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by Paul Taylor on February 1, 2010 at 12:00 am
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  1. Christi
    February 1, 2010, 12:09 am | # | Reply

    Ah, it’s moments like this that remind me why I truely and completely luv Bud. 😀

  2. stjen
    February 1, 2010, 12:09 am | # | Reply

    So *That’s* what Bud was doing while over there….

    • Bratty Roger
      May 12, 2018, 6:32 pm | # | Reply

      But why did she(Bud) leave it in one *bleep*ing piece?!

      • JuankiMan
        July 15, 2018, 6:23 pm | #

        Complex clockwork mechanisms don’t do well when their myriad of pieces get squashed into a solid blob.

  3. fatuncle
    February 1, 2010, 12:16 am | # | Reply

    ROTFLOL!! Oh, that’s delightful! And I agree, Christi, Bud’s my favorite too.

  4. fairportfan
    February 1, 2010, 12:17 am | # | Reply

    Okay. She squished it.

    What happened to the mass?

    Yeah – i know – cartoon physics.

    • Taigan
      February 1, 2010, 5:45 am | # | Reply

      1) Last we saw the Machine it seemed to be floating, so perhaps its mass was miniscule to begin with?
      2) Who’s to say all that mass isn’t still there? Just pray Bud doesn’t drop it!

    • symbiote01
      February 1, 2010, 10:32 am | # | Reply

      Maybe all the mass is all right there? You know, a 5-ton mass the size of a pebble. Bud wouldn’t have a problem holding that!

      On the other hand… “The minute that the calendar entered demon space, it became harmless.” …So, she brought it back here, where it still has power over time and space, regardless of appearance?

      • fairportfan
        February 1, 2010, 12:45 pm | #

        “5-ton mass the size of a pebble”?

        Strong chair.

      • Kellisanth
        February 1, 2010, 11:10 pm | #

        Hehe. For some reason, I keep thinking of the “Cube” from Transformers. 🙂

      • Storel
        April 18, 2018, 12:20 am | #

        It became completely and totally harmless. Then she squashed it, so it was no longer any kind of machine at all. Then she brought it back.

    • SteamPoweredSunglasses
      May 30, 2012, 10:26 pm | # | Reply

      Remember Bud’s talent for making diamonds…?

  5. Mr Ru
    February 1, 2010, 12:21 am | # | Reply

    What? No diamond this time?

    • Atomic
      February 1, 2010, 12:51 am | # | Reply

      Well, put it in the Apple Diamond jar anyway…

    • Cpt. Obvious
      July 30, 2017, 4:08 pm | # | Reply

      Nope, this time she put some effort into it. This is probably about the density of a white dwarf star…

  6. rande11
    February 1, 2010, 12:27 am | # | Reply

    LOL. So it’s fixed by smashing it? I do that all the time.

  7. hewolf
    February 1, 2010, 12:39 am | # | Reply

    Hah. I love how she calmly repeats herself over and over. The emphasis at the end there was pretty hilarious. ^_^

  8. Wolf
    February 1, 2010, 12:44 am | # | Reply

    Percussive – or compressive? – maintenance 🙂

    Been there, done that with rather recalcitrant machines 😉

    Good going, Bud!

    • BMonk
      December 10, 2024, 12:46 pm | # | Reply

      More like compressive demolition. That machine ain’t gonna work again, nohow.

  9. ziggy78eog
    February 1, 2010, 1:13 am | # | Reply

    Bud made a calendar machine diamond? That is freakin’ sweet!

  10. SoWhyMe
    February 1, 2010, 2:04 am | # | Reply

    I’m not so sure it was a good idea to bring it back, regardless of it’s now diminutive size.

  11. UncleRice
    February 1, 2010, 2:11 am | # | Reply

    Ah, the old collapsed matter solution. Not as dense as a proton mass, but the electron clouds of the atoms have been greatly inconvenienced.

  12. The Old Wolf
    February 1, 2010, 3:20 am | # | Reply

    The old “broken record” communication technique. Works great. Most people – and demons – finally get the point. Ooh, me! Me! I want those little remains to encase in Lucite™!

    • fairportfan
      February 1, 2010, 12:46 pm | # | Reply

      “We are sitting in a car.”

      • Angel
        February 1, 2010, 10:54 pm | #

        K9 reference ftw!!

