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I'm sorry I missed the memo when that particular rule was added to The Bookzachariah wrote:Nothing. To make the pun calls for an exclamation, not a question.davids4250 wrote:I saw what you did there.Dave wrote:Oh, do ya know?
"Oduya, no?" "It's Ms. Brandilyn Oduya, is that not the case?"
Why must I wait until Monday!! *burrows under a blanket in Confusion Corner to wait...impatiently*My vote is for someone we haven't met yet.jwhouk wrote:Too bad we can't do a poll on here, because it'd be ripe for a "Who's our off-panel speaker?" poll.
Options:
- Brandi
- Phix
- Nudge
- Bia
- Mayahuel
- Jin
- Bud
- Tepoz
- Shelly
- Justin
- Tsillah
- Lily/Suzi
- MONICA (!)
- Dietzel (!!)
- Jacqui (!!!)
- ROY (!!!!!!!!)
Yep. Slide rules are solar-powered analog calculators. I still have and even use a couple of them, since the batteries never die.zachariah wrote:Probably use them still in the library. Remember the library is not digital.RunningBull wrote:Yeah she probably saw one in history class!!bdgoodfriend wrote:A fifteen yr old knows from slide rules? (I haven't seen one in 20yrs)
Brandi is the choice we're led to expect, but Monica is highly likely, given Kath's expression.zachariah wrote:Monica hasn't had that much experience with the library to know that things should be kept from it. For someone to know about that they have to realize that some things should not be open source, which the library is. ANy one with access can read any of the books.cmdrpowers wrote:Why couldn't it be the Jaguar Girl?
Yes. Maybe he wants to be a Great Dane, or an Afghan Hound.Jabberwonky wrote:Or using stilts...
We don't know enough of Wapsi-Olympian politics to make that determination. My guess is, from Brandi's words to Lily, that Bia is on the side of justice. However, she is bound by oath to work for Zeus, who may not be the best of bosses, and it already seems like her official capacity is in conflict with her attempts at sympathetic action.Boxilar wrote:Ooh, Bia is a good guess. Wish I'd though of it. Put her near the top of the list.KnightDelight wrote:I'll guess it's Bia who joined the conversation.
Edit; Bia makes a lot of sense if she is working against Brandi now that the calender Machine Crisis has been solved. She may want to see Earth opened back up to the Elder Gods.
I was thinking Jin would be the shiniest curveball, but yeeees... Roy.jwhouk wrote: Options:
- Brandi
- Phix
- Nudge
- Bia
- Mayahuel
- Jin
- Bud
- Tepoz
- Shelly
- Justin
- Tsillah
- Lily/Suzi
- MONICA (!)
- Dietzel (!!)
- Jacqui (!!!)
- ROY (!!!!!!!!)
Blish also talks about engineers with their slip sticks, but I don't think he used it as a nickname. On the other hand, he did have a self-cleaning table eat one once when it was left too long after a meal. . . .zachariah wrote:The slang term was Slip Stick. It used to be hung on people with very good math skills as a nick name. We referred to the best as Slip stick. Heinlein used it in Methuselah's Children for Slip Stick Libby. My father always used one and I learned too. I think my brother still uses his but he is older than I am. lol.Grantwhy wrote:Wyvern wrote:Okay, I did NOT see that coming! Anyone Atsali's claimed age is too young to know about slide rules except as historical artifacts, and most teenagers have never even seen one in use. So...what's this, young lady?
So when we would call someone a human calculator/computer, it would be more natural for Atsali to say slide rule.
Maybe .... at a guess
Yamara wrote:Final wildcard guess: Athena.
The crazy thing is that you pretty much can't tell whose speaking in a comic unless Paul uses a particular font (such as when M buys her bras!), yet you know that you ought to be able to tell who is speaking by the voice! AAAaaarrrrrgggghhhh! Monday can't come soon enough!Yamara wrote:Brandi is the choice we're led to expect, but Monica is highly likely, given Kath's expression.zachariah wrote:Monica hasn't had that much experience with the library to know that things should be kept from it. For someone to know about that they have to realize that some things should not be open source, which the library is. ANy one with access can read any of the books.cmdrpowers wrote:Why couldn't it be the Jaguar Girl?
And, given this:
http://wapsisquare.com/comic/igotnothing/
I think this points out all the library has is the printed material and none of the digital. The girls went there after looking at internet sites for information about the Jaguar temple. Brandi has got nothing but tabloids, which are printed. Since Monica is not even in the loop on this one how could she even know. She saved the vamps from Phix but not because she knew they were working with her, but to keep Phix from killing. So Monica is still trying to avoid MIB and what it does. Tsalia is her liaison to MIB but Monica doesn't even know that as T was assigned by Charron, not MIB is what she told Monica.Yamara wrote: Brandi is the choice we're led to expect, but Monica is highly likely, given Kath's expression.
And, given this:
http://wapsisquare.com/comic/igotnothing/
...why would Tepoz want that?bmonk wrote:Yes. Maybe he wants to be a Great Dane, or an Afghan Hound.Jabberwonky wrote:Or using stilts...
I'm going with a previously unknown park ranger that's held the job for a looong time...jwhouk wrote:Too bad we can't do a poll on here, because it'd be ripe for a "Who's our off-panel speaker?" poll.
Options:
- Brandi
- Phix
- Nudge
- Bia
- Mayahuel
- Jin
- Bud
- Tepoz
- Shelly
- Justin
- Tsillah
- Lily/Suzi
- MONICA (!)
- Dietzel (!!)
- Jacqui (!!!)
- ROY (!!!!!!!!)
And for those avoiding shame: Royjwhouk wrote:If you don't know who Roy is, SHAME ON YOU.
