I think I passed through St. Charlie when I was a kid living in Brookline . . . By the way, I am renaming my computer Unity since it now has more replacement parts than original ones . . .
Well, as someone familar with the real Eureka, Ca. I rather like the idea of some-one takeing advantage of a similar obiquitos town in Ma. and turning it into a mad equivalent of *fictional* T.V. town.
Of course, I have utterly know idea what the real St. Charlie MA is like (if there is one).
Wait. It’s a city of mad scientists? I thought “thermonuclear fireball” was the accepted term for when more than, say, 50 of those guys got together for more than about a minute.
tune: “Blues in the Night,” Harold Arlen and Johnny Mercer, 1941 (By the way, if you’re one of those people who says “Missourah”—I lived in Kansas City, and I didn’t—feel free to pronounce it “worrah.”)
St. Charlie, Missouri (bomp)
Has reason to worry (bomp)
It’s full of mad scien-
Tists
Plus chimera monsters
That the town council sponsors
The nightmares are giving me fits
But now they need Skin Horse
So off we will go. It’s our mission, we know,
To improoooove this black site
Ooooh, we went to Flor’da
And then things went sorta
Screwy!
(Gavotte, she done told us)
Zombie delegation
Bad negotiation
Screwy!
(Gavotte, she done told us)
Though Unity’s happy
Her arm from the Queen has an elbow that’s keen
But we screwwwwwwed up alright
Unless I wasn’t aware of a change, the city Sweetheart is talking about is in Massachusetts although a Mad Scientist community in St. Louis area would explain a few things. Like the whole steroids crazy in the 1990’s.
The closest Kansas City has to a weird mad scientists-like is Westport. Which is right next to the rich part of towns: the Crown Center, The Plaza, and Quality Hill. Well, okay, the artist who put those shuttlecocks at the Nelson-Akins clearly had to be mad.
Ah, Westport. We used to hang out with a guy named Bob Berdella who had a booth in the antique mall there. Found out later that he was a serial killer. I’ll take mad scientists any day.
Forget the MO/MA issue. The important issue is that people who pronounce ‘Missouri’ as ‘mizzoorah’ are just *wrong*, much like people who pronounce ‘Oregon’ as ‘ore-ee-gone’. (Hint: think ‘Diane might have a knife ‘or a gun’. You’re welcome.)
I hereby declare this homesite to be under the protection of the United State of mnem. We shall send delegate (yes, singular) to OSHA to petition for… whatever the frell delegates petition for. Afterwards s/he shall address Congress while wearing pants. But no cologne.
mnem
Hear now, young State; no harm shall come you you or either of your citizens. I can’t promise anything for your shrubbery, however.
I wonder if Mell’s set up a legal practice there? 🙂
I know Shaenon said it would be a while before we saw Jonah and Nera again, but Jonah would be perfect for reconnaisance… “There’s a 24ft tall weaponised robot down that street… there’s snakes with extremely biocorrosive venom down that street… that street’s booby-trapped with a nuclear bomb… and the creatures down that street won’t *physically* harm you, but they’ll destroy your sanity…”
Today’s strip reveals that Gavotte may have made a rare error, interpreting the note in the file describing St. Charlie as being in the “State: MA” as meaning Massachusetts, when in fact it means St. Charlie is in the State of Madness. Which, these days, could put it anywhere.
I still like yesterday’s idea that St. Charlie is itself a sentient organism (in which each “citizen” is simply a cell in the larger creature), as it would explain much about the St. Charlie (well, officially St. Charles) that lies a mile south of my home. Yes, much indeed would be explained… Then again, it it were a city of mad scientists, that also would explain much…
A town of mad scientists? I’m not sure if I want to move there or escape to the other side of the country. Will this turn out to be bastion for or against Anasigma? Given Jonah’s experiences, it could go either way.
Until it is proven to be otherwise, I’m going to believe that St. Charlie is what Prescott, MA renamed itself after the waters rose to cover parts of it for Quabbin Reservoir. The Prescott Peninsula, now part of the town of New Salem, but it only allowed access to the public once a year.
There are, officially, only the remaining cellars and foundations of the former residences in Prescott.
But thinking that they actually hide the entrance to St. Charlie is much more appealing.
