1190: "Time"

[Kazza3]

The thought is that she's bringing out all the materials for a massive trebuchet, the box being the counterweight.

[bigcrag92]

do i detect some sarcasm?

Do we know what the box was all about?
Whats in it? what does it do? is it made from plutonium?
All important questions.

Surely as the holy geophysisist you're the best placed to tell us whether or not the box is plutonium?

[KarMann]

[bigcrag92]

holy sand you've posted 414 times ITT

[Mr Moriaty]

do i detect some sarcasm?

Do we know what the box was all about?
Whats in it? what does it do? is it made from plutonium?
All important questions.

Surely as the holy geophysisist you're the best placed to tell us whether or not the box is plutonium?

It doesn't say "Competent" holy geophysicist.

But I can categorically say it is not Plutonium.. it may however be Brie.

[cmyk]

do i detect some sarcasm?

NOOOOoooo. Of course not.

Do we know what the box was all about?

It's sealed off from all observation inside.

Whats in it?

A cat.

what does it do?

Demonstrates the absurdities of the Copenhagen Interpretation.

is it made from plutonium?

Yes, if a small geiger counter inside picks up a decayed Pu alpha particle, it triggers a tiny trebuchet inside activating the flux capacitor where it'll be sent back to the late Cretaceous to be eaten by raptors.

All important questions.

Which, due to quantum conundrums, the cat is in a superstate of being annoyed inside a hot box, or being torn apart by dinosaurs. Such is the sand-like granularity of random, quantum fluctuations; popping in and out of existence like Planck scale sandcastles, bringing forth order from chaos, like the finitely bounded, but infinite shorelines of the Julia Sets where upon we find ourselves floating aimlessly, looking for patterns where there are none, and seeking meaning in a cold, pointless, indifferent universe, until the tides of entropy finally win the game we are forced to play — drowning us all in the deep, inky seas of an eternally dark abyss.

But that just goes without saying.

[KarMann]

holy sand you've posted 414 times ITT

But that's only 98.10% of my total posts! Oops, make that 98.11% . . . .

[silent_death]

After lurking a lot since my last post on page 80 or so I want say what I think what could be happening:

I think Megan may be building a Mineshaft. The sticks and rope she brought in is used as support to not have it collapse, the last thing she brought in could either be a miniature minecart or as previously mentioned some explosive device to open the mine.
Not yet sure though what the purpose of the mine is, maybe they wan´t to have a secret escape shaft for their castle - or the river is actually underground.

[bigcrag92]

it's been a while since we had a

WIKI BUMP

[Mr Moriaty]

it's been a while since we had a

WIKI BUMP

is that a euphemism?

[bigcrag92]

it's been a while since we had a

WIKI BUMP

is that a euphemism?

You wanna bump my wiki?

[Exodies]

If they are building a larger trebuchet, they will need larger plutonium pellets than the single pixel ones we have seen so far. Somewhere nearby must be a radioactive materials storage depot (or pebble beach in Outsider speak).

[Whizbang]

The counterweight for a larger trebuchet would be too heavy for her to carry by herself... Unless it was an empty box that she was filling with water/sand. In which case, I wouldn't be able to throw anything very far.

[mscha]

Identical to the previous frame. I believe this is the first time that two consecutive frames are identical; previously, there always was at least some small change like a sea level rise or a corner falling off.

[cmyk]

[orthogon]

I decoma'd to find that we had sailed past a big round number milestone number of pages without comment. I'm a humble lay member of the Religion of the One True Comic, but am I wrong in believing that it is incumbent on RobIrr to go back and edit some toilet humour into his¹ post?

¹Pronoun deduced from the substring "Rob".

[cmyk]

Identical to the previous frame. I believe this is the first time that two consecutive frames are identical; previously, there always was at least some small change like a sea level rise or a corner falling off.

Weren't there a few identical frames before it took that slow crawl back to reveal the wider scene? Maybe it's about to happen again.

[NoMouse]

Weren't there a few identical frames before it took that slow crawl back to reveal the wider scene? Maybe it's about to happen again.

Even then there was at least one or few pixels that changed.

[Zorin_75]

Even then there was at least one or few pixels that changed.

#125 to #127 were identical. Followed by a pan over 36 newpix...

[keshat]

We've had identical frames before, but not consecutive.

[AionArap]

Quest progress: 149 out of 259 pages.
Attack of the Trebuchet. NP 222.

I have coma'ed twice since I last traveled the thread of Time, and the lack of chaos in my brain concerns me. Clearly I have been absent too long. Luckily my path now winds through posts affected by the Madness, as the Sandcastle is bombarded by the First Trebuchet. I suddenly desire to Capitalize as many Mundane Words as is Humanly Possible. It shall be All Too Easy to slip back into the Semen/Coffee River/Sea that is This Thread.

Also, THIS:

Who needs their sanity. Read it all

Sanity Shmanity, this girl is an absolute trooper.
If When she finally catches up to the present Time I propose she be given an honorary cardinalship for sheer devoutness and perseverance.

Go go fellow Time traveller.

[bigcrag92]

Quest progress: 149 out of 259 pages.
Attack of the Trebuchet. NP 222.

I have coma'ed twice since I last traveled the thread of Time, and the lack of chaos in my brain concerns me. Clearly I have been absent too long. Luckily my path now winds through posts affected by the Madness, as the Sandcastle is bombarded by the First Trebuchet. I suddenly desire to Capitalize as many Mundane Words as is Humanly Possible. It shall be All Too Easy to slip back into the Semen/Coffee River/Sea that is This Thread.

Also, THIS:

Who needs their sanity. Read it all

Sanity Shmanity, this girl is an absolute trooper.
If When she finally catches up to the present Time I propose she be given an honorary cardinalship for sheer devoutness and perseverance.

