Haven’t heard that in years (though a local radio station played their “Cuddly Toy” this morning, and I don’t think I’ve ever heard that on the radio.)
Okay, crackpot theory time, inspired by a certain classic Doctor Who serial: What if Lovetron doesn’t exist, or never existed at all, and Pavanne is planning to remake the Earth in its image, destroying all humans, and then to deceive her passengers into thinking they’re on another planet?
“(To) jump (your/his/her/their/my) bones” is American (and maybe also UK and/or English Commonwealth nations?) slang for sex, specifically with the instigating partner as the grammatical subject, and implying an element of aggressive horniness.
Basically, “I wanted to jump your bones” would be a modern(-ish: it’s originally 90s slang, so it may be retro now) equivalent of “I wanted to ravish you”.
A post on The Straight Dope cites an article in Esquire from 1965, though mention of it in the sense of fighting occurs in a British folk song (not cited).
If I had to define it as clinically as possible, I’d say “To unleash all at once one’s pent-up sexual energy upon the object of one’s affection; to attack sexually.”
I got the vague impression that Annex One, The Office Building That Walks Like a Giant Robot had included the basement, so probably they’re here somewhere. We know the cobras are, anyway.
I was wondering about the Annex One building. Without Hitty, they don’t have enough fusion pie to keep it moving. So I suppose it’ll just be there, standing in the middle of Kansas, fron now on.
Long as we’re posting notions…I’m a little mystified by the notion that the Undead, apparently, get to go, but the living humans don’t. After all, the Undead (at least the ones that have always been one person and not Unity) have everything that made them human. Why bring them along, if that’s the case? Do they gain virtue by being the Undead?
Probably. They no longer qualify as human after all. I’m still thinking in terms of C.M. Kornbluth’s The Marching Morons, Damon Knight’s To Serve Man and the Pied Piper of Hamelton as to how this will turn out. There is nothing Pavane is doing here that IRA would not endorse. And note that none of the non humans were being persecuted. They were merely being…ignored. 🙂
Oh heck. I don’t know if I can take this. Are we at the end? I mean, all things come to an end, but dang. I think we have most everybody wrapped up. What’s next?
And what actual deal with Lovetron is, the relationship between Ira, Gavotte and Pavane, and maybe the fates of various minor characters. And just over eight months to sort that lot out sounds possible, depending what other plot twists may be round the corner.
They totally wanted to do it. So Unity helped them get through it. Sweetheart lost inhibition and made a decision, So right now it looks like adieu-it.
I still suspect Ira and Pavane of being in cahoots, and they only want to get the non-humans out of the way. There is no Lovetron. Having Unity on board may be the non-humans best chance of survival.
I’ll admit I don’t exactly trust Gavotte, since she knew about Ira all along, but she was always trying to get humans and non-humans to live in harmony. Both Ira and Pavane want to get the non-humans off the Earth. Pavane claims she’s rescuing them, but what if that’s a ruse, and she’s just an instrument of Ira to get the non-humans to eliminate themselves voluntarily (albeit unknowingly)?
So Sweetheart isn’t staying, either.
Nope, she’s decided she’d rather be with Unity than be at the top of the org chart.
Dorothy and Toto about to head home? Or is the curtain about to be pulled away?
Dorothy’s home was a black and white world. So are they heading back to page 1?
Well,at this moment they are in Kansas and for Kansas,color is in black & white. 😉
That’s just the movie. In the book Kansas was just as real as Oz.
Curtain! Curtain! Curtain!
curtain, curtain, curtain……
Kansas sure has a lot of walnuts…
Still waiting for the other shoe to drop.
In order for it to drop, at least one of the main cast needs to be inside the ship.
Very good point! To be honest, those 2 are very effective investigators, even if it sometimes seems like pure luck.
This is a poignant yet surprising development! Still…
That poor saucer.
Wait.
There’s an army coming.
And Chris and Marcie need rescuing, too.
Two little kings playing a game.
They gave a war and nobody came.
from the song “Zor and Zam”
Haven’t heard that in years (though a local radio station played their “Cuddly Toy” this morning, and I don’t think I’ve ever heard that on the radio.)
This can’t go well.
Okay, crackpot theory time, inspired by a certain classic Doctor Who serial: What if Lovetron doesn’t exist, or never existed at all, and Pavanne is planning to remake the Earth in its image, destroying all humans, and then to deceive her passengers into thinking they’re on another planet?
But why take Tigerlilly, you ask? Well clearly they need to siphon her (now latent) funky madness to effect the transformation of Earth into Lovetron
Maybe they already siphoned it—that’s why she’s gone all normal.
….is that a “Trial of a Time Lord ” reference? I’ve NEVER seen anyone make a “Trial of a Time Lord ” reference before!
I think it’s a reference to “Invasion of the Dinosaurs”, a Pertwee series.
