1190: "Time"

[histrion]

I'm beginning to think we're going to find out this whole sand-castle-building story has been happening, not on a beach, but on a slowly sinking boat, and Megan and Cueball are merely passing time until their deaths.

[Mr Moriaty]

I'm beginning to think we're going to find out this whole sand-castle-building story has been happening, not on a beach, but on a slowly sinking boat, and Megan and Cueball are merely passing time until their deaths.

At the rate cueball builds he's passing time till our deaths.

[joncurtiss]

I'm new to this forum, and forgive me if this has already been noticed, but have you all noticed that the water level is rising? Since they went for a swim it's definitely gone up.

[peewee_RotA]

I'm beginning to think we're going to find out this whole sand-castle-building story has been happening, not on a beach, but on a slowly sinking boat, and Megan and Cueball are merely passing time until their deaths.

At the rate cueball builds he's passing time till our deaths.

A sinking boat made out of sand. I'm just not sure how well the boatmakers thought this plan through

[Montov]

I'm beginning to think we're going to find out this whole sand-castle-building story has been happening, not on a beach, but on a slowly sinking boat, and Megan and Cueball are merely passing time until their deaths.

At the rate cueball builds he's passing time till our deaths.

He's building in 10 dimensions now. That takes time.

Wait! (for it). I just had an awesome idea. Suppose all castles and flags is made of tiny, vibrating "strings"?

[ubscdt]

Alright:
Simon says I doth rasterize the declaration that ubscdt art now Cardinal ubscdt of Peanut Butter and Jelly. And so it was.

woo!

You realise that, since BuffyGirl proposed udscbt, you've been confirmed and rasterized without ever being nominated...

does that mean it's some sort of immaculate confirmation?

immaculate confirmation seems like a good contribution to religious mythology.

Greetings from page 239. I have to catch up with the thread, but I now need to go to the Outside to... erm... fight the Hat! Anyway I stopped by just to congratulate my anagram (ubscdt) on his Cardinalship.

thank you! but i am a lady anagram.

[Valarya]

I was surprised there wasn't an animated gif of the recursive castles, so with a little spare time at work I made this!
Damn, can't post images...

img844.imageshack.us/img844/9355/xkcd.gif

I can't stop watching it.

Oh my god I'm mesmerized.

[SBN]

thank you! but i am a lady anagram.

In that case, congratulations on y'all's cardinalship.

[SBN]

Haven't we seen this before?

[Mr Moriaty]

He's going to need some really tiny magic flags.

[htom]

He's mourning the time-on-target barrage that's coming, from the trebuchet, trebuchet^-1, trebuchet^-2, and trebuchet^-4, all targeted at the center. By Megan. How she's going to fire them all to get the time on target effect I don't know.

[airdrik]

He's mourning the time-on-target barrage that's coming, from the trebuchet, trebuchet^-1, trebuchet^-2, and trebuchet^-4, all targeted at the center. By Megan. How she's going to fire them all to get the time on target effect I don't know.

I will agree with you on this one point: She is definitely going to retrieve the trebuchet to stop this madness.

[spamjam]

[Montov]

Megan is back. One arm is not visible, which I assume is holding the line of an elephant. It has to be an elephant. Why would you bring something else?

[Smithers]

She returns again; does she carry a tiny trebuchet to assault the castle-top castle?

[Valarya]

She returns again; does she carry a tiny trebuchet to assault the castle-top castle?

What do you think she'd fire from the tiny trebuchet?! M&M's? BB pellets?

[orthogon]

She returns again; does she carry a tiny trebuchet to assault the castle-top castle?

Given the obvious state of existential angst Cueball is descending into, surely a supersoaker would be more appropriate?

[udscbt]

I was surprised there wasn't an animated gif of the recursive castles, so with a little spare time at work I made this!
Damn, can't post images...

img844.imageshack.us/img844/9355/xkcd.gif

Someone must post this in the Wiki! NOW! I would do it, but I don't know what is the best article.

Alright:
Simon says I doth rasterize the declaration that ubscdt art now Cardi

Alright:
Simon says I doth rasterize the declaration that ubscdt art now Cardinal ubscdt of Peanut Butter and Jelly. And so it was.

woo!

You realise that, since BuffyGirl proposed udscbt, you've been confirmed and rasterized without ever being nominated...

does that mean it's some sort of immaculate confirmation?

immaculate confirmation seems like a good contribution to religious mythology.

Greetings from page 239. I have to catch up with the thread, but I now need to go to the Outside to... erm... fight the Hat! Anyway I stopped by just to congratulate my anagram (ubscdt) on his Cardinalship.

thank you! but i am a lady anagram.

nal ubscdt of Peanut Butter and Jelly. And so it was.

woo!

You realise that, since BuffyGirl proposed udscbt, you've been confirmed and rasterized without ever being nominated...

does that mean it's some sort of immaculate confirmation?

immaculate confirmation seems like a good contribution to religious mythology.

Greetings from page 239. I have to catch up with the thread, but I now need to go to the Outside to... erm... fight the Hat! Anyway I stopped by just to congratulate my anagram (ubscdt) on his Cardinalship.

thank you! but i am a lady anagram.

