Puck 289
on June 8, 2015 at 8:37 pm
IT’S JUNE! SAY CHEESE!
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As for this comic…
I don’t think this rainbow gateway into the land of childhood fun exists anymore. It did exist in the 80’s, though. The original arch had ‘Hanna Barbera Land’ written on it, and it let you know that you were entering a wacky world of pintsize fun. I was Googling images of the old Hanna Barbera Land and a flood of memories came back: Barney Burgers, Scooby Doo’s Ghoster Coaster, and good times. Hanna Barbera studios waned in its presence, though, and the land was rebranded. A few times. I’m not even sure what they’re on now.
On the subject of power cutting, I have to say that I’m always amazed by the ease with which characters in movies can always cut the power to buildings or things when required. It’s always some variation of the ‘Obi-Wan powers down the tractor beam’ thing, with some clearly labelled manual switch in an easily accessible area. I’d say it isn’t realistic, but I really don’t have much experience with cutting power to public buildings and facilities, so who knows? Maybe it is that easy.
I’m pretty sure the rainbow’s still there. It was there at some point in my recent memories, at least, which means it was not too long ago, probably within the last 5ish years. Which could, potentially, mean it’s still there. Who knows.
Also, fun fact, girls also have Adam’s Apples. It’s just that the size of the Adam’s Apple is relative to the pitch of one’s voice. Since female voices are typically much higher than males’, their Adam’s Apple is correspondingly much smaller. “Adam’s” Apple is a misleading title, though I guess it does count for something that male ones are actually noticeable.
IT’S STILL THERE?!? Maybe? That’s exciting. For me. And yeah, I mean, an Adam’s apple is just your voice box, right? Everyone’s got one. But I consider the term ‘Adam’s apple’ to refer to the visible bump protruding from the neck, not the actual voice box.
Haha, yeah. Don’t worry, the guy in the back of panel 2 seems really excited too, you can join him. I would be more excited, but I never really considered the possibility that they could ever take that thing away.
And yeah I think it’s the voicebox. All I know is it has to do with the pitch. I spent years trying to convince people girls had them, because I could touch my throat and feel it moving, but nobody believed me until I could point to the scientific reason. I live with scientific-minded people, though, so it makes sense.
There has been times I have wished the females in my life didn’t have a larynx, but I can definitely assure you they do.
I wish I didn’t have an ugly lump on my neck. Shaving over the damned thing is such a pain.
This is pure gold.
If you can get a female to allow you to feel-up her throat, wow, just wow.
What could you possibly talk her into next ?
Her hair, yeah.
That’s it.
Give it up, Daphne! POWER to the Shnorfs!
And your personal hell shall be….. listening to that song for ETERNITY, Bwuhahahahahah!
If the power cuts out and the song’s still playing, you know you’re in hell.
The smart thing would be to wait until later in the day to do that job, wait for a shift change, and have at it.
The smart thing would be to NOT TRY THIS IN THE FIRST PLACE.
But think of all the shenanigans that will ensue because of this plan.
Hey, all we can hope for here is some shenanigans. It just struck me that ‘shenanigans’ sounds ridiculously Irish. Which somehow seems fitting.
Time to call Red Green at Possum Lodge.
No amount of duct tape will help them.
The deeper into this plot point we go, the more questions Tyler and I have.
Me too. I’m not sure whether I’ll be able to answer them.
Lack of sleep + funny Puck comic = I have no idea, I’m going with ‘profit’. And/or dying laughing. Going with that one, too, actually.
As for ‘all guys having that ability’, a friend of mine asked me the same thing a few weeks ago.
Turns out she had seen too many action movies lately.
I’m no expert but I’m pretty sure that a main breaker is *supposed* to be hidden in a place where any random guy CAN’T access it without a key or similar.
Then again, it’s not like I worked with those things before so don’t ask me.
It will be behind one of those locked doors marked “No admittance. Staff only.”
Daphne’s got a plan for that too.
Actually no, it’s behind the third smurf on the left under the black and white toadstool. Don’t ask how I know ^_^
You mean main breakers are not labeled ‘MAIN BREAKER’ in neon with a big, easily accessed switch? Hollywood has lied to me again! AGAIN! I’m slowly realizing that Hollywood is a really untrustworthy girlfriend.
Screw the MAIN BREAKER.
Where’s the SELF DESTRUCT ?
If Hollywood has taught me anything……
somehow, I found it good that she just made the assumption and didn’t think it out.
about time she made that mistake.
This whole thing is a mistake, I’d say.
Hope after he screws this up he retains his…Adam’s apple…
You’re assuming that Tyler will screw up. He might not be the weak link in the chain here!
A chain made up entirely of weak links?
Tied to a sinking ship?
When did you start talking about that horrid, disgusting, Hell-spawn of a football team from Toronto?
Hmm, Hell-spawn, eh? I wonder if Satan owns them. It would make a VERY interesting plot-point…
I doubt Satan has anything invested in the CFL. He’s too smart an investor to do that.
The bridge is still there, as is the rainbow, but the words are gone.
