Monica must be practically, if not actually, independently wealthy. Not grossly so, but enough to allow her to, say, import rare antique vacuum tubes from Russia. Jin may have had a hand in preparing for her, ie via Grandpa’s will.
Of course, having the ability to port the money out of the local drug dealers pockets could help fund things as well.
Oh I like that idea! Steal money from the criminals…it’s like Robin Hood but without giving the money away…or pestering the rich people who may or may not be criminals…
Russian vacuum tubes aren’t cheap, but they’re not hideously expensive. If she was buying a case of new old stock American made 300Bs, she’d have been showing extreme wealth. A modern clone 300B (very expensive, desirable transmitter triode from the 1930s, often used in single-ended hi-fi) will set you back a couple hundred bucks from a reputable maker like Winged C (Russian). New old stock American made Western Electric 300Bs go for closer to a thousand bucks each.
So in buying good Russian tubes, Monica is showing that she has taste /and/ a budget. 🙂
As an example – new-stock Russian 12AX7 tubes (dual triode, relatively low current, often used for preamplifier and intermediate-stage amplification) are going for around $20-$25 each. They’re still being made by at least two Russian companies.
The larger, higher-current KT88 and 6550 (beam tetrode, often used as an audio amplifier power-output tube) are running a bit above $50.
These are all “new build, new stock” tubes, not the “gently matured by aging in an oak cask” new-old-stock tubes Monica acquired. Those must have been pricey!
That is what I was thinking after all of the exotic components it has. I suppose she can take out some sort of installment plan to pay for it or just use the old credit card.
Spider silk has an extremely high breaking strength compared to steel, but it’s also very flexible; it wouldn’t be able to keep her boobs from bouncing at all. That’s where all the other components come in.
I realize that the spider silk alone wouldn’t be able to keep to keep Monica’s monumental rack from moving about and that it’s every component in the sports bra working in concert to give her the desired support she’s going to need in order to have a proper work out.
Just wearing that she gets a fairly high armor bonus + bonus agility rolls (due to the containment value) + her figure gets a moderate distraction bonus. and her almost prehensile tounge gets a ranged attack bonus. Poit ability gives her some stealth points to i assume.
Given her love of music how about a Bard. She has the lore factor. Thief abilities and fighter abilities. The only thing she doesn’t do is play an instrument and no I do not count Kevin as an instrument for this purpose.
Some say that he has a trench coat lined with Armid fibers woven with nanotubes, that is held together from dragline silk from Bark Spider and layered with memory carbon gauze.
All I know is that they call him The Stig…martyr762.
Considering Monica’s ability to Poit, Non-Euclidean applies as well. Anyway the other major non-newtonian substance we all know and love is Silly-Putty@. Where that will lead with this group I take no responsibility for.
I don’t care…I just WANT. THAT. BRA. Although, reality forces me to point out that one of the things large-breasted women don’t like about sports bras is that when the boobs are forced together like that with nothing in-between them, it creates icky sweating and chafing. I have stuffed hankies and even the occasional kleenex down bras like that to keep it from getting too bad while exercising.
Spiders really ook me out (couldn’t look long at the picture of the arachnids themselves), but that cape is amazing!
So does that mean that not all spider-strands are sticky? I’ve walked into my fair share of webs, and I wouldn’t want anything feeling like that touching my body.
Spiders in general produce two types of silk. The first is thin, sticky, and makes the spirals of common webs. The second is thicker, not sticky, and is used as the support infrastructure of the web. The spider first weaves a pattern with large holes using the thicker silk, then fills in the holes with the sticky silk while walking on the thicker silk.
…When I was five I asked my mom why spiders didn’t get caught in their own webs. She’s a naturalist/scientist…
While I’m not as bothered by some of the six-legged critters (crickets, lady bugs, and rolly-poly bugs are okay by me) I generally agree with your rule. 🙂
I have nothing against spiders in their place,
But when one of those things weaves its 6foot web across the garden path, hanging at eye level…
It’s going down.
spiders have their place, and that place is NOT in my house or in my walkways. the Warning has been given, that any spider found in my house or with web blocking my walkway? has a death wish. period.
and my son is the contract killer, because even the wee little bitty ones get me to hyperventilating. the fear of the 8 legged assasins is that bad.
