...who did call? Is this what the MIB do in their off hours, spy on talking dogs?
Rob (rrreed) says:
Now I'm curious about Unity's remaining 5%. Nanobots? Strange alchemical brews? A (nonspecific unique item of great value) enchanted with (one or more of a variety of magical spells that preserve dead flesh, animate the inanimate, create a simulacrum of intellience, and/or return life to the dead)? A few gazillion coulombs worth of electrons? Vita-ray irradiated super-soldier serum? An Adamantium™ skeleton? Spam instead of blood?
Well, the cast page does say, "unknown classified non-blood substance", so I'm assuming that's the other 5%. And I second Rob's idea that Spam is involved somehow. Plus a few gazillion (or even kajillion) coulombs.
Now I have this mental image of Shaenon, perched atop a castle tower, surrounded by lighting-collection equipment, with her hair standing out in all directions from static electric charges, standing over a motionless figure on a slab, arms raised and screaming to the heavens, "Undeath! UNDEATH, do you hear me!! GIIIVE MYYY CREATION ... UUUNNNDEEAAAATH!!!"
(...and another page goes onto the fan art backlog...)
Robin Paulus (bubble181) says:
I'd say it's sowing thread, but that might be too mundane o_O
Petsky Piyamaradu (peropi) says:
Your "percent" sign is backwards. :P
Basil Jelly (basil_jelly) says:
Two percent is nylon thread I think.
Rachel (admiralshazbot) says:
My bet for the 5% is jagermonster DNA.
Shaenon Garrity (shaenongarrity) says:
Jeffrey had it in the script as "100% Genuine Ex-Human Product," but I thought that was too optimistic.
I always write slashes and percent signs backward. Maybe it's because I'm left-handed, I dunno.
Tiff Hudson (tiff_hudson) says:
The more I read what the bears say, the more they sound like the self-important, irrational twerps that work in EEO offices.
Brian Rogers (billionsix) says:
I gotta say, I'm really starting to like Unity. She's smarter than she lets on, I think. At least when she manages to focus on something. But the attention span thing is probably just a side effect of using glued-together parts of 4 or 5 different brains.
Rob (rrreed) says:
Perhaps Unity is smarter than she lets on to herself as a result? That seemingly short attention span could be the result of being frequently surprised by her own actions.
Incog Neato (ghede) says:
Hmm. Technically Sweetheart is a new breed, so I guess she could qualify as a purebred. Then again, considering her transgenic nature, she could also qualify as the ultimate mongrel.
I wandered with a kick-ass crowd That marches on thru suburb streets. We passed a store; I cried aloud, 'Let's get some Little Debbie treats!' I took three boxes, just because My rampage needs a sugar buzz.
(With many many apologies to Wordsworth)
Tiff Hudson (tiff_hudson) says:
I like the notion that Unity's a crowd.
Aaron Shades (prof_tinker) says:
I think even Arty would consider these guys too anal. Besides, considering the slightest slip a horrific backlash against the community dosn't help anything.
Shaenon Garrity (shaenongarrity) says:
A slight slip? That coffee went everywhere!
Regarding Tiff's comment: it's not schizophrenia if you really are hearing other voices in your head! If they can't agree to follow parliamentary procedure, then you have a problem.
Me, I have this guy representing the lower left anterior basal ganglia who always filibusters whenever a vote on kumquats arises. And I don't even like kumquats!
(...) it's not schizophrenia if you really are hearing other voices in your head! If they can't agree to follow parliamentary procedure, then you have a problem.
That quote is Epic Awesome! Definitely T-shirtable!
Dave Van Domelen (dvandom) says:
NEVER say "Bite me!" to Unity.
Rob (rrreed) says:
I've always found that while patchouli is excellent with most campers, lemon grass is better for Winnebagos.
If I were Maya, I'd be more annoyed by Unity's use of speciesist epithets like the T-word than her suggestion that there might be some appeal to chowing down on some nice, juicy, helpless campers.
...then again, they are hippies, so that should probably have been
"And hippies of all genders tend to be hairy."
K C (spotweld) says:
It's not the patchouli that would make them so flavorful.. it's the "orgeano" ... if you know what I mean.
Michael Brewer (wusemajor) says:
I think Sweetheart has regained the moral high ground here, given what her rampage consisted of and what the Bear's rampage will likely consist of.
So It Begins (soitbegins) says:
Too much information.
Pete Bleackley (petethemadscientist) says:
Going along with the classic children's literature theme, I'd like to suggest that these are Bears of very little brain.
Tiff Hudson (tiff_hudson) says:
It seems the bear never learned the trick of scrubbing hippies with rocks to clean them off faster.
Elaine Corvidae (elaine_corvidae) says:
Hey now, I shave at least once a week. And so does my husband; I'll leave it to you to decide if I mean his face. ;-)
Dave Van Domelen (dvandom) says:
She embodies the government pretty thoroughly, in fact.
OK, picture this ... the California State Legislature is in heated debate ... tempers are flaring, vital legislation is on the verge of defeat ... then Governor Schwarzenegger comes charging in and getting all Terminator on the opposition (the good Terminator, obviously) ... and when a panicked lawmaker screams "why are you doing this??!" ... Arnold smiles, looks them in the eye and says ...
Come on, you can totally picture it now! Work with me here!
Tiff Hudson (tiff_hudson) says:
Ooo! Ooo!! Last panel on a T-shirt, please!!!
C. R. (crazybelgium) says:
Heh, scariest phrase in the world:
"I'm from the government and I'm here to save you."
"De gubernaculo venimus, et adservirevos volumis."
(Quid quid latine dictum sit, altum viditur.)
Adam Underfoot (unnatural20) says:
Well, if we take into account the ease of resurrecting Reagan in, say, Shortpacked!, I don't doubt that it's rather simple here in Skin Horse.
Dave Van Domelen (dvandom) says:
It started slow, then katamari'ed.
Ed Gedeon (eddurd) says:
That wasn't a gambling bet, I'm saying that Unity could handle twenty male deer/human hybrids and whup their little white-tailed butts.
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