      • Kellisanth
        February 1, 2010, 11:05 pm | #

        I *loved* that episode! Was wonderful to see Sarah Jane Smith again. And K-9 as well! :thumbsup:

        Poor K-9 on the initial episode of the SJS Adventures…

  13. fatuncle
    February 1, 2010, 4:10 am | # | Reply

    SoWhyMe: I don’t think it’s just been downsized. It’s been squashed. And since the time stream has not been reset and restarted 1450 years ago – the present is continuing – Bud’s rather drastic solution to the problem seems to have worked.

    • fairportfan
      February 1, 2010, 12:47 pm | # | Reply

      Actually, we have to wait two years to see if it’s actually not going to reset.

  14. fatuncle
    February 1, 2010, 4:23 am | # | Reply

    I am so glad that Paul is resolving some of the threads. One of the things I wondered about was Bud’s sudden command of the situation. Now it’s clear her direction was Brandi’s doing – which made Bud’s comment about how Brandi could intellectually speaking mop the floor with Bud and Jin make much more sense. Brandi outthought herself to engineer the endgame.

    Not to belittle Jin, who held it all together cycle after endless cycle. Be interesting to see what personality changes result, when that crushing load is taken away from her.

    I am also interested in seeing what Monica will now make of the resources of the library. She is a researcher, after all, and I can think of several story lines involving that treasure trove.

    Fun times coming …

    • jwhouk
      February 1, 2010, 8:07 am | # | Reply

      I’m thinking (hoping?) that Maya will be able to help out Jin’s personality issues. And, of course, she will be able to clue the three of them in on the “limitations” of being Golems.

      It might also be interesting if Monica goes to the library, only to find out that Phix is no longer there…

    • Atomic
      February 1, 2010, 9:09 am | # | Reply

      I’m still a bit unclear on why it was essential that Shelly hate Jin this time around. Whatever part did that play in making Shelly more or less intent on per part in the project, beyond on basically ignoring Jin’s presence?

      • Rowen Morland
        February 1, 2010, 1:14 pm | #

        Maybe last time Jin couldn’t help but intervine when it turned out that there had to be a sacrifice. Whever it was Shelly stabbing her friend or some variant on that theme she probably would have tried to stop it right?

      • Paul Taylor
        February 1, 2010, 1:30 pm | #

        I haven’t stated directly the specific reason but when Shelly and Jin were close, things did not work out. This is just another glimpse of the loss Jin has experienced having repeated things over and over again, trying to get things right.

  15. Lee M
    February 1, 2010, 5:57 am | # | Reply

    Bud should go into the car-crushing business.

    • BMonk
      December 10, 2024, 12:48 pm | # | Reply

      Shelly could toss the cars to her, and Bud could catch and miniaturize them!

  16. Halex
    February 1, 2010, 6:21 am | # | Reply

    Bud team FTW!

  17. jwhouk
    February 1, 2010, 8:04 am | # | Reply

    Anyone need a miniaturized Xerox Z2012 Calendar/Fax/Copy machine?

  18. DeadlyDad
    February 1, 2010, 8:46 am | # | Reply

    I predict that we’ll be seeing this part of the story arc again in 1.450 years…..

    • jwhouk
      February 1, 2010, 8:36 pm | # | Reply

      ***groaaannnnn***

  19. Leeskra
    February 1, 2010, 9:17 am | # | Reply

    Nice way to end the time calender thing… except she brought it back.. o.o;

    • Storel
      April 18, 2018, 12:23 am | # | Reply

      It’s been squashed. As in crushed. Machines don’t stay functional after you do that to them.

  20. NOTDilbert
    February 1, 2010, 10:34 am | # | Reply

    It was necessary for Shelly to dislike Jin this time around because in past loops, they were friends, and Shelly died in the previous atemmpts, probably messily, or so Paul implied. She didn’t want to be close to her again, and loose her again. Or, to save her from the anguish of loosing Jin, contrariwise.

    • Prester Fred
      February 10, 2012, 4:07 am | # | Reply

      I seem to recall that Jin was acting on what Previous!Shelly told her. She may not even know the reason; only that Shelly said “We can’t be friends next time — you have to make sure we aren’t.”

  21. Mike, that's all.
    February 1, 2010, 11:05 am | # | Reply

    Well, that sure answers THAT question.

