But if you go back to where he agreed to go, he was demanding a specific wardrobe, so sleepwear was undoubtedly also specified at some point in the preparation process.
As an Army Captain, Tip might find it inappropriate to be called “jarhead”, since this term refers to Marines. Kind of like calling Sweetheart a “kitty cat”.
I’m not offended (though I was surprised where my mindset went on first seeing the word) The branches use those terms on themselves as depreciation and a form of gallows humor, but never in mixed circumstances. Tip’s expression was more the ironic to me, a recognition of a neophyte attempting to display mastery.
Also shows how cunning Tip actually is; manipulating the team yesterday to give him privacy to communicate with home base (not to mention manipulating Sweetheart in panel three). I am mildly impressed.
I have no experience in this, but it seems to me that if I’d had an IED problem, as Tip did, according to Gavotte, maybe Sweetheart’s attempts to ‘be hip and with it’ could ‘take him back’….flashing, friends. Fortunately, Tip’s a PSYCHOLOGIST. Words are tools….
ask a poet sometime. Or a copy-writer. Or a master seducer….
Although it’s the simplest and most ready explanation for a burning Humvee, no one ever said it was an IED. Considering how long ago it happened, it would have to have been a very poorly-made IED, since the armor on Humvees was not well-designed to withstand IEDs back then, and I’m assuming that the three members of his unit that Tip dragged out of the burning Humvee survived (since he was promoted for doing it). My cousin was killed when the Humvee he was in hit an IED (just a few months before the Skin Horse comic began). In fact, 4 of the 5 guys inside were killed, and the 5th had 3rd degree burns on over two thirds of his body.
So it’s not quite as likely that he suffers too many flashbacks for it. That’s not to say he doesn’t have nightmares, but that’s slightly different from waking flashbacks. I suspect it would need to be a similar situation to really “take him back”. I mean, he’s been called “Captain” dozens, maybe even hundreds, of times since he’s been with Skin Horse, and that’s as much, or more, of a reminder of his military service as Sweetheart (mis)calling him a “jarhead” would be.
When I was a kid, I used to wonder why a lot of the World War II vets hung together after the war, at the VFW or elsewhere. But when I read of their experiences, I started to realize that these guys could hang out together, look at each other, and know what they’ve been through—and not have to explain anything or share anything with someone who didn’t.
I love Sweetheart’s tail wags when someone acknowledges her authority. I don’t know how to find it in the archives, but there was at least one other “Really? I’m in charge?” with that exact expression and the tail a-wagging.
Wait a minute. Why isn’t Tip asking Sweetheart about the missing time? Surely she must have heard something…or did EVERYONE on the planet lose time? I’m confused.
Or, maybe Tip has to consciously do something to activate the com, no passive mic. In which case she could only ask where he was for the missing time, and he would just say, “I don’t know.”
Tip’s little smile there at the end is cute.
Aaand… have we ever seen him in nightwear before?
the tail wag is pretty cute too.
I was wondering where he got it. Did Ira provide him with a complete wardrobe? Would he trust Ira’s taste?
Oh, you know Tip didn’t come empty-handed. He was wearing a pack along with the rest of them.
I highly doubt he trusts the tastes of quite nearly any other human. He probably specified everything that he “required” for the mission.
Yeah, but when he joined this little mad expedition, all he had were the clothes on his back—and a nightmare in orange they were.
But if you go back to where he agreed to go, he was demanding a specific wardrobe, so sleepwear was undoubtedly also specified at some point in the preparation process.
I don’t think we have seen him in nightwear before. Of course he pulls it off, as usual.
I don’t think we want to see him pull it off, either.
Says you
Back in the days of their first sojourn into Colma. And with curlers in his hair, yet.
Tip knows how to make Sweetheart happy. ^_^
Yep, any Doggo’s ears are going to bleed when labelled a Jarhead.
I think it’s Sweetheart who’s calling Tip a “jarhead”. Not sure if the “ears are bleeding” comment is ironic.
