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Margueritem said, about 1 month ago

Couch, here I come! (Dives into couch, still looking for txmystic, and Frida, too…)
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Today’s 9 Chickweed Lane

Pib: So, it was Roger’s doing after all. It’s sweeping the earth from pole to pole.

9CL: Another good ol’ Thorax-ism.
Sisyphos said, about 1 month ago

This page raises a whole host of questions! For one, how much of the recent series of events has been programmed by Roger?
BikeNBoatN said, about 1 month ago

Man, I want a PDA like that!
onergie said, about 1 month ago

Roger! What have you done? I too will retreat in confustion. What just happened?
MissNaomi385 said, about 1 month ago

Wow! what ever is happening, it is definitely spreading all around the world.
BikeNBoatN said, about 1 month ago

9CL: So looks we’ll have to wait another day or so to see how Mark’s gallery opening is coming. Misspelled banners and all.
VicTR said, about 1 month ago

Dam n !…I hope we’ve still gotta planet to live on !
Sisyphos said, about 1 month ago

Not exactly from pole to pole! –The Roger Event Horizon is having its southern climax somewhere off the southwest coast of Australia! Is that the antipodean point for NYC? I don’t have a globe handy (I used to have one; don’t know what became of it….)
onergie said, about 1 month ago

Opps can’t spell either. I’m so confused!
Fairportfan2 said, about 1 month ago

From “yesterday”:

Nabuquduriuzhur said

From high school to about 2003, I made my own bread. Yeast and quick. Biggest problems were always elevational differences and it wasn’t until a stint in Klamath Falls (4200’ for the town and 4800’ where I spent 2 years) that I finally found a bread book that gave advice on how to change the yeast amounts. At 4800 feet, a recipe that used 2.5 tsp at sealevel would use 0.5 tsp. At 3000 feet, 1 tsp. It takes some experimentation.

Hmmm - how much difference would one find between 580 ft (Chicago) and 1010 ft (Geenville SC)?

I know my grandmother’s bread recipes never seemed to work quite right for my mother in Greenville - or for Grandma, the time she visited us, come to think.

Of course, the fact that we had to depend on Grandma for CARE packages of the proper heavy 50/50 rye/wheat flour to make her wonderfulBohemian rye bread (such things being unknown in Greenville in the mid-1950s) didn’t help.

From “today”:

“Boop!”, hah?

The single greatest bit of dialog in any of Brother David’s “Honor Harrington” books is “Oops.”
azrach said, about 1 month ago

Trying to figure out if Roger caused that stuff (or at least was involved in it’s development) … or if he is now responding to it.
invisifan said, about 1 month ago

It looks a lot like Earth just got a protective shell & rocket motor attached …
Fairportfan2 said, about 1 month ago

Okay it’s doing the “Yeeesss, I have comments, but you can’t see them neener neener neener…” thing again.
BikeNBoatN said, about 1 month ago

World-wide influence with just a single key-stroke. That’s some mighty powerful computing in a hand-held.
Fairportfan2 said, about 1 month ago

Hey, Brooke: SHouldn’t that maybe be “Cartoon Relativity”?

<>Grin<>
Sisyphos said, about 1 month ago

It seems Roger is insuring a thorough cleansing of the entire planet from demons and/or demonpups! But, I repeat, this raises the issue of how much of the recent activity can be attributed to Roger’s hacker-genius?
Heavenly said, about 1 month ago

That’s quite the app.
jsdy said, about 1 month ago

Where yesterday the folk tale was from Russia, who seem to want to have invented everything, today here is a folk tale from China, where many things were invented first, even if they were later re-invented by our occidental cousins. There are as many modes of tale from China as there are peoples in China, and more.

Actually, this one I pulled out is about China: from the names, it probably isn’t from China. Oh well, I’m not going fishing again. ;-)

Tikki Tikki Tembo

Once upon a time in faraway China there lived two brothers, one named Sam, and one named Tikki Tikki Tembo No Sarimbo Hari Kari Bushkie Perry Pem Do Hai Kai Pom Pom Nikki No Meeno Dom Barako.

Now one day the two brothers were playing near the well in their garden when Sam fell into the well, and Tikki Tikki Tembo No Sarimbo Hari Kari Bushkie Perry Pem Do Hai Kai Pom Pom Nikki No Meeno Dom Barako ran to his mother, shouting, “Quick, Sam has fallen into the well. What shall we do?”

“What?” cried the mother, “Sam has fallen into the well? Run and tell father!”

Together they ran to the father and cried, “Quick, Sam has fallen into the well. What shall we do?”

“Sam has fallen into the well?” cried the father. “Run and tell the gardner!”

Then they all ran to the gardner and shouted, “Quick, Sam has fallen into the well. What shall we do?”

“Sam has fallen into the well?” cried the gardner, and then he quickly fetched a ladder and pulled the poor boy from the well, who was wet and cold and frightened, and ever so happy to still be alive.

