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That AnthroPCs are generally healthier in homes where cake mix is out of reach.

An AnthroPC that has had its military-grade laser removed isn't necessarily any less dangerous.

AnthroPCs do a great job fending off the squirrel menace (they're nature's drug dealers, you know)

Pintsize teaches the interviewers a valuable life lesson about tentacle rape.

If an AnthroPC is reading a book called "To Serve Man," RUN.

[Blyss]

Now forr the high dive into the DEEP END of supposition:
(Drumroll, please)

Clinton is a complete android who only shows the mechanical hand to throw off the unsuspecting!

Under the guise of 'research' he's going to link all of the AnthroPCs into a hive-mind and take over all of Northampton!

Well, its as good a guess as anyone else.

He's also secretly searching for the 'boyfriend' that Hannelore's dad sent her a while back.  They have uses for it.
 

[bicostp]

The artificial hand is cool and all, but can it do this?

e: VVV Elliot is the big mopey guy from the other coffee shop with a quiet looming problem. (#1865)

[mike837go]

This is a fine idea for a story line, but I don't think that it's Jeph's cup of tea. But who would be Da Terminator? Elliot?

Of course it's a silly idea. I think I kinda prefaced it that way.
Remind me, who is Elliot? My poor GOM mind wandered off again.

[Bastion]

My point was, unless Faye got her very own broadsword that's the one from CoD, so why is she entrusted with its maintenance? Then I ran with the more fun scenarios as to how she attained the knowledge to be the one selected to take care of it. Also, when she visited home I got the distinct impression that it was in a suburb.

Aw man, why did he have to be named Clinton? That may be a semicommon name in the northeast, but in the rest of the country it violates the One Mario Llimit.

And it's his right hand. >_> Unless he's a lefty or at least ambidextrous, that must make personal time difficult.
*Shudders at metallic crushing noises*

Hey, in Real Life we already have prostheses that can pluck a grape. I imagine his has pretty fine control. Also, I object to your right hand supremacist thinking.

Jeph's art is just kicking ass lately. o-o I am salivating at his profile views and hands so hard.

That sounds very wrong to me.

My bad. xD I forget how weird that would sound to someone who isn't a artist. Usually I get a "I KNOW, RIGHT?!" from my friends.

[Doctor Online]

I had to, I had to, I had to

CHALLENGE ACCEPTED

Had to do it, didn't you?

Spoil an otherwise fine thread with Mr. Christiansen. 

Couldn't have selected a pic from the original trilogy, or, if you had to go for that era, couldn't have grabbed a screen shot from the Clone Wars animated series? 

I was 12 when Attack of the Clones came out, I had the biggest crush on Hayden Christensen ever before the movie premiered. When I finally got to see the movie, I loved it, absolutely loved it. It awed me, but the entire time I couldn't stop thinking in my little 12 year old mind "Omg, Anakin Skywalker is a whiny little BITCH." That still doesn't change the fact that I have the hots for Darth Vader. That suit... oh my gosh.. that suit. It's soooo sexy. Before anyone says anything about "Blah blah blah the old movies." I saw the old ones before I saw the new, loved every minute of them. I still own the triology on VHS. I would love to get them on Blu-Ray one day.

I'm a femnerd. Don't hate.

Also, I thought Fullmetal Alchemist when I first saw Clinton's hand.

[Akima]

I was 12 when Attack of the Clones came out, I had the biggest crush on Hayden Christensen ever before the movie premiered. When I finally got to see the movie, I loved it, absolutely loved it. It awed me, but the entire time I couldn't stop thinking in my little 12 year old mind "Omg, Anakin Skywalker is a whiny little BITCH."

Luke Skywalker was a whiner too. It must run in the family.

[Method of Madness]

Now forr the high dive into the DEEP END of supposition:
(Drumroll, please)

Clinton is a complete android who only shows the mechanical hand to throw off the unsuspecting!

Under the guise of 'research' he's going to link all of the AnthroPCs into a hive-mind and take over all of Northampton!

Well, its as good a guess as anyone else.

Honestly, I figured it could only be one of the two extremes.  Just the hand being metal (but intentionally replaced) or full android, but the whole arm didn't seem to make sense.

[Skewbrow]

This is a fine idea for a story line, but I don't think that it's Jeph's cup of tea. But who would be Da Terminator? Elliot?

Of course it's a silly idea. I think I kinda prefaced it that way.

Indeed, you did. I tried to take it from there. I'm just not too good at that game.

I picked Elliot as the Terminator because of his bulk. In just about all the other ways he is so obviously the wrong dude for the role. But it could be his cover?