  22. Eee
    February 1, 2010, 11:15 am | # | Reply

    Oh. THAT’S a relief. As my previous comments showed, my concerns about the Calendar Machine were similar to Brandi’s (“What if… But what if…”). But a squished Calendar Machine is a SAFE Calendar Machine. Good job, Bud.

    Athough if it was alive and sentient, sucked to be it right then.

  23. Paula
    February 1, 2010, 11:44 am | # | Reply

    Heh I have a feeling thats a squished something. just not the calender machine.
    Better to tell a tiny fib than the truth and have brandi worry 🙂

  24. Analyst
    February 1, 2010, 12:24 pm | # | Reply

    And we’ve all heard that “Diamonds are forever”. (c8

  25. choronzonseyes
    February 1, 2010, 3:35 pm | # | Reply

    That just doesn’t bode well. If its a diamond now… Then maybe that is ok… but… It just doesn’t feel right… Of course this thing coming back would explain why they took care of it so early… If it returns they have a bit over a year until the old calender resets… It will be interesting.

  26. John K
    February 1, 2010, 4:52 pm | # | Reply

    Someone’s got a glass half empty attitude!

  27. Bucky Katt
    February 1, 2010, 7:37 pm | # | Reply

    My theory is that the newly diminutive calendar machine will still reset in 2012, but will only go back three weeks.

    Or maybe we’ll just have much smaller seconds, so time will go forward, but really, really fast. But due to relativity, of course, no one will notice.

  28. jayessell
    February 1, 2010, 9:23 pm | # | Reply

    Paul….

    Any movie references coming up tomorrow?

    • Paul Taylor
      February 1, 2010, 10:03 pm | # | Reply

      None that i can think of.

  29. jordinyc
    February 1, 2010, 10:49 pm | # | Reply

    Now from Apple, …. the iCalendarmachine! It fits in your ear and makes temporal recursions. Get yours today!

    Warranty void in the demon realm, Alaska, and Hawaii

  30. jordinyc
    February 1, 2010, 10:54 pm | # | Reply

    Srsly, and sorry if this has already been asked, but do you think we might get a flashback (either story arc or just a panel or two) of what happened when Bud went apeshit in demonland? Not right NOW of course, but later on down the line maybe. I think we’ve had plenty of epicness for a good while.

    • Paul Taylor
      February 1, 2010, 11:00 pm | # | Reply

      That might be a great idea for a story line down the line. =)

  31. kingklash
    February 2, 2010, 1:40 pm | # | Reply

    Stupid machine! You go Squish now!

  32. Amethyst Shadow
    February 2, 2010, 6:58 pm | # | Reply

    Anyone else have this image of Bud pulling an Office Space copier moment on the Calendar Machine 😀

  33. Centaur1971
    September 11, 2010, 4:04 am | # | Reply

    What if, what if, what if…you’re starting to sound like me now, Brandy!

  34. JustaPhilosopher
    June 6, 2011, 3:55 pm | # | Reply

    Well, one also has to wonder how much of the mass of the calendar machine was “in phase” when it got squish-id… We’ve heard/seen that parts of it may or may not have been in phase. There’s also the wonder if, like in cartoons, when you smash something with gears and such (like alarm clocks), that not ALL of the parts remain in the ground zero area you are squashing. So there may be lots of floating in/out of phase gears bent all Dali style hovering in the demon realm. I imagine Jin’s Doubt kicking one halfway across the demon plane and then an anger demon walking up, tsking. “Now you’re channeling me. Perhaps in the next incarnation you’re in, you could take my place.” “No. I was just.. doubting whether I could kick it that far. Apparently I was wrong to Doubt.” *And she disappeared in a puff of logic.*

    • JustaPhilosopher
      June 6, 2011, 3:56 pm | # | Reply

      And then we find out that the demon realm is a spherical universe and the gear smacks Anger in the back of the head.

      • BMonk
        December 10, 2024, 12:51 pm | #

        Interesting idea–but I’d think the demon realm is more of a projective plane or Klein Bottle-shaped analogue – you know, there is no inside or outside, so it’s impossible to get out of it!

    • JustaPhilosopher
      June 8, 2011, 8:11 pm | # | Reply

      Also, with Maya standing right there, wouldn’t she be able to tell if it’d still cause problems, given the fact that she helped make the thing?

      • Who Cares
        June 20, 2011, 3:22 pm | #

        Not likely unless the specification she set up for the machine happened to include this condition seeing that it is so far outside the environment it is supposed to operate in.

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