Beeblebroxian, shit I like to stretch my vocab but even I had to look that one up; now I know why, not a huge scifi guy.
When I saw it my brain read it as Beelzebubian, and considering the subject and the context I think I’ll stick with that…lots of foks especially on Skye’s side of the aisle think that’s scifi too.
Not I; everything in that Book seems more and more like a script that we’re acting out every day…and I guess that is what it is.
July 2, 2015 at 12:10 pm
Ming the Merciless
I’m a big fan of science fiction but I draw the line at Zaphod Beeblebrox…leftard non sense and time travel…insults to intelligence…typical Noam Chomsky bolshevik idiocies.
Done by Independence Day, I’m tellin’ ya. Symbolic or what?
I’m thinking a Fourth picnic at the swimmin’ hole; tit will git that last bit!
July 1, 2015 at 11:02 pm
capn
Sam is practising the oldest form of self restraint known to the human animal.
That self restraint that won’t let honorable folks strangle their own kin no matter how badly they really truly need it.
So …. One resorts to calling in a referree. MOM! when we are children at home and the spouse when grown and married.
Zed will now hustle Sam to the swimming hole for a “cool down” and some good wine or run Skye off to go bug someone else for a while. Oh Sheriff …. take this girl for a ride will ya?
Now…now….Zed just needs to see that that big fat pulsating vien is moved from his loves forehead to somewhere else……….
July 2, 2015 at 3:08 am
KenH
The prog beastbitch isn’t dead yet??
Shame
Had hope for a holiday gift
July 2, 2015 at 4:32 am
chuck...
Speaking of the last bit, a DbyD bar graph would properly fill from left to Right…
July 2, 2015 at 5:56 am
Bill G
And the beat goes on, the beat goes on…
July 2, 2015 at 6:00 am
B Woodman
Sam fell into that trap, didn’t she? Sam should have explained that yes, the chopper was donated, but they (Sam, Zed, et al) didn’t sell out, betray and give away the USA with political favors to receive their donation.
And THEN give in to those deep dark emotions and punch Skye’s lights out.
July 2, 2015 at 9:46 am
bryan e
Why all the calls for violence? Skye’s just saying what we hear every day from people with whom we disagree. Sam loves Skye, whatever crazy stuff she says.
Sam coulda/shoulda said something like “was it really donated, or was there something given in return”… Try over and over to engage Skye’s brain. It’s unused, right?
July 2, 2015 at 11:08 am
RegT
How many times have the other characters attempted to kick-start Skye’s brain, to no avail. I gave up on my younger (62) sister fifteen years ago. She wasn’t quite as Left Field as Skye, but totally heartless and self-interested. She was the poster child for “It’s all about Me”.
I’m different from Sam. I refuse to waste any more of my life trying to be accepting of someone not worth being around. Blood is _not_ thicker than water when the subject is as brain-dead as Skye. Or as self-serving as my sister.
Sam has nothing to apologize for – but I feel her annoyance.
There is a world of difference between the little Schweizer/Hughes helicopter that the DD ranch uses and Hillary’s Gulfstreams and Learjets… That little helicopter brand new with top-notch avionics and a service contract probably didn’t cost $500K, whereas the jets are multi-million dollar investments that require frequent, expensive maintenance and flight crews. Why is it that having an aircraft causes people to immediately suspect the owner of being a part of the eeeeevil 1% ? Yes, the carbon-spewers of Al Bore and The Hildabeast probably cost more to operate for a day than most of us earn in a month, but that little helicopter, as valuable a ranch tool as a tractor, probably burns about 10 gph of avgas – so, maybe $50/hour to run.
This is a tender subject for me – our little airplane might fetch $20K on a fast sale, but when folks hear we have “an airplane” we immediately get the raised eyebrows and the “must be nice!” comments… Nobody thinks twice though when they see a good ol’ boy running down the highway in a bigassed dually diesel pickup ($50K to $100K? or more) pulling a Toyhauler ($150K+) filled with quads ($5K to $20K each) or other spendy toys… all bought on credit, where our little putt-putt of the sky is free ‘n’ clear. Progs are the worst, since they viciously envy and vilify anything that they themselves don’t have, but conservatives are not immune to the knee-jerk “you must be rich” reaction. Our little bird gets us to see wife’s mother on the other side of AZ in 3 hours instead of 8 or 10, so it is probably more utilitarian than luxury for us.
