Comments on: D-Con: April 22-27, 2002

By: Tim

Tim — Thu, 27 Oct 2022 15:08:28 +0000

Helen Narbon did. Which one I’m not sure. Neither are they.

By: Pygar

Pygar — Thu, 13 Oct 2016 04:15:03 +0000

A burger joint then run by a Dave… three guesses!

By: Darkstarr

Darkstarr — Thu, 14 Apr 2016 19:15:54 +0000

In reply to Jeremy Berg (pisceneanteater).

They’re based in Seattle, along with Microsoft (yes, technically MicroStomp is in Redmond, but still…). What can you expect?

Besides, you sound surprised that Starbucks is part of a vast shadowy conspiracy. I mean, we have to do SOMETHING during all those rainy days up here…

By: Sean Riedinger (ariamaki)

Sean Riedinger (ariamaki) — Wed, 08 Jul 2015 19:46:19 +0000

Just a humerous geographical mention

The Akron area (near where Shaenon grew up, referenced at least once throughout Narbonic) also sports a well-known to locals Market Street, divided into East and West segments and connecting Akron to nearby towns just as tightly as the I-76 already does.

I may be a great driver, but I am bad with roads, so knowing the above is kind of surprising even to my self.

By: John Campbell (jcampbel)

John Campbell (jcampbel) — Wed, 08 Jul 2015 19:46:18 +0000

Actually, I'm pretty sure the Daves do know who Dave is; they just don't understand why they're supposed to kill him, and are kind of confused about why he's alive now when he was reported killed by someone who I'd totally believe if she said she'd killed someone. Thus the monitoring - starting a few years back, presumably when they received the message from [redacted] - thus the confusion when it seems that this Dave they've been asked to kill is a model Dave, thus putting him on ice on the Island until they can sort things out instead of just killing him immediately.

They can always kill him later, after all, whereas if they kill him now and decide later that he didn't need killing, making him alive again is... well, apparently quite possible, but they probably don't subscribe to Transthanatology Today.

By: Paul Anderson (pmanderson)

Paul Anderson (pmanderson) — Wed, 08 Jul 2015 19:46:17 +0000

“the edge of the boat is ankle-high in panel 1 and armpit-high in panels 2-4.” Yup; not difficult that: it’s a floating dock.

By: Ed Gedeon (eddurd)

Ed Gedeon (eddurd) — Wed, 08 Jul 2015 19:46:16 +0000

Why are lords the only ones who get drunk? Bums get drunk just as often, if not more. Of course, getting really drunk makes you feel like less of a bum, which is where we get the phrase, "drunk off your ass".

(In some English-speaking countries, bum = ass = backside.)

This song isn't mine, it's from the National Lampoon:

Thought I'd move out to Encino.
Get out where the trees are green.
But instead I'm hooked on vino,
I'm a wino at fourteen.

Oh, my favorite juice is Mother Goose's Sweet Potato Sparkling Wine!
Let's get juiced on Mother Goose's, Mother Goose's Sparkling Wine!

Nature dumps her sweet potatoes,
In Mother Goose's Sparkling Wine.
Apple cores and old tomatos,
and a dash of turpentine.

Oh, my favorite juice is Mother Goose's Sweet Potato Sparkling Wine!
Let's get juiced on Mother Goose's, Mother Goose's Sparkling Wine!

By: Leon Arnott (l)

Leon Arnott (l) — Wed, 08 Jul 2015 19:46:15 +0000

Saturday:

At last, a mystery is solved. Bear witness in panel 1 to the Dave Conspiracy corporate logo.

Significant point: the Daves have still not realised that this particular Dave is the one they have been ordered to keep dead. Hence the description of "a model Dave" and exile instead of execution. If only Dr. N was here instead of that place comics characters go when nobody's drawing them.

Just in case nobody noticed: the edge of the boat is ankle-high in panel 1 and armpit-high in panels 2-4.

By: Leon Arnott (l)

Leon Arnott (l) — Wed, 08 Jul 2015 19:46:14 +0000

Saturday:

At last, a mystery is solved. Bear witness in panel 1 to the Dave Conspiracy's Ominous Omnipresent Logo.

Significant point: the Daves have still not realised that this particular Dave is the one they have been ordered to keep dead. Hence the description of "a model Dave" and exile instead of execution. If only Dr. N was here instead of that place comics characters go when nobody's drawing them.

Just in case nobody noticed: the edge of the boat is ankle-high in panel 1 and armpit-high in panels 2-4.

By: So It Begins (soitbegins)

So It Begins (soitbegins) — Wed, 08 Jul 2015 19:46:13 +0000

Yup. Cool.

Oh, and did anyone see the presidential debate tonight, and who do you think won?