Go go fellow Time traveller.

I here-by create the post of cardinal tempus viator which shall be reserved for BlitzGirl for when she catches up to this point in the thread

[AionArap]

Quest progress: 149 out of 259 pages.
Attack of the Trebuchet. NP 222.

I have coma'ed twice since I last traveled the thread of Time, and the lack of chaos in my brain concerns me. Clearly I have been absent too long. Luckily my path now winds through posts affected by the Madness, as the Sandcastle is bombarded by the First Trebuchet. I suddenly desire to Capitalize as many Mundane Words as is Humanly Possible. It shall be All Too Easy to slip back into the Semen/Coffee River/Sea that is This Thread.

Also, THIS:

Who needs their sanity. Read it all

Sanity Shmanity, this girl is an absolute trooper.
If When she finally catches up to the present Time I propose she be given an honorary cardinalship for sheer devoutness and perseverance.

Go go fellow Time traveller.

I here-by create the post of cardinal tempus viator which shall be reserved for BlitzGirl for when she catches up to this point in the thread

Seems appropriate.

[imagineddragon]

Quest progress: 149 out of 259 pages.
Attack of the Trebuchet. NP 222.

I have coma'ed twice since I last traveled the thread of Time, and the lack of chaos in my brain concerns me. Clearly I have been absent too long. Luckily my path now winds through posts affected by the Madness, as the Sandcastle is bombarded by the First Trebuchet. I suddenly desire to Capitalize as many Mundane Words as is Humanly Possible. It shall be All Too Easy to slip back into the Semen/Coffee River/Sea that is This Thread.

Also, THIS:

Who needs their sanity. Read it all

Sanity Shmanity, this girl is an absolute trooper.
If When she finally catches up to the present Time I propose she be given an honorary cardinalship for sheer devoutness and perseverance.

Go go fellow Time traveller.

I here-by create the post of cardinal tempus viator which shall be reserved for BlitzGirl for when she catches up to this point in the thread

Seems appropriate.

Go Quest Girl, Go! May rivers of semen and babies guide you to the end, which is only the beginning. OR middle, we aren't really sure? It could almost be at the end, but I doubt it. This is forever. I feel it in my SOUL!

[SBN]

Quest progress: 149 out of 259 pages.
Attack of the Trebuchet. NP 222.

I have coma'ed twice since I last traveled the thread of Time, and the lack of chaos in my brain concerns me. Clearly I have been absent too long. Luckily my path now winds through posts affected by the Madness, as the Sandcastle is bombarded by the First Trebuchet. I suddenly desire to Capitalize as many Mundane Words as is Humanly Possible. It shall be All Too Easy to slip back into the Semen/Coffee River/Sea that is This Thread.

Also, THIS:

Who needs their sanity. Read it all

Sanity Shmanity, this girl is an absolute trooper.
If When she finally catches up to the present Time I propose she be given an honorary cardinalship for sheer devoutness and perseverance.

Go go fellow Time traveller.

I here-by create the post of cardinal tempus viator which shall be reserved for BlitzGirl for when she catches up to this point in the thread

Seems appropriate.

Go Quest Girl, Go! May rivers of semen and babies guide you to the end, which is only the beginning. OR middle, we aren't really sure? It could almost be at the end, but I doubt it. This is forever. I feel it in my SOUL!

Hurry up and Wait?

[mscha]

[SBN]

What does she have this time?

[htom]

Is that a tiny Megan on the left edge of the center model?

[AionArap]

What does she have this time?

Looks like something too big for her to carry alone. Cueball following behind her next frame?

[cmyk]

Is that a tiny Megan on the left edge of the center model?

Blending this frame with a previous frame without her in Photoshop, using Difference blend mode reveals that, no, the only addition/change is Megan.

No wait... I mean, a Time Wizard told me so.

[RobIrr]

No cueball, just Megan with yet another mysterious object ...

[Perilous_3D]

This comic makes me doubt the benevolence of The Great Randall...

[Exodies]

Luxembourgish for to wait is waarden.
I don't accept the concept of 'a bit late'.

[Exodies]

No cueball, just Megan with yet another mysterious object ...

These things are boxes with handles; she holds them near the top.

[udscbt]

[Flado]

I have just created an account to post this, after lurking for several years:
I refuse to believe that after 10398 posts, no one has come up with "Keep calm and wait for it."
Therefore, I proclaim myself the Undisputed Patriarch of the Western Paradox Church of the One True Comic. And not. Keep calm. Wait for it.

EDIT: Or->And

[Exodies]

I don't think they planned any of this. If we go back (or is it forward? Or sideways?) to the Big Dong, Frame 1, they are simply busy waiting. If they had a plan to build something with the local materials they would have got on with it.

Also: hurry up and Wait is a Blondie lyric.

[Valarya]

Oh! I've totally neglected to mention that, when I was young, I had a tiny trebuchet myself, just about the same size as Megan's tiny #403 one, probably something like 8" tall to the crossbeam. Made out of cardstock, with a counterweight full of pennies. It was a pattern from some magazine I got back then. And it did actually work for launching small objects. Too bad I didn't have any pebble nukes yet back then.

My coworker has a tiny trebuchet on his cubicle desk, in amongst the dragons and piles of thumb drives. He likes to shoot M&M's and/or Peanuts out of it!

[cmyk]

I think they're the one's killin' time, hence the title of the comic. But I do think they're passing the time playfully improvising while waiting for... it.

Although, when I want to kill time, I watch TV. They build trebuchets and scale models of trebuchets.

God only knows what she's lugging around now. Rubbermaid storage containers full of porn, guns and ammo?

[RobIrr]

Sigh ....

Is this another duplicate no-action ?