Comments on: The Astonishing Excursions of Helen Narbon &Co., Chapter Twenty-One. https://narbonic.com/comic/the-astonishing-excursions-of-helen-narbon-co-chapter-twenty-one/ By Shaenon K. Garrity Sun, 17 Jan 2016 17:25:34 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9 By: Waffle Sorter https://narbonic.com/comic/the-astonishing-excursions-of-helen-narbon-co-chapter-twenty-one/#comment-16073 Sun, 17 Jan 2016 17:25:34 +0000 http://narbonic.com/?p=3642#comment-16073 In reply to maarvarq.

“She provided the spark”, perhaps? I don’t know how gendered Italian pronouns are, or how good at handling them Google Translate may be.

]]> By: maarvarq https://narbonic.com/comic/the-astonishing-excursions-of-helen-narbon-co-chapter-twenty-one/#comment-16068 Wed, 23 Dec 2015 08:20:43 +0000 http://narbonic.com/?p=3642#comment-16068 “ci ha dato il fuoco” = “He gave the fire” according to Google Translate

]]> By: Lenore Hoyt (landsnark) https://narbonic.com/comic/the-astonishing-excursions-of-helen-narbon-co-chapter-twenty-one/#comment-13130 Wed, 08 Jul 2015 22:06:57 +0000 http://narbonic.com/?p=3642#comment-13130 Please, please, please write romance novels with brain-swapping octopus men.  I am begging.

]]> By: Michael Duggan (md5i) https://narbonic.com/comic/the-astonishing-excursions-of-helen-narbon-co-chapter-twenty-one/#comment-13129 Wed, 08 Jul 2015 22:06:56 +0000 http://narbonic.com/?p=3642#comment-13129 It’s from Iolanthe, in “Strephon’s a Member of Parliament.”

]]> By: So It Begins (soitbegins) https://narbonic.com/comic/the-astonishing-excursions-of-helen-narbon-co-chapter-twenty-one/#comment-13128 Wed, 08 Jul 2015 22:06:55 +0000 http://narbonic.com/?p=3642#comment-13128 Poor Davenport.

]]> By: Valerie Kaplan (shinyhappygoth) https://narbonic.com/comic/the-astonishing-excursions-of-helen-narbon-co-chapter-twenty-one/#comment-13127 Wed, 08 Jul 2015 22:06:54 +0000 http://narbonic.com/?p=3642#comment-13127 It isn’t, actually.  The song includes “here’s a how-de-do,” “here’s a pretty mess,” and “here’s the state of things.”  No fish.

]]> By: Ed Gedeon (eddurd) https://narbonic.com/comic/the-astonishing-excursions-of-helen-narbon-co-chapter-twenty-one/#comment-13126 Wed, 08 Jul 2015 22:06:53 +0000 http://narbonic.com/?p=3642#comment-13126 Is there such a thing as an ugly kettle of fish?  I suppose a pot of bouillabaisse would be pretty hideous, at least to the surviving relatives.

]]> By: Leon Arnott (l) https://narbonic.com/comic/the-astonishing-excursions-of-helen-narbon-co-chapter-twenty-one/#comment-13125 Wed, 08 Jul 2015 22:06:52 +0000 http://narbonic.com/?p=3642#comment-13125 Even as the most physically imposing creature on the stage, Davenport finds himself utterly bereft of clout. It’s downright disgraceful.

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