I guess auto-correct thinks one of the names of the Lady of The Lake is more likely to be what someone is trying to type than the name of a small tropical country in the Pacific Islands?
Nick never actually said there wasn’t nothin down there. He just said it was way too low-rez, and built like an ironing board (I think). Violet Bee seemed to think it was “usable” at least.
…..Unfortunately, I do need to agree with Sweetheart in the last panel. She did need better pick up lines. The problem was that she needed to go beyond that and not use pickup lines at all.
**wistful sigh** Now, all we need is some Old Bay seafood-boil, a really *huge* pot of boiling water, a sledge hammer, a vat of melted butter with garlic and lemon, a fork and a whole helluva lot of napkins….. Oh, and a cleanup squad with lots of mops. And possibly an emergency room; I’m not sure what happens when you eat that much lobster but I’m willing to find out– I’m from Florida! Man, you could make LOBSTER STEAKS out of that monster! **drools**
I doubt you’d even need a hammer. Think how succulent the radiation has made the lobster flesh. UV-ray induced lobster cancer is like the ultimate tenderizer…
Mmmmm, yummy UV-cancer….. I am simultaneously revolted and intrigued (and being a cancer survivor myself makes the whole thing even *more* confusing! :P)
Dictionary definition of a hat: “A shaped covering for the head worn for warmth, as a fashion item, or as part of a uniform.” If there is no head, there is no hat. I suppose something placed on the stump could be referred to as a cap, as in bottle.
Just because a hat is a “covering for the head” doesn’t mean it cannot be placed on another part of the body. My hat is still a hat even when I have it sitting on my knee.
I was born and raised in NW Florida right on the Gulf of Mexico; and I did find out once that you can actually OD on raw oysters. Granted, there was beer involved, but still… as you said, almost worth it!
The bit with one person doing or saying something in panel one, and then someone else doing or saying almost exactly the same thing in panel four (or occasionally in the next day’s strip) is something Shaenon started doing way back before Narbonic. http://www.narbonic.com/ratio13.jpg
It’d be awesome if Shaenon had the whole archive (y’hear that Shaenon?), but all I’ve seen is her samples. Unfortunately that’s only 14 strips. http://www.narbonic.com/oldstuff3.html
They seem to be missing a lot of issues of Miscellany News. There are several strips in Shaenon’s sample strips that I can’t find in there. Between the newsletter archives and the samples, I could only come up with a total of 32 strips.
My “what the hey” is how the hey did the lobster get back a hold of (and subsequently eat) the drone? I thought it was safely out of the way with Unity distracting it?
So may we regard this as the successful “proof of concept” in the use of drones by nonhumans that Sweetheart was trying to establish? Or did Nimue’s transfer of affection from her gestalt friend to Unity invalidate the idea? ^_~
The fact that, baring unforeseen (or unseenatall) circumstances, non-hyu-mon entities could successfully pilot one (possibly in tandem with another entity) and interact with reality-blind hyu-mons
You make a good point. I suppose the lobster wasn’t directly related to the drone “experiment”. And they did manage — with a save from Nick — to use the drone to help prevent any loss of life due to the lobster’s untimely appearance.
They definitely have to figure out the whole short-time-span-before-crashing issue, though. I don’t think the drone idea is anywhere near ready for deployment yet.
The lobster seems unperturbed…
Is that a little annoyed huff bubble drifting away from the lobster in panel two?
I think it’s a squirt of lemon.
No, by Unity’s knee.
I was thinking it was a wine glass. Notice it’s lying next to a chair, and there’s a water glass behind Unity.
Ladle?
Nimue seems to be a fickle date. 😛
Have you MET parrots?
(Also – “Niue”).
I’m guessing “Nimue” must be an auto-correct thing. I’ve seen more than one person use that misspelling of her name.
I guess auto-correct thinks one of the names of the Lady of The Lake is more likely to be what someone is trying to type than the name of a small tropical country in the Pacific Islands?
I’ve noticed that auto-correct makes some pretty bizarre assumptions on occasion. Almost as if it’s just a prank conceived by its programmers.
To be fair, killing a giant monster with a melee weapon _is_ pretty attractive.
Just wait until the headless lady puts on a (head shaped) hat!
They fed Bubble’s drone to the lobster? Not joy!
Captain Bubbles is still using her drone, this was a male drone from storage
“Male” being far from certain with these flat-all-over drones…
Nick never actually said there wasn’t nothin down there. He just said it was way too low-rez, and built like an ironing board (I think). Violet Bee seemed to think it was “usable” at least.
Well, there are two ways it could be. One wouldn’t’ve thrilled Nick at all. The other would have led to the happiest moment of his life.
Nick did say that it didn’t have nipples though.
I guess the laser rifle wasn’t _cutting_ it, right? Eh? Eh?
Well, of course… She should have brought a giant nutcracker.
Are you kidding? Do you know how hard it is to put a laser in one of those?
