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WCDT Strips 3526 to 3530 (17th to 21st July 2017)
flondrix:
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--- Quote from: flondrix on 18 Jul 2017, 08:25 ---Of course their client base includes May, Pintsize, Punchbot...
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Quite an assortment, really. A convenience store clerk who might do a little hooking on the side, a lay-about who seems to have a few sketchy Internet side businesses, and a respected professional (certified public accountant) who moonlights as a boxer.
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Whatever got May in robot jail in the first place was probably a little more spectacular than hooking, Pintsize has put jet engines on Roombas and done other things that destroyed property, and Punchbot seems to have zero restraint when it comes to punching things.
But I overlooked the fact that Dora could be on the hook for the whole lease--if the business goes under, the landlord will be hitting up Dora for each rent payment until the lease runs out.
TheEvilDog:
--- Quote from: flondrix on 18 Jul 2017, 13:00 ---
--- Quote from: OldGoat on 18 Jul 2017, 12:27 ---
--- Quote from: flondrix on 18 Jul 2017, 08:25 ---Of course their client base includes May, Pintsize, Punchbot...
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Quite an assortment, really. A convenience store clerk who might do a little hooking on the side, a lay-about who seems to have a few sketchy Internet side businesses, and a respected professional (certified public accountant) who moonlights as a boxer.
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Whatever got May in robot jail in the first place was probably a little more spectacular than hooking
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She embezzled funds to buy a fighter jet so she could upload herself into it and fly.
OldGoat:
--- Quote from: flondrix on 18 Jul 2017, 13:00 ---Whatever got May in robot jail in the first place was probably a little more spectacular than hooking, Pintsize has put jet engines on Roombas and done other things that destroyed property, and Punchbot seems to have zero restraint when it comes to punching things.
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I'm speaking of current situations. I agree regarding May, and that backstory makes it harder for me to maintain sympathy for her. (But, I think Jeph means for her to be a complicated character, albeit a superficial one on the surface. He'll get some milage out of that at a later time.)
Making Jackass-worthy modifications to Roombas doesn't disqualify Pintsize as a lay-about, and even if he made money at it, it wouldn't count as gainful employment for the reasons you cite, among others.
As for Punchbot, he does a remarkable job of separating professional and recreational time. I didn't see a single hole in the wall or pile of wreckage that may once have been a copy machine in his office. ;)
flondrix:
It looks like Clinton is not the only one getting parts replaced. Faye's bosoms have gone from merely Homeric to James Cameronian
flondrix:
--- Quote from: OldGoat on 18 Jul 2017, 13:17 ---
--- Quote from: flondrix on 18 Jul 2017, 13:00 ---Whatever got May in robot jail in the first place was probably a little more spectacular than hooking, Pintsize has put jet engines on Roombas and done other things that destroyed property, and Punchbot seems to have zero restraint when it comes to punching things.
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I'm speaking of current situations. I agree regarding May, and that backstory makes it harder for me to maintain sympathy for her. (But, I think Jeph means for her to be a complicated character, albeit a superficial one on the surface. He'll get some milage out of that at a later time.)
Making Jackass-worthy modifications to Roombas doesn't disqualify Pintsize as a lay-about, and even if he made money at it, it wouldn't count as gainful employment for the reasons you cite, among others.
As for Punchbot, he does a remarkable job of separating professional and recreational time. I didn't see a single hole in the wall or pile of wreckage that may once have been a copy machine in his office. ;)
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I was referring to the building that Union Robotics is renting suffering damage from ill-advised things that the clientel might get themselves involved in. May has already shown an interest in illegal chassis modification, Pintsize tends to wreak havoc in whatever environment he is in, and Punchbot was prone to foolish impulse punching while in the shop for repairs before.
BTW, I can understand "May" using a client-assigned name when working off her sentence as an AI "feature" (though making her wear a sexy french maid outfit as part of a jail sentence sounds really unethical), but doesn't she have a name of her own? Or maybe her past was really so notorious that she decided she would be better off living under an assumed name.
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