Some time afterward the two brothers were again playing near the well, and this time Tikki Tikki Tembo No Sarimbo Hari Kari Bushkie Perry Pem Do Hai Kai Pom Pom Nikki No Meeno Dom Barako fell into the well, and Sam ran to his mother, shouting, “Quick, Tikki Tikki Tembo No Sarimbo Hari Kari Bushkie Perry Pem Do Hai Kai Pom Pom Nikki No Meeno Dom Barako has fallen into the well. What shall we do?”

“What?” cried the mother, “Tikki Tikki Tembo No Sarimbo Hari Kari Bushkie Perry Pem Do Hai Kai Pom Pom Nikki No Meeno Dom Barako has fallen into the well? Run and tell father!”

Together they ran to the father and cried, “Quick, Tikki Tikki Tembo No Sarimbo Hari Kari Bushkie Perry Pem Do Hai Kai Pom Pom Nikki No Meeno Dom Barako has fallen into the well. What shall we do?”

“Tikki Tikki Tembo No Sarimbo Hari Kari Bushkie Perry Pem Do Hai Kai Pom Pom Nikki No Meeno Dom Barako has fallen into the well?” cried the father. “Run and tell the gardner!”

Then they all ran to the gardner and shouted, “Quick, Tikki Tikki Tembo No Sarimbo Hari Kari Bushkie Perry Pem Do Hai Kai Pom Pom Nikki No Meeno Dom Barako has fallen into the well. What shall we do?”

“Tikki Tikki Tembo No Sarimbo Hari Kari Bushkie Perry Pem Do Hai Kai Pom Pom Nikki No Meeno Dom Barako has fallen into the well?” cried the gardner, and then he quickly fetched a ladder and pulled Tikki Tikki Tembo No Sarimbo Hari Kari Bushkie Perry Pem Do Hai Kai Pom Pom Nikki No Meeno Dom Barako from the well, but the poor boy had been in the water so long that he had drowned.

And from that time forth, the Chinese have given their children short names.
BikeNBoatN said, about 1 month ago

Sisyphos said,

Not exactly from pole to pole!

True enough. But it’s definitely closer to the poles than NYC. I’m rather surprised the epicenter wasn’t NYC as was depicted yesterday.
Fairportfan2 said, about 1 month ago

BikeNBoatN said

Pib: So, it was Roger’s doing after all. It’s sweeping the earth from pole to pole.

Doin’ it from pole to pole, eh?
Urquell said, about 1 month ago

I would give anything to see the code for that program.
mjolnir 9 said, about 1 month ago

There is a very srange aura about all of this…

Why do I suddenly feel that I about to watch Bob Newhart wake up next to Emily again…find out it was all a dream caused by eating too much Japanese food…

Or there’s this guy in a shower…in Dallas…
azrach said, about 1 month ago

sisyphos said …
“It seems Roger is insuring a thorough cleansing of the entire planet from demons and/or demonpups! But, I repeat, this raises the issue of how much of the recent activity can be attributed to Roger’s hacker-genius?”

Right … what I was trying to say, but you expressed it better.
mroberts88 said, about 1 month ago

Wow. That makes the earth look better.
TennesseeD said, about 1 month ago

UncaAlby –
Re the after-my-retirement post, and a careful examination of the back of a dime, I must award myself the more correct position. The fasces has a blade, the dime does not. On the other hand, my fagot isn’t exactly what you’d use for a torch, which the back of the dime does have. As far as the spelling goes, the two g word is always derogatory, the one g may or may not be. I award this one to you, especially since the one g version is indeed French in origin, and I had no clue! Thanks for keeping me honest!
MissNaomi385 said, about 1 month ago

What’s going on with the guy and his thingamajigger!
AmriloJim said, about 1 month ago

Urquell, here it is:

10 FOR LAP = 1 TO 400
20 FOR TURN = 1 TO 4
30 GOTO CORNER
40 TURN LEFT
50 NEXT TURN
60 NEXT LAP

Hmmm… that looks more like the code for NASCAR.
TennesseeD said, about 1 month ago

Sisyphos–

Off SW Australia is indeed the other side of the world from NYC. I live in Raleigh, NC and and it is for me (hams check this kind of thing). ‘Course, a little correction is due for the distance from Raleigh to NYC, but hey…
RockHouse said, about 1 month ago

According to Google Earth, the antipode to New York seems to be in the South Indian Ocean. The nearest land masses are French Southern and Antarctic Lands and Heard and McDonald Islands (never heard of any of these!). Looks like HM used Google Earth as a reference for the art.
ejcapulet said, about 1 month ago

Whoa! Move over, Marg, I’m so confused!
DreamScourge said, about 1 month ago

Boop! I Love it!!!
Sisyphos said, about 1 month ago

On the other hand, if much of this does turn out to be Roger’s PDA magic, then I think we can rest assured that in some fashion Satori will survive! She is, after all, his Digital Maiden!
TennesseeD said, about 1 month ago

jsdy –

Now I know the origin of that irritating song I heard years ago. Only the guy’s name was something like Eddie Koosakatchaneeratosaneeratosanokasammakammawacky Brown.
TennesseeD said, about 1 month ago

Rockhouse –
Never heard of Heard – good one. Ham radio contact with these islands is highly prized.
RockHouse said, about 1 month ago

TennesseeD:

I live 2 hours drive to the southwest of you in Candor, NC.
BikeNBoatN said, about 1 month ago

MissNaomi385 said,

What’s going on with the guy and his thingamajigger!