Let’s also consider the fun inherent with the fact that this whole frigging town of madboys and girls is sitting right on, or under, one of the primary water supplies for Boston, MA. Heh heh heh heh heh.
Yeah I sensing a Eureka, Eirie Indiana, or even Mechanicsburg of Girl Genius about to go on. or some mind bending combination of all 3 places. Or even the Whaley house in San Diego
What I want to know is if the streets and buildings are named after historically famous mad scientists and mad scientist families. “Oh yes, that’s Narbon Lane, named after the first Helen Narbon, who discovered how to turn bubonic plague into pneumonic plague… And that’s Narbon Court, named after the second Helen Narbon who…”
Okay, the archive is back up! I still have a lot of work to do to restore everything on the site, but the strips will resume updating as usual. Thanks to everyone for your patience.
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Hmm. I appear to have gotten an early look at Saturday’s comic.
St. Charlie sounds like someplace that ANTONIO SMITH might be hunting for. And since it’s in Massachusetts, he could team up with NOAM CHOMSKY!
That is a crossover I would pay good money for. 🙂
Ah, I see. The server seems to be on UTC.
I think I passed through St. Charlie when I was a kid living in Brookline . . . By the way, I am renaming my computer Unity since it now has more replacement parts than original ones . . .
Oh I like the direction this arc is taking already. Sounds like Eureka without that pesky conscience thing going on.
Well, as someone familar with the real Eureka, Ca. I rather like the idea of some-one takeing advantage of a similar obiquitos town in Ma. and turning it into a mad equivalent of *fictional* T.V. town.
Of course, I have utterly know idea what the real St. Charlie MA is like (if there is one).
a city so mad it warps readers perceptions, with even a minor description!
Wait. It’s a city of mad scientists? I thought “thermonuclear fireball” was the accepted term for when more than, say, 50 of those guys got together for more than about a minute.
What do you call a group of mad scientists?
A Periodic Table.
A murder.
A Muahaha of madboys.
A Large Havoc Collider
A Faculty.
An Epicentre.
An “Eccentricity”, of course! (And yes, I am a mad scientist IRL, so I should know!)
A convocation
…hm. Isn’t that near lake Chargoggagoggmanchauggagoggchaubunagungamaugg? Or is it closer to Ware?
Lake Chargoggagoggmanchauggagoggchaubunagungamaugg, yes.
Pronounced “chargung”.
tune: “Blues in the Night,” Harold Arlen and Johnny Mercer, 1941 (By the way, if you’re one of those people who says “Missourah”—I lived in Kansas City, and I didn’t—feel free to pronounce it “worrah.”)
St. Charlie, Missouri (bomp)
Has reason to worry (bomp)
It’s full of mad scien-
Tists
Plus chimera monsters
That the town council sponsors
The nightmares are giving me fits
But now they need Skin Horse
So off we will go. It’s our mission, we know,
To improoooove this black site
Ooooh, we went to Flor’da
And then things went sorta
Screwy!
(Gavotte, she done told us)
Zombie delegation
Bad negotiation
Screwy!
(Gavotte, she done told us)
Though Unity’s happy
Her arm from the Queen has an elbow that’s keen
But we screwwwwwwed up alright
Unless I wasn’t aware of a change, the city Sweetheart is talking about is in Massachusetts although a Mad Scientist community in St. Louis area would explain a few things. Like the whole steroids crazy in the 1990’s.
The closest Kansas City has to a weird mad scientists-like is Westport. Which is right next to the rich part of towns: the Crown Center, The Plaza, and Quality Hill. Well, okay, the artist who put those shuttlecocks at the Nelson-Akins clearly had to be mad.
My bad! I somehow got it into my head as MO rather than MA, even though I know better. But Massachusetts never scans well in a song.
Ah, Westport. We used to hang out with a guy named Bob Berdella who had a booth in the antique mall there. Found out later that he was a serial killer. I’ll take mad scientists any day.
Tell the Bee Gees that!
No, really, please tell the Bee Gees that. They need to know.
Forget the MO/MA issue. The important issue is that people who pronounce ‘Missouri’ as ‘mizzoorah’ are just *wrong*, much like people who pronounce ‘Oregon’ as ‘ore-ee-gone’. (Hint: think ‘Diane might have a knife ‘or a gun’. You’re welcome.)