That makes me feel surprisingly happy. I’m guessing Barney Burgers is long gone, though. No more eating burgers in a Flintstones car.
I don’t know about rides, but you’d be amazed how easy it is to cut power to buildings that have a breaker box. Don’t know about old fuse boxes, but on breaker boxes they usually have a master switch that you can flip and turn everything off.
Well, Hollywood certainly depicts it as that easy. I actually think that rides (due to their somewhat perilous nature and the periodic need to shut them down in a hurry) have a pretty accessible kill switch.
Hmm. I believe they tend to have one or two box-shaped mater fuses with a handles for ease of yanking, but is anyone still using fuse boxes in the sort of fancy installation we’re talking about hitting, anyway?
Maybe not. But this place was an actual building, so I don’t know. I just went with the word “fuse box” because everyone knows what that is.
It IS that easy – thanks to fire code. In any fire, the first thing the FD has to do upon arrival is cut the power and gas – for obvious reasons. The main switch can be secured with a lock, but only one that the FD can cut off quickly.
And where are the tools? Animatronic figures aren’t stand-alone, they are typically hard-wired mechanically connected visible appendages of a much larger mostly hidden machine.
Tools? Well, they’re stored in the backpack. What backpack? Well, it’ll be invisible until it’s needed. In the next comic. Because I have an aversion to drawing accessories until they’re required.
Should have brought the kid, if she’s at the crawling stage. I was a button pusher, and escalator emergency shutdown buttons are at the right height for little kids. After about the third outage, my Mom caught on, and hurriedly left the store. She learned to watch me like a hawk around the things.
See? Babies can be good for a great many things!
I see that Daphne is entering into the “Provocative Clothes Derby” with Phoebe and Tracee. Girl, those jeans are too tight to run away in! 😛
I dunno. They’re jeans. Girls’ jeans seem to be tight right now. Maybe I’m drawing them wrong.
Nope, you’re drawing them exactly as they should be drawn on a teen…
attractively tight, but not too tight.
They are painted on now…
I’ve always worn a boot cut, because I like my legs having oxygen and comfort.
Tyler’s pants are about as tight, anyway.
Daphne’s pants are not the super-skinny variety because they always have some give at the bottom of the calf. Not sure what cut that is? Straight? Maybe straight.
You’d be surprised how comfortable skinny jeans are. It does depend on the type of denim used, as some is more flexible and softer than other varieties. Take it from someone who wore them.
Women’s jeans are actually way more comfortable than men’s jeans, even the super-tight ones, because women’s jeans contain spandex and have a certain give to them. Men’s jeans (and all men’s clothing in general) has no give. When worn tight, it tends to restrict movement. Like all those goofy hipsters wearing their super-skinny suits right now. They can barely lift their arms.
Hum, Caitlyn Kardashian do have an Adam’s apple…and the ability to push women into traffic…but not to pay up!(That’s his/her plan and he/she’s sticking with it!)
Well, we can’t account for everyone.
You had me at “Ankle Biter Kingdom” …
Our young protagonists played a LOT of video games. Maybe they are thinking they should look around for someone with an exclamation point over his head?
Problem solving is so sequential to their generation. If they get to the save point before getting caught, they’ll be good.
The backgrounds and depth…compacted into those small panels…MAGIC! B-)
I thought this storyline would be a lot of bg work, and I was right. Some people thrive on the detail, but I really can’t do it justice. I’m character-centric through and through. If I can just convey the vague concept that they’re at an amusement park, I’m happy.
There’ll be hell to pay if they get caught and have to bailed out of jail.
No Daphne, men have an innate power to break things. Most of the time, cutting the power does not fall into this ability. In fact, sometimes. breaking things does everything BUT cutting the power. 🙂
And that has a special name: electrocution!
Breaker boxes are usually reasonably easy to access, just in case there’s an emergency or a short and someone has to cut the power to save the day. I’ve spent a lot of time staring at the breaker box on the back of the local Starbucks as I’ve waited in the drive-through lane, I could practically lean out my car window and pull down the big switch, it’s not locked.
Also, amusement park rides almost always have a big red EMERGENCY STOP button on the control panel, just in case of [insert horrible scenarios here]. If Tyler could cause a diversion to get the attendant to step away, he’d be able to whack the cut-off switch. They could probably restart the ride pretty soon, but in the confusion Daphne might have enough time to stow a gnome in a backpack and ride back out with it.
So many possible ways to create mayhem! So many ways to get caught!
I can’t imagine it’s much different than our house… which would be a challenge for our house here in Ohio where the power lines are at the 2nd story roof and the main box is inside the basement… but at the rent house in Dallas, all you had to do was walk around the side of the house, open the exposed circuit box (which never had a lock on it) and flip it off. 😛 In that particular case, even if the box had been inside (like it’s always supposed to be), you could have used a small stepladder and a large pair of yard clippers to cut the main power line from the single-story roof. At an amusement park, it’s anybody’s guess whether their power lines are exposed or underground.
I don’t know but something about cutting a live main power line with yard clippers sounds … unsafe? Maybe it’s me.
Granted that if you clip the line from the roof, you’re running a notable risk of electrocuting yourself.