Now there’s a story I’d like to see get a special edition. It’s such a great script but… damn, those effects take you right out of it.
Yeah, I was alluding to “Invasion of the Dinosaurs”, though I can see why the Ravalox subplot from “Trial” came to mind
I didn’t get to read yesterday’s when it came out, what does “jump bones” mean?
To shag, I believe
“(To) jump (your/his/her/their/my) bones” is American (and maybe also UK and/or English Commonwealth nations?) slang for sex, specifically with the instigating partner as the grammatical subject, and implying an element of aggressive horniness.
Basically, “I wanted to jump your bones” would be a modern(-ish: it’s originally 90s slang, so it may be retro now) equivalent of “I wanted to ravish you”.
It’s at least 80s slang, Shufflecat, appearing in a 1984 Night Court episode.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0660662/quotes/?ref_=tt_trv_qu
Louis McMaster Bujold even uses it in one of her (25th centuryish?) Sci fic novels.
A post on The Straight Dope cites an article in Esquire from 1965, though mention of it in the sense of fighting occurs in a British folk song (not cited).
Yeah I’ve met both uses. We foreigners always have to be wary of what we think to know.
If I had to define it as clinically as possible, I’d say “To unleash all at once one’s pent-up sexual energy upon the object of one’s affection; to attack sexually.”
Here’s a fine demonstration: https://skin-horse.com/comic/todays-comic-163/
…thirty minutes later…
… notes the “(Want the original art for this strip?) Buy Now” button under that page (but not the adjacent ones) …
Exit scene, stage up. Curtain falls, then rises on Act III.
It would be amusing that at the end of this, it’s revealed to all be an opera created by the silverfish and being watched by Tip.
Speaking of the silverfish, I’m wondering what’s happening to the other basement dwellers?
I got the vague impression that Annex One, The Office Building That Walks Like a Giant Robot had included the basement, so probably they’re here somewhere. We know the cobras are, anyway.
I was wondering about the Annex One building. Without Hitty, they don’t have enough fusion pie to keep it moving. So I suppose it’ll just be there, standing in the middle of Kansas, fron now on.
Yes, for it to move would be (ahem) Impossible…
Long as we’re posting notions…I’m a little mystified by the notion that the Undead, apparently, get to go, but the living humans don’t. After all, the Undead (at least the ones that have always been one person and not Unity) have everything that made them human. Why bring them along, if that’s the case? Do they gain virtue by being the Undead?
Probably. They no longer qualify as human after all. I’m still thinking in terms of C.M. Kornbluth’s The Marching Morons, Damon Knight’s To Serve Man and the Pied Piper of Hamelton as to how this will turn out. There is nothing Pavane is doing here that IRA would not endorse. And note that none of the non humans were being persecuted. They were merely being…ignored. 🙂
Oh heck. I don’t know if I can take this. Are we at the end? I mean, all things come to an end, but dang. I think we have most everybody wrapped up. What’s next?
Objectively yes, all the plot threads are being tied off in neat little bows.
BWAA-HA-Ha-Ha-ha!
There’s still Chris and Marcie at least. And I’m not sure Jonah and Nera are resolved yet either.
And what actual deal with Lovetron is, the relationship between Ira, Gavotte and Pavane, and maybe the fates of various minor characters. And just over eight months to sort that lot out sounds possible, depending what other plot twists may be round the corner.
They totally wanted to do it. So Unity helped them get through it. Sweetheart lost inhibition and made a decision, So right now it looks like adieu-it.
Wow.
Wasn’t expecting Sweetheart to go.
Not that I blame her. I just… I think I expected some sense of duty to make her stay.
I rhink it’s what Unity just said that made her decide. Although i doubt that she meant it that way, it touched Sweetheart’s sweet heart.
I still suspect Ira and Pavane of being in cahoots, and they only want to get the non-humans out of the way. There is no Lovetron. Having Unity on board may be the non-humans best chance of survival.
Didn’t Gavotte once make a chummy phone call to Ira, about Nick? Still something major to be learned about her and the “humbug”…
I’ll admit I don’t exactly trust Gavotte, since she knew about Ira all along, but she was always trying to get humans and non-humans to live in harmony. Both Ira and Pavane want to get the non-humans off the Earth. Pavane claims she’s rescuing them, but what if that’s a ruse, and she’s just an instrument of Ira to get the non-humans to eliminate themselves voluntarily (albeit unknowingly)?
This couldn’t be The End now, could it?
Interesting you should say that.
I admit that final, beautifully rendered panel has a coda feel to it. If this WERE the last Skin-Horse strip it wouldn’t be unworthy.
But I can’t help but feel our Authors have a more grandiose finale in mind…
Oh, damn. This is really sweet but really sad…
(Dave Bowman voice) “It’s full of walnuts…”