Situation Purple
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I'll be honest; After reading the comic for years I finally just started donating to point out the morally (if not technically, language being somewhat fluid) wrong spelling of fuchsia. Also, fuchsia is an experimental new google OS.
It could be worse, we could have ended up keeping the spelling and regularising the pronunciation. Although actually, "code fucksya" sounds pretty dramatic.
okay Bubbles, what about the 'atypical' situations?
I'd like to think that, in a real red alert type situation, Bubbles would just pick up the phone and make old-fashioned modem noises into it.
As a former machine shop intern, the amount of FNG abuse here is extremely relatable and giggle-inducing for me. Well played, Mr. Jacques.
Now they're just rubbing it in...
If the codename is named after the color, it should be "Fuchsia" :) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fuchsia_(color)
it's a very common alternative spelling at this point. https://blog.xkcd.com/2010/05/03/color-survey-results/ (about 1/3rd of the way down.)
"resentful sweeping" = me, an adult, cleaning my floors at home. I hate it.
you beat me to it!!
Next they'll send Sam out for some striped paint and a left-handed screwdriver.
Typically.
i cant wait for them to send her to get air-hooks or watever is the equivalent in america to mess with the new kid XD
Old American traditions include sending the newbies to search for a "left-handed monkey wrench" and "elbow grease" in apprenticeships, and "tent stretcher" (in the Boy Scouts.)
I love the way Faye and Bubbles are so in tune with each other. backing up each others' jokes, not spoiling each others' jokes, and so forth.
That bracket was holding up something important, wasn't it?
Yeah, Sam's dignity.
ah, tactical codename humour. Very droll.
C'mon, Sam certainly can recognize a common shelf bracket. SHE's fuckin' with them.
I dunno, that a shelf holding heavy or expensive tools or parts is down a bracket might indeed be important.
So what's on the shelf that bracket was holding up and is it going to explode when it falls to the floor?
There exist extra shelf brackets which are not currently in use, as well as redundant shelf brackets. Just because one bracket was found free range does not mean a shelf is necessarily about to collapse. Shelf brackets are cheap enough that even companies struggling as much as Union Robotics will usually have times when they have extra shelf brackets. Especially when you consider that Bubbles can probably cut, shape, and drill them as needed. (That said, mass produced shelf brackets will probably be cheaper than Bubbles' time to make them, so she'd probably only be making shelf brackets if they had a shelf bracket emergency. Which this isn't.)
I still get a chuckle when we get an MT move (taking an empty trailer from point a to point b), and I tell my current student we're going to pickup Sailboat Fuel. Ah, the looks on thier faces even for the ones who get the joke quickly. :D
Note that we've gone from May's Teen Broom to Sullen Teen with Broom.
I sense an epic fight on the way
It does depend on *which* dog is loose in the mess hall.
There is a difference. A labradoodle (lab poodle crossbreed) is not likely to be aggressive. A chihuahua now? Ready the anti chihuahua BASSELOPE missile!
I feel like they're just standing around waiting for ways to fuck with her. LoL
And I could totally go with that. ;)
I need you to go to supply and get me a yard of flight-line. Yes, one yard.
And a fluorescent lightbulb cutter?
Keep it up and she’ll bake you a Chaos Loaf!
There had better be war ladle 2.0 as compensation for that joke.
(flashback to the Chaos Pupper)
Ah the time honored past time of f*cking with the newbies. Next be sending in the back for a can of A.I.R. and maybe some good old ID10T grease lol
Don't forget piston return springs! Very important.
... is the name of my Prince cover band.
and the album title
All right you two! Be nice! Sam is a good kid and while a little hazing is to be expected, you need to buy her lunch now. A yummy lunch.
Did Bubbles just get more adorable? I didn't think that was possible. We've passed a new level of Bubdorable.
Wouldn’t it be adoraBubbles?
Code brown is the one where you have to watch where you're stepping.
The BEST couple
Bubs in panel 5 reminds me of Maxim 20 from Schlock Mercenary: If you're not willing to shell your own position, you're not willing to win.
Has Faye swore in front of Sam before? If not...I think I smell a storyline
Dammit, Faye! You too, Bubbles! Sam is too young to know you're fucking with her!
Isn’t she like 15-16 now?
I love the Faye-Bubbles dynamic. Neither of them miss a beat.
It really says something about how close Faye and Bubbles have gotten that Bubbles picked up on the joke and ran with it, after Faye started it. They really are good for each other.
Faye's face in panel five is amazing
Poor kid