Another Day 2013-01-28
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Another Day 2013-01-28
Yeah - we gots a sticky door here, too. Annoying.
Not even duct tape can fix stupid. But it can muffle the noise.
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- shadowinthelight
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Re: Another Day 2013-01-28
Nice to see Friday's sketch was canon to the story. Hope she finds some excitement.
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- Opus the Poet
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Re: Another Day 2013-01-28
And Kat's door is frozen shut by meltwater...
Ninja'd by Fairport by just seconds...
Ninja'd by Fairport by just seconds...
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Re: Another Day 2013-01-28
Does Oscar's guardian matter to the world?
Of course she does, and she'll certainly prove it. Nobody does it betta!
(drops a gold fiche in the Pun Jar)
Of course she does, and she'll certainly prove it. Nobody does it betta!
(drops a gold fiche in the Pun Jar)
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Re: Another Day 2013-01-28
"Am I making a difference - at my job, or even to the world in general?" Wish I had a nickel for every time THAT thought crossed my mind.
"Imagination is more important than Knowledge" - Albert Einstein
"History doesn't repeat itself, but it DOES rhyme" - Mark Twain
"Always. Expect. Ninjas." - Syndey Scoville
"History doesn't repeat itself, but it DOES rhyme" - Mark Twain
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Re: Another Day 2013-01-28
You matter to me, Kats. Though you might need some WD40 for the door...
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The world would truly be a darker place without you, Kath - hang in there. You and Tina are my two favorites of WS. Which reminds me, I need to pick a print of Kath to put next to the one I got of Tina under the mistletoe.
- Just Old Al
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Re: Another Day 2013-01-28
All I could think of when the looking at the last frame was "Just be careful when that sucker finally breaks loose...".
Ow. Serious ow. Back of head impacting random furniture ow.
Al.
Ow. Serious ow. Back of head impacting random furniture ow.
Al.
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Re: Another Day 2013-01-28
Getting the door open doesn't insure success...
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Re: Another Day 2013-01-28
"Holy Shit Snacks"Jabberwonky wrote:Getting the door open doesn't insure success...
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Re: Another Day 2013-01-28
I don't think you're going to pull a big market share with that product...donoho wrote:"Holy Shit Snacks"Jabberwonky wrote:Getting the door open doesn't insure success...
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- TheDOCTOR
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Re: Another Day 2013-01-28
Re-post from Facebook: Then she sees the sign that reads "PUSH" on the door.
Re: Another Day 2013-01-28
GreyWolf wrote:The world would truly be a darker place without you, Kath - hang in there. You and Tina are my two favorites of WS. Which reminds me, I need to pick a print of Kath to put next to the one I got of Tina under the mistletoe.
Sounds like a good idea - hope there are a few available.
Re: Another Day 2013-01-28
Oh, Katherine -- there are armies of people drudging away at "small things" everyday, with turn out to have huge effects for everyone.
In the mid 1600s, after centuries of "The Dark Ages," some intellectual types (they could read!) started looking at old Latin texts squirreled away in nearby monasteries, and chatting/writing about them with others. By the early 1700s, you weren't in the know unless you were familiar with the ways and laws of the ancient Greeks and Romans -- which has shaped our world today.
In the early 1800s, a guy working on the leftovers you get when you cook coal (to make coke for smelting), fiddled with the coal tar. Nasty stuff. He discovered you could make a really good looking green dye with it - Aniline. Blue dyes were common, but this was new! Guess what favorite color fancy clothes were by the 1850s?
In the early 1900s, a school teacher and plant researcher worked on peanuts. He was looking for a food crop to augment the cotton crops common to the area. He eventually made Peanut Butter a common food, as well as over 100 other uses (dyes, paints, fuels, and more) for peanut products.
Basic research can be (and often is) dull as dirt. But, my dear, when somebody can connect your work with a larger picture, it can really take off! Maybe your friend Monica can take you back to that wonderful library so you can cross-reference some of your Egyptology research....
