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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.

[Is it cold in here?]

So HannerDad is admired in the tech community, but isn't known in the wider world the way Bill Gates is.

[iduguphergrave]

oooo something I just noticed that I have to point out before I go to bed: in the 4th panel, even though both of Clinton's hands are raised, he's only actually reaching forward with his real hand; the one he can actually feel things with.

Very nice touch, Jeph.   Unless I'm imagining things because I'm tired as fuck

[Deadlywonky]

just noticed the action lines around Clinton's pen in 1899, he is writing with his right hand.

odd point, in 1900 Hanners refuses to shake a metal hand, but in 1824 she shakes the hand of a professional dominatrix. hmm

   
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looks ... meh, fuck em

[LoveJaneAusten]

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

Seriously. Even in the short time I've been here I've noticed enough fawning over Hannelore to realize that for some people it goes beyond just appreciating a fictional character. Uncomfortable.

[Kugai]

The Republicans probably filibustered on the amendment.


Hmmmmmm, I wonder if Hanners dad is actually the inventor of AnthroPC's.  That would make him a Geek God right up there with Steve Jobs and Bill Gates.

Is this the beginning of a beautiful friendship?  

[raoullefere]

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.

Who knows where that thing's been? Hannelore doesn't want to buy the chassis, ya know.

Sigh. No. Still not right.

[Is it cold in here?]

Guessing that Hannerdad didn't invent AnthroPCs, based on two inconclusive lines of evidence.

When Winslow asked where AnthroPCs came from, Hannelore didn't say anything about family connections to their origin.

In the boyfriendbot arc, Hannelore described her dad's interest in robotics as being a more recent thing.

[Deadlywonky]

Could Clinton's arm have been a reacent thing? possibly with JEC being the creator, it would explain his reaction to finding out who Hanners is.

[Tetrinity]

Heh.

Panel 2 is eerily reminisicent of Veronica in panel 3 of http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1831

Same facial expression, identical wording, same slightly negative reaction (though for different reasons). Maaaaaajor deja vu there...


As for Hannelore's handshake with Veronica while refusing to shake Clinton's hand, remember that Hanners was clearly trying to impress Veronica, and had probably spent several hours preparing herself for the moment. Clinton, on the other hand (pun not intended...), was entirely unexpected. She had no time to prepare, so couldn't deal with the handshake. The continuation of the conversation probably didn't help things.

[no one special]

John Ellicott-Chatham

Interesting that Hanners' father hyphenated his last name.  Not that's it's totally unheard of, but it's not super-common.  Especially considering that Hanners' mom, Beatrice, didn't hyphenate her last name, and that she hates anyone mistaking her name for anything other than Ms. Chatham.  One might consider her single name could be the result of a divorce, but it seems more to me that it's simply because she is not only fiercely independent, but also fiercely proud of her Chatham heritage. 

We already know she's not the motherly type, and that nannies did most of the mothering.  We also know (from the previous link) that Hanners wanted to stay with her dad after the divorce, so we can assume that they were decently close, or at the very least closer than Hanners and her mom.  Maybe he wanted to hyphenate his name so that he could feel closer to Beatrice, or at least try to get as close as she would allow (which clearly wasn't very close, since they rarely had sex (again, previous link).  It makes sense that Hanners would take his name, since she lived with him after the divorce (once again, previous link).

Anyways... it's interesting!

[Odin]

Countdown to someone posting a hilarious failure of a theory about the new guy successfully dating Hannelore (complete with jokes about how much she'll love the cyborg hand due to how it can be completely sterilized before touching her).

[akronnick]

Too late.

Clinton was already shipped to Marten.

Didn't you get the memo?

[Odin]

That would be a dumb ship combination. I mean, what, Marton or Clinten? Probably why I didn't notice it.

[mike837go]

Not dumb. Silly! And it was yesterday, after all.

[akronnick]

That would be a dumb ship combination. ...

Is there any other type?

[TheEvilDog]

I dunno, Cartin has potential....to get this thread locked and piss someone off. 

[Border Reiver]

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?