[Joax737]

I had to, I had to, I had to

CHALLENGE ACCEPTED

a new challenger appears

btw any magic nerds in here?

[Method of Madness]

Clinton doesn't appear to be as prepared as his first impression gave.

[Is it cold in here?]

Implication that Marten acquired Pintsize himself as opposed to receiving him as a gift.

[Blackjoker]

For some reason Marten in the second to last panel was quite satisfying.

[cesariojpn]

Martin: You taped a drawing of Dora's ass and tried to get me to fuck you.

You forgot about the fleshlight Martin.

[Sorflakne]

I'm surprised Marten gave Pintsize a 4; considering all the crap he's done you'd think he'd get a 3 at most.

[akronnick]

Marten: You taped a drawing of Dora's ass and tried to get me to fuck you.

You forgot about the fleshlight Marten.

I think the Fleshlight was implied.

I mean how else would you fuck an AnPC?

[cesariojpn]

Marten: You taped a drawing of Dora's ass and tried to get me to fuck you.

You forgot about the fleshlight Marten.

I think the Fleshlight was implied.

I mean how else would you fuck an AnPC?

I am not gonna fall into the Godwin Law trap.

[Method of Madness]

That doesn't make any sense.

Do you know who else didn't make sense?

[akronnick]

Wait, we're allowed to invoke the Chewbaca Defense to an invocation of Godwin's Law now?

When the hell did this happen?!

[cesariojpn]

That doesn't make any sense.

Do you know who else didn't make sense?

You mean "Do you know what else doesn't make sense?", right?

[raoullefere]

Once again it seems to me that Pintsize is somehow Marten's suppressed self. Wish Robo-arm Dude would point that out.

He won't, of course. Stupid Robo-arm Dude.

(To be fair, RaD has no way of knowing this. But it would be awesome if, based on his observations of other APc's and owners, he suggests it to Marten.

[Carl-E]

Looks like Clinton (RaD to you, Raoul) is right handed after all. 

I think what he finds "fascinating" is the near-human-companioonship level of the argument.  They're like a pair of siblings, or an old not-so-happily married couple. 

[mike837go]

I really hope Jeph is going someplace with this. (My guess is that he is. And will we be SURPRISED!)

Airing dirty laundry in front of a stranger is just a plain, cheep laugh. I'll give today's comic a satisfaction index of 2.

Nit-picker time:

• It looks like the lefty-righty debate is still on. Only in the last panel is Clinton holding the pen and it is NOT in a position to write on the clip board. More like he is toying with it. He's holding the clip board in his right hand in every other panel.
• Also, he didn't write down Marten's response to the first question

[Akima]

Implication that Marten acquired Pintsize himself as opposed to receiving him as a gift.

Marten certainly bought the chassis. And Marten has a death-glare; who'd have thought it?

[sluthy]

I feel old when I realise that the break-up was 100 strips ago as of today. Anyone else?

Also, Marten still has baggy eyes?

[Carl-E]

I feel old every evening. 

Well, my knees do. 

And I don't really see bags there - in panel 2 it's some weird shading, panel 1 he's got hi eyes open wide (in thought)... but they're gone with the death glare and panel 4's resolution. 

Besides, he just got off work, end of a long day, stressful situation, yadda yadda yadda...

[ysth]

I feel old when I realize that no one has commented on the Star Trek reference.

[Method of Madness]

That doesn't make any sense.

Do you know who else didn't make sense?

You mean "Do you know what else doesn't make sense?", right?

No, I don't.  Why would you think that?

[Carl-E]

I feel old when I realize that no one has commented on the Star Trek reference.

Ummm.... which one? 

[Border Reiver]

I think he's referring to Clinton's semi pointed ears and his use of Spock's catch-phrase.

It's a stretch, and if there was gaping chasm I won't use it to try to grab a pile of cash, but it is there.

[mike837go]

I feel old when I realize that no one has commented on the Star Trek reference.

Noticed it. But a poor reference is like a bad pun. The less said the better.

[raoullefere]

Implication that Marten acquired Pintsize himself as opposed to receiving him as a gift.

Marten certainly bought the chassis. And Marten has a death-glare; who'd have thought it?

I know it's a link, but when I see Marten "bought the chassis" underlined, part of my brain really, really wants that to be a euphemism, although I'm not sure what it means.

Anybody want to make something up? So we can say, for example, "Man, Steve really 'bought the chassis' then, didn't he?" See how great that could be?