We should start a support group…I have the same reaction. I even dropped the F-bomb in the middle of a work meeting because I though a spider had fallen onto my chest (turned out it was a cricket). *shakes head* Stupid phobias…
If it’s truly a non-newtonian fabric, then a relatively slow motion like a running jiggle would cause it to act like regular fabric, while a sharp jolt like falling on the floor would cause it to act much more solid, as is demonstrated in the final panel.
And considering all she has is contempt for the people that ask her if her breasts are fake, I would say that she does not care what people think about them.
Oh that’s just great, a bra that ‘supports’ my theory that Monica couldn’t fall on her face if she tried… this sort of thing just ruins a reconstruction surgeon’s day, no more busted schnauzes to repair.
don’t make the mistake of thinking this bra is hard like stormtrooper armour or a brass bosom bracer.
It’s soft and flexible at least as soft and flexible as a normal moderately reinforced bra. Meaning you can still poke and fondle and everything will act as normal.
However… add some moderate to serious loading, like all that mass trying to keep up with the oscillations of a jogging body and the fabric acts in a non-newtonian way and actively resists the motion.
The larger, and more sudden the loading the stronger the effect. Thus the ninja instigated face plant massively loads the fabric in an instant and it acts as if solid, yet as she gets up the mild occupations would allow everything to still move , naturally 🙂
awesome.. screw spandex Paul has invented the super hero costume fabric for the next millennium !!
So the idea of the bra comes from something like cornstarch?
If you’ve never done this, empty a box of cornstarch into a bowl and add water to it slowly until it can’t absorb any more. Treat it gently, and it’s goo. Any violent reaction, and it hardens up. So you can slowly swirl it, making it look liquid then toss it at someone, and it stays in the bowl. Let your fingers slowly sink into it then try to pull them out quickly, and you’re stuck. Shape it into a ball and toss it to someone, where it will begin to melt. Even punch it hard enough to make cracks.
Cornstarch suspension, ketchup, whipped cream, quicksand and toothpaste are all non-Newtonian fluids that come to mind. Even liquid crystals. What’s harder to find is a non-Newtonian solid.
A superfluid, like some liquid helium-4, is even weirder, but I think it’s still Newtonian. Only with zero viscosity.
Stress will do that to you. Challenge accepted. Challenge met, but I imagine having to go back to her mentor and asking for help and/or advice was not a happy thing for her to do.
Kinda interesting to note that Monica didn’t instinctively point herself to safety there.
Also has to be noted that it’s indeed a good thing, that Tina is her companion this time and not Shelly, because if said Kunoichi had tried that with the latter….
Maybe not life threatening, but any fall can cause some physical damage, dependent upon the landing, whether it be breaking or dislocating something.
Plus instinctive reactions just kick in, irrespective of the actual severity of the situation. See Shelly and Justin at the Gym. Him swatting her on the backside is pretty harmless, her response was instinctive nonetheless.
I guess you’re saying I’ve got some ‘spleenin to do? I suppose so… I don’t know for sure whether the ninjas would be more at risk of losing their livery, or their livers, to a startled sphinx.
I want one! ..of course, every time she appears I walk away with a renewed belief that every woman needs Lydia. Now Monica is truly ready to take on the world. Hopefully Tina isn’t too traumatized by the event.
I would pay whatever it took to have a Lydia of my own. I have a specialty store not too far from where I live, but they haven’t offered to custom-build me anything when I’ve complained that I couldn’t find exactly what I was looking for. (Although they do tailor existing bras to fit better for no extra charge…which is almost as nice.)
So under stress it stiffens up. But now it should gradually release its stiffness, allowing Monica to settle gently to the ground. Yes, I would enjoy watching that. 9_9
Rocky and Bullwinkle aren’t in Minneapolis, or anywhere near it. They moved to Hollywood years ago.
After retiring from show business, they got involved in drug-and-alcohol rehabilitation. They get a lot of their clients from families in the TV and movie business… the children of rich “star” families seem to be particularly prone to substance abuse problems… lots of money, glamorous lifestyles, often-absent parents.
Rocky runs the business side of things, while Bullwinkle serves as the chief counselor, instructor, advisor, and lifestyle designer. It seems that his goofy but sympathetic nature goes over well with troubled kids and he has a very high success rate.
