Also Happy Herpie’s Sunshine Sanctuary. Here’s what I posted last time:
Oh-oh-oh, when you’re feelin’ chirpy,
Come and stop at Happy Herpie’s.
The place that’s got most everything in lizards galore.
Their Sunshine Sanctuary
Is evolutionary.
They’re the place with all the greatest reptiles and more.
So come on by and put it to the test.
Snakes, iguanas, we’ve got all the best.
We’ll show you lizards you didn’t know exist.
And herpetology you cannot resist.
So when you’re feelin’ chirpy,
Come and stop at Happy Herpie’s
The place that’s got most everything in lizards galore.
And come and have some fun
With snakes that have uncoiled…
Happy Herpie’s will not be underdone
Ooh-ooh-ee-ooh…
Pavane has a lot to learn. The reason Ira’s methods failed is because if you frame it as repression for the good of the repressed they will always rebel eventually. If you frame it as an object lesson that they had to learn for themselves or they would never properly understand, like Gavotte does, not only will they happily stay under your supervision, but it will be their idea.
Pavane says it’s for their own good. She actually misunderstood. She thinks that she’s smarter, but that’s a non-starter. So Lovetron—well, unlikelihood.
It certainly reinforces the notion that Tigerlily herself doesn’t really believe she’s from Lovetron, which she admitted to Tip way back when (“I do know. I’m mad because I don’t care,”) It would be kind of funny, and well within the sort of plot twists this strip does, if she turned out to be wrong.
As Tigerlilly says here the fact she has, on some level, been waiting for someone to tell her “Yes, you really are a princess of Lovetron” her entire life is exactly why she’s not buying what Pavane’s selling. Whether she is one or not is more or less irrelevent to that.
It’s also Pavane’s comment in the second panel. If Tigerlily were really a Lovetronian, why would Pavane say “wait until we reach Lovetron”? Methinks Pavane’s scheme is about to unravel completely.
Yeah. I reckon:
– Lovetron doesn’t exist.
– Pavane used it as an ploy to get all the NHSs onto the spaceship, for reasons TBC.
– Pavane blundered, because she thought Tigerlily really believed she was from Lovetron, rather than not caring that she isn’t.
– T realised P’s scheme was a lie, so decided to play along until the opportunity came to stir up trouble.
Of course, the trouble with this genre is, any sufficiently mad science is indistinguishable from a plot device.
That’s better. See some sights, do a little shopping, eat at little roadside stands…
It’s not a greasy spoon, It”s a greasy spork!
Do they have the little Duncan Hines placards?
Or in U.N.I.T.Y’s case, eat the roadside stands.
I hope there are no The Thing or SuperAmerica billboards in space!
Just the Burma Shave signs, spaced out half a light year apart.
In this world,
of trouble,
and sin..
your Flam goes bald
But, not your sner@k
The Burma Shave signs were clever, innovative and appropriate to their era. I’ve always wanted a shower curtain covered with their blurbs! 😉
Your drive is warped
But not your mind
The smoothest skin
You’ll ever find
With
Burma Shave
In outer space
Your hairs are scratchy
Remember us
Our rhymes are catchy.
Burma Shave.
(bows)
Could’a said:
If you’ve got legs
And find them hairy
Our brushless cream
Will leave them merry.
Burma Shave.
Or “South of the Border” billboards that appear at regular intervals along the route.
“YOU NEVER SAUSAGE A PLACE!”
“Your sheep are all counted at South of the Border” was the one my sister and I always looked out for. We liked the motorized “jumping” sheep.
“Pedro Corny?”
Undead Sister sounds like a band name. A really boss, punk rock band
Or maybe a cross between Twisted Sister & The Grateful Dead
Now I’ve got that image in my head.
Undead Sister is my Weird Al tribute band.
Sounds like a band that would be opening for My Chemical Romance.
Wall Drug-1.23 parsecs.
South of the Galactic Equator?
Also Happy Herpie’s Sunshine Sanctuary. Here’s what I posted last time:
Oh-oh-oh, when you’re feelin’ chirpy,
Come and stop at Happy Herpie’s.
The place that’s got most everything in lizards galore.
Their Sunshine Sanctuary
Is evolutionary.
They’re the place with all the greatest reptiles and more.
So come on by and put it to the test.
Snakes, iguanas, we’ve got all the best.
We’ll show you lizards you didn’t know exist.
And herpetology you cannot resist.
So when you’re feelin’ chirpy,
Come and stop at Happy Herpie’s
The place that’s got most everything in lizards galore.
And come and have some fun
With snakes that have uncoiled…
Happy Herpie’s will not be underdone
Ooh-ooh-ee-ooh…
Breezetron – Planet of Motels!
Pavane has a lot to learn. The reason Ira’s methods failed is because if you frame it as repression for the good of the repressed they will always rebel eventually. If you frame it as an object lesson that they had to learn for themselves or they would never properly understand, like Gavotte does, not only will they happily stay under your supervision, but it will be their idea.
“She had to learn it for herself.”
Pavane says it’s for their own good. She actually misunderstood. She thinks that she’s smarter, but that’s a non-starter. So Lovetron—well, unlikelihood.
I think Tigerlily and the gang are starting to realize “If you think I need to be saved from myself, I probably need to be saved from you.”
If there’s rest stops, I have a whole lot more questions on the nature of the universe
IIRC, the Jetsons prominently featured “greasy spoon” diners?
Pretty sure, in space, rest stops violate Newton’s First Law.
And, depending on your driver, Asimov’s as well.
I don’t think Newton understood that there is no such thing as an object at rest in this universe. Maybe all the rest stops are relative.
Asimov suffered from kidney stones for many years, so that meant he had to increase his liquid intake—which would necessitate rest stops.
No particular reason L-5 colonies can’t serve that purpose. 🙂
What about the Jack Rabbit signs? No text required…
The dialogue here reinforces the notion that Tigerlily is not, in fact, from Lovetron at all.
It certainly reinforces the notion that Tigerlily herself doesn’t really believe she’s from Lovetron, which she admitted to Tip way back when (“I do know. I’m mad because I don’t care,”) It would be kind of funny, and well within the sort of plot twists this strip does, if she turned out to be wrong.
As Tigerlilly says here the fact she has, on some level, been waiting for someone to tell her “Yes, you really are a princess of Lovetron” her entire life is exactly why she’s not buying what Pavane’s selling. Whether she is one or not is more or less irrelevent to that.
Link got swallowed. Tigerlily says it here:
https://skin-horse.com/comic/workspace-would/
It’s also Pavane’s comment in the second panel. If Tigerlily were really a Lovetronian, why would Pavane say “wait until we reach Lovetron”? Methinks Pavane’s scheme is about to unravel completely.
Yeah. I reckon:
– Lovetron doesn’t exist.
– Pavane used it as an ploy to get all the NHSs onto the spaceship, for reasons TBC.
– Pavane blundered, because she thought Tigerlily really believed she was from Lovetron, rather than not caring that she isn’t.
– T realised P’s scheme was a lie, so decided to play along until the opportunity came to stir up trouble.
Of course, the trouble with this genre is, any sufficiently mad science is indistinguishable from a plot device.
If I ever got stranded in an alternate reality, I’d open an inn named “The Laughing Vulcan” to attract anyone from neighboring dimensions.
Now I’m picturing a sci-fi version of Callahan’s or Strangefellows.
An interstellar version of Munden’s Bar, or the Draco Tavern…
Or perhaps Poul Anderson’s The Old Phoenix…
The White Hart, if you prefer a British bar.