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2015-02-10

by shaenon on February 10, 2015 at 12:01 am
Chapter: Mixed-Up Files
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  1. Alphaghoul
    February 10, 2015, 12:10 am | # | Reply

    Why am I always the first comment?

    • Treesong
      February 10, 2015, 12:32 am | # | Reply

      Because you have nothing better to do?

    • Exasperation
      February 10, 2015, 1:09 am | # | Reply

      Should have named yourself Omegaghoul, then you wouldn’t have that problem.

    • Robert Nowall
      February 10, 2015, 2:24 am | # | Reply

      ‘Cause I can’t get here any earlier even on my days off…

  2. Dogstar
    February 10, 2015, 12:59 am | # | Reply

    Those hands to give skritches may let the C-A-T out of the bag.

    • Alphaghoul
      February 10, 2015, 11:57 am | # | Reply

      She’s already hinted at being a dog lady, and this is a crazy place for people like that (as long as there mad scientists).

  3. Dave Van Domelen
    February 10, 2015, 1:28 am | # | Reply

    A wheel? I never trusted wheels.

    • Daniel
      February 10, 2015, 2:06 am | # | Reply

      Renouncing wheels is the first step to becoming great and powerful.

      • Frank
        February 10, 2015, 10:27 pm | # | Reply

        Just look at Foot!

      • David McGuire
        February 11, 2015, 4:09 am | # | Reply

        Yeah, they’re full of tricks, see?

      • Erin Palette
        February 11, 2015, 9:22 am | # | Reply

        Don’t worry, Daniel, I see what you did there. TGaPT approves.

  4. Gyrre
    February 10, 2015, 1:38 am | # | Reply

    Some guy actually invented something like that. The dog steps onto a pressure plate to activate a mechanical gloved hand that pets them. The machine also says “good dog” and a few other comforting phrases. It was some inventor showcase/competition show. I forgot the name of it, though.

    • skirtmanwarrior
      February 10, 2015, 7:59 am | # | Reply

      I think Dilbert invented a self-petting machine that was strapped around Dogbert’s waist, but of course I can’t find the particular strip online.

      When I know exactly what I’m looking for, no search engine seems able to find it; instead they spit up random and unrelated stuff. When I have only a vague idea of what I want, the first hit is usually exactly what I’m looking for. More evidence that all search engines are actually products of Anasigma. Or their experiments…

      • djiril
        February 12, 2015, 12:32 am | # | Reply

        This one? http://dilbert.com/strip/1991-12-25

  5. Robert Nowall
    February 10, 2015, 2:26 am | # | Reply

    “Your parent would be proud.” Just one?

    • Rex Vivat
      February 10, 2015, 11:27 am | # | Reply

      She only had one.

  6. ChrisD
    February 10, 2015, 5:22 am | # | Reply

    Poor sweetheart. She had such a messed up puppyhood. Still at least she learnt to restart her own heart that time. (She did grow up with only one mad scientist standing in for her parents).

    • Robert Nowall
      February 10, 2015, 6:09 am | # | Reply

      So that’s the “parent” she talked about in the singular!

  7. eddurd
    February 10, 2015, 7:29 am | # | Reply

    (TUNE: “I Say A Little Prayer For You”, Dionne Warwick)

    An afternoon spent here,
    A new thing I did invent here …
    I made a trophy just for me!

    Irrational hubris …
    It works, I knew I could do this!
    I made a trophy just for me!

    It skritches
    My itches
    And tells me I’m good!
    And it will love me!
    It’s awesome!
    I’ll draw some,
    The way that I should!
    It looks so lovely!
    It’s rolling,
    Extolling
    My virtues so loud!
    It tells me, “Good job!
    You’re making your parent so proud!”

  8. Alphaghoul
    February 10, 2015, 12:05 pm | # | Reply

    I think the man has slightly hinted that he’s on to her.

  9. Eldritch
    February 10, 2015, 12:32 pm | # | Reply

    Next plan is probably to just start bullshitting. Technobabble and nonsense circuitry. With mad science, how can you tell?

    Obviously they’d find out eventually (unless it actually works) but you could keep them guessing for just long enough.

  10. Shadowmehr
    February 10, 2015, 7:05 pm | # | Reply

    If you give a million monkeys a million typewriters, they’ll eventually type out Shakespeare.

    I wonder how long one (desperate) dog in a drone will take to churn out madtech in a well-stocked lab?

  11. Frank
    February 10, 2015, 10:29 pm | # | Reply

    He’s probably planted there to make sure she does a good job (by who? Gavotte?)

  12. Nathan (Wilson)
    February 11, 2015, 1:16 pm | # | Reply

    Late comment, but I love the fact that her invention is already working, evidenced by the guy’s praise.

  13. jdreyfuss
    January 27, 2020, 7:42 am | # | Reply

    The wonderful thing about pretending to be crazy is that you can buy some time just acting silly and they’ll assume it’s part of your disorder.

  14. Knuckles
    January 27, 2022, 12:13 pm | # | Reply

    “Your parent would be proud”?

    Would that be Captain, or the wire monkey?

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