1190: "Time"
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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.
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histrion wrote: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.
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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.
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Mr Moriaty wrote:histrion wrote: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
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Re: 1190: "Time"
Mr Moriaty wrote:histrion wrote: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"?
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Dracomax wrote:rmsgrey wrote:ubscdt wrote:Helper wrote: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.
udscbt wrote: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.
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bigcrag92 wrote:JTL wrote: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...
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I can't stop watching it.
Oh my god I'm mesmerized.
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ubscdt wrote:
thank you! but i am a lady anagram.
In that case, congratulations on y'all's cardinalship.
astrotter wrote:It is not particularly clear to me at this time that we are not overanalyzing this...
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Haven't we seen this before?
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He's going to need some really tiny magic flags.
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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.
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htom wrote: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.
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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?
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She returns again; does she carry a tiny trebuchet to assault the castle-top castle?
Lord Randall, Creator of the One True Comic wrote:Wait for it.
Helper wrote:The great thing about this needle-pulled thing be that it tin turn ænig everyday situation into an hilarious nightmare:
Helper goeth to Starbux:
"ic'd like an coffee, please. Hold the baby!"
"hwæt? eow be, like, weird."
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Smithers wrote: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?
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Smithers wrote: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?
xtifr wrote:... and orthogon merely sounds undecided.
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JTL wrote: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.
ubscdt wrote:Dracomax wrote:rmsgrey wrote:ubscdt wrote:Helper wrote:Alright:
Simon says I doth rasterize the declaration that ubscdt art now Cardiubscdt wrote:Dracomax wrote:rmsgrey wrote:ubscdt wrote:Helper wrote: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.udscbt wrote: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.udscbt wrote: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.
udscbt (a.k.a アダスチボト), Cardinal of the Timewaiters, Prefect of the Congregatio pro Doctrina Temporis, peanut butter and jelly sandwich. Burn y'all heretics!
buffygirl wrote:I, Timewaiter Buffygirl, Cardinal of The One True Comic, do hereby nominate you, udscbt, for the position of Cardinal. -poof!- You're a peanut butter and jelly sandwich! Wait, that's not right - - -
bigcrag92 wrote:I Bigcrag92 being of soundish mind yada yada yada do ratify the cardinalship of udscbt nominated by buffygirl. may I and buffygirl be stuck down if we have erred in this decision.
bigcrag92 (continued...) wrote:by the power vested in me I now name you Cardinal peanut butter and jelly sandwich udscbt. arise my brethren
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orthogon wrote:Smithers wrote: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.)
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udscbt wrote: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...
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htom wrote:orthogon wrote:Smithers wrote: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.
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Valarya wrote:udscbt wrote: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)
Spoiler:
That are two full pixels!
udscbt (a.k.a アダスチボト), Cardinal of the Timewaiters, Prefect of the Congregatio pro Doctrina Temporis, peanut butter and jelly sandwich. Burn y'all heretics!
buffygirl wrote:I, Timewaiter Buffygirl, Cardinal of The One True Comic, do hereby nominate you, udscbt, for the position of Cardinal. -poof!- You're a peanut butter and jelly sandwich! Wait, that's not right - - -
bigcrag92 wrote:I Bigcrag92 being of soundish mind yada yada yada do ratify the cardinalship of udscbt nominated by buffygirl. may I and buffygirl be stuck down if we have erred in this decision.
bigcrag92 (continued...) wrote:by the power vested in me I now name you Cardinal peanut butter and jelly sandwich udscbt. arise my brethren
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KarMann wrote:Coincidentally, just seen on Facebook:
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!!
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Getting tired of your shit, Megan.
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Is she clapping her hands?
