Agreeing with Brandi, I don’t think it’s a good idea to leave that machine, intact or not, in the realm of the demons. Therefore it follows, it has to come back. But if intact, bringing it back does away with the solution. So Bud crushed it.
Linux Learner: Reverse engineer the remains? Humanity, at the current level of technology, can barely figure out how to interpret a standard complex gear mechanism with missing parts. Who’s going to figure out how to make something work when half the parts are inside the other parts? And as demons are… emotionally raw, rather than constructive, how would they figure out a power system that does not exist in the same way in their facet of reality?
BILLY MAYS HERE with the greatest little thing you’ll never need, and never use. it’s the LUMP! Thousands of years of ancient Aztec secrets crushed down to the size of a pebble! And it’s yours! For only 3 easy payments … of $19.95. BUT WAIT! It gets even better! Order in the next 25 minutes and 57 seconds and you’ll get a free, never seen before, AZTEC INSTANT FULL BODY TATTOO! You just poit, and you’re good to go! Order now!!
guess it really is the calender lump.
im a little confuzzled tho.
if the calender machine was such a horrible thing – why did trying to distroy it get may sent to the demon realm? or was that one of the machines defences (before it was squished)
think i need to reread the archives or somethin…
im still trying to work out where the little guy went off too.. he hasnt been around for yonks.
When moving, my laundry washer has been carried around across several different floors. None of them was damaged. Some of them creaked a bit, but they were/are creaking even whithout you carrying anything. Having my laundromat crunched into pebble-size would have made hauling a lot easier, though…
DON’T HEAT IT! As it gets hot it will soften and become plastic (adverb, not noun) and MIGHT be able to unfold itself. And iron out it’s own creases. And then, it’s a clock on a mission – of REVENGE!
They’ve shown the ability to compress organic matter into diamonds. Depending on what the calendar machine is made from it’s probably some kind of beryl or tourmaline at this point.
Bringing it back is a good idea. Imagine what kind of mega-gnarly bad vibes and eldritch energies it may have either generated or soaked up during the time loops (Time Loops! Part of this temporal breakfast!) and what might be done if the Demons figured it out.
Now I’m getting Robin Williams’ voice in my head: PHENOMINAL COSMIC POWERS….. itty-bitty living space.
Agreeing with Brandi, I don’t think it’s a good idea to leave that machine, intact or not, in the realm of the demons. Therefore it follows, it has to come back. But if intact, bringing it back does away with the solution. So Bud crushed it.
So far, I follow her logic …
Actually, bringing back only HALF of it might have been a better idea …
are you sure of that? What if it could be reverse-engineered from the remains?
Is it a Terminator?
Linux Learner: Reverse engineer the remains? Humanity, at the current level of technology, can barely figure out how to interpret a standard complex gear mechanism with missing parts. Who’s going to figure out how to make something work when half the parts are inside the other parts? And as demons are… emotionally raw, rather than constructive, how would they figure out a power system that does not exist in the same way in their facet of reality?
This strip just keeps getting better all the time.
Doesn’t it, though? And the artwork has gone from middling fair to just outstanding, with a style I’ve not seen anywhere else.
A man, a plan, a canal, Panama!
A golem, a plan, a lump, mula nal Pameloga!
Oh, never mind…
aaaand now i’ve got Van Halen in my head. XD
I think I’ll name my firstborn “Pameloga”.
So what does Bud plan a doing with her little lump anyway? Is she going to get all “arts and crafty” on us now?
It’s a diamond. Maybe she’ll have it cut and placed into a pendant so she can be sure it will always stay with her.
Is there someone Bud really dislikes?
Who lives within line-of-sight?
That depends… is Marcus Schmooze out of prison after his disbarment?
BILLY MAYS HERE with the greatest little thing you’ll never need, and never use. it’s the LUMP! Thousands of years of ancient Aztec secrets crushed down to the size of a pebble! And it’s yours! For only 3 easy payments … of $19.95. BUT WAIT! It gets even better! Order in the next 25 minutes and 57 seconds and you’ll get a free, never seen before, AZTEC INSTANT FULL BODY TATTOO! You just poit, and you’re good to go! Order now!!
TOO SOON. NOT. 🙂
guess it really is the calender lump.
im a little confuzzled tho.
if the calender machine was such a horrible thing – why did trying to distroy it get may sent to the demon realm? or was that one of the machines defences (before it was squished)
think i need to reread the archives or somethin…
im still trying to work out where the little guy went off too.. he hasnt been around for yonks.
That was one of the machine’s self made defenses. A byproduct of its workings.
A lump that weighs how much? Surprised the floor isn’t creaking with Bud holding it.
When moving, my laundry washer has been carried around across several different floors. None of them was damaged. Some of them creaked a bit, but they were/are creaking even whithout you carrying anything. Having my laundromat crunched into pebble-size would have made hauling a lot easier, though…
That’s what i meant when i asked about the chair, yesterday, and asked today if there’s anyone Bud has reason to dislike who lives in line-of-sight…
Like it or lump it?
(Sorry, I couldn’t resist. I can’t believe the pun hasn’t been made already.)
Do you like your coffee (tea) with one lump or two?
Grammar nit: “its” vs. “it’s”.
Oops. Fixed. =)
And off to space it goes…. thats one homerun throw upcoming…
Yeah — that would be the one good place for it — throw it so it hits Earth escape velocity on a path towards the sun. I like it.
DON’T HEAT IT! As it gets hot it will soften and become plastic (adverb, not noun) and MIGHT be able to unfold itself. And iron out it’s own creases. And then, it’s a clock on a mission – of REVENGE!
Or, it might just melt.
Meep! Shades of Christine… oh Lordy, how I needed THAT image!
They’ve shown the ability to compress organic matter into diamonds. Depending on what the calendar machine is made from it’s probably some kind of beryl or tourmaline at this point.
Bringing it back is a good idea. Imagine what kind of mega-gnarly bad vibes and eldritch energies it may have either generated or soaked up during the time loops (Time Loops! Part of this temporal breakfast!) and what might be done if the Demons figured it out.
Now I’m getting Robin Williams’ voice in my head: PHENOMINAL COSMIC POWERS….. itty-bitty living space.
Just read through the archives again. Things make SO much more sense the second time through. 🙂
And they make even MORE sense the third time through.
And the fourth, and the fifth, and the sixth, and the…
I’ve noticed the same thing. It’s like re-re-re-reading a Terry Pratchett novel; you tend to spend a lot of time going “I see what you did there…”
i suppose no one has gotten around to saying brandi’s silhouette looks nice with her eyes all…worried? helpless?