Maybe it wasn’t unexploded in the sense of “hasn’t exploded yet”, maybe it was unexploded in the sense of “It exploded, but then somebody unexploded it”…
I suspect it’s in reference to the unexploded nuclear device from the earlier arc where Moustachio went evil. Gavotte is wondering if that would’ve gone smoother if she’d’ve told her agents about it beforehand, and if this is a similar situation.
Basic rule of thumb: If you are going to send your people near any nuclear device, whether it is disassembled, unexploded, or simply sitting quietly in an armory; THEY NEED TO KNOW ABOUT IT!
Given who is going to St. Charles, it may not remain “unexploded” for very long.
Perhaps Moustachio and Gavotte know what an “And monster” is. Probably something madly duplicative, which is why there’s a lot of them and they’re worth mentioning a possible hazard.
[CHORUS:]
Spell “MOUSTACHIO”!
There’s a way, I know!
M-O-U-S-T-
A-C-H-I-O!
Make a backronym
That applies to him!
Because we don’t need that A.I., GODOT!
At least I hope there’s a way, I dunno!
[rapping with British accent]
In the D. of C. we help secretly,
We have fun by the ton here in Annex One,
We arbitrate mutants who are legal disputants,
We fight for their rights, working days and nights!
All these we must please, so says the swarm of bees
Who runs Project Skin Horse, and we obey, of course.
Now dear Miss Sweetheart, she now must depart
Along with Unity, who fights with impunity
Beside Master Tip, they’re off on a trip
Aboard Master Nicholas, but there’s a trick, alas!
Mad genius throng! Five thousand strong!
But with a nuclear bomb, what could possible go wrong? [repeat CHORUS}
It’s a good thing the typist who created the name wasn’t having an off day and made Moustachio Skilled in Thoreau Assassination, though you could probably make an entire webcomic series out of it.
You just KNOW some arsemonkey had GODOT come up with a dozen titles whose acronym is NIPPLES. And I’m sure, dozens more of similar Beavis & Butthead variety…
Who’s the copper manikin
That tells guests where to go?
M-O-U!
S-T-A!
C, H-I-O!
Who, in our chain-of-command,
Is just a static node?
M-O-U!
S-T-A!
C, H-I-O!
(Mou-) Sta- chi- o,
(Mou-) Sta- chi- o,
Forever will the U.K. keep his limbs!
Who’s the ‘bot who, overwound,
Makes fusion pies explode?
M, O, U…
[spoken] You know what’s under that hood?
S, T, A!
[spoken] A right proper Babbage engine, of course!
C… H, I, O!
CSI to most people refer corner’s offices. To meteorologists, it’s Convective Stability Index, and it basically tells us how far up in the atmosphere thunderstorms will be able to grow vertically. The higher and deeper the index, the more likely the storms will have powerful downdrafts, tornadoes and hail.
…They tried to have GODOT figure out what U.N.I.T.Y. stood for, didn’t they?
And now he’s figured it out. Which is why Skin Horse is being sent. Because UNITY needs to learn what her name is.
Before the world BURNS. (Because it’s an insane AI. That’s what they do.)
Before the world Becomes Uninhabitable from Radioisotope Neutron Scattering? It seems the scientists of St. Charlie have let their weapons research outstrip their common sense again.
No, that unexploded nuclear device would never make any difference . . .
In a city of mad scientists, how exactly do you have an unexploded ANYTHING?
If it hasn’t gone off yet, it’s probably not going to.
Maybe it wasn’t unexploded in the sense of “hasn’t exploded yet”, maybe it was unexploded in the sense of “It exploded, but then somebody unexploded it”…
I suspect it’s in reference to the unexploded nuclear device from the earlier arc where Moustachio went evil. Gavotte is wondering if that would’ve gone smoother if she’d’ve told her agents about it beforehand, and if this is a similar situation.
That kind of thinking loses limbs, soldier…
Basic rule of thumb: If you are going to send your people near any nuclear device, whether it is disassembled, unexploded, or simply sitting quietly in an armory; THEY NEED TO KNOW ABOUT IT!
Given who is going to St. Charles, it may not remain “unexploded” for very long.
Good rule of thumb, yes, but not always true when your staff includes Mell… or Unity.
“& and”? Is that an error on panel 2 or am I missing something?
Perhaps Moustachio and Gavotte know what an “And monster” is. Probably something madly duplicative, which is why there’s a lot of them and they’re worth mentioning a possible hazard.
Is an And monster like an Id monster, only more gramaticaly-correct and less in touch with its true nature?
Interesting that you misspelled “grammatically” and hyphenated “grammatically-correct” – neither one of which is grammatically correct.
….Yeah, I thought that briefing completely failed to contain any information relating to why they’re, ya know, actually going on this mission.
