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What A Goober

by Paul Taylor on April 2, 2019 at 8:59 pm
Story: Wapsi-Archive
Characters: Barbara, Castela, Daylla, Mindy
Location: Gryphon High

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  1. jwhouk
    April 2, 2019, 9:23 pm | # | Reply

    Oh. Em. Gee.

    Is this Idle’s Law at work? The longer a comedic work continues, the more likely it is that it will make a Monty Python reference?

    • All-Purpose Guru
      April 2, 2019, 9:58 pm | # | Reply

      I never heard it called “Idle’s Law” but I definitely agree with the sentiment and the truth of said law.

      Such dorks. Such SUPREME dorks.

      • Jeff Weiner
        April 2, 2019, 10:07 pm | #

        Everyone needs a hobby…

      • Naldru
        April 3, 2019, 8:20 pm | #

        I found only two references to Idle’s Law and both of them described it as having been created by someone else. One was https://accordingtohoyt.com/2015/01/02/popping-intellectual-zits/ and the other was this strip. Both references appeared in the comments.

    • BarerMender
      April 2, 2019, 10:45 pm | # | Reply

      I wasn’t sure it was a Monty Python reference, but then I saw she was knocking the coconut shells together.

      • Tarkas
        April 3, 2019, 1:56 am | #

        And the name “Patsy” — straight out of MPatHG, complete with coconut shells.

        BTW, which one is Barbara and which one is Mindy? It’s never actually been made clear. Hiroshi names them, but they’re off-panel at the time.

      • Gavote
        April 3, 2019, 5:53 am | #

        Tarkas, the tall blond one is Mindy. I believe Paul clarified that in the comments of one of the strips this week. Anyone know which one?

      • Guesticus
        April 3, 2019, 6:28 pm | #

        Gavote:- He said it last page 😀

      • Gavote
        April 4, 2019, 7:31 pm | #

        …*facepalm*

    • Matt Grayson
      April 4, 2019, 9:45 pm | # | Reply

      Not to be tautological, but the longer X goes on, the odds of it mentioning Y go up. X can be The Journal of Differential Geometry and Y can be Lemurs. Doesn’t matter.

    • jwhouk
      April 4, 2019, 10:25 pm | # | Reply

      Why do I get the feeling that Mindy wears glasses for the old trope reason – that she doesn’t look stunning with them on?

      • Gyrre
        April 8, 2019, 10:47 am | #

        Granddaughter of Aphrodite, but also of Haphaestus.

      • Bratty Roger
        March 7, 2025, 7:09 pm | #

        @ Gyrre:

        great granddaughter 🙄

    • HeySo
      April 7, 2019, 3:50 am | # | Reply

      If none of Wikipedia/Wiktionary, TvTropes, Urban Dictionary, OneLook, KnowYourMeme, *or* idioms.thefreedictionary.com have what you’re referencing, it’s generally safe to assume it’s not a real thing [The fact that Google only returns 3 unique results is also pretty darn indicative].

      That said, I’ve played enough tabletop games in my life [anything more than zero, really] to know that there probably *should* be a term for it.

  2. Robert Nowall
    April 2, 2019, 10:28 pm | # | Reply

    Wow. Gryphon High has Home Ec.

    • Dave
      April 2, 2019, 11:09 pm | # | Reply

      Not all that surprising. Consider the wide range of Paras who go to the school. Estimate the breadth of their possible diets. Meditate on the extreme unlikeliness that all of them can find something to their liking (and good for their health) at McDonalds and other fast-food emporia.

      For some Paras, knowing how to cook might be an essential survival skill.

      • Sunny
        April 3, 2019, 11:23 am | #

        I’d argue that knowing how to cook is an essential survival skill for humans, too.

    • Dave
      April 2, 2019, 11:57 pm | # | Reply

      And, I suppose that’s where Mindy would expect to find the Holy Grill.

      • Frankie D.
        April 3, 2019, 4:39 am | #

        Turns out it was just a grill shaped bacon. Naughty, wicked Zoot!

    • Robert Nowall
      April 3, 2019, 9:02 am | # | Reply

      Mmm. Back in the Ghost-Hunting segment, they did say that Gryphon High has a Home Ec wing.

      • Sheik
        April 3, 2019, 1:24 pm | #

        An entire wing?
        Well I suppose that does make sense considering the variety of tastes. After all Daylla might fancy a special alloy now and then.

  3. DJTsurugi
    April 2, 2019, 10:38 pm | # | Reply

    this page gets all my love ~<3

  4. MerchManDan
    April 2, 2019, 10:39 pm | # | Reply

    They are in so much trouble for being out of uniform.

    • Stormtalon
      April 3, 2019, 12:34 am | # | Reply

      Nah, they just got out of programming class, is all. Obviously they’re learning Python.

      • Dave
        April 3, 2019, 1:21 am | #

        Stormtalon, you win the Internet prize today. It’s clear there’s no lint in you!