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buffygirl wrote:I, Timewaiter Buffygirl, Cardinal of The One True Comic, do hereby nominate you, udscbt, for the position of Cardinal. -poof!- You're a peanut butter and jelly sandwich! Wait, that's not right - - -
bigcrag92 wrote:I Bigcrag92 being of soundish mind yada yada yada do ratify the cardinalship of udscbt nominated by buffygirl. may I and buffygirl be stuck down if we have erred in this decision.
bigcrag92 (continued...) wrote:by the power vested in me I now name you Cardinal peanut butter and jelly sandwich udscbt. arise my brethren
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udscbt wrote:
Is she clapping her hands?
Or playing a tiny violin?
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udscbt wrote:
Is she clapping her hands?
Oh, if she is, then I take it back, definitely not tired of her shit!
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udscbt wrote: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.
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kryton wrote:She has a gun!? Duck Cueball!
I had no idea, until now, that Megan was the Homecoming Queen.
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Well, BlitzGirl is experiencing a bit of a title wave.
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Smithers wrote:udscbt wrote: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!
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buffygirl wrote:I, Timewaiter Buffygirl, Cardinal of The One True Comic, do hereby nominate you, udscbt, for the position of Cardinal. -poof!- You're a peanut butter and jelly sandwich! Wait, that's not right - - -
bigcrag92 wrote:I Bigcrag92 being of soundish mind yada yada yada do ratify the cardinalship of udscbt nominated by buffygirl. may I and buffygirl be stuck down if we have erred in this decision.
bigcrag92 (continued...) wrote:by the power vested in me I now name you Cardinal peanut butter and jelly sandwich udscbt. arise my brethren
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udscbt wrote: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?
P.S. I am Randall, but not that Randall.
We can rebuild it. We have the technology. We can make it better than it was. Better … stronger … well, maybe not faster.
Well, BlitzGirl is experiencing a bit of a title wave.
We can rebuild it. We have the technology. We can make it better than it was. Better … stronger … well, maybe not faster.
Well, BlitzGirl is experiencing a bit of a title wave.
Illud expecto, ergo sum.Magdiragdag wrote:I wait for it, therefore I am.
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KarMann wrote:udscbt wrote: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?
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buffygirl wrote:I, Timewaiter Buffygirl, Cardinal of The One True Comic, do hereby nominate you, udscbt, for the position of Cardinal. -poof!- You're a peanut butter and jelly sandwich! Wait, that's not right - - -
bigcrag92 wrote:I Bigcrag92 being of soundish mind yada yada yada do ratify the cardinalship of udscbt nominated by buffygirl. may I and buffygirl be stuck down if we have erred in this decision.
bigcrag92 (continued...) wrote:by the power vested in me I now name you Cardinal peanut butter and jelly sandwich udscbt. arise my brethren
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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...
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Oh well. At least we still have our sandcastle.
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JTL wrote:
WTF, Trippy....
If you read this sig, post about one arbitrary thing you did today.
I celebrate up to six arbitrary things before breakfast.
Time does drag on and on and contain spoilers. Be aware of memes.
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Montov wrote:Mr Moriaty wrote:histrion wrote: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.

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JTL wrote:
Edit: My image looks screwed-up in the post, but fine when I view it alone. Must be Firefox being weird.
Lord Randall, Creator of the One True Comic wrote:Wait for it.
Helper wrote:The great thing about this needle-pulled thing be that it tin turn ænig everyday situation into an hilarious nightmare:
Helper goeth to Starbux:
"ic'd like an coffee, please. Hold the baby!"
"hwæt? eow be, like, weird."
"Y-Y-You too.FULL STOPFULL STOP"
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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.
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.
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Smithers wrote:
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?????
If you read this sig, post about one arbitrary thing you did today.
I celebrate up to six arbitrary things before breakfast.
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azule wrote:Smithers wrote:
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.

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We can rebuild it. We have the technology. We can make it better than it was. Better … stronger … well, maybe not faster.
Well, BlitzGirl is experiencing a bit of a title wave.
We can rebuild it. We have the technology. We can make it better than it was. Better … stronger … well, maybe not faster.
Well, BlitzGirl is experiencing a bit of a title wave.
Illud expecto, ergo sum.Magdiragdag wrote:I wait for it, therefore I am.
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