In the mid 1600s, after centuries of "The Dark Ages," some intellectual types (they could read!) started looking at old Latin texts squirreled away in nearby monasteries, and chatting/writing about them with others. By the early 1700s, you weren't in the know unless you were familiar with the ways and laws of the ancient Greeks and Romans -- which has shaped our world today.
In the early 1800s, a guy working on the leftovers you get when you cook coal (to make coke for smelting), fiddled with the coal tar. Nasty stuff. He discovered you could make a really good looking green dye with it - Aniline. Blue dyes were common, but this was new! Guess what favorite color fancy clothes were by the 1850s?
In the early 1900s, a school teacher and plant researcher worked on peanuts. He was looking for a food crop to augment the cotton crops common to the area. He eventually made Peanut Butter a common food, as well as over 100 other uses (dyes, paints, fuels, and more) for peanut products.
Basic research can be (and often is) dull as dirt. But, my dear, when somebody can connect your work with a larger picture, it can really take off! Maybe your friend Monica can take you back to that wonderful library so you can cross-reference some of your Egyptology research....
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Re: Another Day 2013-01-28
Jabberwonky wrote:Getting the door open doesn't insure success...
I seem to remember that happening to Monica once, early in the strip. No doubt it's more common in Minneapolis than in some other places.
If the pet at the door had been a bull terrier rather than a cat, we'd really have something to talk about.
You should be reading the Wapsi Square Wiki.
Re: Another Day 2013-01-28
So, while I'm sure that her situation is one of "door frozen shut", all I could think of when I saw this was the day I got locked into my apartment and couldn't get out. The dead bolt had gotten stuck, and no amount of turning it would unlock the thing...and of course that's a lock you can only affect from inside the home, so no one could try and fix it from outside. I had to wait for the apartment maintenance staff to get in for the morning, then the guy who answered my call had to scale the staircase and building exterior to get to my third floor balcony and get inside. Kat's handling her situation with much more grace than I handled mine (I had a not-so-minor panic attack when I realized I couldn't get out...my claustrophobia is very situational).
In my defense, before my panic set in I did consider dismantling the door with my own tools to get out, but I didn't want to get in trouble for damaging apartment property or have to worry about leaving my home without a working door.
In my defense, before my panic set in I did consider dismantling the door with my own tools to get out, but I didn't want to get in trouble for damaging apartment property or have to worry about leaving my home without a working door.
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And see that life is beautiful."
And see that life is beautiful."
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Re: Another Day 2013-01-28
Yeah, once't or twice't...Wyvern wrote:Jabberwonky wrote:Getting the door open doesn't insure success...
I seem to remember that happening to Monica once, early in the strip. No doubt it's more common in Minneapolis than in some other places.
If the pet at the door had been a bull terrier rather than a cat, we'd really have something to talk about.
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- Aleister Crow
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Re: Another Day 2013-01-28
Aw she got dressed.
Though I suppose if she's going outside, that's probably a good idea.
Though I suppose if she's going outside, that's probably a good idea.
Whoever coined the phrase "more fun than a barrel of monkeys" obviously never spent an afternoon cramming the little buggers into one.
Re: Another Day 2013-01-28
My adult son was trapped in the bathroom one time when the doorknob latch broke. The door opened inward, the screws for the doorknob were on his side, and he didn't have any tools inside that would have enabled him to take the hinges off. Adding to the problem was the fact that the bathroom window was painted shut and it was winter, so breaking the window to pass tools in was not an option.
I ended up drilling a series of holes around the doorknob and using a chisel to cut the entire latch mechanism out of the door to get him out, then later replacing the door.
I ended up drilling a series of holes around the doorknob and using a chisel to cut the entire latch mechanism out of the door to get him out, then later replacing the door.
- Opus the Poet
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Re: Another Day 2013-01-28
All you needed to do was pass a single screwdriver under the door, not enough room for that?
I ride my bike to ride my bike, and sometimes it takes me where I need to go.