Where’s my posse?
on May 10, 2018 at 12:01 amChapter: By Any Other Name
Location: Alien headquarters
Welp, we’re about up to where we last saw this particular story via flashback! Bet we’re about to see why we’re retreading this ground, huh?
Welp, we’re about up to where we last saw this particular story via flashback! Bet we’re about to see why we’re retreading this ground, huh?
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“Are you smarter than a 10 year old?”
(is that actually fifth grade? I can’t remember)
<– *is not, in fact, smarter*
It is!
The UK version is actually called that. Presumably because a direct translation would be something like “Are You Smarter Than a Year Five Pupil (Primary Five in Scotland)?”
Note: If someone needs to ask that, the answer is probably ‘no’.
I wish I had a date for the events of this strip so I could joke about the real Jewish holiday they’re obviously celebrating.
Thematically, it probably involves torment and suffering, but that doesn’t really narrow it down.
It’s probably the one we celebrate because someone tried to wipe us out, we won, and now we eat.
Where’s Mr. Random when you need him?
I’ll bet it’s Tu B’Shvat
The old Joyce & Walky! site is part broken and takes some navigating by hand, but has this as July 28, 2003. I wonder if that information will ultimately be kept somehow?
That I knew, but this strip doesn’t take place in 2003, so.
Nevertheless, thanks!
Oh, right. Flashbacks aren’t always to the exact same date several years prior? ….Using the Hebrew calendar? Well then.
Sha’butzi?
The one thing that I always did find humorous about head alien was his overzealous ego. If he’s such a mastermind how come the only obstacle that stood between him and world domination was a super enhance army the he made himself.
If I were to put him on the same level as another villain I’d put him next to Invader Zim.
Do some of the aliens actually celebrate Jewish holidays, or was that just an excuse for them to get out of work?
Why not both?
They can empathize with the struggling of the people who have been enslaved and abused by every major power since they came to be…especially with HA as their leader.
Plus, the Jewish people know how to party 😉
I love how you can see Alan slowly getting closer to quitting.
“Ugh, my idiot boss wants be to hold this girl.”
“No, boss, my team isn’t here. As usual, I’m the only one doing any work.”
“And yet I still don’t get promoted. Do we even have ranks? What about benefits? This is why I hate working here. It’s so disorganized.”
“Yo boss, maybe don’t antagonize the super strong kid. Just an idea. No need to listen to me or anything.”
“You know, if I take some night classes, I could probably go for my teaching credential.”
You know, HA, you’re really reaching with that ‘smarter’ comment there. I, for one, haven’t seen any evidence yet of you being smarter than a 10-year-old!