Oh, and I think Marten has far more 'death-glare' stored up than certain people in the comic have any notion of. Aaaannndd that's the signal for me to stop, lest I start a rather unpopular rant. Don't want to buy the chassis.

Crap, that doesn't work.

[DSL]

If it'll make you feel less old, ysth, I caught the Trek reference, but (approximating cranky Georgia accent): "If Ah jumped every time a Trek reference went off 'round heah, Ah'd end up talking to m'self."

... Y'know, I wonder if our favorite sawbones had a cranky great-to-the-fourth-or-fifth-grandmother named Faye.

[Method of Madness]

part of my brain really, really wants that to be a euphemism

How about: "Why buy the chassis when you can get the disc drives for free?"

[Kugai]

The truth is out - They're all the ancestors of the crew of the original Enterprise.   



I think Clinton is definitely in for an interesting ride in this interview.   But will he get out of it alive and sane?

[cesariojpn]

That doesn't make any sense.

Do you know who else didn't make sense?

You mean "Do you know what else doesn't make sense?", right?

No, I don't.  Why would you think that?

I nitpick, thats why.

[iduguphergrave]

Looks like Clinton (RaD to you, Raoul) is right handed after all. 

I think what he finds "fascinating" is the near-human-companioonship level of the argument.  They're like a pair of siblings, or an old not-so-happily married couple. 

I agree; he doesn't really look squicked out; more surprised than anything. He's probably thinking something along the lines of "Wow I did not expect this!"

I hope we find out more about Marten and Pintsize's history. I always assumed he brought him over from California with him, but now that I double-check, Marten said he had a suitcase full of clothes and not much else and doesn't mention Pintsize. Plus if he got Pintsize for companionship, it makes more sense that he got him after he broke up with Vicky (the chick he moved out there for).

[Is it cold in here?]

Marten bought the M-31 chassis when trying to save Pintsize from self-destructive behavior, and got in trouble with the RDA as a result.

We could use "buying the chassis" to mean getting hurt yourself while trying to bail out someone else.

[Ascension]

The truth is out - They're all the ancestors of the crew of the original Enterprise.   

I could definitely see Steve as Kirk's ancestor. But I don't really think Clinton's response here should count as a Trek reference. It's in bold and he has an openly shocked facial expression. =/= Spock.

[LoveJaneAusten]

I think it's interesting that Marten only seems to assert himself over Pintsize, who isn't human. In almost all other cases, he's pretty spineless.

[Method of Madness]

That doesn't make any sense.

Do you know who else didn't make sense?

You mean "Do you know what else doesn't make sense?", right?

No, I don't.  Why would you think that?

I nitpick, thats why.

No, I mean, I don't get what you were going for.  The answer to my question was a person who is no longer alive, that's why "who" and that's why "didn't".  So I'm just confused is all

[Blackjoker]

I think it's interesting that Marten only seems to assert himself over Pintsize, who isn't human. In almost all other cases, he's pretty spineless.

My own guess is that we're seeing some beginning assertion here, Pintsize may have simply hit Martens "I'm as mad as hell and I'm not going to take it anymore" button. I think some of it might also just be that Pintsize is also potentially far more dangerous if given too much leeway on anything.

[ysth]

Clinton the Robogeek would clearly appreciate bfbot.

[CompSarge]

CAN I TOUCH YOU??? = moment of the week.  Poor Hanners

[gprimr1]

CAN I TOUCH YOU??? = moment of the week.  Poor Hanners

He needs a lesson on not being weird. Interesting though, It suggests Hanner's dad is somewhat of a name in robotics.

[iduguphergrave]

There was a constitutional amendment to give machines with A.I. the same rights as humans? But in this comic Winslow's speech in panel 3 implies they don't have rights. Of course, that was a long time ago and the amendment might have been passed between then and now. Very interesting.

Also I do believe Clinton thinks Hannelore is pretty. "Very pleased to meet you"

[Joax737]

CAN I TOUCH YOU??? = moment of the week.  Poor Hanners

ha at least he asked first
unlike some other surprise huggers

[Sorflakne]

I giggled pretty hard at the last panel.

[iduguphergrave]

CAN I TOUCH YOU??? = moment of the week.  Poor Hanners

ha at least he asked first
unlike some other surprise huggers

We have no idea who you're talking about.

[The Seldom Killer]

A little surprised there. I would have thought that Hanners would have made an exception on the hand-shaking for a robohand. Surely those things are unlikely havens for disease, bacteria and other germs.

[Kazukagii]

Clinton = every creepy Hanners fan that has ever existed and ever will exist on this forum.