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  2. Posted

    "Où est la bibliothèque?" was one of the first phrases we learned in my high school French class.
    I didn't realize that it is exactly what you are supposed to ask when waking up in a strange place.

    As for the automaton?
    Was anyone else reminded of the Silver Age version of the Batman villain Killer Moth?
    (If you don't recall that version of Killer Moth, you didn't miss much.  His most noteworthy accomplishment was being Detective Comics' Bad Guy of the Month when Barbra Gordon began playing the part of Bat Girl.)

  3. Posted

    12 hours ago, ChronosCat said:

    ...the Ford Mustang, which was introduced to the world on April 17 at the 1964 New York World's Fair.

    The 1964 World's Fair.  Where GM gave us "Futurama", Disney gave us "It's A Small World", and US Royal's giant tire rolled to Michigan where can still be seen on the side of I-94 near Detroit.

  7. Posted

    8 minutes ago, The Old Hack said:

    The funny part was the effect this had on all the brass waiting outside. They were first wondering at the blocks of ice that was sent in there, then got worried when someone brought in an axe, and really worried when they heard the gunshots. When FDR let them in again, they were in a far more subdued mood and things proceeded more peacefully.

    http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff300/fv00248.htm

    CritterKeeper, Don Edwards and The Old Hack reacted to this

  8. Posted

    2 hours ago, Illjwamh said:

    2013 - A bomb explodes at the finish line of the Boston Marathon, which is way too recent for me to be flippant about. Instead, might I direct your attention to this adorable kitten?

    When I was on a Jury for an assault case, the prosecutor attempted to compare the assailant and victim to the Boston Marathon bombers and survivors in her closing arguments.

    This was utterly gratuitous.

    We on the Jury based our verdict primarily on the strength of the video evidence.  This was not some political or ideological motivated act of terror.  It was one man beating another man senseless with his bare hands for personal reasons.

    Internet cat pictures would have been just as effective, and more welcome, at that point.

  9. Posted

    32 minutes ago, The Old Hack said:

    I certainly don't know of any way they could possibly get more bang for the buck.

    Well... there is ONE way they could get more bang.

    But it might be a little more difficult to retell the tale afterward.

  11. Posted

    44 minutes ago, Don Edwards said:

    Phix - who is The Librarian over in the Wapsiverse ... never mentioned Heka.

    If the staff is large enough anywhere, two or more people can go for long periods without ever acknowledging each other.

    And in a library, where everyone is required to keep quiet, you don't waste the talking you need to do badmouthing people you don't like.

  12. Posted

    I am still hopeful that Heka will host the next Q&A segment from his parlor.  Although having Pandora present as co-host seems to be unlikely now.

    As for the next Heka?

    The Mantle of Heka seems to be a powerful position.
    And if there is one (arguably) good EGS character who aggressively seeks out magical power, it's Noah.
    Could Noah attempt to claim the Mantle of Heka?
    Would he even comprehend the responsibilities and duties that accompany that office?

  13. Posted

    34 minutes ago, CritterKeeper said:

    Using magic wands and similar indirect magic use are well-established as building a person's magic ability already.  They could just give the cops wands that are set with harmless enchantments, and then letting them loose in a paintball or laser tag arena to cast them at each other.  :-)

    Developing magic this way might be a good idea.

    But consider this.  Cops who train only with magic they know is perfectly safe, and only under carefully supervised conditions?

    They could end up with spells that are perfectly safe.  Not the potentially deadly firepower that is sometimes needed in real law enforcement situations.

    A sufficiently crazed or focused aggressor will not be slowed down by a cosmetic change.  And determination can overcome hypnotic suggestions to sleep.

  14. Posted

    April 13

    1204 – The Christian city of Constantinople falls to the Crusaders of the Fourth Crusade, temporarily ending the Byzantine Empire.  This is the greatest victory of the Crusade.

    1742 – George Frideric Handel's oratorio Messiah makes its world-premiere in Dublin, Ireland.  Not the Tabernacle in Salt Lake City as some would later assume.

    1743 – Thomas Jefferson, American lawyer and politician, principal author of the Declaration of Independence, 3rd President of the United States, inventor of Macaroni and Cheese.  The Jefferson Memorial would be dedicated on the same day in 1943.  And the Federal Reserve would reintroduce the $2 bill on this date in 1976 as a Bicentennial commemoration.  There was no official mention of Sally Hemmings in any of these monuments.

    1941 – A Pact of neutrality between the USSR and Japan is signed.  This would last slightly longer than the neutrality pact between the USSR and Germany, but the result for the Japanese would be similar.

    1953 – CIA director Allen Dulles launches the mind-control program Project MKUltra.  Over the next twenty years, the US Government working through Universities, Hospitals, Prisons, and Pharmaceutical companies would do things that we think are too horrific for comic book villain plots.  But the US Government assures us that they don't do that sort of thing any more.

    1970 – An oxygen tank aboard the Apollo 13 Service Module explodes, putting the crew in great danger and causing major damage to the Apollo Command/Service Module (codenamed "Odyssey") while en route to the Moon.  In retrospect, putting Forrest Gump in command of that mission may not have been the best idea.

    1974 – Western Union (in cooperation with NASA and Hughes Aircraft) launches the United States' first commercial geosynchronous communications satellite, Westar 1.  This allows Flat-Earth theorists around the world to talk with each other at the speed of light.

    1989 – Dong Dong, Chinese trampoline champion is born.  His name would prove to be irresistible to commentators as he won medals in three consecutive Olympic Games.  Gold in London, 2012.

    1992 – Basements throughout the Chicago Loop are flooded, forcing the Chicago Board of Trade Building and the Chicago Mercantile Exchange to close.  Many people, including maintenance supervisors on the Kinzie Street Bridge, were unaware that Chicago had a subway before this event.

  18. Posted

    Perhaps Lord Tedd does not rule his native reality?

    "Lord Tedd" and "General Shade Tale" may be what they call themselves when they are playing games.

    If those two, as children, discovered a way to remotely view and manipulate alternate realities, they may have begun their reign of terror with no more malicious intent than a couch potato playing Pacman.

  19. Posted

    In the first panel Magus reveals that he is, at some level, aware of the contradictions in his cultural bias.
    But a little thing like logic is not going to undo a lifetime of conditioned response.

    What are the things Arthur think might happen that would warrant the evacuation?
    What is the thing that is causing Ashley's reaction?
    And what gives so many people in EGS the ability to flex their eyebrows through their bangs?

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    57 minutes ago, hkmaly said:

    local center for helping people lost in other dimensions ... "wait, what do you mean there is no such center on your earth?"

    This concept is often a side story to tales set in worlds where alien contact is real but not officially acknowledged.

    One of my favourite examples?  Silver age Superman stories featured a travel agency for aliens visiting Earth on the (supposedly nonexistent) thirteenth floor of the Daily Planet building.

    How would you advertise the existence of a service to people who need it, but keep it a secret from everyone else?