…..Unfortunately, I do need to agree with Sweetheart in the last panel. She did need better pick up lines. The problem was that she needed to go beyond that and not use pickup lines at all.
So you do in fact not agree with Sweetheart at all.
I wonder if putting Unity’s head back on would count as a hat.
Machetespace.
Maybe she finally got her wish…
http://skin-horse.com/comic/the-dents-out/
**wistful sigh** Now, all we need is some Old Bay seafood-boil, a really *huge* pot of boiling water, a sledge hammer, a vat of melted butter with garlic and lemon, a fork and a whole helluva lot of napkins….. Oh, and a cleanup squad with lots of mops. And possibly an emergency room; I’m not sure what happens when you eat that much lobster but I’m willing to find out– I’m from Florida! Man, you could make LOBSTER STEAKS out of that monster! **drools**
I think it’d take more than a sledge hammer. Maybe a 2-ton shop press to use as a cracker.
I doubt you’d even need a hammer. Think how succulent the radiation has made the lobster flesh. UV-ray induced lobster cancer is like the ultimate tenderizer…
Mmmmm, yummy UV-cancer….. I am simultaneously revolted and intrigued (and being a cancer survivor myself makes the whole thing even *more* confusing! :P)
Sure, the flesh would be nice and tender, but you still have to break through the shell to get to it.
I imagine if you cut off a piece it’d grow back right away.
You’re from “Florida Man”? Put that into Google and see what the world’s worst superhero has been doing…!
Headless ladies CAN’T wear hats!
As I pointed out the other day, there’s plenty of neck sticking up there that she could easily put a hat on it if she wanted to.
Dictionary definition of a hat: “A shaped covering for the head worn for warmth, as a fashion item, or as part of a uniform.” If there is no head, there is no hat. I suppose something placed on the stump could be referred to as a cap, as in bottle.
Just because a hat is a “covering for the head” doesn’t mean it cannot be placed on another part of the body. My hat is still a hat even when I have it sitting on my knee.
With all due respect, I aver it becomes a “knee cap”!
Our first day in Maine my partner and I OD’d on lobster. It was not fun, but close to being worth it.
**Reply to Suzanne Barnes**
I was born and raised in NW Florida right on the Gulf of Mexico; and I did find out once that you can actually OD on raw oysters. Granted, there was beer involved, but still… as you said, almost worth it!
What the *hey*? Are both of them being filtered through Nick’s swear filter now?
Sweetheart doesn’t really cuss, and the joke depended on Unity repeating it….but what the hey do I know *puts on Captain Obvious hat*
The bit with one person doing or saying something in panel one, and then someone else doing or saying almost exactly the same thing in panel four (or occasionally in the next day’s strip) is something Shaenon started doing way back before Narbonic.
http://www.narbonic.com/ratio13.jpg
Waitwaitwaitwaitwait. Waitwaitwait. Wait. The Ratio exists online somewhere?
Is there a link to the whole archive, or do you have to look at each strip individually by manually changing the URL?
It’d be awesome if Shaenon had the whole archive (y’hear that Shaenon?), but all I’ve seen is her samples. Unfortunately that’s only 14 strips.
http://www.narbonic.com/oldstuff3.html
You can read the old issues of Miscellany News (the publication in which Ratio appeared) here:
https://news.hrvh.org/veridian/cgi-bin/senylrc?a=cl&cl=CL1&sp=vcmisc&e=——-en-20–1–txt-txIN——-
They seem to be missing a lot of issues of Miscellany News. There are several strips in Shaenon’s sample strips that I can’t find in there. Between the newsletter archives and the samples, I could only come up with a total of 32 strips.
awgiedawgie, you are my new hero.
No head is better than some.
Speaking as someone who has lived in and around Washington D.C., I have to say I agree with you. To pun; you hit the nail on the head.
My “what the hey” is how the hey did the lobster get back a hold of (and subsequently eat) the drone? I thought it was safely out of the way with Unity distracting it?
But then nobody was piloting it after the objective of getting Nimue to safety had been achieved.
So may we regard this as the successful “proof of concept” in the use of drones by nonhumans that Sweetheart was trying to establish? Or did Nimue’s transfer of affection from her gestalt friend to Unity invalidate the idea? ^_~
Considering that the lobster apparently ate the drone, I don’t think there’s anything “successful” about it.
The fact that, baring unforeseen (or unseenatall) circumstances, non-hyu-mon entities could successfully pilot one (possibly in tandem with another entity) and interact with reality-blind hyu-mons
You make a good point. I suppose the lobster wasn’t directly related to the drone “experiment”. And they did manage — with a save from Nick — to use the drone to help prevent any loss of life due to the lobster’s untimely appearance.
They definitely have to figure out the whole short-time-span-before-crashing issue, though. I don’t think the drone idea is anywhere near ready for deployment yet.
Perhaps Tip and Unity can take Niue bowling…
{insert *rimshot* here}
As long as Niue doesn’t attack weird shoes, too.
The lobster looks bored and annoyed.
Unity is really getting a head in this date!