Comments on: D-Con: March 18-23, 2002

By: Joseph

Joseph — Sat, 05 Apr 2025 12:43:37 +0000

A no-prize a decade later – Dr. Narbon’s saliva contains the antidote because, as both a good self-testing mad scientist and an inveterate thief of other’s work, she stole a sample of the gender-swap formula and used it on herself, just to see what happens. The Daves gave a recent sample, containing the same antidote properties, and bam.

By: Christian Rose

Christian Rose — Sun, 27 Jan 2019 02:21:03 +0000

Remembering that Helen B. is a clone, technically it doesn’t matter whether it was her spit or her mother’s.

By: Christian Rose

Christian Rose — Mon, 12 Nov 2018 18:10:55 +0000

3 notes.
1. The first panel Dave refers to himself as DavenPOT.
2. I believe (probably incorrectly) “the game’s afoot” is also from Sherlock Holmes; which actually fits with SMITH’S style strangely enough.
3. Beta is a clone, and which means her silva is identical to her mother’s. See, she is no plot hole.

By: ylaraniala

ylaraniala — Sun, 20 Aug 2017 05:34:10 +0000

The “r” went into Drave’s name.

By: Darkstarr

Darkstarr — Wed, 13 Apr 2016 05:37:12 +0000

In reply to Ed Gedeon (eddurd). Do you mean "Rainy Day Women #12 and 35" by Bob Dylan?

By: =Tamar

=Tamar — Sun, 13 Sep 2015 04:05:46 +0000

What, nobody ever noticed the pun? Dave was double-crossed – his DNA was changed to XX.
Also, I used a really old word processing program in 1987 that literally lifted the data off the 8″ diskette into temporary memory, instead of copying it, so that every time you made any changes, if there was the slightest power sag, you lost it forever. On that sysem, Artie would have lost his collection by uploading it.

By: Sean Riedinger (ariamaki)

Sean Riedinger (ariamaki) — Wed, 08 Jul 2015 19:41:52 +0000

We had Chrises. An emberrasment thereof.

6 Chrises and a Krystal. I was friends with 4 of them and dating the Krystal for a solid year, and in school with the whole lot for 2 years.

I am currently friends with 3 of them and friends with the Krystal. So in the end, it is still the predominant name.

The far bigger problem I have had is an over-predominant MIDDLE name-- Michael. Every single Sean, Shane, or variation thereof I have ever met or known has the same freaking middle name-- Michael. I don't know if it suits are names tonally, or if there is a massive brain-link in parents who gave birth / adopted in the late 80s, or what, but man is it creepy.

By: John Altum (johna)

John Altum (johna) — Wed, 08 Jul 2015 19:41:51 +0000

Or if we keep malice on the menu, Helen Alpha didn't want the Daves to have her spit so she replaced their sample with a second vial of Beta's.

Maybe she even foresaw this necessity... it's hard to tell with Dr. N.

By: Ed Gedeon (eddurd)

Ed Gedeon (eddurd) — Wed, 08 Jul 2015 19:41:50 +0000

As for the plot hole, never attribute to malice what can be explained by stupidity. The Daves got hold of Helen Beta's saliva, told the guy in the filing room that it belonged to "Helen Narbon", and he put it in Helen Alpha's file.

Right spit, wrong drawer. Simple explanations for simple minds!

By: Ed Gedeon (eddurd)

Ed Gedeon (eddurd) — Wed, 08 Jul 2015 19:41:49 +0000

Edwin Q: I'm sorry that I didn't have a chance to tell you this, but I have grown to hate that joke so much over the years that now I have to kill you.

Which would you prefer, a slow torturous death from old age, or being drowned by beer from the inside?