In response to your second question, you are assuming that he is in fact sane coming in.

So, at some point Marten's moving to Iowa, and who's heading to Scotland?

Or are the majority of them simply going to head north to Canada and claim to be from those other areas?

[mike837go]

Is it just me, or doesn't anyone in this comic knock before entering SOMBODY ELSE's apartment?

I mean, suspension of disbelief will allow funky constitutional amendments....

Common Courtesy lost? Now that's unbeliavable!

[Somnus Eternus]

Break it down.

[Is it cold in here?]

Hannelore should knock first and wait to be let in so that she doesn't have to touch a doorknob.

Maybe Faye let her in and we didn't hear the knock?

[mike837go]

Maybe Faye let her in and we didn't hear the knock?

AUUGGGHHHH!
Another perfectly good useless argument Shot Down In Flames by logic!

Where can I plug in my dickbroom?

[akronnick]

What? You mean you haven't upgraded to the wireless model yet?

[mike837go]

Nah, to much of a GOM for that. Needs both kinds of power...

[Border Reiver]

Coal, and steam?

[mike837go]

Grrrrrrr.

Both kinds of Electricity.

I'm Thunderstruck that you guys haven't gotten it yet.

[Skewbrow]

A dickbroom powered up by electricity like the hair of our junior high physics teacher, when he hooked himself into a VanDeGraaf generator?

I want to unsee this. Please delete that post

[mike837go]

Its a musical reference.

If you people don't figure it out soon, I'm gonna take my marbles and go home.

[DSL]

"plug in my dickbroom" creates an unfortunate image in my brain.

EDIT: Also, yeah, Faye would owe Hanners one free pass into the apartment. Maybe two.

[Wagimawr]

If you people don't figure it out soon, I'm gonna take my marbles and go home.

Oh. It's Tesla, isn't it?

Electric Light Orchestra?
yes I am aware I wasted a perfectly good first post on this.
 

[TheEvilDog]

And since when do the newish people get a dickbroom? I thought they had to be inducted into the grand order.

And yes, plugging in a dickbroom just sounds plain wrong.

[akronnick]

All it really takes is a willingness to publicly admit that you actually have and are willing to use a dickbroom.

The Grand Order of the UBMEOD is not very hard to get into.It's absolutely impossible to leave, though.

[mike837go]

If you people don't figure it out soon, I'm gonna take my marbles and go home.

Oh. It's Tesla, isn't it?
Electric Light Orchestra?
yes I am aware I wasted a perfectly good first post on this.
 

There's no such a thing as a 'wasted' post.
Getting close. A tesla coil requires only one kind.

----
I don't think I've earned a real dickbroom yet. I was using it metaphorically.

[Skewbrow]

For one, I'm channeling the Muppet Show Eagle so hard that I won't get any AC/DC references.

[mike837go]

For one, I'm channeling the Muppet Show Eagle so hard that I won't get any AC/DC references.

YES

We have a winner!



(BTW: The eagle's name is Sam The Eagle) http://muppet.wikia.com/wiki/Sam_the_Eagle

[raoullefere]

"plug in my dickbroom" creates an unfortunate image in my brain.

EDIT: Also, yeah, Faye would owe Hanners one free pass into the apartment. Maybe two.

I get it, mike837go, although DSL has expressed it better. I agree, "Plug in My Dickbroom" would be a great song for Etta James. Kind of a sequel to "Dust My Broom." It'd be a great theme song for a big, ol' Wang-Dang-Doodle, too. That's a really Big Ball, just in case you squares don't get it.

Of course, it might work for some other band. Like that bunch from… from… crap, can't remember. Somewhere down over, I think.


Okay, I better stop before I buy the… oh, jeez, still doesn't work. And, yes, I do know that's Koko Taylor in the clip.



Edit: Somnus Eternus, that was amusing. However, if my dreams are filled with dancing Hanners clad in vastly oversized pants, I know who I'm gonna blame.

[jwhouk]

I am Thunderstruck at the turn this thread has taken. 

[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.

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.

