I just love these Personal Transporters. Its amazing how much personality Aaron can give to a box on tank treads.The other interesting thing is that “Clive” already has a name. Petey was rather resistant to nicknames. I can’t find it in “Endtown 1” but I remember Petey suggesting to Al that he was the kind of person who’d give a name to a washing machine.
My first car was a “Limefire Green” Gremlin. A friend of mine named her “Sprite.” He figured since she kept breaking down she was a lemon-lime. :o) but I loved that car anyway!
It’s interesting that “continued existence”Is treated as something Clive wantsHe put up only a token resistanceSufficed with a single mild tauntBut now he’s relaxed to his new Janus masterAnd on down the road he will scootThe threat to their lives seemed to make him go fasterBut he’s friendly and chatty to boot=|====/ Level HeadVote for Endtown 2.0And for Doc Rat, tooThe Endtown ForumThe Endtown AuctionThe Endtown Books
Our old police patrol cars that were the Chevrolet Caprice we nicknamed “Shamu”.Big, large, black and white, and loved to sneak up on unsuspecting seals racing on the surf.We had the Chevrolet Impala 2000 models. We called Impala POS. Piece of dodo.The fastest I had was a 1987 Ford Mustang LS. 167mph on a closed course oval. Right at the limit…..it would not turn except by riding the high speed bank. No front grip. Slowest was a 1981 Ford LTD Crown Vic. Top speed of 89mph and I drove it back in 1984 on wide open Interstate 10 chasing speeders…..at a distance. Right now in a Dodger Charger 150mph top. Fastest car I have ever driven was a Ford T-bird once raced by Bill Elliott the year when he won the Championship. Owned by a local in Ozona. Ran it one day to check our newly issued radars on IH10. Topped out on radar at 195mph and could go faster just felt comfortable at that speed. I still had RPM to spare.
Wow, I come to read today’s comic and get a great lesson on car handling. Some of it explains why my Kia Soul handles the way it does. Thanks Veteran and Darwinskeeper, I now better understand my Soul (named Sarah, by the way).
Sounds like the canned brains in the transporter are not always as reconditioned as one might want. Our couple expected the thing to meekly respond to the over-ride command and instead it was all mouthy. Wonder if it is a matter of conditioning that gets overlaid with new personality over time? Wonder how far that could go in the future? Especially if word got out that they were canned brains, assuming all the harvesting was for mutts, not more of them. No good car stuff, was always a vehicle-as-utility-transport kind of guy. First two vehicles were used vans, current personal machine is a ‘95 Nissan little pick-up and Wife’s left over ’02 Camry
sniff I wrote a very funny song and posted on the weekend (yesterday’s strip), but by then there was virtually no-one around to comment on it. Today, everyone’s madly talking about cars. If anyone wants to see my song, check yesterday’s set.
I wonder if the drivers don’t actually prefer their transporters to have a little personality. In the “Star Wars” universe, the droids are supposed to have their memories erased from time to time to keep them from becoming glitchy. There are some owners who don’t do memory wipes as they prefer their droids to have a little personality. We know that relationships develop between Transporters. I suspect that friendships also develop between transporters and the drivers if certain PTs and drivers travel together a lot. Who knows, this may suggest that the dreaded Topsiders may not be as inhuman as we often tend to think.
Re: PT personalities.Keep in mind that the PT’s are going to give lip to anyone that they’re not assigned to. It’s probably related to security issues. Clive may not talk this way to his assigned drivers.
salenstormwing about 10 years ago
Wow, that transport has some mouth on it. Someone needs to wash it’s manifold with soap.
Robert Nowall Premium Member about 10 years ago
“Emergency Override Janus,” huh? They may have just given away how to stop the transporters…
BBWolf128 about 10 years ago
The drones are coming ! The drones are coming!
They are working on coming up with a different name for drones now. Drone apparently have too negative connotation.
WelshRat Premium Member about 10 years ago
I knew there had to be a humorous line somewhen but I really hadn’t figured the transport would get it…
davidf42 about 10 years ago
(6:50 am Central) Hot dog! An hour ago I thought we weren’t going to have an Endtown strip today!
the other ghost girl about 10 years ago
Janus? I wonder…….
crookedwolf Premium Member about 10 years ago
Wally looks pretty much subdued..
dwandelt Premium Member about 10 years ago
That’s the problem with co-opting mutant brains for these things. They give up their allegiances in the blink of a…camera eye!
