QUESTION TIME 5:
This may not come as a huge surprise, but I’ll cop to having a fair bit of mental problems. Imagining I have Wolverine’s claws may or may not be one of them. I will give this clue though:
My girlfriend, whom I torment with more-or-less my full arsenal of question games, is against having anything like claws pop out of her body. I first learned of her stance on body-sheathed metal tools when I asked her if she would want to be able to flip her wrist back and shoot off a grappling hook similar to Batman’s. Her answer was an emphatic “No,” the justification being that she has an innate phobia or “gets skeeved out” by firing mechanical tools from her body.
I have to admit, as baffled as I am by anyone turning down a concealed grappling hook, her reason against it is the only acceptable one I can think of. I mean, it’s not like anyones life would be made worse by having a grappling-gun wrist or unbreakable knives hidden in your knuckles, nor is it logically possible for anyone to be bored or uninterested in such tools. How would life not be better with such implements?
The only way to justify not wanting the implements then, is to refuse them from a space outside of logic. Having an inherent skeeve connection to such things is one such reason, which you’d be wise to remember if you’re ever kidnapped by the Weapon-X program. Just say, “No claws for me Dr. Cornelious, thanks! They gross me out. I’ll take the healing factor though, and maybe some stretchy arms.”
Don’t let anyone tell you that you’ve never gotten any good advice from a webcomic.
IT NEVER LEARNS:
Other things Brian is good for:
- Determining whether or not something is a “sausage-fest”
- Habitually drinking too much on business trips, each time creating a sort of “awkwardness oil spill,” poisoning everything in the area and making you envy those who choke on balls of tar and collapse asphyxiated at your feet.
- Talking to you emphatically about fantasy sports, kind of making you a little interested in them until you realize there are no goblins OR hit points involved.
<3 Mike
SONG FOR WEDS:
Thought I would try something a little different this week, and embed a single video instead. Found this video via the magic of Twitter, and thought I would pass it along. This video has everything a good video should: A crazy bearded guy with a great voice, rad dancing and stop-motion antics. Enjoy!
(Bah, no embed option? Sorry! Here is the link!: http://www.youtube.com/dangerbirdrecords#p/a )
WHAT IS THIS NEW CHARACTERS I DON’T EVEN. . .
Indeed! Some of them may be popping up more in the future too!
I’m going to have to agree with you on the claws/grappling hook issue. When robotic body enhancements become a reality, I’m going to be in line at 9am on day one to get a heads-up-display installed or have bionic arms retrofitted to my torso. By the time the war with the machines begins, I’ll have to really struggle to decide which side I should be fighting with.
Haha, what struggle? Why would anyone chose to fight with the humans?
i just learned that wolverine was also known as captain canada, i honestly don’t get that
I had never heard this, so had to look it up. All I can find is that other soldiers used to call him “Canada” in WW2. Do you know anything else about the “Captain Canada” nickname?
“never gotten and good advice” –”and” should be “any”? Sorry, it’s a compulsion.
Anyweay, good stuff. I’d just like to point out that grappling hooks coming out of your wrists=spiderman web.
Lastly, did you know there are ads for “REASONABLY PRICED KILTS” on your site? Awesome.
Fixed! Thank you! Also, I’ve never seen “anyweay” spelled like that, is that the british spelling like “grey” or “colour?”
I love the kilt ads as well. Certainly more than our L.L. Bean ads, but of course less than our “MOM’S DIET SECRET EXPOSED” banners.
Question games rule…
If you were in a field, and were attacked by an infinite mob of 8-10 years olds, how many could you take out in hand to hand combat before they overtook you? (Their knowledge of martial arts is representative of the general population.)
The game needs more details. Is it like a an endless sea of children that just come in a constant flood, or do they come in waves of 20 or 100 or whatever? Also, how brave are these kids? Are they like normal 8-10 year olds, meaning a large percentage of which will scare easily, or are they like little demons inside the bodies of gradeschoolers, fearless and unrelenting?
I imagine that they won’t scare, and they are dead set on beating your ass. I picture unpredictable waves of dozens of them, and I could take out about 60 before I got tired or they started piling up.
I’m madly in love with Avery, and I don’t know why.
ditto
I personally think having wolverine claws would be awesome. The only drawback would be going through airport security. They would HAVE to pat you down like crazy. Then how would your response be? “I’m sorry, those are just my unbreakable knives that are hidden in my knuckles.” You would get arrested really fast…
personally I prefer pretending I have velociraptor claws to wolverine claws, but maybe that’s just because I’m secretly a velociraptor
You just blew up your spot though! Now everyone will be after your DNA!
Personally, Wolverine confuses/bores me, and I thought you said something about hating him in the past, which confuses me as to why you would want to be anything like him..Anyway, I love these comics, although some of the humor goes over my head..and the way you talk is amusing, I love your metaphors and descriptions and stuff
Haha, I think I just like his powers. The character himself is klnd of silly and lame. Glad you like the comics!