It’s actually a little more disconcerting than actual swears would be (which is probably the reason he uses it. And also, his girlfriend installed it. <3)
Somehow it struck me that Nick was having a heart-to-heart talk with someone hiding from him. Maybe they just hit it off. Maybe that’s why she was so tolerant of his behavior when he later went to work for WhimseyCorp…
Oh yeah, I’ve played Nick to my best buddie’s Tip when we were in college. The guy slept with women the way most people breath. I won’t say I didn’t benefit, having dated a couple of his exe’s, but it took him five marriages to get one that would stick. I don’t think he figured it out until he was close to 50.
And he has embraced the swear filter as his own.
Wait, why is Nick’s swear filter still working?
Notice the font. That’s not the swear filter. That’s just Nick.
It’s actually a little more disconcerting than actual swears would be (which is probably the reason he uses it. And also, his girlfriend installed it. <3)
Nick got so used to hearing the output of the swear filter that he automatically uses those words instead of the swears he was thinking.
That’s him being a molly-coddling gentleman
It’s all a monkey-puzzling thing.
Much like how readers of David Willis’ current comic now frequently type “bongo”, rather than the word his comments filter replaces with that.
“Melon Farming” is both a reasonable description of what Tip does, and why he can’t find a decent relationship.
“Yippi Ki Yay!”
After many hours of toil, the young man reached the mountain’s peak and found the ancient hermit dwelling there, just as legend promised.
“Oh Wise and Noble One, I humbly beseech your guidance! I have only bread and cheese to offer in return, but they are of the finest!”
“Ask away, my boy!” spake the hermit (who looked and sounded remarkably like Mel Brooks).
“Tell me true, Master. How can I make a woman fall in love with me?!” wailed the fine fellow.
“Ah!” chuckled the hermit between mouthfuls. “Laddie, to make a woman fall in love with you is really very simple!” (interrupted by more chewing).
– the young man waits with bated breath –
“All you must do is prove yourself a better man than she is!” concludes the hermit, nodding sagely.
Seeing The Look his petitioner is glaring at him, the hermit shrugs and elaborates “What? I said it was simple! I did not say it was easy!”
“If Dr. Wilkin is lucky, someday he may become you.” Whimsey’s daughter to Nick, in the “My House is Me” sequence.
Thanks for the reminder! Here’s the strip: http://skin-horse.com/comic/the-right-word/
And an apropos strip a few days later: http://skin-horse.com/comic/or-cultivating/
Somehow it struck me that Nick was having a heart-to-heart talk with someone hiding from him. Maybe they just hit it off. Maybe that’s why she was so tolerant of his behavior when he later went to work for WhimseyCorp…
I suspect that was one of the reasons Whimsy contracted him to test Whimsy World in the first place.
Well, that, and they wanted to see if the crown could override even his urge to swear. Sort of an “ultimate test”.
And you have to love the smug look on Nick’s face in the last panel. He’s finally gotten one up on the local casanova, and he’s loving it.
Oh yeah, I’ve played Nick to my best buddie’s Tip when we were in college. The guy slept with women the way most people breath. I won’t say I didn’t benefit, having dated a couple of his exe’s, but it took him five marriages to get one that would stick. I don’t think he figured it out until he was close to 50.
Good for you, Nick. You know a good thing when you have it.