Rachel (admiralshazbot) says:
In that case, there should be an accent mark over the E in “squished.”
How DARE you be fallible!
Alycia Shedd (leeshajoy) says:
Okay, place your bets: Are the ‘death robots’ in fact robots or something else entirely? And if they do turn out to be death robots, what kind of civilization will they have, and what sort of mad science foe will they ask Tip to vanquish?
(To quote my friend Val, this is turning into kind of a ‘The Day I Swapped My Dad For Two Goldfish’ sequence…)
Rachel S. (masamage) says:
I love the centipede whipping out his Impressive, Scary Eyebrows.
Also… crops?
Michael Brazier (michaelbrazier) says: I’m predicting Roombas.
Ed Gedeon (eddurd) says: I want to have the local franchise for villainsupply.com
Indigo C (indigo) says:
I agree: squish`ed should have two syllables.
John Vertical (tropylium) says: I’d prefer “skoo-ished”.
Incog Neato (ghede) says:
Squishèd. ASCII è= 138. Simply hold ALT, and press 138 on numpad with numlock on. Voilà. (133)
You may have trouble typing that in firefox on a laptop keyboard with a fn-numpad. It refuses to recognize the fact that you are holding the fn key, which means it sees you hitting alt-(insert letter here) which can have any number of effects.
So It Begins (soitbegins) says: @ghede: Since I don’t have a numpad on my laptop, for me the correct combination is option-`, then the letter. For an accent facing the other way, it’s option-e, then the letter.
Incog Neato (ghede) says:
@So it Begins: I’ll have to remember that trick if I ever use a Mac.
Mel Van Weelden (kessalia) says: I got the comic I bought in the mail today already! Fastest service EVER! *bounces around around like crazy*
Brand Willis (brandyllyn) says:
I wonder how many sentient lifeforms Tip’s going to have to go through?
I wonder if Tip (or another Skin Horse member) is the ultimate cause here?
I wonder a lot actually…
David Toboz (professor_zobot) says:
I’ma gonna go out on a limb and guess that the death robots aren’t a size that will scare Tip at all, and are probably only a bit bigger than the centipedes. Anything bigger probably wouldn’t even be programmed to destory them.
Also: To anyone who cares: I finally finished reading Narbonic! It’s certainly quite a ride. I’d comment more on the story, but I’m fairly sure that nothing I say here would have not been said millions of times before.
Sraw Ics Dam
“An alliance? With me?” Professor, I represent the collective union of voices in your head. We’ve all had an emergency meeting and decided on the course of action you must take right now. You’ll like it, it’s the one that gives you the highest chance of surviving through the next week unscathed. You need to point your Vaporizator 2050 at Miss Narbon’s head right now, and fire. It probably won’t actually hit her, but the message will be clear.
“I would certainly welcome the partnership, Miss Narbon. I must say that I am flattered that you think so highly of me, but I must confess that you have a slight misunderstanding of my nature. Hare-brained schemes have their place, (and I wouldn’t be a mad scientist if I hadn’t enacted at least a few.) I simply usually find it more effective to keep things simple. Why do work yourself when you can coerce others to do it for you?
That being said, what’s your field? My best work has been in robotics, but I’m quite capable in-”
*The front door is smashed in by SiB*
I can’t help but sigh. “Good lord man! Have you no concept of subtlty? You know, had you been a bit more imaginative in your conceptions I would bother with witty banter, but as it is you’ve pretty much killed the entire thing.” I take a shoot at him with my raygun, and he dives behind the table. One of these days I’ll remember why I bothered to make the furniture in my lab so me-proof. “I’m going to give you three minutes to surrender before I call in a platoon of my serrated spinning zobots to destroy you.” I wait for a few seconds, then get bored. “Nevermind. I’m calling them in now! Tremble in fear as you helplessly watch them shred you…while singing the lyrics of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s most popular musicals in harmony. One of these day I’ll manage to debug that…”
I turn to face my lovely guest. “Now then, Miss Narbon. I believe it would be prudent to relocate our discussion to a safer point in the lab. Go down the green corridor. I’ll meet you there after I take a moment to indulge in a bit of manical laughter.”
Basil Jelly (basil_jelly) says:
There is a dilemma ‘the credenza’ or ‘the death robots’.
Michael Brewer (wusemajor) says: “Apple Butter” is an euphemism for something, isn’t it?
One wonders what the death robots will want and whether Tip will remember his original purpose in coming down here by the end of the chain.
