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Chapter: Prince of Dappled ShadeCharacters: Satan Sigmund The Cabal TraceeTags: hamster pit puppy grinder sofa bed trap door
SPILL THE TEA!
Go on! SPILL IT! SPILL IT NAOOOWWW!!!!!!
VOTE FOR SPILLED TEA!!!
In other news...
First, this comic is brought to you again by the two stalwart supporters The Lurker and Jeremy, who are both Mayor of Pucksburg again. Maybe you're generous enough to join them! CHECK OUT THE PATREON!!!
As for this comic...
Well, that got dark.
A robust puppy grinder?!? Clean shred?!? I think this qualifies as a new dedicated level of hell.
All these things are established canonical things in the mansion. So it’s cool.
YIKES what a cruel fate for such an individual guy who had a good head on his shoulders.
he messed with the devil, he knew what he was getting into…..i´m more interested in why tracee looks so shocked in the last panel – surely not because of the puppy(!) grinder? maybe she really liked that sofa bed?
I don’t know, just reading Professor Gecko’s tags is a trigger warning:
“Tags: hamster pit, puppy grinder, sofa bed, trap door”
I’m a professor now? Cool.
Well the other guys claim Professora & Professor and your stuff is learning based and just as good, and higher ranked on TWC, so yeah, based on the authority granted to me by a variety of State and Federal TLA agencies, and as co-mayor of this burg I hereby and forever more declare ye Professor. Yur No Prize certificate of certification will be posted by the next available courier.
Aw man! I feel so honored!
Or she could have gone down that chute.
Are we not doing phrasing anymore?
What? You go do what you want, man.
Wow, puppy grinder, he really is Satan. I’m surprised that didn’t instantly bring back some shadow.
Oh, tangential fun fact I learned when I worked in a butcher shop. There are specific blades made for bandsaws with just the right tooth profile and size for cutting meat and bone. So that’s a thing you know now.
And knowing is half the battle!
I think bandsaws were invented for meat processing, and other uses came later.
The need to saw up a band is even more specialized than to grind up puppies.
I suppose it’s important to remove their instruments first?
What use is that?
Tracee’s over there with a look that says she just realized this guy is literally Satan. XD
Well, sometimes things get a little whack even for Tracee.
At least we know that the trap door is secure.
Very.
“He fell in to the churning puppy grinder / He went down, down, down, and the blades cut higher / And it churns, churns, churns / The puppy grinder / The puppy grinder.”
I know that we now live in a terrifying world where I could feed those brilliant lyrics into AI and it could make Johnny Cash sing them. And part of me wants to do that. But I will resist. For ethics.
You could get A.I. to sing in Johnny Cash’s voice, but once you put “puppy grinder” in the strip, my own mind did all the rest.
I have to say, I think I’d prefer a quick death from the puppy grinder to being nibbled to death by hamsters.
Well, I’m assuming the hamsters would be a minor nuisance, not fatal.
Um . . . Satan, better check what the bath bombs actually do before using those . . .
Things have changed, man.
Yeah, too temptingly convenient. Religious fundamentalists, Karens, other bulky, unwanted objects; mission creep for a floor shredder would be inevitable.
Sorta wish I had one.
For some reason I have a sudden urge to try a boba for the first time…
Not sure why. But I’m a fan.
Your TWC incentive pic.
I could use a few of Phoebe’s bobas in my tea.
Hey, now there’s some bobas that need popping.
Phoebe really knows how to put the bubbles in tea.
Are those pearls …. tapioca?
Definitely tapioca.
So…. is the grinder running 24/7, or is there a sensor that trips when something drops thru the chute, or what’s the deal?
I’m guessing a sensor turns it on. Gotta save power.
Satan: “well… uh… looks like the problem of what to do with him after he crawled out has resolved itself.”
Sigmund: “aside from a lot of mopping, I suppose.”
Tracy: “…was standing RIGHT over it…” (thousand yard stare).
Perfect dialogue addendum.
Is that a little shade I’m seeing come back?
<8(
Nah, no shade. Weird that it hasn’t returned.
Well, it took a while to disappear, it’ll take a bit to return.
Also: <<8(((
The thing I’m curious about is how will the shade get restored on his body. Does it start at the horns and go down, like the inverse of how it left? Will it start at his feet/tail and work its way up? Or will it just come back all at once?
All will be answered.
Looking at her face she only now realizes he is actually pretty damn evil. Also, I’d place the grinder above the hamster pit as an easy feeding mechanism
Tease.
Who, me? Tease?
“He was a bad egg”
Probably a subconscious inspiration.
Noooooo!!! Not the hamster pit!!!!
Their tiny, tiny claws!
You know (said whilst contemplating a cup of burnt transmission fluid that smelled like regret but suspiciously like actual real coffee) In all fairness to my level of hell. The puppy grinder is rated PG* and frankly more than a little kind compared to the hamster pit.
Well, I think the hamster pit would have been a nuisance but more akin to a humiliating inconvenience.
Thanks for the reminder of one of my favorite quotes regarding coffee:
Coffee comes in five descending stages: Coffee, Java, Jamoke, Joe, and Carbon Remover.
Robert A. Heinlein
That is a good quote.
By a good writer. Wish more people knew of his works.
I used to be a fan. Yes, a good and fluent writer. Enough that it wasn’t always obvious when he was so far off base, he was in grand stands.
Happy Shakespeare Day to everyone! I’d like to point out that it’s ironic “Sanders” accused Satan of being soft yet met a ghastly fate because of him. As the old saying goes: “Be careful of what you look for because you just might find it.”
As Hamlet said, “Why, man he did make love to this employment.” It’s a great line. Should be used more often.
This sort of thing is why you should not make changes to your installation without closely examining the reasons for the original arrangement.
This is especially important in an installation that features a *lot* of gear that would never satisfy Canadian-OSHA!
I am sure that the puppy grinder meets all puppy grinder regulations in Canada.
Eesh! Canadian Scratch got his evil mojo back, and then some!
Well, sorta. Inadvertently.
On the other hand, Tracee appears to have found a limit to the evil she is willing to entertain… Interesting.
I think it’s just a little unexpected. She might be able to adjust.