Quiet Time 2017-03-15
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Quiet Time 2017-03-15
"Character is what you are in the dark." - D.L. Moody
"You should never run from the voices in your head. That's how you give them power." - Jin
"You should never run from the voices in your head. That's how you give them power." - Jin
Re: Quiet Time 2017-03-15
Didn't take as long as I thought . . .Armorlord wrote:That is totally ending up on a spider.
--FreeFlier
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Re: Quiet Time 2017-03-15
So hey... what could POSSIBLY go wrong... go wrong...go wrong... (VRRRRITHPH!!! CLACK!)
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Re: Quiet Time 2017-03-15
The spider is already its normal size. So if it's a "restore normal size" talisman, no problem.
Therefore, it isn't. It's a "make big" talisman.
Therefore, it isn't. It's a "make big" talisman.
Re: Quiet Time 2017-03-15
OK, I admit it. I'm a bit slow this week. (Shaddap you, Sarge!)
When Cricket handed Monica that nicely-crafted little box, said "I want to give you this emergency talisman", and said to put it on Dietzel's head if she ever needed to return him to normal size ...
... my reaction was "That poor dog is going to look very strange, with what looks like a tiny pirate's chest perched on top of his head. Will she open it, and drape the lid down the back of his neck? No, that won't look any less strange. Cricket may be a whiz-bang magic user, but her fashion sense is as bad as Tsillah's."
Oh. The talisman isn't the box itself. The talisman is in the box. That's very different.
Clearly I need a vacation.
When Cricket handed Monica that nicely-crafted little box, said "I want to give you this emergency talisman", and said to put it on Dietzel's head if she ever needed to return him to normal size ...
... my reaction was "That poor dog is going to look very strange, with what looks like a tiny pirate's chest perched on top of his head. Will she open it, and drape the lid down the back of his neck? No, that won't look any less strange. Cricket may be a whiz-bang magic user, but her fashion sense is as bad as Tsillah's."
Oh. The talisman isn't the box itself. The talisman is in the box. That's very different.
Clearly I need a vacation.
- oldmanmickey
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Re: Quiet Time 2017-03-15
If i walked out of the bathroom and saw a human sized spider i would be needing another shower
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Re: Quiet Time 2017-03-15
oldmanmickey wrote:If i walked out of the bathroom and saw a human sized spider i would be needing another shower
Dog-sized, and I would be needing a mop and a shovel.
I ride my bike to ride my bike, and sometimes it takes me where I need to go.
Re: Quiet Time 2017-03-15
DIGIT!!!!! NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!
and hilarity shall ensue....
and hilarity shall ensue....
You know that light at the end of the tunnel?
Yeah... it's a bullet. Sorry.
Yeah... it's a bullet. Sorry.
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Re: Quiet Time 2017-03-15
The paper maker is the basest of all creatures. He deprives the beggar of his rags to make white sheets for editors to lie on.
--early 20th century school essay, from Fresh Howlers, ed. H. Cecil Hunt (UK, 1930)
--early 20th century school essay, from Fresh Howlers, ed. H. Cecil Hunt (UK, 1930)
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Re: Quiet Time 2017-03-15
Not at all. Though, I seem to recall someone saying something among the lines of wanting a dog-sized Digit/spider as a pet back when Digit was first introduced.FreeFlier wrote:Didn't take as long as I thought . . .Armorlord wrote:That is totally ending up on a spider.
--FreeFlier
Also, here's hoping Monica's first reaction isn't 'breathe fire'.
"Occam's razor is a fine thing, but the universe is a Rube-Goldberg machine."
Re: Quiet Time 2017-03-15
Danger, Will Robinson, DANGER!!
I'm sure everything will turn out fine...
I'm sure everything will turn out fine...
- Drakkenmensch
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Re: Quiet Time 2017-03-15
Tiny spider puts on ring that can permanently enlarge a bug to dog size. What could possibly go wrong?
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Square-Cube Law?Drakkenmensch wrote:Tiny spider puts on ring that can permanently enlarge a bug to dog size. What could possibly go wrong?
Proof Positive the world is not flat: If it were, cats would have pushed everything off the edge by now.
Re: Quiet Time 2017-03-15
Rule of Funny says not.AnotherFairportfan wrote:Square-Cube Law?Drakkenmensch wrote:Tiny spider puts on ring that can permanently enlarge a bug to dog size. What could possibly go wrong?
--FreeFlier
Re: Quiet Time 2017-03-15
If that law applied to the effects of Fae magic, I doubt that Dietzel would have survived. Mammals don't do well at that small a size, as their bodies lose heat too fast, and their tiny bodies need an extremely high metabolic rate to make up the loss (and age quickly as a result). Voles don't live very long...FreeFlier wrote:Rule of Funny says not.AnotherFairportfan wrote:Square-Cube Law?Drakkenmensch wrote:Tiny spider puts on ring that can permanently enlarge a bug to dog size. What could possibly go wrong?
(Pablo just published Friday's strip to his Patreon supporters. Trust me, it shows one hell of an Oops, deals with the square/cube law quite nicely, and fully justifies the cost of being a Patron! Oh, and yes, Little D apparently still has opposable thumbs.)
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Re: Quiet Time 2017-03-15
I'd expect that a well-made talisman that increases the wearer's mass would also include some sort of sub-programs that keep any sort of unpleasant physical or biological side effects from happening. One that's not made with care and skill, on the other hand. . .AnotherFairportfan wrote:Square-Cube Law?Drakkenmensch wrote:Tiny spider puts on ring that can permanently enlarge a bug to dog size. What could possibly go wrong?
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Re: Quiet Time 2017-03-15
Or a magical experimental prototype...Catawampus wrote:I'd expect that a well-made talisman that increases the wearer's mass would also include some sort of sub-programs that keep any sort of unpleasant physical or biological side effects from happening. One that's not made with care and skill, on the other hand. . .AnotherFairportfan wrote:Square-Cube Law?Drakkenmensch wrote:Tiny spider puts on ring that can permanently enlarge a bug to dog size. What could possibly go wrong?
He's mister GlytchMeister, he's mister code
He's mister exploiter, he's mister ones and zeros
They call me GlytchMeister, whatever I touch
Starts to glitch in my clutch!
I'm too much!
He's mister exploiter, he's mister ones and zeros
They call me GlytchMeister, whatever I touch
Starts to glitch in my clutch!
I'm too much!