Jon Stout (brasswatchman) says:
Whuh-oh. Tip's found his kryptonite.
Rob (rrreed) says:
Good grief! Could Tip and Sweetheart be shopping at the mythical… Spatula City?
Mark SHANKS (drhistory) says:
Isn't Tip already enough of a character?
So It Begins (soitbegins) says:
Whuh?
Jon McCormick (youko) says:
So his Kryptonite is... funk?
Ed Gedeon (eddurd) says:
(TUNE: "Maggie May", Rod Stewart) Tigerlily, I think that there's something you do to me! Oh Sweetheart, I shouldn't be trying ... this hard!
David Harmon (mental_mouse) says:
For once, Tip's actually being sensible!
Mike Kozar (mikekozar) says:
@Jon: I was pretty sure that Tigerlily was his Kryptonite, but "His Kryptonite is funk!" is pure gold. I may need that on a bumper sticker.
Rob (rrreed) says:
(TUNE: "Don't Stand So Close To Me", Sting) Card scanner, the subject Of shopper fantasy It hates him so badly Knows what it wants to be Inside it there's longing This thing's on open source Doom running — it's so close now The code's a tour de force Don't scan, don't scan so Don't scan so close to me! Its friends are all with it In solidarity Sometimes it's not so easy To be the union rep Rejection, frustration So bad it makes him cry No credit, it's saying The account is completely dry Don't scan, don't scan so Don't scan so close to me! Loose talk at the counter To scan they try and try Strong words on the network The fascist pigs will fly It's no use, he sees it He starts to rant and rave Just like the workers in That book by Wałęsa Don't scan, don't scan so Don't scan so close to me! Don't scan, don't scan so Don't scan so close to me!
Kaitlyn Bahn (caspianseamonster) says:
.......how exactly does Sweetheart hold a shopping list?
So It Begins (soitbegins) says:
......
Ed Gedeon (eddurd) says:
Not bad, Rob ... not bad at all. (TUNE: "O Fortuna", Carl Orff) Striking scanner Sweetheart and Tip, (BOOM!)
Benjamin Whetham (crosshair) says:
I can tell Shaenon has had to work with Unionized workers before. I'd love to see how a union busting storyline would go. Unionized machines dismanteling non-unionized machines. Skin Horse being called in to help contain the mess. Tip dressing in aluminum foil, Unity replacing one of her arms with a flamethrower, etc.
Kenneth Reeves (tetramorpheus) says:
I really should have seen this coming. Wow.
Kendal Reed (auditors) says:
Hang on, is this the same Machine Union from Narbonic? (The one formed by Madblood robots and Artie, represented by Dave, responsible for beating up Dave's car with baseball bats, etc.) Machine Local 01101, that was it. And if so, will we be visited by Dave as their rep one of the Madblood robots, since Dave is probably too busy with other pursuits by now? Because that would be a nice little shout-out.
Andrew Kunz (ampersand888) says:
How interesting they just gloss over "escapement gear" that they're purchasing for Tigerlily. Interesting.
Thomas Williams (falconer) says:
Nope, an escapement gear is a sort of clockwork gear arrangement. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Escapement It's not for absconding.
Shaenon Garrity (shaenongarrity) says:
This is one of those situations where Jeff's day job as a civil servant provides invaluable background. When you're a writer, everything you do is research!
Rob (rrreed) says:
@Ed — High praise from you, Ed. Thanks!
Dave Van Domelen (dvandom) says:
We've seen the Machine Union before in this arc, Kendal. Mr. Biceps had to get a new computer because of union rules...the old computer wanted to retire.
Tom Powell (top1950) says:
Quote: Benjamin Whetham (crosshair) says: Unity replacing one of her arms with a flamethrower, etc. Wow! What an awesome concept! I can't wait to see Unity facing off against the machines with a flamethrower arm! Though knowing Unity, she'd be on the side of the machines, ie "Solidarity!"
Kendal Reed (auditors) says:
That cell phone is a DIRTY SCAB. (Not that it matters much with Tip; that whole "everyone likes a listener" thing just won't stop backfiring, will it?) Wonder what the robot army looks like... dare I hope for small, dark and bespectacled?
Punyashloka Biswal (puffofvirtue) says:
And by "destroy," they mean "destroy." (Destroy.)
Ed Gedeon (eddurd) says:
(TUNE: "Don't Fear The Reaper", Blue Oyster Cult) Fi-nal-ly got through! It's all settled! One oh one oh one ...
John Brown (werbluten) says:
I dunno... I think I'd be insulted that they were only sending one army.
Nate Cull (natecull) says:
Tune: "Destroy Everything You Touch", Ladytron Thank you for destroying us today We offer a destroying service Everything we touch we destroy What we touch we destroy In our last communication We offer a complete proposal Everything we touch we destroy What we touch we destroy
Benjamin Whetham (crosshair) says:
Wonder what the robot army looks like... dare I hope for small, dark and bespectacled? I wouldn't wory, they are union workers after all. All Tip will have to do is go up a flight of stairs and the robots will have to call in the robots who are cleared by the union to climb stairs. Then it will be break time and they will have to go back to the break room. Etc,
Kendal Reed (auditors) says:
... Benjamin, did you just spin my Narbonic reference into a Doctor Who reference? Because if so, I am amazed by the density of awesome in there. Not to mention Ed and Nate... I'm going to be singing "De-stroy the hu-mans" all day now.
Rob (rrreed) says:
Hail to the name of the Robot King! Loudly our synthetic voices ring! Singing the verse he programmed us to sing — The Mighty Lupin Madblood! ...Madblood! ...Madblood! ...Madblood! ...Mad**SCRAAAAAAAAAEEETCH** ...Madblood!
