Comic for Wednesday, Nov 6, 2024

[mlooney 3,605]

https://www.egscomics.com/sketchbook/2024-006

Jay does look de-stressed.  This should be made canon.

[Pharaoh RutinTutin 1,619]

 

Illusory . . .

So Grace did not bring over a bunch of friends?  

Have we not seen Grace talk with aninals since the giant bore?

 

[mlooney 3,605]

2 hours ago, Pharaoh RutinTutin said:

 

Illusory . . .

So Grace did not bring over a bunch of friends?  

Have we not seen Grace talk with aninals since the giant bore?

 

No, but it hasn't come up yet either.

[Darth Fluffy 339]

3 hours ago, Pharaoh RutinTutin said:

 

Illusory . . .

So Grace did not bring over a bunch of friends?  

Have we not seen Grace talk with aninals since the giant bore?

 

Giant bore is Donald Trump. You mean giant boar.

 

Those rabbits seem too small relative to the other critters. it is a cute picture.

[mlooney 3,605]

It's my head canon that Hope had the "Tranquility" spell and that she taught Jay how to cast it.

[Darth Fluffy 339]

30 minutes ago, mlooney said:

It's my head canon that Hope had the "Tranquility" spell and that she taught Jay how to cast it.

Ah, that makes sense.

 

Also, I need that right now.

[ijuin 596]

2 hours ago, Darth Fluffy said:

Giant bore is Donald Trump. You mean giant boar.

No, he is the giant boor.

[mlooney 3,605]

1 hour ago, Darth Fluffy said:

Ah, that makes sense.

 

Also, I need that right now.

Yes, and any more would go in Politics.

[Darth Fluffy 339]

3 hours ago, mlooney said:

Yes, and any more would go in Politics.

Ah, true.

[mlooney 3,605]

I dreamed I had a fluffy animal spell last night.  I was somewhat disappointed to wake up and find I only had one fluffy animal in bed with me.

[Darth Fluffy 339]

1 hour ago, mlooney said:

I dreamed I had a fluffy animal spell last night.  I was somewhat disappointed to wake up and find I only had one fluffy animal in bed with me.

I hope it was explorer, not a stray raccoon. They are often rabies vectors.

(Really hope it was not a drop bear. Good news, they are not native to Kansas!)

[mlooney 3,605]

Yes, it was Explorer.  That only "native" critter that is in the house (I think) is either a very noisy mouse or fairly quiet squirrel in the attic.  About every other day, we hear skittering.  Explorer gets very excited by this and runs from one end of the house to the other, jumping up on the high spots.

[mlooney 3,605]

34 minutes ago, Darth Fluffy said:

(Really hope it was not a drop bear. Good news, they are not native to Kansas!)

The great and always accurate wiki really does have an article on everything other that most web comics.

[Darth Fluffy 339]

2 hours ago, mlooney said:

Yes, it was Explorer.  That only "native" critter that is in the house (I think) is either a very noisy mouse or fairly quiet squirrel in the attic.  About every other day, we hear skittering.  Explorer gets very excited by this and runs from one end of the house to the other, jumping up on the high spots.

Thank you. "He's got squirrels in the attic" is a phrase I now intend to make use of.

[mlooney 3,605]

Some what more intense than "Lights on, no body home", but not as intense as "bats in the belfry".

[Pharaoh RutinTutin 1,619]

 

33 minutes ago, Darth Fluffy said:

Thank you. "He's got squirrels in the attic" is a phrase I now intend to make use of.

 

Beats Flowers In The Attic.

 

[Don Edwards 562]

11 minutes ago, Pharaoh RutinTutin said:

 

 

Beats Flowers In The Attic.

 

Yes. I don't recommend reading even the synopsis of that book.

[mlooney 3,605]

I wikied it,  but got bored reading the plot synopsis, so I didn't finish it.  Meh.

[Darth Fluffy 339]

31 minutes ago, Pharaoh RutinTutin said:

1 hour ago, Darth Fluffy said:

Thank you. "He's got squirrels in the attic" is a phrase I now intend to make use of

Beats Flowers In The Attic.

Squirrels can generally take out most flowers, when motivated to do so.

[mlooney 3,605]

Squirrel are more dangerous to the US electrical grid than terrorists.

 

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John C. Inglis, the former deputy director of the U.S. National Security Agency, said in 2015 that he judged the electrical grid was as likely to be paralyzed by a natural disaster as by a cyberattack and added: "[F]rankly, the No. 1 threat experienced to date by the U.S. electrical grid is squirrels.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electrical_disruptions_caused_by_squirrels

[Don Edwards 562]

Note though: "...experienced to date..."

[mlooney 3,605]

It seems it's harder to defend against squirrels than against cyber attacks however.  

[Darth Fluffy 339]

On the flip side, they generally only do it once each, because toasted squirrel. Unfortunately, there are plenty more squirrels.

They do a lot of damage in attics as well.

[mlooney 3,605]

8 hours ago, Darth Fluffy said:

They do a lot of damage in attics as well.

That's one reason I'm hoping it's noisy mice.  Haven't hear them in a while.

[Darth Fluffy 339]

20 hours ago, mlooney said:

Some what more intense than "Lights on, no body home", but not as intense as "bats in the belfry".

'bats in the belfry' is a classic, which also means it's old, which can mean and in this case does mean it's well on its way to being archaic. I have heard people use the expression, the first time I was quite young, and asked what it meant. The person that said it was quite old. In any case, it is no longer common, although I think most folks know what it means. I could well be wrong about that.

One of the problems with this is the term 'belfrey'. Back in the day, the bells were integral to the social functions of the town. We now have watches and cell phones and alarm clocks, and while bells remain, they are not though of as a necessary feature; so the standing of the term for the minor structure that houses them has fallen out of use. Think about it, how often have you used the word 'belfrey' out of the context of the phrase 'bat in the belfrey'.

Many modern belfreys no longer contain bells, they now are likely to have an electronically synthesized bell set. I've also seen many newer churches forgo bells altogether.

So, if you use 'bats in the belfrey', be prepared to have to explain yourself.

Now 'bats in the attic' could be a thing. That's not an uncommon occurance.