Darwinskeeper about 10 years ago
I just love these Personal Transporters. Its amazing how much personality Aaron can give to a box on tank treads.The other interesting thing is that “Clive” already has a name. Petey was rather resistant to nicknames. I can’t find it in “Endtown 1” but I remember Petey suggesting to Al that he was the kind of person who’d give a name to a washing machine.
scyphi26 about 10 years ago
A transporter with attitude…you’d think the Topsiders wouldn’t want to put up with that.
DADOF3 about 10 years ago
You can take the brain out of the person, but you can’t take the personality out of the brain. ;-)
contralto2b about 10 years ago
My first car was a “Limefire Green” Gremlin. A friend of mine named her “Sprite.” He figured since she kept breaking down she was a lemon-lime. :o) but I loved that car anyway!
yangeldf about 10 years ago
at least the mutants in the transporters get to keep SOME semblance of a personality, and I rather like this guy.
Level_Head about 10 years ago
It’s interesting that “continued existence”Is treated as something Clive wantsHe put up only a token resistanceSufficed with a single mild tauntBut now he’s relaxed to his new Janus masterAnd on down the road he will scootThe threat to their lives seemed to make him go fasterBut he’s friendly and chatty to boot=|====/ Level HeadVote for Endtown 2.0And for Doc Rat, tooThe Endtown ForumThe Endtown AuctionThe Endtown Books
Vet Premium Member about 10 years ago
Our old police patrol cars that were the Chevrolet Caprice we nicknamed “Shamu”.Big, large, black and white, and loved to sneak up on unsuspecting seals racing on the surf.We had the Chevrolet Impala 2000 models. We called Impala POS. Piece of dodo.The fastest I had was a 1987 Ford Mustang LS. 167mph on a closed course oval. Right at the limit…..it would not turn except by riding the high speed bank. No front grip. Slowest was a 1981 Ford LTD Crown Vic. Top speed of 89mph and I drove it back in 1984 on wide open Interstate 10 chasing speeders…..at a distance. Right now in a Dodger Charger 150mph top. Fastest car I have ever driven was a Ford T-bird once raced by Bill Elliott the year when he won the Championship. Owned by a local in Ozona. Ran it one day to check our newly issued radars on IH10. Topped out on radar at 195mph and could go faster just felt comfortable at that speed. I still had RPM to spare.
Darwinskeeper about 10 years ago
I’ve noticed that. It suggests that the Topsiders might appreciate their PT’s companionship and might not have mind wiped them as much as the Mutts.
Lynn Kurtz about 10 years ago
Wow, I come to read today’s comic and get a great lesson on car handling. Some of it explains why my Kia Soul handles the way it does. Thanks Veteran and Darwinskeeper, I now better understand my Soul (named Sarah, by the way).
dirtyoldlady1 about 10 years ago
We should expect social after Pete. Are the drones the ship that rowed in on Holly? Or they the ones that level the area of the endtown?Blessed Be
Robert Nowall Premium Member about 10 years ago
Well, my first car was a 1969 Dodge Dart. Cost my father twenty-five dollars. If the radiator hadn’t blown, I might still be driving it…
stevegallacci about 10 years ago
Sounds like the canned brains in the transporter are not always as reconditioned as one might want. Our couple expected the thing to meekly respond to the over-ride command and instead it was all mouthy. Wonder if it is a matter of conditioning that gets overlaid with new personality over time? Wonder how far that could go in the future? Especially if word got out that they were canned brains, assuming all the harvesting was for mutts, not more of them. No good car stuff, was always a vehicle-as-utility-transport kind of guy. First two vehicles were used vans, current personal machine is a ‘95 Nissan little pick-up and Wife’s left over ’02 Camry
Jenner Premium Member about 10 years ago
sniff I wrote a very funny song and posted on the weekend (yesterday’s strip), but by then there was virtually no-one around to comment on it. Today, everyone’s madly talking about cars. If anyone wants to see my song, check yesterday’s set.
Darwinskeeper about 10 years ago
I wonder if the drivers don’t actually prefer their transporters to have a little personality. In the “Star Wars” universe, the droids are supposed to have their memories erased from time to time to keep them from becoming glitchy. There are some owners who don’t do memory wipes as they prefer their droids to have a little personality. We know that relationships develop between Transporters. I suspect that friendships also develop between transporters and the drivers if certain PTs and drivers travel together a lot. Who knows, this may suggest that the dreaded Topsiders may not be as inhuman as we often tend to think.
Ida No about 10 years ago
Re: PT personalities.Keep in mind that the PT’s are going to give lip to anyone that they’re not assigned to. It’s probably related to security issues. Clive may not talk this way to his assigned drivers.