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2013-07-20
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2013-07-20

by shaenon on July 20, 2013 at 12:00 am
Chapter: My House Is Me
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  1. Stig
    July 20, 2013, 12:25 am | # | Reply

    See! All Nick needed was the proper motivation! 😀

    • soft
      July 20, 2013, 12:06 pm | # | Reply

      Indeed!

  2. pcj
    July 20, 2013, 12:36 am | # | Reply

    love ! 🙂

  3. Norman
    July 20, 2013, 12:55 am | # | Reply

    Just saw a couple of Disney Princesses outside the Marina Ballroom at the Marriott, which made me remember to check tonight’s post ^_^

    Tip’s right, Nick is brave.

    • Shaenon
      July 20, 2013, 2:29 am | # | Reply

      Oh, Comic-Con! I saw a group of zombie Disney Princesses, which is an obvious improvement over whatever Jeff and I are doing here.

      • mnementh
        July 20, 2013, 4:58 am | # | Reply

        Dahlin, you’ve got a Remote-Controlled, Cross-Dressing, Robot Princess right heah! PLUS a talking brain in a jar, hard radiation, neurotic puppet droids, whatever it is Pinkie Pie do… err, Tip does, AND a gainfully employed zombie whose Boss is a talking dog.

        As much as I LOVE Comic-Con… those amateur freaks wouldn’t last five minutes in your bailiwick!

        mnem
        This is like “Metropolis” on acid, man.

      • Darkstarr
        May 4, 2016, 1:00 am | # | Reply

        Meh. Zombies are done to death these days… Give me a decent vampire any day!

        • The Other Mike
          February 26, 2017, 1:14 am | # | Reply

          Hmph. Is there no love for cyborgs anymore?

        • darkshallfall
          August 6, 2019, 5:21 pm | # | Reply

          Its 2019, zombies AND vampires are overdone. We need werewolves, talking dogs, more cross dressers and talking robots, not just androids or terminator styled robots. Talking wall-ee styled robots.

  4. Manifesta
    July 20, 2013, 1:31 am | # | Reply

    I’m guessing Nick is at least as jazzed about the “man” part as he is about the “brave” part.

    tune: “What I Did for Love,” Marvin Hamlisch & Edward Kleban, A Chorus Line, 1975

    Hand over the bling
    And point me toward the Boot Camp
    I’ll do what I have to do
    For Virginia Lee
    I’ll come through for love
    I’ll come through for love

    You’re the shtupping king
    But I can be her true champ
    She said I’m more brave than you
    It’s all up to me
    I’ll come through for love
    I’ll come through for love

    Yes! I will wear the dress!
    I’ll be your princess
    Gimme the tiara

    Whimsy found its guy
    And I have found my calling
    It’s what I was born to do
    Ginny Lee
    Count on me
    “She” I’ll be . . . for love!

    I’ll come through for love!
    I’ll come through for love!

    • Classic Steve
      July 20, 2013, 12:54 pm | # | Reply

      Very good. But can Nick say “shtupping”?

      • Manifesta
        July 20, 2013, 5:09 pm | # | Reply

        I think it’s an open question. In the strip his swears are filtered, so we can’t tell what language he’s using. On his blog, he can swear, but he swears in English. He should try Yiddish or another language, and see what the swear filter does.

      • JET73L
        March 3, 2015, 6:31 pm | # | Reply

        A lot of people think there was in-comic proof that the swear filter blocks Yiddish cursing, but I’m pretty sure it was at MOST implication by rhyming, which isn’t always [master-filking] accurate. Judging by how it reacted to “[mukluk]”, though, I’d guess he can’t say things like “[schmutz]”, “[supping]”, and “[folder-stacker]”.

        …wait, I can say “schmutz”? Cool! “I love to read the filthiest [butts] available!” …[crown], never mind.

  5. Rincewind
    July 20, 2013, 1:35 am | # | Reply

    Uh oh, does this mean Tip gets to do a make-over? It’s going to be a looonnnnggg wait for Monday’s strip.

  6. Andrew
    July 20, 2013, 1:41 am | # | Reply

    Didn’t this happen in the Neverending Story?

  7. maarvarq
    July 20, 2013, 2:39 am | # | Reply

    One rarely gets a sweet moment and a laugh-out-loud moment in the same strip, but there they both are today.