As a result, there are a lot of Hollywood stars who are quite willing to use Moose on their heirs.
(rips a couple of gold stars out of the pavement in front of Grauman’s Chinese Theatre and tosses them into the Pun Vault)
Oh I would so want to try out a bra like this – except I would want mine to actually separate my boobs – like the one they ninja’ed onto Tina, but in this non-Newtonian fabric…
Actually, what I really want is a bra that will keep my boobs from sliding out of it when I’m going through yoga sun salutations. In a vertical pose, my sports bra is fine, but in downward dog I can literally suffocate on the cleavage that falls onto my neck and face.
Well in that case you want Non-Newtonian technology. It means that the bra uses Inertial Dampeners to stop all kinetic effect including movement in any direction.
Paul deserves at least a +1 and perhaps a +2 for sneaking in that Frig Newtonians pun.
I don’t think Paul has to contribute to the Pun Jar… he’s the host here, after all… but I’ll drop in a really beautiful Herennia multipuncta in his honor.
Ok so…. where can I buy one of those? For the same reasons as Monica actually. These things keep me from being healthy even though I’m fairly thin. Jogging hurts. >_<
you should lift weights or do cardio, keeping fit isn’t just running just as much as driving isn’t just turning the steering wheel. i find that a 3 pound barbell and a very relaxing article about wormholes will keep my blood pumping.
but i know how Monica feels, i spend most of my time in front of a computer and my weight hasn’t budged from 150 for the past 7 years.
Bit of a “Q giving Bond the latest gadgets” vibe.
Isn’t ‘Q’ her bra size?
*rimshot*
bulletproof?
…and possibly a superconductor…
non-newtonian = could take a hit from a volcano without transmitting the force to the wearer?
…or the wearer could run and not transmit force to the boobs.
NO FAIR! Monicas cheating at push-ups! 🙂
Riddle me this!
I am a three headed beast. Cut one head off, I am stronger. Cut two off, I am ten. What am I?
And machine-washable, dahling. That’s a new feature.
Dammit. Somebody beat me to the joke.
“And machine washable, dahling, that’s a new feature.”
Can it withstand temperatures of up to 3000 degrees and is it completely bulletproof?
bullet proof?? now that would be a good one for … 🙂
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brainiac:_Science_Abuse
there is a reference to body armor in my other link…
I wonder if it can survive re-entry from space?
now you are just bein stoopid….. 🙂
Just remember…. “no capes” lol
whoa…. 😛 😛 🙂
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aramid
does not melt, good up to 500C.. 😛
Non-newtonian fabric??? oooohhhh.. 😛 🙂
Non-newtonian’s fine. it’s when they start getting non-euclidian that you have to worry.
F’tagn
…and the clasp is made from an old paperclip.
Hey, don’t knock it! That was MacGyver’s suggestion to Lydia.
Yes please! 🙂
<3 Edna!
This is the single most peculiar image I’ve seen in my life, and I’ve seen Funky Forest.
I wouldn’t go as far as THAT, but it’s definitely the most peculiar thing this side of Funky Forest.
Let’s compromise and say most peculiar imagery this side of Quentin Dupieux’s Rubber?
That’s going to be one pricey bit of kit.
Noooo doubt.
Monica must be practically, if not actually, independently wealthy. Not grossly so, but enough to allow her to, say, import rare antique vacuum tubes from Russia. Jin may have had a hand in preparing for her, ie via Grandpa’s will.
Of course, having the ability to port the money out of the local drug dealers pockets could help fund things as well.
Oh I like that idea! Steal money from the criminals…it’s like Robin Hood but without giving the money away…or pestering the rich people who may or may not be criminals…
Russian vacuum tubes aren’t cheap, but they’re not hideously expensive. If she was buying a case of new old stock American made 300Bs, she’d have been showing extreme wealth. A modern clone 300B (very expensive, desirable transmitter triode from the 1930s, often used in single-ended hi-fi) will set you back a couple hundred bucks from a reputable maker like Winged C (Russian). New old stock American made Western Electric 300Bs go for closer to a thousand bucks each.
