Comments on: Battle for the Lost Diamond Mines of Brazil: June 6-11, 2005

By: Wrabbit

Wrabbit — Mon, 19 Oct 2015 16:20:09 +0000

But DAMN, Helen is hot in this week’s strips! Rawr!

By: Pete (westrider)

Pete (westrider) — Wed, 08 Jul 2015 22:04:51 +0000

Artie's last line here is another that I've used a number of times, sometimes altering the number of people involved to suit the circumstances, sometimes changing it to first person plural.

By: Edwin Quantrall (reynard)

Edwin Quantrall (reynard) — Wed, 08 Jul 2015 22:04:50 +0000

“Is it wrong to have a strong affection to kitchen tools?”

Only if your name is Albert Fish, Andrei Chikatilo, Armin Meiwes or Jeffrey Dahmer.

http://listverse.com/2008/12/19/top-10-cases-of-human-cannibalism/

By: Wayne (wayne)

Wayne (wayne) — Wed, 08 Jul 2015 22:04:49 +0000

I really like my garlic press. It has very heavy, nicely contoured handles, so you can really bear down on it. And you can reverse it to clear the holes. Very nice purchase. Don't get me started on how nice my knives are! I especially love the *shwing* when I pull them out of the wood block.

Is it wrong to have a strong affection to kitchen tools?

By: Ed Gedeon (eddurd)

Ed Gedeon (eddurd) — Wed, 08 Jul 2015 22:04:48 +0000

Anoia works in mysterious ways ...

By: (confusador)

(confusador) — Wed, 08 Jul 2015 22:04:47 +0000

He's wrong, though: It takes the FOUR of them to form a nearly-functioning person. Which is probably why the punchline only got used once. No one wants to admit that about themself.

By: Kay Gilbert (kaygilbert)

Kay Gilbert (kaygilbert) — Wed, 08 Jul 2015 22:04:46 +0000

Oh, poo. That should be "glowing in the dark," of course. I hate posting from my phone! And now this correction probably won't post for another 24 hours.

By: Kay Gilbert (kaygilbert)

Kay Gilbert (kaygilbert) — Wed, 08 Jul 2015 22:04:45 +0000

I have the original of this strip, too: "Bwee-hee-hee" may be the most genius line in all of Narbonic. It's echt Helen—evil mad science at its girliest.

tune: "Monster mash," Bobby "Boris" Pickett (1962) (Again, excuse the formatting: still travelling, still posting by phone.)

We were working in the lab alone one night

When we realized that the time was right

We were sharing har gow and duck mu shu

When, suddenly, I turned to you

We shared a kiss

I'd always dreamed of this

And then we goinked

(N.B. It isn't "boinked")

We made the beast

With two backs, what a feast

And then some more

On ceiling, bench and floor

(Bwee-hee, bwee-hee, bwee-bwee-hee, bwee-hee)

So many ways to have fun

The field tests have just begun

Lets swap sexes and try: why

Limit ourselves to one?

Lost my glasses in the nutrient-bath tanks

And for anti-gravity I give thanks

Now we're hanging a sign outside the door

Saying "DO NOT DISTURB," then we'll goink some more

The padded walls

Of Holding Cell 2B

Are like the Halls

Of Valhalla to me

Throughout this lab

We're gonna leave our mark

Our naughty bits

Are glowing on the dark

(Bwee-hee, bwee-bwee-hee, bwee-hee, bwee-bwee-hee . . .)

By: Ed Gedeon (eddurd)

Ed Gedeon (eddurd) — Wed, 08 Jul 2015 22:04:44 +0000

(TUNE: "Michael, Row The Boat Ashore", Tony Saletan)

Artie lost the darn remote!
Calling Helen!
Up the creek without a boat,
"Help!" he's yel-lin'!

Didn't want to be a man,
Wished he wasn't!
Thought that Helen had a back-up plan,
But she doesn't!

Helen doesn't sound so fine,
Oddly acting ...
Snorts and giggles while she's on the line,
Dave's distra-acting!

Artie's gonna lose his mind,
He's emoting!
Helen has to help him find
That remo-ote thing!

Knowing Mom, she stashed it there
(Dave! Oh, my-y!)
In a kitchen drawer somewhere ...
(Gotta go, now ... bye!)

By: Leon Arnott (l)

Leon Arnott (l) — Wed, 08 Jul 2015 22:04:43 +0000

Friday:

Until just now, it has been very hard, if not impossible, for Artie to form a sufficient expression of disgust at his best friend/artificial mother's shameful behaviour. This, it seems, is one of the few boons his human form provides in this situation.