How to Appreciate Vogon Poetry has been banned in 37 galaxies. In fact, the only known place in the universe where it is currently not punishable by death to read it out load is a small Coffee shop in Leesburg, VA, Earth on open mic night. This is mitigated by the fact that the coffee is horrible and nobody actually is in attendance.
I loved my copy of that . . . , at least until the M.I.B. confiscated it. Something about it causing insanity and death in sentients. Like that’s a bad thing?
How to Appreciate Vogon Poetry, vol. 1: Pierce your eardrums deeply enough to damage the tiny bones in each ear. Think fondly of terrible, plastic-wrapped sandwiches.
Volume 2: Make up review-sounding words and phrases. Do NOT imply that the Vogon author is anything but a sadistic slimeball through-and-through.
Volume 3: If the other instructions are impossible to enact, attempt to either bite through your tongue so they think you’ve drowned in your own blood or, if that doesn’t work, look at the Langford fractal printed on the folded-shut next page.
I love how GODOT feels obliged to add an arrow pointing at Violet in the third panel, somewhat pointedly implying that it regards dear Ginny as a bit slow.
I like how we’re seeing drawings that only make sense from our perspective, not from Dr. Lee’s. I’d guess that Dr. Lee sees something a bit different, because she’s not confused.
Question: Since Violet cannot see GODOT’s writings, and should not have expected to see them, why did she write “widget” on the wall, risking exposure of her secret?
And furthermore it works (according to unity’s conjecture) by manipulating portions of the brain – portions that VB does not contain……being non-organic.
It was probably less suspicious than handing over the chalk to the subordinate; Violet was probably hoping to play along. A gamble, of course, but better than getting Virginia suspicious early on.
(Of course, now that GODOT’s blown the secret open anyway…)
Violet expected to see what Virginia saw, or something like it, not knowing how Godot in fact communicates. Which, by the way, I would not call pareidolia, since it seems to work by imposition of images rather than reinterpretation of what’s being seen.
More likely, Violet remembered the moon writing (which she didn’t see but presumably the others described, even though that was not explicit in the strip) and anticipated the same here, that Dr. Lee would read the writing aloud or otherwise reveal it.
Hmm, looks like the robot cat is being let out of the bag.
“looks like the robot cat is being let out of the bag”
Why bring Doraemon into this?
So it can draw, too. its a very talanted acronym-creating super computer.
Don’t worry, Violet, you can always push her off the tree later…
Psychic wallpaper.
“I think it rewards a deep reading”.
What?
Oh, nice. Looking back, it was Sergio who read the writing on the moon, not Violet- she was just expecting something like that to happen.
I think Dr. Lee should be reading “How to Appreciate Vogon Poetry, vol 3” by A. Dent, in order to take advantage of this opportunity…
How to Appreciate Vogon Poetry has been banned in 37 galaxies. In fact, the only known place in the universe where it is currently not punishable by death to read it out load is a small Coffee shop in Leesburg, VA, Earth on open mic night. This is mitigated by the fact that the coffee is horrible and nobody actually is in attendance.
I loved my copy of that . . . , at least until the M.I.B. confiscated it. Something about it causing insanity and death in sentients. Like that’s a bad thing?
They just don’t like the competition.
How to Appreciate Vogon Poetry, vol. 1: Pierce your eardrums deeply enough to damage the tiny bones in each ear. Think fondly of terrible, plastic-wrapped sandwiches.
Volume 2: Make up review-sounding words and phrases. Do NOT imply that the Vogon author is anything but a sadistic slimeball through-and-through.
Volume 3: If the other instructions are impossible to enact, attempt to either bite through your tongue so they think you’ve drowned in your own blood or, if that doesn’t work, look at the Langford fractal printed on the folded-shut next page.
I expecialy like chapter 3 of that book. The 4,000 things easily found, that can plug up a aural chamber.
Interesting. I am amused by being wrong yesterday.
I love how GODOT feels obliged to add an arrow pointing at Violet in the third panel, somewhat pointedly implying that it regards dear Ginny as a bit slow.
Unfun Facts to Know and Tell: The axolotl (“ajolote”) is in decline (http://touch.latimes.com/#section/-1/article/p2p-72656281/). Though, given their history, Ginny and Sergio might be glad to hear it.
you made the comments sad
I like how we’re seeing drawings that only make sense from our perspective, not from Dr. Lee’s. I’d guess that Dr. Lee sees something a bit different, because she’s not confused.
Remember what UNITY said: it affects how we interpret what’s already on the wall. The drawings, themselves, do not exist
…sort of like a mischievous babelfish
That’s a little scary, actually. It means that our brains are being manipulated, too. Perhaps Shaenon is onto something here…
Great. This means that the only being that can be relied upon to be able to safely navigate a way off the St. Charlie is the Anasigma team leader.
<Ed Grimley voice>”Oh, they’re doomed as doomed can be, I must say.”</>
Question: Since Violet cannot see GODOT’s writings, and should not have expected to see them, why did she write “widget” on the wall, risking exposure of her secret?
I’m pretty sure during the unity lurch sequence unity determines that it is targeted at individuals – rather than being broadcast to a room.
And furthermore it works (according to unity’s conjecture) by manipulating portions of the brain – portions that VB does not contain……being non-organic.
Hence, what did Violet expect to learn by writing “widget” on the wall?
As opposed to, say, telling Virginia: “I’m leaving to check on Sergio. Write some words on the wall, and see if anything happens.”
It was probably less suspicious than handing over the chalk to the subordinate; Violet was probably hoping to play along. A gamble, of course, but better than getting Virginia suspicious early on.
(Of course, now that GODOT’s blown the secret open anyway…)
Violet expected to see what Virginia saw, or something like it, not knowing how Godot in fact communicates. Which, by the way, I would not call pareidolia, since it seems to work by imposition of images rather than reinterpretation of what’s being seen.
More likely, Violet remembered the moon writing (which she didn’t see but presumably the others described, even though that was not explicit in the strip) and anticipated the same here, that Dr. Lee would read the writing aloud or otherwise reveal it.
Damn, GODOT’s pretty clever.