So in buying good Russian tubes, Monica is showing that she has taste /and/ a budget. 🙂
-JRS
As an example – new-stock Russian 12AX7 tubes (dual triode, relatively low current, often used for preamplifier and intermediate-stage amplification) are going for around $20-$25 each. They’re still being made by at least two Russian companies.
The larger, higher-current KT88 and 6550 (beam tetrode, often used as an audio amplifier power-output tube) are running a bit above $50.
These are all “new build, new stock” tubes, not the “gently matured by aging in an oak cask” new-old-stock tubes Monica acquired. Those must have been pricey!
That is what I was thinking after all of the exotic components it has. I suppose she can take out some sort of installment plan to pay for it or just use the old credit card.
Not to mention that Lydia may just cut her a deal just for the challenge of coming up with stuff that can survive Monica.
Is this a bra or something off of a Stealth Fighter?
Little bit from column A
Little bit from column B
More then a little bit. If you know what I mean
I wonder if the Defense Department got Lydia’s number? They better act quick before Lydia does a number on them.
Not to worry.
She’s a Contractor.
yup… and Russian.. country does not matter..you got the money, you got it.. nothing sordid, she has a reputation to protect!!!
but Like any engineer, she likes a challenge, like Monica.. 🙂
Well, THAT’s good – since Monica’s obviously an expander!
First one, then the other! 🙂
Are you sure these aren’t embarassment ninjas?
I thought about that too lol
Embrassment ninjas.
*chunk-ring-ring-ring-clatter-clatter*
Hmm. Compare with this:
http://www.superherostuff.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/stormtrooper-female1.jpg
Indeed! Funny how female armor always seems to show some skin.
In this case, the armor *is* just as protective…
It’s not everyday you encounter brassieres of armor. What bonus does this one give to AC?
(And just to be safe… *tosses some spare change into the Pun Jar*)
Tha’s even better than a BRASS bra!
Just with the spider silk alone. Monica’s sports bra is on an order of magnitude 20x greater than the strongest carbon steel.
Spider silk has an extremely high breaking strength compared to steel, but it’s also very flexible; it wouldn’t be able to keep her boobs from bouncing at all. That’s where all the other components come in.
I realize that the spider silk alone wouldn’t be able to keep to keep Monica’s monumental rack from moving about and that it’s every component in the sports bra working in concert to give her the desired support she’s going to need in order to have a proper work out.
Just wearing that she gets a fairly high armor bonus + bonus agility rolls (due to the containment value) + her figure gets a moderate distraction bonus. and her almost prehensile tounge gets a ranged attack bonus. Poit ability gives her some stealth points to i assume.
Im guessing shes a rogue/fighter hybrid class.
And someone is rolling up the character sheet even as I type this…
Given her love of music how about a Bard. She has the lore factor. Thief abilities and fighter abilities. The only thing she doesn’t do is play an instrument and no I do not count Kevin as an instrument for this purpose.
…um…audiophile? Insists on only the highest-quality sound systems for her home? She’s got the instrument proficiency covered.
And Monica is no witch!
But could she be a wotch?
Ummmm. Likely. But I’m not sure.
A wotch with a Rolex watch maybe???
I have a full length leather trench coat I’d like lined with that material.
Your not the only one Siggy!
Some say that he has a trench coat lined with Armid fibers woven with nanotubes, that is held together from dragline silk from Bark Spider and layered with memory carbon gauze.
All I know is that they call him The Stig…martyr762.
Bucc-i! Really please stop. Yer makin me blush. LMFAO!!!
It’s Wonder Woman’s Bra, forged in the depths of Amazonia, all who gaze upon it are enthralled by it and will tell no lie!!
Also, with that construction you could deflect bullets, along with her matching Amazonian bracelets.
I now want to see someone recreate the infamous “golden lasso” using golden orb weaver silk.
Well what do you know, Paul has invented a substance like Vibranium.
Unobtanium?
I wouldn’t call it that. Kevin can haz M’s rack after all. 😛
Nen-Newtonian…
good thing she didn’t have to go as far as Non-Euclidean… It’s enough for Tina to have occasional tentacles.
Considering Monica’s ability to Poit, Non-Euclidean applies as well. Anyway the other major non-newtonian substance we all know and love is Silly-Putty@. Where that will lead with this group I take no responsibility for.