One also wonders how the centipedes know a guy (since they presumably haven’t left the basement) and who it is they know.
Brian Rogers (billionsix) says: Could Tip buy the credenza and write it off as an expense?
Scott Davidson (mrson) says: Is… Is this a comic “novelization” of some kind of video RPG game? Because this is shaping up to be quite the sidequest.
Jane Narbon (lady_madsci) says: Man, Ezekiel sure gets around a lot, doesn’t he?
NigaiAmai Yume (nigaiamai_yume) says: Ten bucks says by the end of the sidequest, Tip’s agreed to kick Skinhorse out of their offices. I wonder how the other’s would react to that – no, wait, I don’t. I know. It involves guns and allergic reactions.
Justin Grubbs (the_purple_knight) says:
I would totally charge more for that credenza. It took two years to make? Those modern market prices are for things getting churned out of a factory. Whatev, their life.
Ed Gedeon (eddurd) says: Ezekiel is the centipedes’ Gilligan …
Tiff Hudson (tiff_hudson) says:
Death Robots or Credenza? Not a question. I gotta see the death robots.
Assuming these guys use their mandibles to shape the wood, I think I know where the apple butter came from.
I used to live in Australia. (Awesome place!) An American of my acquaintance, on her first morning in country, was delighted to find apple butter on the hotel buffet. She slathered it on her toast, then froze in mid-bite. A waiter noticed her apparent distress and asked if she was ok. She was, but said she thought the apple butter had gone bad. The waiter replied, “I don’t know what apple butter is, but that’s Vegemite and you used way too much.”
I suspect that the centipedes’ apple butter won’t taste as good as Vegemite.
Mel Van Weelden (kessalia) says: I don’t see that Ezekial is getting around a lot… now they are at the credenza, he’s always been the one on the far left. *shrugs*
Aaron Shades (prof_tinker) says:
. . . . . Dang, thats expensive. But it is lovely crdenza. . . . still, the Death robots are bound to be easier.
Still, the question remains: Will Tips outfit survive?
Basil Jelly (basil_jelly) says:
Starting to look like C.A. Smith’s “The Seven Geas’.
The last one will make it necessary for him to kill the silverfish.
(Who by then will be extinct)
Rachel (admiralshazbot) says:
In that case, there should be an accent mark over the E in “squished.”
How DARE you be fallible!
Alycia Shedd (leeshajoy) says:
Okay, place your bets: Are the ‘death robots’ in fact robots or something else entirely? And if they do turn out to be death robots, what kind of civilization will they have, and what sort of mad science foe will they ask Tip to vanquish?
(To quote my friend Val, this is turning into kind of a ‘The Day I Swapped My Dad For Two Goldfish’ sequence…)
Rachel S. (masamage) says:
I love the centipede whipping out his Impressive, Scary Eyebrows.
Also… crops?
Michael Brazier (michaelbrazier) says: I’m predicting Roombas.
Ed Gedeon (eddurd) says: I want to have the local franchise for villainsupply.com
Indigo C (indigo) says:
I agree: squish`ed should have two syllables.
John Vertical (tropylium) says: I’d prefer “skoo-ished”.
Incog Neato (ghede) says:
Squishèd. ASCII è= 138. Simply hold ALT, and press 138 on numpad with numlock on. Voilà. (133)
You may have trouble typing that in firefox on a laptop keyboard with a fn-numpad. It refuses to recognize the fact that you are holding the fn key, which means it sees you hitting alt-(insert letter here) which can have any number of effects.
So It Begins (soitbegins) says: @ghede: Since I don’t have a numpad on my laptop, for me the correct combination is option-`, then the letter. For an accent facing the other way, it’s option-e, then the letter.
Incog Neato (ghede) says:
@So it Begins: I’ll have to remember that trick if I ever use a Mac.
Mel Van Weelden (kessalia) says: I got the comic I bought in the mail today already! Fastest service EVER! *bounces around around like crazy*
Brand Willis (brandyllyn) says:
I wonder how many sentient lifeforms Tip’s going to have to go through?
I wonder if Tip (or another Skin Horse member) is the ultimate cause here?
I wonder a lot actually…
David Toboz (professor_zobot) says:
I’ma gonna go out on a limb and guess that the death robots aren’t a size that will scare Tip at all, and are probably only a bit bigger than the centipedes. Anything bigger probably wouldn’t even be programmed to destory them.
Also: To anyone who cares: I finally finished reading Narbonic! It’s certainly quite a ride. I’d comment more on the story, but I’m fairly sure that nothing I say here would have not been said millions of times before.
