B-b-b-but they studied for hours, *hours* I tell you, with the Imperial Stormtrooper School of Marksmanship videos they had obtained by email as endorsed by D. Vader. How could they possibly have missed with training such as that? @_@
If they fill the pot with soil and make it a battle wagon _planter_, they can chase after them and still stay rooted to the ground! (Of course, that means each of them needs a Transplantation Buddy. Do they have any trowels or shovels?)
tune: “Crystal Blue Persuasion,” Tommy James and the Shondells, 1969
Lilies are shooting
Run through the trees
Bullets fly past us
Making a breeze
We are the hunted
Caucasian and Asian
But they can’t match my
Serpentine evasion
We rocked the boat and
Escaped from the pot
Did those lilies give up?
No, they did not!
We gave it our best shot
We meant no ill
Now they’ve got their best shot
Shooting to kill
We’ll use our writing
To bring back Skin Horse
Plenty of creatures
Need that black ops force
We’re haven’t solved this
Tricky equation
And that’s why
We now run
From that gun
Serpentine evasion!
@ Robert: They should start as interns or “embedded journalists” at Project Skin Horse, as soon as it gets reconstituated. I mean the shadow goverment needs all the good PR it can get and with some careful editing these two could (well, probably) generate it. And they would fit in perfectly with the crowd as they have already mastered the art of the strategic withdrawal.
Hey guys, I’m back~!~ I got a terrible cold and have been too sick/busy to read any comics since last Thursday. But now that I’m feeling better, I’d like to say a very belated welcome back to Shaenon and an equally belated thank you for the mention in the comments of this page: http://skin-horse.com/comic/2014-09-14/ I am so pumped to be all caught up with the story again~!~
Didn’t anyone else notice the “Ptang” sound effect and think about what it means? These trees are hard enough that bullets ricochet off of them. Okay, so maybe the flowers are using bullets with reduced powder charges, to keep from being ripped out of the ground by recoil, but even so, most trees just don’t bounce bullets and go “Ptang.”
Okay, so maybe armed flowers were a tipoff that something is strange in this forest, but bulletproof trees are another interesting clue.
Or maybe it’s just that sentient flowers can’t aim very well. (I mean, the recoil problems alone for a 2 pound plant…)
B-b-b-but they studied for hours, *hours* I tell you, with the Imperial Stormtrooper School of Marksmanship videos they had obtained by email as endorsed by D. Vader. How could they possibly have missed with training such as that? @_@
It was a combo deal with an entire season of “The A-Team” and they made the mistake of watching it, that’s how…
But now they can take all the scraps of their failed stew lying around and build a makeshift battle wagon so they can, uh, stay rooted to the ground.
I, for one, would like to go on record as saying that I believe this is a great idea and would love to see it.
If they fill the pot with soil and make it a battle wagon _planter_, they can chase after them and still stay rooted to the ground! (Of course, that means each of them needs a Transplantation Buddy. Do they have any trowels or shovels?)
SERPENTINE, BABOU!
She looks so happy to finally show off that skill!
tune: “Crystal Blue Persuasion,” Tommy James and the Shondells, 1969
Lilies are shooting
Run through the trees
Bullets fly past us
Making a breeze
We are the hunted
Caucasian and Asian
But they can’t match my
Serpentine evasion
We rocked the boat and
Escaped from the pot
Did those lilies give up?
No, they did not!
We gave it our best shot
We meant no ill
Now they’ve got their best shot
Shooting to kill
Serpentine evasion
Mmm hmmm
‘Cause those plants ain’t chasin’
Serpentine evasion
Serpen-
Tine evasion
We’ll use our writing
To bring back Skin Horse
Plenty of creatures
Need that black ops force
We’re haven’t solved this
Tricky equation
And that’s why
We now run
From that gun
Serpentine evasion!
Nice one!
Apropos of nothing, how great is it that Alison Bechdel got a Macarthur genius grant?
I can’t decide if it is absolutely fantastic, or about bloody time. Or, let’s be honest, probably both.
It is the best thing ever, basically.
(TUNE: “Step In Time” from Disney’s Mary Poppins, Sherman & Sherman)
Serpentine! Serpentine!
Serpentine! Serpentine!
Running in a zig-zag, running in a line,
Now we’re running serpentine!
Lilies caught us! Serpentine!
Lilies caught us! Serpentine!
Now they’re gonna cook us, now they’re gonna dine!
Lilies caught us! Serpentine!
“People pick us!” Serpentine!
“People pick us!” Serpentine!
Listen to the lilies, listen to ’em whine,
“People pick us!” Serpentine!
Project Skin Horse! Serpentine!
Project Skin Horse! Serpentine!
Used to come and help us, they were mighty fine!
Where is Skin Horse? Serpentine!
We’ll find Skin Horse! Serpentine!
We’ll find Skin Horse! Serpentine!
Writing on our blog, and putting it online!
We’ll find Skin Horse! Serpentine!
Dodging bullets! Serpentine!
Dodging bullets! Serpentine!
Made of parabellum, millimeter nine!
Dodging bullets! Serpentine!
Run like crazy! Serpentine!
Run like crazy! Serpentine!
Running in a zig-zag, running in a line,
Run like crazy! Serpentine!
YES.
I don’t really think it was possible to pick a better filking match.
The two of them should have their own strip…
Serpentine! Serpentine!
Serpentine, Shel! Serpentine!”
@ Robert: They should start as interns or “embedded journalists” at Project Skin Horse, as soon as it gets reconstituated. I mean the shadow goverment needs all the good PR it can get and with some careful editing these two could (well, probably) generate it. And they would fit in perfectly with the crowd as they have already mastered the art of the strategic withdrawal.
Sorry I’m late. but welcome back, Shaenon!
Hey guys, I’m back~!~ I got a terrible cold and have been too sick/busy to read any comics since last Thursday. But now that I’m feeling better, I’d like to say a very belated welcome back to Shaenon and an equally belated thank you for the mention in the comments of this page: http://skin-horse.com/comic/2014-09-14/ I am so pumped to be all caught up with the story again~!~
Didn’t anyone else notice the “Ptang” sound effect and think about what it means? These trees are hard enough that bullets ricochet off of them. Okay, so maybe the flowers are using bullets with reduced powder charges, to keep from being ripped out of the ground by recoil, but even so, most trees just don’t bounce bullets and go “Ptang.”
Okay, so maybe armed flowers were a tipoff that something is strange in this forest, but bulletproof trees are another interesting clue.