Wapsi Square Forum

shadowinthelight wrote:

DilyV wrote:It would seem that soldiers in the Wapsi-Verse are just like soldiers in the real world... what they hear when you give orders isn't always understood as you meant it...

Maybe they misunderstood due to regional dialect or something? I've always heard teeth referred to as "chompers".

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Panel one looked badass already but I had to do something to up the ante.

She slices! She Dices!!! But!!! Does she make Julienne fries?

Julian didn't stay to find out...(he's never any fun)

Dave wrote:

DilyV wrote:It would seem that soldiers in the Wapsi-Verse are just like soldiers in the real world... what they hear when you give orders isn't always understood as you meant it...

And it's one mark of a good officer that s/he is careful to give orders in a way that makes them very difficult to misunderstand or misinterpret.

Ambiguity is not a Goodness when you are dealing with lots of things that go Boom.

This I know all too well... You can tell a squad of ten people something like: "First Formation is at 0630 for PT, be there fifteen minutes prior for headcount."

There is always one soldier who will exercise selective hearing. What he hears is something like this: "Be here at 0630."

There is no ambeguity in the order. It lets you know that the formation is at 0630 and that you need to be there fifteen minutes prior for headcount. If you arent in formation you're late, or what is called FTR (Failure To Report). My point was that you always have one guy that tries to buck the system and make it look like everyone else's fault. At one point, I took to having them write it down in a notebook and repeating it back to me. If they tried tome crazy crap, I'd have them pull out their notebook to prove to my superiors that I had given the order.

Maybe it was all that salted caramel latte that went to their brains...

Where I came from, that would be poor form. The order would be "Report for PT by 0615, formation at 0630." No subtraction needed.

shadowinthelight wrote:Panel one looked badass already but I had to do something to up the ante.

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Her personal soundtrack.

Jabberwonky wrote:Well, not Red Shirts exactly...

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No, just literal meatshields.

Jabberwonky wrote:Well, not Red Shirts exactly...

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Looks like your image fell victim to the Photobucket auto shrink.
Also at "sausage boy". That would not be a good nickname to have in prison.

Julie wrote:Like.

Thank you miss Julie.

MerchManDan wrote:

shadowinthelight wrote:Panel one looked badass already but I had to do something to up the ante.

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Her personal soundtrack.

I've never seen Kill Bill but it was the major inspiration.

Kill Bill was awesome. Sadly, I had to purge that from my collection when my son was old enough to understand minor concepts in movies, or I'd have passed it along to you. Even more sad, most of my Jet Li collection went as well. I LOVE Kiss of the Dragon.

I wish for my son to understand things before he is exposed to that sort of fantasy violence, and why people will watch it when there are copious quantities of real violence in the world. Most of my friends think I am being overprotective and silly, but I like to think it is me being a good parent.

His imagination is his most powerful tool. Does it really need to be cluttered with mindless gore and adult concepts at a mere eight years old? He has a lifetime to discover that.

Just my 2cp.

DinkyInky wrote:Kill Bill was awesome. Sadly, I had to purge that from my collection when my son was old enough to understand minor concepts in movies, or I'd have passed it along to you. Even more sad, most of my Jet Li collection went as well. I LOVE Kiss of the Dragon.

not trying to be offensive, but i can't think of any other way to say this... while i understand the need to not want your kids to see that kind of stuff that young, Why get rid of the movies at all? just set aside those movies you don't want him to see yet on a separate bookshelf or whatnot, and if he asks, tell him "that you are too young to see them yet. maybe later on when you're older." But if you can't trust him to not watch them behind your back even when he's that young, and the only way to ensure that he doesn't see them is to get rid of them from your house!... then you have more issues than just not wanting him to see those movies yet.

DinkyInky wrote:Kill Bill was awesome. Sadly, I had to purge that from my collection when my son was old enough to understand minor concepts in movies, or I'd have passed it along to you. Even more sad, most of my Jet Li collection went as well. I LOVE Kiss of the Dragon.

I wish for my son to understand things before he is exposed to that sort of fantasy violence, and why people will watch it when there are copious quantities of real violence in the world. Most of my friends think I am being overprotective and silly, but I like to think it is me being a good parent.