Whup. You called that one before me, _and_ with better spelling. Execellent.
I don’t care…I just WANT. THAT. BRA. Although, reality forces me to point out that one of the things large-breasted women don’t like about sports bras is that when the boobs are forced together like that with nothing in-between them, it creates icky sweating and chafing. I have stuffed hankies and even the occasional kleenex down bras like that to keep it from getting too bad while exercising.
Just be sure to take the Kleenex out of the box first, huh?
Trust me, the last thing I want to do is *add* volume. Cute cartoon though.
I’m with you. Insert bra envy here.
Holy crap. I could use one of those for when I jog.
Also, I must point out the emerging situational imagery of “Holy Buckets”.
They’re a thing to worship, that’s for sure.
Another non-newtoinian substance is flubber. Does that mean once she starts bouncing she won’t stop? Thee’s an image for you.
I want to know where she got that much Golden Orb Weaver Silk!!!
Katharine has this little farm; it’s how she makes some extra money.
*applauds*
She knows a guy ,who knows a guy, who knows Tobey McGuire
not *that* difficult… 🙂
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-2090608/Reviving-lost-tradition-Cape-silk-million-spiders-unveiled-new-exhibition.html
Now THAT’S impressive. The man-hours involved must be staggering.
dyam! thems are some scary spiders.. and Ive shared house space with white-tails and red-backs!!
Spiders really ook me out (couldn’t look long at the picture of the arachnids themselves), but that cape is amazing!
So does that mean that not all spider-strands are sticky? I’ve walked into my fair share of webs, and I wouldn’t want anything feeling like that touching my body.
Spiders in general produce two types of silk. The first is thin, sticky, and makes the spirals of common webs. The second is thicker, not sticky, and is used as the support infrastructure of the web. The spider first weaves a pattern with large holes using the thicker silk, then fills in the holes with the sticky silk while walking on the thicker silk.
…When I was five I asked my mom why spiders didn’t get caught in their own webs. She’s a naturalist/scientist…
Yeah, you only need a million female spiders and four YEARS to manage that… (O_O)
I have one rule: If it’s got more than four legs, kill it!
…a lot…
While I’m not as bothered by some of the six-legged critters (crickets, lady bugs, and rolly-poly bugs are okay by me) I generally agree with your rule. 🙂
In Florida, we call those things Banana Spiders.
Years latter I find out they are Golden Orb Weavers and are while creepy as hell, harmless unlike the actual Banana Spider that is dangerous.
So…no more killing the Golden Orb Weavers for me.
I have nothing against spiders in their place,
But when one of those things weaves its 6foot web across the garden path, hanging at eye level…
It’s going down.
spiders have their place, and that place is NOT in my house or in my walkways. the Warning has been given, that any spider found in my house or with web blocking my walkway? has a death wish. period.
and my son is the contract killer, because even the wee little bitty ones get me to hyperventilating. the fear of the 8 legged assasins is that bad.
We should start a support group…I have the same reaction. I even dropped the F-bomb in the middle of a work meeting because I though a spider had fallen onto my chest (turned out it was a cricket). *shakes head* Stupid phobias…
Spinnerette?
http://www.krakowstudios.com/spinnerette/
Armoured boobs! Woohoo!
*sigh*
I’m in desperate need of such a bra…
Altough not as small as Monica, I’m kinda build like that…
But, oh! The money…
Just had a horrible thought… Now that shes running and her breasts won’t move, people are gonna assume they’re cheap fake :-/ Man that sucks
If it’s truly a non-newtonian fabric, then a relatively slow motion like a running jiggle would cause it to act like regular fabric, while a sharp jolt like falling on the floor would cause it to act much more solid, as is demonstrated in the final panel.
People already assume that when they see her. At least now she has support and comfort in stylishly awesome prettiness.
And considering all she has is contempt for the people that ask her if her breasts are fake, I would say that she does not care what people think about them.
non- newtonian
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KfKqCHcSaCY
O-o
O
and in practical application….
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k4uUhWtYDPk&feature=player_embedded WOW
all i know, is i want one!
Les-
…and poke someone’s eye out?
But it looks like she could run with scissors, as long as they were held a few inches above the waist.