I just pronounce it misery!
I have my fingers crossed for “Nomadic Airship City!”
That would play havoc with congressional districts and county taxation. The government would never go for it.
Nah, it’d just be a federal district like D.C. No state would want the liability anyway.
I hereby declare this homesite to be under the protection of the United State of mnem. We shall send delegate (yes, singular) to OSHA to petition for… whatever the frell delegates petition for. Afterwards s/he shall address Congress while wearing pants. But no cologne.
mnem
Hear now, young State; no harm shall come you you or either of your citizens. I can’t promise anything for your shrubbery, however.
An entire town of mad scientists?
I wonder if Mell’s set up a legal practice there? 🙂
I know Shaenon said it would be a while before we saw Jonah and Nera again, but Jonah would be perfect for reconnaisance… “There’s a 24ft tall weaponised robot down that street… there’s snakes with extremely biocorrosive venom down that street… that street’s booby-trapped with a nuclear bomb… and the creatures down that street won’t *physically* harm you, but they’ll destroy your sanity…”
Sister city to Xyon? :3
Today’s strip reveals that Gavotte may have made a rare error, interpreting the note in the file describing St. Charlie as being in the “State: MA” as meaning Massachusetts, when in fact it means St. Charlie is in the State of Madness. Which, these days, could put it anywhere.
I still like yesterday’s idea that St. Charlie is itself a sentient organism (in which each “citizen” is simply a cell in the larger creature), as it would explain much about the St. Charlie (well, officially St. Charles) that lies a mile south of my home. Yes, much indeed would be explained… Then again, it it were a city of mad scientists, that also would explain much…
If this doesn’t lead to more Narbonic cameos, I can’t be held responsible for what I’ll do.
A town of mad scientists? I’m not sure if I want to move there or escape to the other side of the country. Will this turn out to be bastion for or against Anasigma? Given Jonah’s experiences, it could go either way.
Until it is proven to be otherwise, I’m going to believe that St. Charlie is what Prescott, MA renamed itself after the waters rose to cover parts of it for Quabbin Reservoir. The Prescott Peninsula, now part of the town of New Salem, but it only allowed access to the public once a year.
There are, officially, only the remaining cellars and foundations of the former residences in Prescott.
But thinking that they actually hide the entrance to St. Charlie is much more appealing.
Let’s also consider the fun inherent with the fact that this whole frigging town of madboys and girls is sitting right on, or under, one of the primary water supplies for Boston, MA. Heh heh heh heh heh.
It’s probably located in the middle of the triangle of Salem, Arkham, and MIT.
Yeah I sensing a Eureka, Eirie Indiana, or even Mechanicsburg of Girl Genius about to go on. or some mind bending combination of all 3 places. Or even the Whaley house in San Diego
What I want to know is if the streets and buildings are named after historically famous mad scientists and mad scientist families. “Oh yes, that’s Narbon Lane, named after the first Helen Narbon, who discovered how to turn bubonic plague into pneumonic plague… And that’s Narbon Court, named after the second Helen Narbon who…”
Kudos to Diane for knowing that pmeumonic plague is much more deadly than bubonic.
In other news, the Office of Jet-Pack Suppression is falling down on the job: http://www.latimes.com/news/custom/topofthetimes/features/la-hm-erskine-20120707,0,2175410.column.
Well, seeing as it’s permanently attached to a firehose and has a max altitude of about 10-15 ft, think it’s suppressed enough. 😉
mnem
Definitely a hose job.
A mad scientest town in Massachusetts called St. Charles.
Hmmm.
I wonder if they’re the real reason you shouldn’t go swimming in the Charles…
A city of Mad Science?
TrenchCoat Man away!
I take back what I said on the previous page and re-apply it here instead : Why so many comments all of a sudden?
It’ll come to you on the next archive binge…
At the top of the last page:
shaenon
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Okay, the archive is back up! I still have a lot of work to do to restore everything on the site, but the strips will resume updating as usual. Thanks to everyone for your patience.
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That last bit was from me. I tried to add an extra blank line to show that, but it disappeared. : /
Castle Wulfenbach.