Well there ya go… to quote the Wikipedia article on The_Dungeonmaster The quote “I reject your reality and substitute my own!” (said by film character Paul Bradford) was later popularized by Adam Savage of MythBusters.
Just one side of me you’ve seen,
Acting like a disco queen …
I know I’m not, but
I don’t care!
I have fun! Hey, Melba Toast,
I’m not Cleopatra’s ghost!
It’s all an act, but
I don’t care!
I don’t care what the doctors say!
Though my face is angelic,
Still, my brain’s funkadelic!
Just like you, in a certain way …
You behave as it suits you!
Planet Lovetron recruits you!
Am I from the Seventies?
Get a clue, oh cracker please!
I know I’m nuts, but
I don’t care!
Well, “milquetoast” comes from a cartoon character from the 1920s, Caspar Milquetoast, who was pretty much what we think he would be—timid. “Milk toast” is light and easy on the digestion, something somebody timid would eat.
I can’t say what Tigerlilly Jones means for sure by “Melba toast”…toasted, sliced, and toasted again…named after Dame Nellie Melba…sometimes given to teething infants as something hard to chew on. Maybe that’s it.
But wait…if she’s only crazy because she knows she’s NOT Cleopatra’s ghost, reincarnated on the planet Lovetron, and only acts that way for fun…then is she really crazy? So far, she’s the sanest of the Mads we’ve met.
Yes, she kind of wants to take over the world with funkadelic robots, but on a scale of crazy and evil, is that really so bad?
It has been said that the path of madness can lead to wisdom. It just might be possible that Tigerlily might have gone mad because she simply sees more clearly than any one else, or that anyone else would want to.
That’s a part of mad science inherently, it’s why they can do the impossible things they do. It’s just that it seems inextricably tied with a certain amount of malevolence.
It’s used as a similar insult to milquetoast – melba toast, on its own, is bland and dry and something middle class white people would eat that’s got no soul, from Tigerlily’s point of view.
This strip perfectly sums up my life philosophy.
Count me as crazy, too.
Heh. A philosophy like that deserves some mood music to go with it. ^_^
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Being crazy hasn’t *quite* kept me from going insane, but I like this version by Waylon.
I quite like that.
Yes, ribs can be very tasty.
Dag.
That’s deep.
“I reject your reality, and substitute my own.”
And powerful Mads can do some impressive substitutions.
Where’s that quote from?
Well there ya go… to quote the Wikipedia article on The_Dungeonmaster
The quote “I reject your reality and substitute my own!” (said by film character Paul Bradford) was later popularized by Adam Savage of MythBusters.
Eek, Not The Dungeonmaster! The worst film I ever paid money to see in a theatre.
Baron Munchausen (1988 film): Your reality, sir, is lies and balderdash and I’m delighted to say that I have no grasp of it whatsoever.
I’m all for this reality. Let it roll.
No napkins?
Please tell me she’s not eating ribs with a fork. Even Hunter Pence wouldn’t do that.
Ah but remember
She’s mad
I do that too. Although, in my case, it’s more that I dislike having to clean my hands afterwards.
Pig lips or some sort of huge bean.
(TUNE: “I’ll Be There”, The Jackson 5)
Just one side of me you’ve seen,
Acting like a disco queen …
I know I’m not, but
I don’t care!
I have fun! Hey, Melba Toast,
I’m not Cleopatra’s ghost!
It’s all an act, but
I don’t care!
I don’t care what the doctors say!
Though my face is angelic,
Still, my brain’s funkadelic!
Just like you, in a certain way …
You behave as it suits you!
Planet Lovetron recruits you!
Am I from the Seventies?
Get a clue, oh cracker please!
I know I’m nuts, but
I don’t care!
Thought it was Milque Toast (or whatever weird spelling of ‘milk’ they use)
Melba toast is basically half-size crunchy toastlets. What Tigerlily means by this comparison, I have no idea.
Well, “milquetoast” comes from a cartoon character from the 1920s, Caspar Milquetoast, who was pretty much what we think he would be—timid. “Milk toast” is light and easy on the digestion, something somebody timid would eat.
I can’t say what Tigerlilly Jones means for sure by “Melba toast”…toasted, sliced, and toasted again…named after Dame Nellie Melba…sometimes given to teething infants as something hard to chew on. Maybe that’s it.
Perhaps she’s suggesting that he’s half a step up from a cracker?
I suspect it’s a roundabout way of saying ‘White bread.’
Another gem, Ed. I’ma be hearin little Mikey Jackson singing your lyrics in my head all afternoon.
But wait…if she’s only crazy because she knows she’s NOT Cleopatra’s ghost, reincarnated on the planet Lovetron, and only acts that way for fun…then is she really crazy? So far, she’s the sanest of the Mads we’ve met.
Yes, she kind of wants to take over the world with funkadelic robots, but on a scale of crazy and evil, is that really so bad?
So we have Tigerlily Jones, the sanest mad scientist we’ve yet met, and Dr. Virginia Lee, possibly the maddest sane scientist we’ll ever meet.
The line ‘twixt sanity and madness grows ever thinner…
Tigerlily just keeps getting more and more awesome.
It has been said that the path of madness can lead to wisdom. It just might be possible that Tigerlily might have gone mad because she simply sees more clearly than any one else, or that anyone else would want to.
That’s a part of mad science inherently, it’s why they can do the impossible things they do. It’s just that it seems inextricably tied with a certain amount of malevolence.
It’s used as a similar insult to milquetoast – melba toast, on its own, is bland and dry and something middle class white people would eat that’s got no soul, from Tigerlily’s point of view.
God I wish I had that confidence.
Still do. Gotta work harder to get there.