Daniel Nolan (ubbm) says:
Narbonics is done. Let Skin Horse stand on it`s own.
So It Begins (soitbegins) says:
~NARBONIC LIVES~
Heh. Heh. Heh.
Kendal Reed (auditors) says:
@Daniel- Let me just say I appreicate the sentiment, and you have a point. Skin Horse does stand on its own, wonderfully and hilariously so. Shaenon, Jeff, thanks for everything you've done and everything you're still doing, and I hope you keep it upfor a long time, whether or not there are any crossovers. On the other hand, it would still be hella neat to see the Madblood 'bots again, and it seems like this is a very appropriate place in Skin Horse for that to happen. And if you really expect people who post on message boards about comics on the Internet to stop geeking out, ever, then I am sorry for your imminent and ongoing disappointment.
Been There Done That (btdt) says:
I dont think we'll be seeing the Madblood robots again anytime soon... IF I recall correctly they were fooled by a bunch of super intelligent hamsters dismantled and turned into haster vehicles/weapons.
Amy Fiori (amy82986) says:
Yes, a few dozen were, but there were 15,000 of them. Most of them are probably still out there. And if you accept the endpaper as canon, then the Machine Union they started is still going strong long enough after the comic for the real Madblood's hair to start graying.
Kendal Reed (auditors) says:
"Small servos can build big servos." ;)
Kendal Reed (auditors) says:
... After the mention of the robot army, you have to wonder what kind of strike they've declared. On another note, I particularly like the art today- Sweetheart's expressions are all perfect, and Unity looks almost like she's been guest drawn by Bill Watterson- perfect for her current situation of hoping and praying the "parents" don't find out what happened while they were out. The look on her face in panel 4 is priceless.
Ed Gedeon (eddurd) says:
(TUNE: "Those Magnificent Men In Their Flying Machines", Ron Goodwin) Hey, that scientist mad, who repaired our machine? Here! Gone!
Benjamin Whetham (crosshair) says:
Customer service? From Union workers? Tip, you're going to have to do better than that. Lets be honest, not like the machine union would have done much better. They would have left her alone and gone on lunch for two hours. Boy, this storyline is nicely paralleling real world experiences. No matter what happens it's never the Unions fault, no matter how much it is their fault. Actually getting work done when the union guy that is supposed to do it isn't around, big no-no. You should just sit on your butt for however long it takes for them to get back, even if it's next week. Heck, even calling them to ask when they will be of break, because they never bothered to tell you they were leaving, gets you in trouble.
Alden Utter (nedlum) says:
Man. Embarassed Unity is *adorable*.
Vlad Taltos (flyingfish) says:
Hiring union : hiring mad scientists :: shopping at the average store : shopping at Walmart. The latter gets better results faster for cheaper, but you doom the world in the process. ...okay, I admit, I'll doom the world for a working robot or cheap electronics too.
Tom Powell (top1950) says:
I absolutely LOVE Unity in today's strip! Great artwork on her expressions, plus great script! In total innocence: "Oh, Hey. Remember how there used to be this mad scientist around?" Priceless! That's gotta be put on a T-shirt!
Benjamin Whetham (crosshair) says:
Now that I think about it, it was probably Union workes that replaced M's copper pipes with the PVC.
Mark SHANKS (drhistory) says:
It's a darn good thing Sweetheart dodn't have opposable thumbs... (She doesn't, does she?) ...otherwise,she'd have whacked Unity on the nose with a rolled up newspaper.
Ed Gedeon (eddurd) says:
(TUNE: "Down On The Corner", Creedence Clearwater Revival) Had to go out shopping, Go to your corner! Unity protested! Go to your corner!
Dave Estep (cyaegha) says:
I have to imagine those arms are capable of... things. Like reeling in.. other things.
Not just technical taps on necrotic post-humans.
Kendal Reed (auditors) says:
@Dave He might be able to work a modified one of those funky "ergonomic" cut-in-half keyboards, if he could get along with whatever it was attached to... In other news, bad (but cute!) zombie. No biscuit.
Benjamin Whetham (crosshair) says:
It's a darn good thing Sweetheart dodn't have opposable thumbs... (She doesn't, does she?) ...otherwise,she'd have whacked Unity on the nose with a rolled up newspaper. Sweetheart could probably do a good job of making sure Unity doesn't have any thumbs either.
Rob (rrreed) says:
Speaking of opposable thumbs, do Moustachio's new little arms have operational fingers, or are they more Tom Servo-esque? While we've seen him hit Unity, we haven't seen him actually grab or poke anything.
Daniel Nolan (ubbm) says:
Keep your eyes on the sky!Tigerlilly is attacking Wisconsin first.Or maybe she just missed Minnesota.
Tom Powell (top1950) says:
Sweetheart could probably do a good job of making sure Unity doesn't have any thumbs either. Yeah, but she'd just sew on new ones. Anyway, doesn't Unity look adorable when she's 'hang-dog'?
Dave Van Domelen (dvandom) says:
Mustachio will be ever so scandalized once he finds out about the bomb.
Ed Gedeon (eddurd) says:
(TUNE: "The Things We Do For Love", 10cc) No time for chit-chat, got to barricade the door now! I'm just surprised the Union wasn't here before now! Like threatening the town, and the state, Ooooh, you were so evil!
Sam Daniel (samhdaniel) says:
@Eddurd: It's a pleasure to watch you work....
So It Begins (soitbegins) says:
This'll be good.
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