Sraw Ics Dam
“An alliance? With me?”
Professor, I represent the collective union of voices in your head. We’ve all had an emergency meeting and decided on the course of action you must take right now. You’ll like it, it’s the one that gives you the highest chance of surviving through the next week unscathed. You need to point your Vaporizator 2050 at Miss Narbon’s head right now, and fire. It probably won’t actually hit her, but the message will be clear.
“I would certainly welcome the partnership, Miss Narbon. I must say that I am flattered that you think so highly of me, but I must confess that you have a slight misunderstanding of my nature. Hare-brained schemes have their place, (and I wouldn’t be a mad scientist if I hadn’t enacted at least a few.) I simply usually find it more effective to keep things simple. Why do work yourself when you can coerce others to do it for you?
That being said, what’s your field? My best work has been in robotics, but I’m quite capable in-”
*The front door is smashed in by SiB*
I can’t help but sigh. “Good lord man! Have you no concept of subtlty? You know, had you been a bit more imaginative in your conceptions I would bother with witty banter, but as it is you’ve pretty much killed the entire thing.” I take a shoot at him with my raygun, and he dives behind the table. One of these days I’ll remember why I bothered to make the furniture in my lab so me-proof. “I’m going to give you three minutes to surrender before I call in a platoon of my serrated spinning zobots to destroy you.” I wait for a few seconds, then get bored. “Nevermind. I’m calling them in now! Tremble in fear as you helplessly watch them shred you…while singing the lyrics of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s most popular musicals in harmony. One of these day I’ll manage to debug that…”
I turn to face my lovely guest. “Now then, Miss Narbon. I believe it would be prudent to relocate our discussion to a safer point in the lab. Go down the green corridor. I’ll meet you there after I take a moment to indulge in a bit of manical laughter.”
OK, there was a chunk that was just “Mad Scientist Wars” that refused to repost, so bye-bye.
Today’s posts (I think)
Basil Jelly (basil_jelly) says:
There is a dilemma ‘the credenza’ or ‘the death robots’.
Michael Brewer (wusemajor) says: “Apple Butter” is an euphemism for something, isn’t it?
One wonders what the death robots will want and whether Tip will remember his original purpose in coming down here by the end of the chain.
One also wonders how the centipedes know a guy (since they presumably haven’t left the basement) and who it is they know.
Brian Rogers (billionsix) says: Could Tip buy the credenza and write it off as an expense?
Scott Davidson (mrson) says: Is… Is this a comic “novelization” of some kind of video RPG game? Because this is shaping up to be quite the sidequest.
Jane Narbon (lady_madsci) says: Man, Ezekiel sure gets around a lot, doesn’t he?
NigaiAmai Yume (nigaiamai_yume) says: Ten bucks says by the end of the sidequest, Tip’s agreed to kick Skinhorse out of their offices. I wonder how the other’s would react to that – no, wait, I don’t. I know. It involves guns and allergic reactions.
Justin Grubbs (the_purple_knight) says:
I would totally charge more for that credenza. It took two years to make? Those modern market prices are for things getting churned out of a factory. Whatev, their life.
Ed Gedeon (eddurd) says: Ezekiel is the centipedes’ Gilligan …
Tiff Hudson (tiff_hudson) says:
Death Robots or Credenza? Not a question. I gotta see the death robots.
Assuming these guys use their mandibles to shape the wood, I think I know where the apple butter came from.
I used to live in Australia. (Awesome place!) An American of my acquaintance, on her first morning in country, was delighted to find apple butter on the hotel buffet. She slathered it on her toast, then froze in mid-bite. A waiter noticed her apparent distress and asked if she was ok. She was, but said she thought the apple butter had gone bad. The waiter replied, “I don’t know what apple butter is, but that’s Vegemite and you used way too much.”
I suspect that the centipedes’ apple butter won’t taste as good as Vegemite.
Mel Van Weelden (kessalia) says: I don’t see that Ezekial is getting around a lot… now they are at the credenza, he’s always been the one on the far left. *shrugs*
Aaron Shades (prof_tinker) says:
. . . . . Dang, thats expensive. But it is lovely crdenza. . . . still, the Death robots are bound to be easier.
Still, the question remains: Will Tips outfit survive?
Basil Jelly (basil_jelly) says:
Starting to look like C.A. Smith’s “The Seven Geas’.
The last one will make it necessary for him to kill the silverfish.
(Who by then will be extinct)
Does the guy know you’re a centipede?