So, I take it that Vibranium isn’t available in this universe?
Oh that’s just great, a bra that ‘supports’ my theory that Monica couldn’t fall on her face if she tried… this sort of thing just ruins a reconstruction surgeon’s day, no more busted schnauzes to repair.
I love the idea of a non-newtonian fabric.
don’t make the mistake of thinking this bra is hard like stormtrooper armour or a brass bosom bracer.
It’s soft and flexible at least as soft and flexible as a normal moderately reinforced bra. Meaning you can still poke and fondle and everything will act as normal.
However… add some moderate to serious loading, like all that mass trying to keep up with the oscillations of a jogging body and the fabric acts in a non-newtonian way and actively resists the motion.
The larger, and more sudden the loading the stronger the effect. Thus the ninja instigated face plant massively loads the fabric in an instant and it acts as if solid, yet as she gets up the mild occupations would allow everything to still move , naturally 🙂
awesome.. screw spandex Paul has invented the super hero costume fabric for the next millennium !!
she definitely needs a good long coat made of this stuff for adventuring
just remember she put the bra on and it obviously didn’t feel solid to her else she would have mentioned it
So the idea of the bra comes from something like cornstarch?
If you’ve never done this, empty a box of cornstarch into a bowl and add water to it slowly until it can’t absorb any more. Treat it gently, and it’s goo. Any violent reaction, and it hardens up. So you can slowly swirl it, making it look liquid then toss it at someone, and it stays in the bowl. Let your fingers slowly sink into it then try to pull them out quickly, and you’re stuck. Shape it into a ball and toss it to someone, where it will begin to melt. Even punch it hard enough to make cracks.
Cornstarch suspension, ketchup, whipped cream, quicksand and toothpaste are all non-Newtonian fluids that come to mind. Even liquid crystals. What’s harder to find is a non-Newtonian solid.
A superfluid, like some liquid helium-4, is even weirder, but I think it’s still Newtonian. Only with zero viscosity.
Tomato soup is also non-newtonian…
Everybody seems to be missing the best popular non-newtonian fluid — Jello
Hey! I never even hinted at promising an exhaustive list. I just grabbed at some that “came to mind”!
Though Lydia’s appearance hasn’t changed. She’s definitely become more severe looking. http://wapsisquare.com/comic/07292004/
She’s a little tired from staying up all night planning and making this bra. 😉
Stress will do that to you. Challenge accepted. Challenge met, but I imagine having to go back to her mentor and asking for help and/or advice was not a happy thing for her to do.
Well, the art style has changed a bit since then…and as W pointed out, stress can alter appearance too. 🙂
And, like Monica, her boobs seem to have expanded.
Kinda interesting to note that Monica didn’t instinctively point herself to safety there.
Also has to be noted that it’s indeed a good thing, that Tina is her companion this time and not Shelly, because if said Kunoichi had tried that with the latter….
Thinly sliced Kunoichi anyone?
Meh…short distance fall…not life-threatening, so no instinctive-poiting needed. 🙂
Maybe not life threatening, but any fall can cause some physical damage, dependent upon the landing, whether it be breaking or dislocating something.
Plus instinctive reactions just kick in, irrespective of the actual severity of the situation. See Shelly and Justin at the Gym. Him swatting her on the backside is pretty harmless, her response was instinctive nonetheless.
I imagine there’s a mention of that on the package.
Not tested on sphinxes. No ninjas were disemboweled during demonstration of this product. Special de-livery not required.
You! Pun jar, now…
I guess you’re saying I’ve got some ‘spleenin to do? I suppose so… I don’t know for sure whether the ninjas would be more at risk of losing their livery, or their livers, to a startled sphinx.
(*clink*)
At least your heart is in the right place. At the moment.
#chortle#
I want one! ..of course, every time she appears I walk away with a renewed belief that every woman needs Lydia. Now Monica is truly ready to take on the world. Hopefully Tina isn’t too traumatized by the event.
Agreed! on both accounts actually. I would adore that could hold a J comfortably and sportively.
I would pay whatever it took to have a Lydia of my own. I have a specialty store not too far from where I live, but they haven’t offered to custom-build me anything when I’ve complained that I couldn’t find exactly what I was looking for. (Although they do tailor existing bras to fit better for no extra charge…which is almost as nice.)
