Comments on: Get a Life: July 23-28, 2001

By: Joel

Joel — Tue, 23 Jul 2024 17:27:33 +0000

In reply to wdstarr. The legacy of Casey and Andy means that I am unable to read all the stuff in The Martian about being alone on Mars without mentally finishing every paragraph with "Bob was there too".

By: wdstarr

wdstarr — Sun, 01 Jan 2023 17:19:11 +0000

If anyone still cares six-plus years later, the up-to-date URL for the comic that Leon references in the second comment, above (way above) is:
http://www.galactanet.com/comic/view.php?strip=12
The strip is Andy Weir’s “Casey & Andy,” and it’s very good and it starts at:
http://www.galactanet.com/comic/view.php?strip=1
(1) Yes, the writer/artist *is* the same guy who a couple of decades later, plus-or-minus, wrote THE MARTIAN.
(2) “Casey & Andy” is *nothing* like THE MARTIAN.

By: Kitirena

Kitirena — Mon, 09 May 2016 13:56:53 +0000

In reply to Owl Who says South (owlsayssouth). Excuse me, two-legs? We are not homicidal, nyao. Rodenticidal, definitely, but not homicidal. If we killed you two-leggers off, we'd have to change our own litterboxes! Besides, the reason that we're mentioned in the Necronomicon is because (A) we remember things from ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia that you two-leggers have long forgotten, nyao, and (B) H. P. Lovecraft was a cat lover. And a very smart and rather educated fellow, for all his faults.

By: Kitirena

Kitirena — Mon, 09 May 2016 13:53:30 +0000

@Shaenon: “Apparently Sir Pounce really was an evil kitten. Who knew?”

Well, of COURSE Sir Pounce is an evil kitten, nyao. ALL kittens are evil! They’re cute, adorable, and too snuggly to resist, then you adopt them and take them home, and then they grow up into cats like me, nyao. Really, what do you expect?

By: maarvarq

maarvarq — Wed, 02 Dec 2015 13:51:02 +0000

The entire storyline needs no other reason to exist than the 2 panels of Sir Pounce being carried upside-down on the pole.

By: Not Cool (notcool)

Not Cool (notcool) — Wed, 08 Jul 2015 19:06:30 +0000

"And the devil will drag you under/By the sharp lapel of your checkered coat/Sit down, sit down, sit down, sit down/Sit down you're rocking the boat."

What you say here is exactly the reason why I do not usually sing unless the fate of the Free World hangs in the balance. Because from the moment the song came out, I heard the phrase "Like a shotgun held to a chicken coop"...which made a lot more sense to me, then being young, and spending an indordinate ammount of time around shotguns, chickens, and coops.

I still have not seen a real checkered jacket to this day.

By: Edwin Quantrall (reynard)

Edwin Quantrall (reynard) — Wed, 08 Jul 2015 19:06:29 +0000

"(...)we can't give leniency for cuteness."

What about stupidity? I can only wonder if some of the past and current denizens of this Administration will escape their just punishments by pleading "diminished capacity" during their respective terms of office...

By: Basil Jelly (basil_jelly)

Basil Jelly (basil_jelly) — Wed, 08 Jul 2015 19:06:28 +0000

It’s an evil song.

By: Ed Gedeon (eddurd)

Ed Gedeon (eddurd) — Wed, 08 Jul 2015 19:06:27 +0000

Shaenon: 'I like "It's a Small World." I have it on my iPod so I can listen to it all the time. '

That explains so much.

By: Ed Gedeon (eddurd)

Ed Gedeon (eddurd) — Wed, 08 Jul 2015 19:06:26 +0000

"It was ... evil ... we can't give leniency for cuteness." I would forward this strip to my ex, but she's miss the point.

"... primary perpetrator of pamphlet peppering." I absolutely adore alliteration. A tip o' the topper to Tiff!