His imagination is his most powerful tool. Does it really need to be cluttered with mindless gore and adult concepts at a mere eight years old? He has a lifetime to discover that.Just my 2cp.

I defiantly understand where you're coming from. As a kid, I read all kinds of things, but wasn't really interested in seeing blood and gore. I loved sci fi and fantasy, but the visual medium set me on edge. As a seven year old, the Star Trek episode where aliens took over the Enterprise and turned most of the crew into little Styrofoam blocks gave me nightmares for a week. And I remember Darth Vader scaring the crap out of me in the Empire Strikes Back.
As an adult, I can handle on screen violence fine, but I also think that is partly because I wasn't exposed to that at an early age.
Books were another matter, my Mom's philosophy being that if I was old enough to understand what I was reading, I was old enough to read it.

Fun fact; the smoldering corpses of Uncle Owen and Aunt Beru were added in the first Star Wars in attempt to keep the movie from getting a G rating. Times have changed.

scantrontb wrote:not trying to be offensive, but i can't think of any other way to say this... while i understand the need to not want your kids to see that kind of stuff that young, Why get rid of the movies at all? just set aside those movies you don't want him to see yet on a separate bookshelf or whatnot, and if he asks, tell him "that you are too young to see them yet. maybe later on when you're older." But if you can't trust him to not watch them behind your back even when he's that young, and the only way to ensure that he doesn't see them is to get rid of them from your house!... then you have more issues than just not wanting him to see those movies yet.

It's not a matter of trust/not trust that he would watch them behind my back. He'd really try to not look at them, but I had already one incident of night terrors due to him watching movies at a friends. They refuse to police movies, so no more visits there overnight without me.
I also had an incident of night terrors after he accidentally got one of my movies on accident. I also sometimes forget what I am watching until he is sitting in my lap. Call it Aspie brain if you like. I'd rather he not have issues again due to my forgetfulness, so this was My Solution to the issue, and rather effective for me. Twas safer in the long run to purge them now and get them again later...seeing how blu-ray is the new it thing, dvd is dirt cheap, so finding a used copy is simple if I want one later.

Suze reacts to Lily's conniption fit...

DilyV wrote:Suze reacts to Lily's conniption fit...

(Snirk).

Mark N wrote:

DilyV wrote:Suze reacts to Lily's conniption fit...

(Snirk).

The fun part is after the snickers, she's still Lily!

DilyV wrote:Suze reacts to Lily's conniption fit...
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It works on multiple levels since Betty White is about 5,000 years old.

shadowinthelight wrote:

DilyV wrote:Suze reacts to Lily's conniption fit...
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It works on multiple levels since Betty White is about 5,000 years old.

And still awesome!

*tries to call friend up for a GG Marathon*

Very funny DilyV! Blame this one on Jabberwonky. First all digital attempt at drawing with a mouse. My pad was for Windows 2000 and xp and I haven't gotten my scanner hooked up yet so I decided to try with a mouse. I kinda like it at the moment.


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DilyV wrote:Suze reacts to Lily's conniption fit...
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PAHAHAHA!!!
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Pratt finally lightens up a bit.

Wdot - for a first attempt that's a helluva job! Definitely two thumbs up!

Dan - Too funny

Dily - I"m kinda out of the loop on pop culture, the Betty White joke went way over my head...(I liked the Snickers part, though)

DilyV wrote:

shadowinthelight wrote:Panel one looked badass already but I had to do something to up the ante.

She slices! She Dices!!! But!!! Does she make Julienne fries?

If it turns out that Julian is the guy who didn't keep his eye on the copters as he was supposed to do... yeah, he might end up as extra-crispy fries!

Flay and skewer one incompetent MIB operative. Rub with salt, season liberally with invective. Roast slowly over a medium av-gas fire, basting regularly with blood wine (substitute a robust Merlot if necessary), until a proper carnitas crackling texture is achieved. Shred finely, serve with corn tortillas and stewed nopales. Southwestern Vampire Cookery on a Budget. Paranormal Press, 1987.

Tomorrow, we will learn how to make chile rellenos.

Dot - Dan -- Fun stuff! Applause!