      • CptNerd
        April 3, 2019, 12:01 pm | #

        That was a Perl of great price…

      • Darque
        April 3, 2019, 12:05 pm | #

        Hmmm. I thought it was pretty basic.

      • scantrontb
        April 3, 2019, 8:33 pm | #

        Basic, sure… But it was quite Visual.

      • FreeFlier
        April 4, 2019, 9:14 pm | #

        So I C . . .

  5. B0mar
    April 2, 2019, 10:47 pm | # | Reply

    Barbara is clearly NOT an Unladen Swallow.

    • FreeFlier
      April 4, 2019, 9:12 pm | # | Reply

      African swallow or european swallow?

  6. Dave
    April 2, 2019, 11:06 pm | # | Reply

    Oh, dear.

    The next thing you know, Mindy’ll be recruiting Timmy, Hiroshi, and Mohan to play the roles of three young, innocent boys living alone in Castle Anthrax.

    And that might get the club banned from school property.

    • Dvon E
      April 3, 2019, 12:48 am | # | Reply

      Given the extended family connections, everyone will love it… or else.
      (see Ares)

  7. Beenerlb
    April 2, 2019, 11:44 pm | # | Reply

    Home ec ain’t just cooking

  8. Great Scott
    April 3, 2019, 12:41 am | # | Reply

    The bigger question is — is this a reference to “Monty Python and the Holy Grail” or is it a reference to the Broadway musical “Spamalot”?

    • soloran
      April 3, 2019, 12:51 am | # | Reply

      Spamalot was Monty Python’s (well at least two of em) run at turning the Holy Grail movie into a Broadway musical. So….Yes on both counts.

  9. cyberspooked
    April 3, 2019, 12:43 am | # | Reply

    To bad it’s only a model….

    • blackflame
      April 3, 2019, 2:19 am | # | Reply

      Of course, after all it’s a very silly place

      • Critter Rhode
        April 3, 2019, 11:11 am | #

        But my question is, where did they get the coconut?

      • FreeFlier
        April 3, 2019, 9:21 pm | #

        They captured it during its migration.

  10. maarvarq
    April 3, 2019, 4:43 am | # | Reply

    That’s real commitment to a Python reference!

  11. Matt Grayson
    April 3, 2019, 5:56 am | # | Reply

    In the mid-80’s, I was a post-doc at UC Berkeley. Walking down the street, I heard two guys singing the Knights of the Round Table song. I said that they must know Brave Sir Robin. One of them pulled out a Penny Whistle and they performed it for me. Pretty sure neither was a descendant of Aphrodite….

    • Matt Grayson
      April 3, 2019, 6:00 am | # | Reply

      Remember, the internet in its infancy in those days and you couldn’t just google for lyrics. I’d seen the movie a dozen times and didn’t know all the words to the Round Table song.

  12. Sleepy John
    April 3, 2019, 7:34 am | # | Reply

    1. Ye Olde Blanke Expresiion.

    2. I’m getting a para Peppermint Patty and Marcie vibe here.

    • joecrouse
      April 3, 2019, 11:00 am | # | Reply

      Verily they are the peppermint patty and Marcie, of the Wapsi Universe.

  13. Hugh B Hayve
    April 3, 2019, 7:55 am | # | Reply

    Ha! Too funny, I was just watching video yesterday of a couple of cosplayers doing those characters.

  14. Robert Nowall
    April 3, 2019, 9:03 am | # | Reply

    Actually, I’m liking these two more and more. I wonder if their muffins will have coconut topping…

  15. Centaur71
    April 3, 2019, 10:52 am | # | Reply

    Oh, HELL yeah! With Monty Python in the mix, they’re nerdy dorks to the 12th power!!!

  16. Skywatcher
    April 3, 2019, 10:54 am | # | Reply

    Knights of the Round Table in Lego! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fIXByCAIzos

    • Critter Rhode
      April 3, 2019, 11:15 am | # | Reply

      That song is so catchy. Just like this one. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Q_HFm54lb04

  17. Random Guy
    April 3, 2019, 11:53 am | # | Reply

    SUCH a Goober.

  18. drealm2459
    April 3, 2019, 12:13 pm | # | Reply

    well at least she isn’t dressed as “sir robin” But other then that I freaking love this.

    • drealm2459
      April 3, 2019, 12:20 pm | # | Reply

      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BZwuTo7zKM8

      • Robert Nowall
        April 3, 2019, 11:24 pm | #

        It’s no wonder, later in the movie, they ate the minstrels.

  19. Guesticus
    April 3, 2019, 6:24 pm | # | Reply

    Poor Day! Will she ever recover from this? 😀

    • Correllian
      April 3, 2019, 8:04 pm | # | Reply

      She’s just getting karmic payback for all that time spent yanking everyone else’s chains. Particularly Pickle’s.

  20. SamuraiArtGuy
    April 4, 2019, 12:14 am | # | Reply

    WOW. Just… WOW.

  21. Charlie
    April 8, 2019, 1:03 am | # | Reply

    *arrow* Message for you, sir!

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