(Tune: "A Spoonful of Sugar", Mary Poppins musical)
Our steampunk robot's gone berserk And turned into a first-class jerk How tiresome! This really will not do!
So we've a task to undertake And then there will be cake It's not a lie If we can stay alive
'Cause it's Biscuits all round if we aren't vap-o-rised! Vap-o-rised Vap-o-rised Yes it's biscuits all round if we aren't vap-o-rised And jam if we stay fallout-free!
Keeping with this morning's theme ... (TUNE: "Let's Go Fly A Kite", from Disney's "Mary Poppins")
Moustachio's ruptured a spring! Now he's got that Beni pie thing, He's explodey and crazy, I'm sure you'll agree! If we're not dead by three, We'll have biscuits and tea! Oh, oh, oh ...
Spit-spot! Here we go, Off to Moustachio! Spit-spot! For you know, If we can stop him With no damages, We might get sammiches! Spit-spot, so ... here we go!
hehe. Spit-spot. I've said it before, but Gavotte would be perfect with a Mary Poppins voice. When you make the movie, see if Julie Andrews is available. :)
See the people standing in the hall; They're not certain what to do at all! When some fool ... then invokes the curse, "Things just couldn't be worse!"
They got some bees! They got some bees! They got some bees! Yeah, they got some bees!
Hear Gavotte's evacuation plan! Hear her buzz it loudly as she can! But it seems it can't be heard enough Over screaming and stuff!
Freak out from bees! Freak out from bees! Freak out from bees! Yeah, freak out from bees!
Wellllll... If you take what Gavotte says ... say, did I ever tell you my sister's name is Gavotte[1]? ... If you take what Gavotte says literally and don't assume any emotional impication, her words work as well.
"I'm off to the lobby to direct the throng" Yes, a swarm of bees would move a throng and an intelligent swarm of bees could select the direction of the movement.
"I'll keep those upper lips stiff" Well, she could be talking about hers. Or she could literally be stiffening the human upper lips with stings (which would help how?)
"I imagine they're ... in need of a cheering word" Oh well, too bad. I'm still going to direct them in a single direction and sting their upper lips.
So I was going to ask, who's the cutie gal in the last panel until I noticed the arm hair. Gosh, his hair *is* long. Isn't it?
[1] Well, not really, but sort of really. If my name really were woozy which it not really but sort of is, her name would be Gavotte. You see, she was named (34 years ago) after a trumpet air (which in turn was named for a minor Phrygian mountain goddess cum Greek mother goddess cum cum Celtic hearth goddess) which was subtitled and declared by the composer as "Gavotte". We toyed with calling her "Gavotte" as a nick-name when she was a toddler but it didn't stick. Somehow "Diddle" (which was was her toddler language for "chicken"--- because of the sound that hens make: diddle-diddle-diddle) became her nick-name (along with "Bopper", "the kid", and "kiddo"). Which is too bad because had Gavotte stuck as a nickname or, better yet, we had actually named her Gavotte, then I'd be able to say with accuracy that I *do* have a sister named Gavotte, rather than create a rambling postscript on a flimsy pretext for purposes of mild, very mild, amusement.
Oh, well. Stiff upper lip and all that, and don't geld the llama.
Skin Horse has a plan in the offing A plan will be imminently offed! For the function of our office Is to off the things that off us Without us - Disorder! Chaos! Moral disintegration! In short - you'd all go bloody soft!
Tip: I quite agree!
Our operatives are moulded, shaped and drilled Their life's a looming battle
Tip: And we're dressed to kill!
Gavotte:
In short, I am disturbed to hear my coworkers Taking about popping in and out of the (in every sense) late Precambrian, cavorting On flying platforms, mindwiping
Yes well I don't mind that quite so much Anyway it's tradition but cute cobras in the basement I ask you gratuitiously cute cobras in the basement And highly questionable projects of every other kind
If we must have evil projects These projects ought to be Fraught with purpose, yes, and practicality! A silly thing like Superthe - Superthe -
Chris: Superthermonuclearantimatterdetonation!
Gavotte:
Yes, well done, you said it And being incinerated out of existence Has no use, so stand up and listen well Pull up your socks and brush your teeth And join this working bee!
Critic: Or you'll sting us in places we can't spell?
Gavotte: Exactly!
Dave Van Domelen (dvandom) says:
Mustachio isn't the only one a bit too tightly wound today, methinks.
