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Becoming Better 2018-06-05

Posted: Mon Jun 04, 2018 11:15 pm
by Opus the Poet
http://wapsisquare.com/comic/becoming-better/

When you're not broken, but you're not all together either.

Re: Becoming Better 2018-06-05

Posted: Mon Jun 04, 2018 11:27 pm
by TheCollector
Well, looks kinda like Phix hasn't been able to stop thinking of Luci, basically every word she said here was about her, even ones that honestly didn't need to be. :D

Also is it just me or does it seem like Phix is being a little bit wordier then normal? It's almost like she's rambling a bit.

Re: Becoming Better 2018-06-05

Posted: Tue Jun 05, 2018 12:05 am
by jwhouk
No, that's pretty typical for her.

Re: Becoming Better 2018-06-05

Posted: Tue Jun 05, 2018 1:03 am
by lake_wrangler
That's Phix, for you: enigmatic one day, can't shut her up the next... Not that I would suggest trying to shut her up, that is... :lol:

When I started reading the first panel, and the way she addressed Castela, I was wondering if we had jumped back in time... Then I took a look at Castela, and realized that no, we were still in the "now".



Question: should it not be "you have the aid of a professional TO help you?"

I can't help but think that since "aid" is not referring to a person, the "to" would be needed, whereas if it had been "you have the aidE of a professional help you" it would have worked, because the subject of the help would now be a person, the aide, meaning the assistant, of a professional (but in today's context, Luci is supposed to be the professional being referred to, so she can't be the aide. Therefore that sentence structure, while grammatically correct, would not apply...)

Like I said yesterday, I can't quote grammar rules, but that's how I feel it, on an instinctual level.

Re: Becoming Better 2018-06-05

Posted: Tue Jun 05, 2018 5:44 am
by oldmanmickey
NOO, trying to shut Phix up could be bad for ones long term health. Them again trying to shut up most any female is about as effective as trying to baptize a cat.

Re: Becoming Better 2018-06-05

Posted: Tue Jun 05, 2018 1:15 pm
by sheik
oldmanmickey wrote:NOO, trying to shut Phix up could be bad for ones long term health. Them again trying to shut up most any female is about as effective as trying to baptize a cat.
And yet Luci actually _did_ shut Phix up.
It looks like Phix was suitably impressed.:)

Re: Becoming Better 2018-06-05

Posted: Tue Jun 05, 2018 8:51 pm
by Warrl
Opus the Poet wrote:http://wapsisquare.com/comic/becoming-better/

When you're not broken, but you're not all together either.
Well, we're all here because we're not all there...

Re: Becoming Better 2018-06-05

Posted: Tue Jun 05, 2018 8:53 pm
by Warrl
sheik wrote:
oldmanmickey wrote:NOO, trying to shut Phix up could be bad for ones long term health. Them again trying to shut up most any female is about as effective as trying to baptize a cat.
And yet Luci actually _did_ shut Phix up.
It looks like Phix was suitably impressed.:)
But Luci did not *try* to shut Phix up.

Re: Becoming Better 2018-06-05

Posted: Tue Jun 05, 2018 10:47 pm
by jwhouk
Warrl wrote:But Luci did not *try* to shut Phix up.
That was noted and logged in the Library's annals.


(Though I think Neil knew how to do it a long time ago. Something involving "tonsil hockey"...)

Re: Becoming Better 2018-06-05

Posted: Wed Jun 06, 2018 12:39 am
by Sgt. Howard
Warrl wrote:
Opus the Poet wrote:http://wapsisquare.com/comic/becoming-better/

When you're not broken, but you're not all together either.
Well, we're all here because we're not all there...

... after all, no matter where you go, THERE YOU ARE!

Re: Becoming Better 2018-06-05

Posted: Wed Jun 06, 2018 12:58 am
by AnotherFairportfan
Sgt. Howard wrote:
Warrl wrote:
Opus the Poet wrote:http://wapsisquare.com/comic/becoming-better/

When you're not broken, but you're not all together either.
Well, we're all here because we're not all there...
... after all, no matter where you go, THERE YOU ARE!
ESPECIALLY in pig shit.

Re: Becoming Better 2018-06-05

Posted: Wed Jun 06, 2018 1:20 am
by lake_wrangler
Meanwhile, I noticed that Paul has indeed added a "to" in front of "help"...

I helped! Twice! In a row!

Boy, I'm not sure I can take all this excitement... :P

It's nice to see that even we can help, in a small way, contribute to such a fine endeavour. :)