Actually a cause for concern. What if he didn’t pay attention because he knew she would do that. That way when she did he could say he didn’t know she would do that.
(TUNE: “For What It’s Worth”, Buffalo Springfield)
There’s something happened just now …
We survived, but we’re not sure how!
There’s a girl with a weapon of flame …
Now we ask, “Just who is to blame?”
[CHORUS:]
We’ve got to
Stop! Look! And listen, see?
Ev’rybody knows who listens! Me!
Gentle Persuasion shoots fire!
I didn’t know just what would transpire!
Though she mentioned “safety concerns” …
It’s no big, they’re just first-degree burns! [repeat CHORUS]
There’s no need to scold …
Don’t get hot! Ev’ryone’s still out cold!
Though I’ll be worried if we can’t
Put out the blaze in the old rubber plant! [repeat CHORUS]
Stop! Look! And listen, see?
Gonna put the blame on Unity!
I like the way Tip’s costumes sort of imply he’s been ignoring Gentle Persuasion through both the 70s and the Roaring Twenties. Plus, “fnord” t-shirt callback!
Blah blah blah Sweetheart blah blah blah working with idiots blah blah blah your friends blah blah blah only adult in the room blah blah blah who waters the rubber plant?
I don’t know which one would make a better email tag line:
“How was I to know she named her flamethrower ‘Gentle Persuasion’?” or
“blah blah safety concerns blah blah fire blah…”
Okay, in Tip’s defense, nothing in U.N.I.T.Y.’s speech was about sex, fashion, or psychoanalysis, so there was nothing he could really contribute or latch on to.
Y’know, on second thought, maybe he should get someone else to act as his defense.
What we say to Tip: “That’s it, no more having sex with every person who comes in the office. You hear me Tip? No more gratuitious seductions or else!:
What they hear: “blah blah blah sex blah blah blah Tip blah blah gratuitous seductions blah blah…”?
“He” and “him”, as far as I know. There was some stuff in the filename story (which took place before the strip) about him questioning his gender identity, but within the strip he’s always identified as male, and everyone else has treated him as male.
I couldn’t find a place where he refers to himself directly as male, but he did tell the cobras he wasn’t a lady. Also, his coworkers consistently refer to him as a “he”, and I assume he would have corrected them by now if he preferred any other pronoun.
Only compared to some, Tip.
Give me a few weeks, I’ll try to think of one. ^_^
OK. I had my doubts over the past few cartoons but now I must concede: Tip is truly the stuff of which great social scientists are made! ^_~
LITTLE KNOWN FACT:
Unity really WAS saying “Blah blah blah” the whole time.
That doesn’t excuse Tip from not noticing the flame thrower going off behind him…
He is so used to working with Unity that he doesn’t even notice the high energy weapons going off in the background anymore.
This means he’s ready to work with Mell if necessary as well.
Actually a cause for concern. What if he didn’t pay attention because he knew she would do that. That way when she did he could say he didn’t know she would do that.
Apparently it’s entirely possible he already is…
(TUNE: “For What It’s Worth”, Buffalo Springfield)
There’s something happened just now …
We survived, but we’re not sure how!
There’s a girl with a weapon of flame …
Now we ask, “Just who is to blame?”
[CHORUS:]
We’ve got to
Stop! Look! And listen, see?
Ev’rybody knows who listens! Me!
Gentle Persuasion shoots fire!
I didn’t know just what would transpire!
Though she mentioned “safety concerns” …
It’s no big, they’re just first-degree burns!
[repeat CHORUS]
There’s no need to scold …
Don’t get hot! Ev’ryone’s still out cold!
Though I’ll be worried if we can’t
Put out the blaze in the old rubber plant!
[repeat CHORUS]
Stop! Look! And listen, see?
Gonna put the blame on Unity!
So much for the files…
Tip knows he’s a good listener, because he was there when he was listening and remembers how well he was doing it.
fnord
Oh no! What you said is somehow uneasily confusing and can’t be considered the subject rationally!
Love the display of Tip hairstyles.
Nice Tiki mask! and I now want a “fnord.” shirt.
They exist
http://www.zazzle.com/fnord+tshirts
I like the way Tip’s costumes sort of imply he’s been ignoring Gentle Persuasion through both the 70s and the Roaring Twenties. Plus, “fnord” t-shirt callback!
Hey, he got 5 words out of that, that’s better than most. Even better if any of the other words were actually “blah”.
Okay, hose 2 are perfect for each other! (and that is not a compliment :P)
Blah blah blah Sweetheart blah blah blah working with idiots blah blah blah your friends blah blah blah only adult in the room blah blah blah who waters the rubber plant?
I don’t know which one would make a better email tag line:
“How was I to know she named her flamethrower ‘Gentle Persuasion’?” or
“blah blah safety concerns blah blah fire blah…”
The second one could EASILY be misattributed to James Nicoll…
–Dave, LA-ser!
Okay, in Tip’s defense, nothing in U.N.I.T.Y.’s speech was about sex, fashion, or psychoanalysis, so there was nothing he could really contribute or latch on to.
Y’know, on second thought, maybe he should get someone else to act as his defense.
And nobody caught the homage to the classic Far Side cartoon? For shame…
What we say to Tip: “That’s it, no more having sex with every person who comes in the office. You hear me Tip? No more gratuitious seductions or else!:
What they hear: “blah blah blah sex blah blah blah Tip blah blah gratuitous seductions blah blah…”?
What ARE Tip’s preferred pronouns anyway?
“He” and “him”, as far as I know. There was some stuff in the filename story (which took place before the strip) about him questioning his gender identity, but within the strip he’s always identified as male, and everyone else has treated him as male.
I couldn’t find a place where he refers to himself directly as male, but he did tell the cobras he wasn’t a lady. Also, his coworkers consistently refer to him as a “he”, and I assume he would have corrected them by now if he preferred any other pronoun.