How could I do that mistake??? A long discussion about that was written at the beginning of Time, it's in the Holy Scriptures too! It must have been the Hat, luckily the battle I announced was victorious. Welcome in the clergy, female version of me

About the comic: I think Megan just captured a ninja raptor who is pulling a nuke-throwing trebuchet.
And I need a pixel counter, there have been a lot of "thing on the right"-rising lately.

[htom]

She returns again; does she carry a tiny trebuchet to assault the castle-top castle?

Given the obvious state of existential angst Cueball is descending into, surely a supersoaker would be more appropriate?

It's a parade of trebuchets, one in each of the four sizes.

Edit(The smallest two may not be visible.)

[Valarya]

I need a pixel counter, there have been a lot of "thing on the right"-rising lately.

Doesn't look like it has risen since frame 383/401. Where'd that link go to the pixel-y tool...

[mybrainhurts]

She returns again; does she carry a tiny trebuchet to assault the castle-top castle?

Given the obvious state of existential angst Cueball is descending into, surely a supersoaker would be more appropriate?

It's a parade of trebuchets, one in each of the four sizes.

Edit(The smallest two may not be visible.)

Of course not. Ask Policeman MacCruiskeen.

[udscbt]

I need a pixel counter, there have been a lot of "thing on the right"-rising lately.

Doesn't look like it has risen since frame 383/401. Where'd that link go to the pixel-y tool...

Oh right, I forgot about the script to show the differences between frames, and I created it!
Frame 400 - Frame 381 (copy-paste in the location bar)

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That are two full pixels!

[buffygirl]

Coincidentally, just seen on Facebook:

atheists-silly-hat.jpg

I'm pretty sure I've seen that one before, and certainly heard the sentiment. But it's oh-so-much-more poignant now.

I have GOT to get me some of those!!

[fhorn]

Getting tired of your shit, Megan.

[udscbt]

Is she clapping her hands?

[Valarya]

Is she clapping her hands?

Or playing a tiny violin?

[fhorn]

Is she clapping her hands?

Oh, if she is, then I take it back, definitely not tired of her shit!

[kryton]

She has a gun!? Duck Cueball!

[Smithers]

And I need a pixel counter, there have been a lot of "thing on the right"-rising lately.

<snipped: 40 minutes of bash, wget, java, libreoffice, gimp>
The hump around 120-150 is during the great expansion, so is probably an artifact of that.

[KarMann]

She has a gun!? Duck Cueball!

I had no idea, until now, that Megan was the Homecoming Queen.

[udscbt]

And I need a pixel counter, there have been a lot of "thing on the right"-rising lately.

<snipped: 40 minutes of bash, wget, java, libreoffice, gimp>
The hump around 120-150 is during the great expansion, so is probably an artifact of that.

Thank you!

[KarMann]

Greetings from page 239. I have to catch up with the thread, but I now need to go to the Outside to... erm... fight the Hat!

Ahem. Have you looked at your own avatar lately?

[udscbt]

Greetings from page 239. I have to catch up with the thread, but I now need to go to the Outside to... erm... fight the Hat!

Ahem. Have you looked at your own avatar lately?

Disclaimer: not all hats are evil

Another citation:

[...]
Not all hats are created equal evil [...]

Hats: Yes. As an example: KarMann's hat is good, the Hat that possessed Buffygirl is evil
[...]

[Helper]

Ugh, marble, the gateway rock... You know, less than a week after I first munched marble, I had already moved onto shooting sand; do you guys have any idea what sand does to your veins? Let me tell you, it's not pretty...

[azule]

WTF, Trippy....

[digimuzik]

I'm beginning to think we're going to find out this whole sand-castle-building story has been happening, not on a beach, but on a slowly sinking boat, and Megan and Cueball are merely passing time until their deaths.

At the rate cueball builds he's passing time till our deaths.

He's building in 10 dimensions now. That takes time.

Wait! (for it). I just had an awesome idea. Suppose all castles and flags are made of tiny, vibrating "strings"?

Not time... just lots and lots of string.

Oh. Holy crap. Only now, as I'm writing this geeky reply did I actually read your last sentence. *sigh* In any case, I see what you did there.

[Smithers]

Edit: My image looks screwed-up in the post, but fine when I view it alone. Must be Firefox being weird.

[ChronosDragon]

Recursion, tiny violins, more water rising...yeesh, the things that happen when I'm not reading this thread.

All that will change, though. I'm officially released from my obligation to go to the educational institution for the whole next week, (I think on Outside calendars its spring - of course, the Outside geographical area I'm in doesn't agree), so as such I will be spending increasing amounts of time viewing this comic and associated thread.

[azule]

You can't go in that direction. The sand would collapse under it's own weight and end up in space. Where's the f-in' space?????

[KarMann]

You can't go in that direction. The sand would collapse under it's own weight and end up in space. Where's the f-in' space?????

There is no 'f' in 'space'. The closest you get to it is the 's' sound.

Added: Then again, there's no apostrophe in that "it's", either, but you didn't let that stop you.