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bmonk wrote:

Jabberwonky wrote:

Dave11 wrote:Obligatory TVTropes warning.

Mood Whiplash anyone?

I don't read the strip until I've buckled a five-point restraint in place...

I hope you don't forget the extra-tall cervical collar with padding--even with a five-point restraint you are liable to whiplash.

Duct tape.
Looped around the head rest...

Dave wrote:
Can we at least see these beautiful women stalking the wild asparagus one of these days?

Ah, a fellow Gibbonite. I too, believe the dragon is either knocked out or faking it (maybe now they'll leave me alone) if for no other reason than the lack of x's in the ocular area (c8

jwhouk wrote:

Dave11 wrote:Obligatory TVTropes warning.

Mood Whiplash anyone?

No, we call that "Pablo's dropping the tranny again."

Oh, you mean transmission. Never mind.

Jabberwonky wrote:Duct tape.
Looped around the head rest...

Duct tape....I love duct tape.

NOTDilbert wrote:

Opus the Poet wrote:Shelly's garb seems a bit cold for all that snow. So does Monica's, but quite as bad. They'll both freeze, just Shelly will freeze sooner than Monica.

I don't think that's Shelly and Monica. "Shelly" is too busty and not enough muscley, and "Monica" is blonde.

Blond M is cosplaying, and S is using her shape-shifting powers to appear more busty and less muscular.

Julie wrote:

Jabberwonky wrote:Duct tape.
Looped around the head rest...

Duct tape....I love duct tape.

And from the shadows we here Peter Lorrie " oh - duct tape is good - and then I get to cut it with my knife - my pretty pretty knife"

I call your attention to the first line of my signature.

Is it symbolic, in the Sept. 28th cartoon, that the hilt of the Monica character's sword looks like a fountain pen? I guess the pen is mightier, especially when it's attached to a sword blade.

Bathorys Daughter wrote:Is it symbolic, in the Sept. 28th cartoon, that the hilt of the Monica character's sword looks like a fountain pen? I guess the pen is mightier, especially when it's attached to a sword blade.

The founder of the Duchy of Grand Fenwick expressed it thusly:

In the long run, the pen is, indeed, mightier than the sword.

But at any given moment. the sword speaks more loudly and convincingly.

Bathorys Daughter wrote:Is it symbolic, in the Sept. 28th cartoon, that the hilt of the Monica character's sword looks like a fountain pen? I guess the pen is mightier, especially when it's attached to a sword blade.

um, well if that were so, the 27th pic would be similar...

'mightier than the sword' ??? well, only if your opponent has only a pen...

In reality, most good swords need good muscles to wield, and and back in those days, people in general were far stronger,
not put off by a bit of cold...

eg, Red Sonja, barbarian..

'Quimby's reign ended when he was killed by a disgruntled poet during an experiment to test the truth of the saying "The pen is mightier than the sword". In his memory, it was amended to read: "The pen is mightier than the sword only if the sword is very small and the pen is very sharp".' ---Terry Pratchett

Aleister Crow wrote:'Quimby's reign ended when he was killed by a disgruntled poet during an experiment to test the truth of the saying "The pen is mightier than the sword". In his memory, it was amended to read: "The pen is mightier than the sword only if the sword is very small and the pen is very sharp".' ---Terry Pratchett

That works, too.

Which book is that from? I don't recognise it.

Fairportfan wrote:

Aleister Crow wrote:'Quimby's reign ended when he was killed by a disgruntled poet during an experiment to test the truth of the saying "The pen is mightier than the sword". In his memory, it was amended to read: "The pen is mightier than the sword only if the sword is very small and the pen is very sharp".' ---Terry Pratchett

That works, too.

Which book is that from? I don't recognise it.

The Light Fantastic, if I recall correctly.

Just counting the hours when Paul deigns to enlighten us as to the names of our traveling trio.

Aleister Crow wrote:

Fairportfan wrote:

Aleister Crow wrote:'Quimby's reign ended when he was killed by a disgruntled poet during an experiment to test the truth of the saying "The pen is mightier than the sword". In his memory, it was amended to read: "The pen is mightier than the sword only if the sword is very small and the pen is very sharp".' ---Terry Pratchett

That works, too.

Which book is that from? I don't recognise it.

The Light Fantastic, if I recall correctly.

Oh. That explains why i didn't even have a clue.

I haven't re-read the first two in years; don't care for them particularly (not that i dislike them, or didn't greatly enjoy them when i read themk when they came out); so far as i'm concerned he started in the Right Direction with Equal Rites, and truly hit his stride with Mort - which is where i advise beginning the series for new readers.

When I'm hooking a new addict, I usually give them 'Equal Rites' and 'Guards! Guards!'

Jabberwonky wrote:When I'm hooking a new addict, I usually give them 'Equal Rites' and 'Guards! Guards!'

Those are good.

Witches Abroad, if you're feeling particularly nasty.

illiad wrote:

In reality, most good swords need good muscles to wield, and and back in those days, people in general were far stronger,
not put off by a bit of cold...

eg, Red Sonja, barbarian..

Wouldn't Red Sonja be a barbarienne?

Just sayin'....

illiad wrote:In reality, most good swords need good muscles to wield, and and back in those days, people in general were far stronger,
not put off by a bit of cold...

eg, Red Sonja, barbarian..

Red Sonja ... "Reality?"

When the subject of Red Sonja comes up, my mind always brings this up in the background.

Always...