  8. il biggo
    July 20, 2013, 4:43 am | # | Reply

    “Caffeinated freak” has to be the weirdest insult ever uttered.
    I’d transfer to an English-speaking country just to befriend some guy, have a fight with him, and call him a caffeinated freak.

    • Robert The Addled
      July 20, 2013, 6:42 am | # | Reply

      I’m pretty sure I’ve heard it before.

      Was referring to someone who was a heavy user of coffee and mountain dew.

      • --jt--
        July 20, 2013, 3:06 pm | # | Reply

        Oh… Doc Nickel!

  9. Eddurd
    July 20, 2013, 7:36 am | # | Reply

    (TUNE: “She Loves You”, The Beatles)

    Now listen, Nick, it’s true
    That we need you desp’rately!
    Though I’m not sure why you
    Had to to mention Doctor Lee …
    Although she likes you!
    And she thinks you’re really brave …
    Yes, she likes you,
    So our butts you gotta save!

    Your body, face, and hair
    Are as “princess” as it gets!
    Tiara you will wear …
    Can you make it work with sweats?
    But Ginny likes you!
    An extr’ordinary guy …
    Yeah, she likes you,
    Though I’m really not sure why …
    (ooo!)

    She likes you! Pork pork pork!
    She likes you! Pork pork pork!
    Time to princess up
    And show them what you’ve got!
    Time to princess up,
    And go and ki-i-i-i-ick …
    Some ‘bot!
    (Like like like!
    Like like like like!)

  10. Shadowmehr
    July 20, 2013, 9:16 am | # | Reply

    To paraphrase that great philosopher Al Bundy: Men will fight, will build civilizations, will become princesses really for only one reason: women.

  11. Loki
    July 20, 2013, 9:59 am | # | Reply

    I just realized – Tip reached the rank of O-3 while he was on active duty.

    That means that today he is officially Captain Clueless.

    • Dewy
      July 20, 2013, 12:05 pm | # | Reply

      Are you sure about that? Seems to me like Tip just got exactly what he wanted with only a few words. Remember what his profession is?

    • Robert The Addled
      July 20, 2013, 2:52 pm | # | Reply

      Only because he was Army.

      Navy he’d be a full Lieutenant.

      • Sheik
        July 20, 2013, 3:14 pm | # | Reply

        Is it true that on board ship the Navy will “promote” a ground pounder to “Major” just to avoid the confusion of having more than one Captain on a ship?”

        • reynard61
          July 20, 2013, 11:51 pm | # | Reply

          Not to my knowledge. The commander of a medium-sized ship’s (Frigates, Cruisers) Marine security detachment is usually a Captain (and USMC Officer ranks are structured pretty much like their Army counterparts) and the Navy crew might generally refer to him/her as “Sir”/”Ma’am” in order to avoid confusion, but the detachment commander won’t be “promoted” for a frivolous reason like that. (Alternately, the ship’s Captain might be called “Skipper” if he’s given his permission to be so addressed; but that’s very rare these days.)

        • jamesH
          July 21, 2013, 12:59 am | # | Reply

          in the Navy the rank of captain refers to the commander of the ship
          and is equivalent to that of a Army Col. ,whereas the Army/Marines
          rank of captain is equivalent to the Navy rank of Lieut. rather than
          give the officers a demotion they are (sometimes) bumped up a grade and given a courtesy acting rank of major. particularly if they are the senior Marine officer on board
          (tried posting this a couple hours ago goes through 0

  12. jdreyfuss
    July 20, 2013, 10:18 am | # | Reply

    A tiara with that outfit? Of course! C’mon Tip, surely you’ve heard of dishabille?

    • Jay
      July 20, 2013, 7:30 pm | # | Reply

      Tip is never dishabille, though he often causes it in others…

  13. Dan
    July 20, 2013, 11:05 am | # | Reply

    First time coming here. Nice comic… 🙂

  14. Amonduul
    July 21, 2013, 1:22 am | # | Reply

    I wonder: Is Tip just sincerely mentioning what Virginia likes to talk about or his he feeding Nick what he thinks/knows Nick wants to hear? I’m leaning a little towards the former, judging by his body language, but it could be either.

  15. davidbreslin101
    July 21, 2013, 9:07 am | # | Reply

    Dammit, the lenses on my photoreceptors are misting up.

  16. Knuckles
    January 24, 2022, 1:01 pm | # | Reply

    Even when Tip is being oblivious, he still knows which buttons to push.

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