I don't think there's been any change in Marten's ability to assert himself, actually. He's always been able to get mad and act in his own interests when it comes to Pintsize (see: leaving Pintsize in the freezer, which I think happened in the 500s sometime - help me out here, archive gurus). With people, he's simply incapable of it. I definitely agree that letting Pintsize have his way is far too dangerous, so Marten's assertiveness here seems to be a matter of necessity. I also like the reading of Pintsize as essentially an anthropomorphization of Marten's id.

[Wagimawr]

I am Thunderstruck at the turn this thread has taken. 

Down a Highway To Hell?

[Is it cold in here?]

Pintsize in the freezer was number 510.

[Akima]

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

Or cybernetics generally. Clinton P Augustus... CPA? Is Jeph trying to tell us something here? Or is it a Star Trek shout-out to the character named after the the Roman emperor who succeeded Augustus? And yes he needs to work on not being weird, as much as I need to work on not over-thinking things.

I think "bought the chassis" should be roughly the equivalent of "drank the Kool-Aid"; accepting the basic structure of something. Or is that too literal?

[raoullefere]

You're the originator, so I think we have to take that, with perhaps a slight twist, since "drank the kool-aid" already means to get too deep into something.

"Bought the chassis": to have contributed to something that, long-term, is probably really not all that good for you.

So mote it be?

[akronnick]

So when Tergon created the first Useless Broom Made Entirely Of Dicks he "bought the chassis."

Does that work?

[TheEvilDog]

I imagine "buying the chassis" is some action which despite trying to solve a problem, ends up creating a whole new set of problems.
Example, Pintsize eats cake batter and damages his original equipment. Marten buys a new chassis, and ends up arming a little maniac with a military grade laser, and inadvertly causes a bookshelf, coffee machine, apartment wall and curtains to end up on fire. All because Marten "bought a new chassis".

[mike837go]

I imagine "buying the chassis" is some action which despite trying to solve a problem, ends up creating a whole new set of problems.
Example, Pintsize eats cake batter and damages his original equipment. Marten buys a new chassis, and ends up arming a little maniac with a military grade laser, and inadvertly causes a bookshelf, coffee machine, apartment wall and curtains to end up on fire. All because Marten "bought a new chassis".

There we go:
Buying the chassis: To solve some problems while creating more, ususally bigger, ones!

Who remembers the proto-matter component of the Genisis Device? THAT certainly fits this definition.

[raoullefere]

I imagine "buying the chassis" is some action which despite trying to solve a problem, ends up creating a whole new set of problems.
Example, Pintsize eats cake batter and damages his original equipment. Marten buys a new chassis, and ends up arming a little maniac with a military grade laser, and inadvertly causes a bookshelf, coffee machine, apartment wall and curtains to end up on fire. All because Marten "bought a new chassis".

I was thinking that had Marten not "bought the chassis," then there would be no flying Roomba, and no potentially traumatizing fleshlight presentation, among others. Obviously, we're getting close. So: Buying the chassis: an attempt to solve one problem that creates more, usually bigger, problems for yourself and perhaps others.

When Kirk stole the Enterprise, he really bought the chassis.  
When Frodo tried to ditch the Fellowship, he almost bought the chassis. Luckily, Sam stopped him.
If you self-medicate with booze and cocaine, you're risking buying the chassis in a serious way.

I like it.

[The Duke]

Break it down.

I...I believe you just won the thread.

[Somnus Eternus]

Edit: Somnus Eternus, that was amusing. However, if my dreams are filled with dancing Hanners clad in vastly oversized pants, I know who I'm gonna blame.

My work here will then be done.

[Tergon]

The Useless Broom Made Entirely Out Of Dicks has no chassis.  It has no spare parts.  It cannot be upgraded or improved or modified or changed.  The Useless Broom Made Entirely Out Of Dicks simply... is.  Now, if you really want to, you can try to power it on whatever source you like - steam, battery, electric, what have you.  I prefer the classic method of kinetic energy absorption via vigorous repetitive friction.

[Skewbrow]

So... No lotion?

[Tergon]

I find it secretes its own after a minute or two.  Remember - it is Made Entirely Out Of Dicks.