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2020-05-27

by shaenon on May 27, 2020 at 12:01 am
Chapter: The Dreadful Future
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  1. Doug Relyea
    May 27, 2020, 12:39 am | # | Reply

    Okay, lukewarm ditch water and brussel sprouts?

    • awgiedawgie
      May 27, 2020, 12:48 am | # | Reply

      I don’t think it would matter what he brings her. The real distraction is simply his being in the same room.

    • mickeyjf
      May 27, 2020, 12:24 pm | # | Reply

      Candy coated brussel sprouts. On a stick. Mmmm!

    • Robert Nowall
      May 27, 2020, 6:31 pm | # | Reply

      Somewhere—I think it was from a novel I read back in 1980 or so—there was a description of this club, which had a recipe for preparing a steak so they could test their theory that “if a man don’t know horses–t, he don’t know nothing.” Regretfully the recipe was not provided.

      • awgiedawgie
        May 27, 2020, 7:49 pm | # | Reply

        It’s probably just as well that the recipe was not provided. I don’t like the sound of that steak.

        • Robert Nowall
          May 27, 2020, 11:53 pm | # | Reply

          Remembered the name of the novel. “The Wanting of Levine,” Michael Halberstam. Political novel about the first serious Jewish candidate for president.

  2. palenoue
    May 27, 2020, 12:40 am | # | Reply

    Pour the hot espresso over the marshmallows, add a few chocolate chips, give it time to melt a bit, then toss it back in one go. Yummmmmmmmmm!

    • jdreyfuss
      May 27, 2020, 7:55 am | # | Reply

      I was thinking that too.

  3. D. Walker
    May 27, 2020, 3:26 am | # | Reply

    The only way Nick would be less attractive to Virginia would be to act deeply out of character, and I imagine he very much would rather not. Probably best if he just leaves for a while – magnetism is proximity based, after all.

    • s854
      May 28, 2020, 6:44 am | # | Reply

      I suspect that Virginia wrote out the plans for the last weather machine when she was obsessing about a problem while she was heavily sleep-deprived. Now she just keeps thinking about Nick. And she can’t put that down on paper.

  4. sweetuncleLESLIE
    May 27, 2020, 6:09 am | # | Reply

    D. Walker: I’ve noticed THAT. It’s an insoluble situation, unless they invoke
    solitude…..or ‘something’ like it.

  5. Robert Nowall
    May 27, 2020, 7:04 am | # | Reply

    Intense sexual magnetism? No…still not seeing it…

    • jdreyfuss
      May 27, 2020, 7:55 am | # | Reply

      You don’t need to. Only she does.

    • David B Huber
      May 27, 2020, 8:29 am | # | Reply

      Lovelace agrees with Ginny.

      • D. Walker
        May 27, 2020, 4:46 pm | # | Reply

        I agree with them both.

        In the words of a recent Oglaf strip, he has “an earthy sincerity I enjoy”.

  6. Seph
    May 27, 2020, 8:08 am | # | Reply

    These two dorks.

  7. Phredd
    May 27, 2020, 9:16 am | # | Reply

    Is that a screwdriver in her ear, or is she just happy to see him?

    • awgiedawgie
      May 27, 2020, 10:34 am | # | Reply

      Yes.

      • D. Walker
        May 27, 2020, 4:47 pm | # | Reply

        Strictly speaking it’s a screwdriver -over- her ear. In her ear would be a bit more troubling, methinks

  8. Shadowmehr
    May 27, 2020, 1:03 pm | # | Reply

    A bit more of this and Nick’s ego will rival Tip’s. Maybe he should vacate the area for a while.

    • D. Walker
      May 27, 2020, 4:51 pm | # | Reply

      Insecure people don’t absorb praise very well, even when it’s true or well deserved.

      And even if Nick did manage to, Tip is still literally an egotistical narcissist. It’s like saying a bit more ice cream and Nick’s weight wil rival a whale’s. Not even close.

    • David B Huber
      May 27, 2020, 6:53 pm | # | Reply

      Nick has seen himself through Ginny’s eyes and no longer feels self-loathing, but he’ll never be a narcissist…
      Tip: “I’ve lost count of how many women I’ve been with!”
      Nick: “To each his own, Wilkin. I’ve got True Love.”
      Tip: *Sigh*

  9. Robert Nowall
    May 27, 2020, 4:16 pm | # | Reply

    If she feels that way about Nick, I wonder if she goes ’round warning others not to hit on him, since the others must find him as attractive as she does…

    • D. Walker
      May 27, 2020, 6:26 pm | # | Reply

      When you’re secure in your partner’s loyalty, such thoughts often never even enter your head, and even if they do they seem laughable.

      Who cares if other people are attracted to Nick, or even if Nick is attracted to other people, if you know that Nick is genuine in his feeling and faithful?

      It’s a matter of trust. She doesn’t distrust Nick, and so she has no reason to be suspicious of other people finding him attractive. If anything, it probably seems like pleasant validation of her own feelings, and praise of Nick for being attractive.

    • Moe Lane
      May 27, 2020, 7:56 pm | # | Reply

      Virginia kept Tip’s attention WHILE enticing Artie to switch teams for a weekend. I don’t think that she’s going to be insecure about Nick remaining faithful.

    • Frank
      May 28, 2020, 1:36 am | # | Reply

      So that’s why tip asks people not to hit on him

      • awgiedawgie
        May 28, 2020, 4:49 am | # | Reply

        He does?

      • Robert Nowall
        May 28, 2020, 9:38 am | # | Reply

        Tip does seem to be the love of Tip’s life. Except maybe when Tigerlily Jones is around.

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