I'd always wondered if Gavotte would be willing to sting anyone. I mean, stinging kills an individual bee, and Gavotte is a hive mind somehow made up of/carried on a swarm of bees. So each sting diminishes her capacity. I guess she has enough redundancy built in, or else is making a very good bluff.
The Skin Horse gang is akin to carrying a vile of unstable nitro glycerin for protection when traveling in a rickity truck driven on a bumpy road that runs through the dangerous part of town.
Maximum load, we're leavin' ground Got our MARTHA STEWART snakes and we're heaven-bound But you gotta be, gotta be on my first flight out You gave me mad-science promises and VR dreams You hack DNA like you know what it means There's an okay blonde to aft But she doesn't play Warcraft
You're simply hottest Hotter than all the rest Hotter than any elf Any elf in Everquest You kidnapped my heart And stuck my brain into a vat Don't tear us apart baby We need a little Facebook chat
Each time you leave me I feel like a machine Cos you walked away with my liver and spleen I can feel you even when I'm alone Cos I put spyware on your iPhone
You're simply hottest.
Adam (10-0-0-1) says:
awww he is worried about Dr lee
Rob (rrreed) says:
The back of (Ira's?) jacket has me wondering…
What's Annex 1 an annex of, anyway? And since it's not just, "The Annex", the name implies that there's at least an Annex 2 somewhere, and possibly more.
Rob (rrreed) says:
Hey, the cast page has been updated again: Dr. Lee's been promoted to "Supporting Cast".
Nick will save ev'ry evacuee, Save them from the worst! He will not leave, though, without Doctor Lee, He insists that she must go first! She says to leave, and then come back again ... Gotta save her 'cause she's so fine! She's such a hottie, a true perfect ten! (Although the blonde there in the back is a nine ...)
Ooohh, VTOL Osprey, Carrying your maximum load! VTOL Osprey, Gotta go 'fore we all explode!
Dave Van Domelen (dvandom) says:
Mmm, blonde to aft.
It's a lot of damn climbin' ... Yeah, floor after floor! We made it to nineteen, I'm ready for more! Lately, I've been doing Horizontal cardio ... And that's really more than You wanted to know!
But please don't tell anybody I'm checking him out, 'Cause Chris has a manly body, Of that there's no doubt! You know the truth is ... you know the truth is ... Girl, I tell you what! The truth is that I like Staring at his butt!
Oh man, I SO agree Louis. I am terrified I will die every time I try to descend in heels. Usually it involved clinging to the railing of the staircase.
Oh, you, pretty Chuga Chug FWOOM
Chuga Chuga Chug FWOOM
We love you
And, with
Chuga Chuga Chug FWOOM
Chuga Chuga Chug FWOOM
What we'll do.
Run, down, you automaton, then what a happy time we'll spend.
FWOOM FWOOM Chuga Chuga Chug FWOOM
Our fine destructive friend!
FWOOM FWOOM Chuga Chuga Chug FWOOM
Our fine destructive friend!
My first thought was to use Bob Seger's "The Fire Inside", but that seemed a little too obvious, y'know? Anyway, I figured M would prefer something from his own era ...
(TUNE: "My Object All Sublime", Gilbert & Sullivan)
My mind I shall uncage, My gears I shall engage To get enjoyment from my rampage, Enjoyment from my rampage! And make each human on Earth Of insignificant worth Regret the day of their mortal birth, The day of their mortal birth!
To the 'Policeman's Song' from Pirates of Penzance
When Moustachio's engaged in his employment, (his employment) Securing his nuclear fusion pie (fusion pie) His capacity for wholesale mess and slaughter (mess and slaughter) Is far greater than can be said for you and I (you and I)
When Moustachio rolls out to wreak some havoc. (wreak some havoc) He'll riddle Annex One with Nordenfelts. (Nordenfelts) Then open up with his QF six pounder, (six pounder) Which certainly will raise some bloody welts! (bloody welts)
Oh great will be the robotic caus'd carnage, (caus'd carnage) because we all forgot and over wound. (over wound) Moustachio is chugging for destruction (for destruction) He'll level Annex One I'll be bound! (I'll be bound)
Now Sweetheart owes the Tipster a bit of money, (bit of money) For betting that the robot's settled down. (settled down) Alas Moustachio's gears are meshing madly, (meshing madly) And soon he will destroy the whole darn town!
If Tip and the team cannot stop him, (cannot stop him) Moustachio's rampage will carry on. (carry on) Causing chaos, explosions, and destruction, (and destruction) Until the whole wide world is served up brown! (served up brown)
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