He’s Roger Egg, 15-yr-old computer geek from the previous story arc, Lena the Horrible. Going through that arc from the beginning would probably be helpful in understanding the background of Roger, Lena and Satori. If the thought of going through the full two year arc is too daunting, there’s a nice synopsis here, complete with all the plot spoilers.
TennesseeD said, about 1 month ago

Rockhouse –

I think you meant to hit the 5, not the 2. On the other hand, if Rockhouse is code for Junior Johnson, maybe it is 2.
TennesseeD said, about 1 month ago

Rockhouse –

Mea culpa!!! I was thinking Candler. Sorry about that!
Fairportfan2 said, about 1 month ago

TennesseeD said, 14 minutes ago

As far as the spelling goes, the two g word is always derogatory…

Not in my experience.

RockHouse said

I live 2 hours drive to the southwest of you in Candor, NC.

My sister lives in Clyde NC, and my brother shows every year at the Village of Yesteryear at the NC State Fair in Raleigh.
Sisyphos said, about 1 month ago

Not easy locating those places even in my National Geographic Atlas of the World (I have the 6th ed.)–there doesn’t seem to be a huge demand for maps covering that very remote area. I did locate the McDonald Islands, however, rather far SW of Australia… I am continuing my search (that atlas is a very large folio-sized volume, awkward to flip through while sitting at my minotaur)!
Joe Minotaur said, about 1 month ago

Wednesday’s Whimsical Whirlwind

QUIZ RESULTS
What did we see when the strip/page updated?
9 Chickweed Lane
.1. Another misspelled banner for the Gray Panthers meeting.
.2. One day gag strip featuring A)Mark/Seth, B)Edda/Amos, C)Edna/Thorax, D)Juliette/Elloit, E)Solange and any of the above.
.3. Juliette remembers Mary.
.4. Mary makes a new friend at the colledge.
.5. Art study of A)Edda, B)Seth, C)Solange, D)Mary, E)Amos, F)Other.
.6. Thorax bumps into Mary at Grand Central.
.7. Meanwhile, back at the Burber Farm…
.8. Sister Steven takes an important phone call.
.9. Get out your hankies!
.10. None of the above/Did NOT see that coming!

Pibgorn
.1. From world takeover to world makeover.
.2. Tom T. is speechless.
.3. Afterglow.
.4. Nat is pulled in to the vortex. Narrarates his own end.
.5. In the vortex, a giant image forms of, A)Satori, B)Dru/Dinah, C)Thorax.
.6. Roger, Lena and Geoff stand alone. Pibgorn and all demons are gone!
.7. Roger, Lena, Igor return to Suzerain. Satori A)is, B)is NOT, there.
.8. We interrupt this program for an important announcement!
.9. None of the above/Did NOT see that coming!
.10. Did not WANT to see that coming!
.11. Did anyone see that coming?
wolfbyte36 said, about 1 month ago

So was this thing a whole set up from Roger. Something fishy is going on here.
AmriloJim said, about 1 month ago

Roger simply directed the energy as far away from the hospital (40°N 74°W) as possible… and that would be 40°S 106°E.
TennesseeD said, about 1 month ago

Fairportfan2 –

I’m sure that I’ve seen your bro’s work, because the Village is one stop I always make. Your sis is also a great talent.

And now, to bed!
Sisyphos said, about 1 month ago

Well, the McDonald Islands and Heard Island are practically next-door neighbors; eyeballing the latitude/longitude, they are roughly 52-54 S/73-74 E or so….

EDIT: The Roger Event Horizon-S, however, appears to be in open ocean closer to Australia….
Fairportfan2 said, about 1 month ago

TennesseeD said

I’m sure that I’ve seen your bro’s work, because the Village is one stop I always make. Your sis is also a great talent

Jim (and more recently his sons and students) do regular demos at the wheel all day.

Jim has invented a screw-top hand-thrown tea kettle design that has other potters going “Wow - why didn’t we think of that?!?”
whardin1960 said, about 1 month ago

RE: CWL. True, and I think the imbecile’s initials are J,A,D,
Sisyphos said, about 1 month ago

AmriloJim, 40S/106E seems to fit very well, being off the SW coast of Australia, but not nearly so far as those islands….
Joe Minotaur said, about 1 month ago

Roger is not the Dreamer. He never met Nat.

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A fantastic saga of adventure both high and low, of forbidden passion and iambic pentameter, of fays, fools, organists, demons, accordions, heaven, hell and Shakespeare, Pibgorn follows the whims and flights of its eponymous fairy heroine as she plies her conviction that there must be more to life than depositing dew drops on dandelions and sleeping under mushrooms.

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