So under stress it stiffens up. But now it should gradually release its stiffness, allowing Monica to settle gently to the ground. Yes, I would enjoy watching that. 9_9
Another, masterpiece.
Eat your heart out, Madonna!
Don’t know about you but I see Lydia, however I am hearing the voice of Natasha Fatale. 🙂
All we need is Moose and Squirrel.
Rocky and Bullwinkle aren’t in Minneapolis, or anywhere near it. They moved to Hollywood years ago.
After retiring from show business, they got involved in drug-and-alcohol rehabilitation. They get a lot of their clients from families in the TV and movie business… the children of rich “star” families seem to be particularly prone to substance abuse problems… lots of money, glamorous lifestyles, often-absent parents.
Rocky runs the business side of things, while Bullwinkle serves as the chief counselor, instructor, advisor, and lifestyle designer. It seems that his goofy but sympathetic nature goes over well with troubled kids and he has a very high success rate.
As a result, there are a lot of Hollywood stars who are quite willing to use Moose on their heirs.
(rips a couple of gold stars out of the pavement in front of Grauman’s Chinese Theatre and tosses them into the Pun Vault)
That’s gotta hurt her ribs. Question is would it be resistant to cutting/piercing attacks???
OMG no one has said this yet? She can do push-ups with her boobs! O.O That is an amazing bra!
Dow Corning actually makes a fabric like this:
http://www.dowcorning.com/content/deflexion/
If you didn’t laugh at the last panel you ought to check your pulse.
Is the ninja throwing Monica or tripping her?
I’m think a front to rear leg sweep. Either way that should hurt landing from that high.
Soooo envious. I want one like that.
The bra, not Monica. Just realized my username wasn’t the most gender-revealing.
It is not like any of us regulars are judgmental in any way. ;-p
Oh I would so want to try out a bra like this – except I would want mine to actually separate my boobs – like the one they ninja’ed onto Tina, but in this non-Newtonian fabric…
Actually, what I really want is a bra that will keep my boobs from sliding out of it when I’m going through yoga sun salutations. In a vertical pose, my sports bra is fine, but in downward dog I can literally suffocate on the cleavage that falls onto my neck and face.
Well in that case you want Non-Newtonian technology. It means that the bra uses Inertial Dampeners to stop all kinetic effect including movement in any direction.
Does anyone remember where Lydia made her first appearance?
The Wapsi Square webcomic.
ZING!
Unless I’m wrong, this was the start of the storyline more or less.
http://wapsisquare.com/comic/07222004/
Non-Newtonian? It must have been made by hand, because a sewing machine would run too fast. “The shield turns the fast blow, admits the slow kindjal!”
Oh… I’m surprised nobody has mentioned it yet…
Paul deserves at least a +1 and perhaps a +2 for sneaking in that Frig Newtonians pun.
I don’t think Paul has to contribute to the Pun Jar… he’s the host here, after all… but I’ll drop in a really beautiful Herennia multipuncta in his honor.
Holy bulletproof breasts batman!
Those could come in handy, considering some of the shenanigans she’s been up to in the past.
You forget Monica IS bulletproof. She poits the bullets away just before they make contact with the skin.
look at the first panel of today’s ChimneySpeak.
Now, that has got to hurt!!
Ok so…. where can I buy one of those? For the same reasons as Monica actually. These things keep me from being healthy even though I’m fairly thin. Jogging hurts. >_<
you should lift weights or do cardio, keeping fit isn’t just running just as much as driving isn’t just turning the steering wheel. i find that a 3 pound barbell and a very relaxing article about wormholes will keep my blood pumping.
but i know how Monica feels, i spend most of my time in front of a computer and my weight hasn’t budged from 150 for the past 7 years.
Swimming doesn’t hurt.
Well — there it is — Monica’s soft spongy belly that she hasn’t seen since 4th grade. (It’s cute.)
Cadillac bumper bullets without the chrome
The Shiny Red version for ya!
/ drool…
In plain English: What a lovely car! And a lovely yard as well.
Sexy lingerie ninja is sexy
Is….Lydia related to Becky the Carnivore over at Girls with Slingshots? All she needs are freckles and glasses…..
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