As an Army Captain, Tip might find it inappropriate to be called “jarhead”, since this term refers to Marines. Kind of like calling Sweetheart a “kitty cat”.
Doggo is a jarhead slang for people in the U.S. Army.
Thanks…that clarifies things…
Yeah, Sweetheart, your command lingo is impressive. Your military lingo sucks.
I’m not offended (though I was surprised where my mindset went on first seeing the word) The branches use those terms on themselves as depreciation and a form of gallows humor, but never in mixed circumstances. Tip’s expression was more the ironic to me, a recognition of a neophyte attempting to display mastery.
I think awgiedawgie has the gist of it.
That wagging in the third panel is sooo cute
And here we see why Tip was saying he’d finish his hair removal in under two hours: he didn’t have all that much to report.
Also shows how cunning Tip actually is; manipulating the team yesterday to give him privacy to communicate with home base (not to mention manipulating Sweetheart in panel three). I am mildly impressed.
I have no experience in this, but it seems to me that if I’d had an IED problem, as Tip did, according to Gavotte, maybe Sweetheart’s attempts to ‘be hip and with it’ could ‘take him back’….flashing, friends. Fortunately, Tip’s a PSYCHOLOGIST. Words are tools….
ask a poet sometime. Or a copy-writer. Or a master seducer….
Although it’s the simplest and most ready explanation for a burning Humvee, no one ever said it was an IED. Considering how long ago it happened, it would have to have been a very poorly-made IED, since the armor on Humvees was not well-designed to withstand IEDs back then, and I’m assuming that the three members of his unit that Tip dragged out of the burning Humvee survived (since he was promoted for doing it). My cousin was killed when the Humvee he was in hit an IED (just a few months before the Skin Horse comic began). In fact, 4 of the 5 guys inside were killed, and the 5th had 3rd degree burns on over two thirds of his body.
So it’s not quite as likely that he suffers too many flashbacks for it. That’s not to say he doesn’t have nightmares, but that’s slightly different from waking flashbacks. I suspect it would need to be a similar situation to really “take him back”. I mean, he’s been called “Captain” dozens, maybe even hundreds, of times since he’s been with Skin Horse, and that’s as much, or more, of a reminder of his military service as Sweetheart (mis)calling him a “jarhead” would be.
When I was a kid, I used to wonder why a lot of the World War II vets hung together after the war, at the VFW or elsewhere. But when I read of their experiences, I started to realize that these guys could hang out together, look at each other, and know what they’ve been through—and not have to explain anything or share anything with someone who didn’t.
Sad? Maybe.
Sad, maybe. But makes a lot of sense.
Thought Tip was in the US Army. “Jarhead” usually refers to Marines. But, either way, Tip doesn’t have the haircut.
It’s not like you to miss the party, but it’s nice that you’re all caught up now.
Must be somewhere in the missing sixteen hours.
Actually written as a known error to prove just how bad she is at it. No joke!
Or rather, that is the joke?
As s jarhead myself, you havr no idea how happy I am to herar that Jeff.
I love Sweetheart’s tail wags when someone acknowledges her authority. I don’t know how to find it in the archives, but there was at least one other “Really? I’m in charge?” with that exact expression and the tail a-wagging.
Wait a minute. Why isn’t Tip asking Sweetheart about the missing time? Surely she must have heard something…or did EVERYONE on the planet lose time? I’m confused.
That’s a very good question.
Or, maybe Tip has to consciously do something to activate the com, no passive mic. In which case she could only ask where he was for the missing time, and he would just say, “I don’t know.”
Hold up. In the background. Is that deathtrap guy doing the cooking? I don’t think I’d be comfortable with that.
Did you miss yesterday’s strip? And the ensuing comments about having a madman preparing dinner?
Apparently I managed to do just that, yes.
“Forsooth, do you grok my jive, me hearties?”|
“Ten-Four!”
-xkcd
You know, I do really like Tip and Sweetheart’s little “bro moment” here.