling it in a believable way.
So Nick is powered by imaginary pizza and Mountain Dew? There may be atomic reactor to keep him going, but does Shelby do the other maintenance? How icky is that from Nick’s point of view?
I don’t see why that would be icky. After all, human males have male doctors who do “maintenance and repairs” (i.e. medical checkups and surgery). Nick doesn’t even have those private parts that make some men uncomfortable in the presence of doctors and nurses (a fact he has been quite vocal about).
Very briefly, and not very clearly (todays-comic-727). But the first time she got a good look at it was in the Colma sewers. Then Unity left it there with K.T. after their mission was over.
“Enjoy your cushy sewer duty” is a sentence that has probably only been uttered a half-dozen times throughout recorded human history. And with the zombies and a panicked gestalt consciousness in the mix, I’m not sure if it’s accurate here.
Somehow I’m inclined to think the only times it has ever been uttered were in connection with this comic. And “cushy” is relative. Sewer duty is certainly not “cushy” compared to sitting behind a desk, but when Nick considers what his own task might end up being like, he would rather be on sewer duty.
According to Tolkien, that’s “nasturtians.”
Well, if they can’t see into his cockpit, presumably they will assume he’s just some asshole who insists on communicating by loudspeaker rather than landing his ‘copter to talk.
I assume he’ll communicate via radio, since firefighters are wired up so they can communicate with each other and with air support.
Or he can say he’s a fancy new remote-flown helicopter with speakers set up on the inside. That’s probably plausible enough for most people.
As long as they don’t happen to notice the brain in a jar sitting in the corner. 😛
Given that they’re reality blind, they might just not see it at all!
He did say that they’re “brain-glazed”. I wonder how attractive K.T. and U.N.I.T.Y. find that?
Considering how Unity reacted to brains with butter, I imagine that glazed brains would be positively mouth-watering.
They’re reality-blind, probably. All he needs to do is tell the truth and they’ll translate it into something that “makes sense.”
Not necessarily. Some people’s reality blindness is more extreme, so if he were to tell the truth about who he is, some of them might filter him out completely, and neither see nor hear him at all. That would be remarkably counter-productive. He’s better off fabricating the story himself and telling it in a believable way.
Bitey!
Oh, how generous of you Nick.
So Nick is powered by imaginary pizza and Mountain Dew? There may be atomic reactor to keep him going, but does Shelby do the other maintenance? How icky is that from Nick’s point of view?
I don’t see why that would be icky. After all, human males have male doctors who do “maintenance and repairs” (i.e. medical checkups and surgery). Nick doesn’t even have those private parts that make some men uncomfortable in the presence of doctors and nurses (a fact he has been quite vocal about).
Return of The Hat 😀
Didn’t Virginia see the hat in the basement swamp?
Very briefly, and not very clearly (todays-comic-727). But the first time she got a good look at it was in the Colma sewers. Then Unity left it there with K.T. after their mission was over.
And now that song is stuck in my head.
Postponing my song parody to Tuesday or Wednesday, assuming anybody’s interested.
Always!
Your improvisations are one of the main reasons I read the comments.
“Enjoy your cushy sewer duty” is a sentence that has probably only been uttered a half-dozen times throughout recorded human history. And with the zombies and a panicked gestalt consciousness in the mix, I’m not sure if it’s accurate here.
Somehow I’m inclined to think the only times it has ever been uttered were in connection with this comic. And “cushy” is relative. Sewer duty is certainly not “cushy” compared to sitting behind a desk, but when Nick considers what his own task might end up being like, he would rather be on sewer duty.
Art Carney’s “Song of the Sewer” would be a good anthem for the swamp…