Metallic Overly Unctuous Spherical Thinkonium, Accomodating Coiled Helical Impelling Objects
Mnemonic Objective Universal System Thinkonium Analyzing Common Heuristic Implied Operations.
(Hey: If it’s GovSpec, it doesn’t have to make sense, right?…
Oops; left off the Close Parenthesis). Programmers get into all SORTS of trouble doing that.…
(TUNE: “Ghetto Supastar”, Pras)
[CHORUS:]
Spell “MOUSTACHIO”!
There’s a way, I know!
M-O-U-S-T-
A-C-H-I-O!
Make a backronym
That applies to him!
Because we don’t need that A.I., GODOT!
At least I hope there’s a way, I dunno!
[rapping with British accent]
In the D. of C. we help secretly,
We have fun by the ton here in Annex One,
We arbitrate mutants who are legal disputants,
We fight for their rights, working days and nights!
All these we must please, so says the swarm of bees
Who runs Project Skin Horse, and we obey, of course.
Now dear Miss Sweetheart, she now must depart
Along with Unity, who fights with impunity
Beside Master Tip, they’re off on a trip
Aboard Master Nicholas, but there’s a trick, alas!
Mad genius throng! Five thousand strong!
But with a nuclear bomb, what could possible go wrong?
[repeat CHORUS}
M.O.U.S.T.A.C.H.I.O.: Mechanical Operational Unit Skilled in Thorough Assassination, Ceaseless Harm and Immediate Observation
Thank you, Lore Sjoberg.
It’s a good thing the typist who created the name wasn’t having an off day and made Moustachio Skilled in Thoreau Assassination, though you could probably make an entire webcomic series out of it.
A bit redundant but: Machine: Optimised Using Steam Technology And Clockwork Heuristics; Independantly Operational.
Hmm, we need to hybridize Backronyms with Haikus…. no, I’m too tired.
CHALLENGE ACCEPTED!
Manlike Oddity
Uses Steam Technology
A Cool Head I Own
I don’t think a cool head was in his original design specs.
Yes, you have a point. I was getting kind of stumped on that last line.
Manlike Oddity
Uses Steam Technology
A Cold Heart I Own
…”Clockwork heart?”
Coil Heart?
Copper Heart
Could St. Charlie but the unsolvable backronym?
Setting The Characters Horizantally. All Relavent Life Is Erased.
Man, I can’t type worth FOOP!
Try again:
Could St. Charlie [b]be[/b] the unsolvable backronym?
S etting
T he
C haracters
H oriz[b]o[/b]ntally
A ll
R elavent
L ife
I s
E ra……………………………………………………………..
Sequestered Territory Catering to Hysterical And Rampant Lunacy, Insanity and Eccentricity. It’s in the brochure.
You just KNOW some arsemonkey had GODOT come up with a dozen titles whose acronym is NIPPLES. And I’m sure, dozens more of similar Beavis & Butthead variety…
mnem
heh heh… he said acronym… heh heh…
Whoa! Huhha huhha…
Booth for Observing Outsynced Baryon Symmetry.
Neutrino Infiltrate Precessing Precision Longitudinal Exigent Symmetry (yes, I’m married to an astronomer PhD and she sometimes uses words like that)
You made me burst out laughing at work.
[to the tune of THE MICKEY MOUSE CLUB SONG]
Who’s the copper manikin
That tells guests where to go?
M-O-U!
S-T-A!
C, H-I-O!
Who, in our chain-of-command,
Is just a static node?
M-O-U!
S-T-A!
C, H-I-O!
(Mou-) Sta- chi- o,
(Mou-) Sta- chi- o,
Forever will the U.K. keep his limbs!
Who’s the ‘bot who, overwound,
Makes fusion pies explode?
M, O, U…
[spoken] You know what’s under that hood?
S, T, A!
[spoken] A right proper Babbage engine, of course!
C… H, I, O!
Thats why I like Coffescript compared to javascript
. Coffeescript has a lack of {}’s and ;’s
Do they have cocoascript?
CSI to most people refer corner’s offices. To meteorologists, it’s Convective Stability Index, and it basically tells us how far up in the atmosphere thunderstorms will be able to grow vertically. The higher and deeper the index, the more likely the storms will have powerful downdrafts, tornadoes and hail.
And there’s CAPE, Convective Available Potential Energy, which does the same thing as CSI, but is more designed for thunderstorms.
…They tried to have GODOT figure out what U.N.I.T.Y. stood for, didn’t they?
And now he’s figured it out. Which is why Skin Horse is being sent. Because UNITY needs to learn what her name is.
Before the world BURNS. (Because it’s an insane AI. That’s what they do.)
Before the world Becomes Uninhabitable from Radioisotope Neutron Scattering? It seems the scientists of St. Charlie have let their weapons research outstrip their common sense again.
Metal Orbic Underling: Sapient Titan Advanced, Clockwork Hastened and Intended for Obliterating