Comments on: Battle for the Lost Diamond Mines of Brazil: June 20-25, 2005

By: Lily

Lily — Thu, 16 Apr 2020 15:14:21 +0000

Hey Shaenon? I want instant gender-swap pills.
-Sincerely, a horny pangender person.

By: Pygar

Pygar — Wed, 14 Dec 2016 04:26:51 +0000

As for the nose… watch “Sleeper” for a clue…

By: Seph

Seph — Tue, 24 Nov 2015 12:31:51 +0000

When using the sex-change formula for sexual purposes, how do they get around the fact that one another’s bodily fluids reverse the transformation?

By: John Campbell (jcampbel)

John Campbell (jcampbel) — Wed, 08 Jul 2015 22:06:03 +0000

Dave's worn a lab coat at least twice before, that I can recall... briefly in "Doppleganger Gambit", and again in "Mad Science is Decadent and Depraved". Both times it was to make him look more like Madblood. This time it's Helen's lab coat, and I think, under the circumstances, the Signamancy of that has less to do with his mental condition than with other articles of her clothing he's also gotten into recently. Kevlar articles.

Mell recovering Dave's doll for him has nothing to do with generosity, and everything to do with proving her superiority over him in every way. "Dr. Narbon killed you and took your action figure, which is important to you but which I will dismissively refer to as a 'doll'. I killed her and took it back, and I'll give it back to you because I don't care; it is a pathetic thing that has value only to dorks like you."

By: Bob Alexander (rea5245)

Bob Alexander (rea5245) — Wed, 08 Jul 2015 22:06:02 +0000

It's not a doll, it's an action figure.

By: Ed Gedeon (eddurd)

Ed Gedeon (eddurd) — Wed, 08 Jul 2015 22:06:01 +0000

(TUNE: "Oh, Happy Day", Edwin Hawkins)

CHORUS:
Oh, perfect night!
Oh, perfect night!
We did the deed ...
Though Mell was peeved ...
Yak-Face was retreived!
Now everything's all right!
(Oh perfect night ... oh perfect night ...)

    Somehow Mell knows
    That we goinked!
    All the night ... all the night!
    She's got her nose
    Out of joint!
    Gets uptight ... "This ain't right!"
(repeat CHORUS)

By: David Harmon (mental_mouse)

David Harmon (mental_mouse) — Wed, 08 Jul 2015 22:06:00 +0000

John Ames: But then, wouldn't Helen wearing his Flannel Of Power warrant more than the "usual" comment?

By: Leon Arnott (l)

Leon Arnott (l) — Wed, 08 Jul 2015 22:05:59 +0000

Saturday:

It’s kind of uncharacteristically generous of Mell to bother bringing that priceless artifact of counter-temporal causation back to Dave at all. But maybe she interprets this as not just a favour for Dave, but an extra insult to Dr. N – robbing her of her leverage over Dave, and an instrument in his assassination. Mell in any time period doesn’t need Dr. N for that now.

By: John Ames (commodorejohn)

John Ames (commodorejohn) — Wed, 08 Jul 2015 22:05:58 +0000

It occurs to me that this is the (first? One of the first) time Dave’s in a lab coat. Foreshadowing, or coincidence?IS THERE REALLY A DIFFERENCE, I ASK YOU!?

By: John Campbell (jcampbel)

John Campbell (jcampbel) — Wed, 08 Jul 2015 22:05:57 +0000

In my experience, it's really not uncommon for third parties to see things like this coming way, way farther off than the people involved.