There – *rant off*!
Sorry, the airplane thing just touches a nerve – and money is very tight this year (thanks to all that ‘Hope and Change’). I really wish I could contribute to the annual drive, but not only are we not flying ($50/hr is expensive and we haven’t visited Ma in a while) but if things don’t look up soon there might be a nice little Cherokee looking for a new owner… (a tear falls – *sob*) But, if y’all ever want to visit us in AZ (it’s a dry heat) we’ll do our best to show you a hospitable good time!
July 2, 2015 at 12:21 pm
Drumwaster
It isn’t the use of the personal planes, it is the use of same while pretending to be “just ordinary folks, strugglin’ to pay the bills”, like La Dona “we were broke when we left the White House” Clinton does. I would respect her a lot more if she were to just fess up and quit pretending.
Not LIKE her any more, but at least I would respect the honesty.
July 2, 2015 at 5:47 pm
Pamela
“ZEEEDD!! My sister needs to take a helicopter ride over the swamp in the south 40!”
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That last black bit is a disappearin’, you dawgs! You DBDr’s. Kick. Butt,I tell ya.
The last panel is the most unattractive pic of Sam ever,but I understand it took Skye to bring it out of her. Idiots will do that to you.
A little catharsis every now and then is vitally necessary.
Especially when living entirely too close to someone as Beeblebroxian as Skye.
cheers
eon
Beeblebroxian, shit I like to stretch my vocab but even I had to look that one up; now I know why, not a huge scifi guy.
When I saw it my brain read it as Beelzebubian, and considering the subject and the context I think I’ll stick with that…lots of foks especially on Skye’s side of the aisle think that’s scifi too.
Not I; everything in that Book seems more and more like a script that we’re acting out every day…and I guess that is what it is.
I’m a big fan of science fiction but I draw the line at Zaphod Beeblebrox…leftard non sense and time travel…insults to intelligence…typical Noam Chomsky bolshevik idiocies.
billf, that would be Sam’s “COME HERE!” look, not the “come hither ;)” look that we are so accustomed to.
Married nigh 44 years, I am well acquainted with both, and heed them both equally as to urgency, if unequally as to urge.
Done by Independence Day, I’m tellin’ ya. Symbolic or what?
I’m thinking a Fourth picnic at the swimmin’ hole; tit will git that last bit!
Sam is practising the oldest form of self restraint known to the human animal.
That self restraint that won’t let honorable folks strangle their own kin no matter how badly they really truly need it.
So …. One resorts to calling in a referree. MOM! when we are children at home and the spouse when grown and married.
Zed will now hustle Sam to the swimming hole for a “cool down” and some good wine or run Skye off to go bug someone else for a while. Oh Sheriff …. take this girl for a ride will ya?
Or maybe not … uhm … Chris?
see what I did there?
Well, short of a good ol’ catfight between Sam and Skye. Hmmm…who do you think will win that? Shortest catfight ever.
However, I do think the best option is what the pawnbroker said…
The problem is that people like the Sheriff. We need a character that deserves Skye.
“We” had one – Sam kicked his butt about four years ago!
BTW, did what I could to eliminate the black spot, things are tight this year…
So, Sam doesn’t have an axe anywhere near by?
Maybe, maybe not, but an axe HANDLE will do.
Now…now….Zed just needs to see that that big fat pulsating vien is moved from his loves forehead to somewhere else……….
The prog beastbitch isn’t dead yet??
Shame
Had hope for a holiday gift
Speaking of the last bit, a DbyD bar graph would properly fill from left to Right…
And the beat goes on, the beat goes on…
Sam fell into that trap, didn’t she? Sam should have explained that yes, the chopper was donated, but they (Sam, Zed, et al) didn’t sell out, betray and give away the USA with political favors to receive their donation.
And THEN give in to those deep dark emotions and punch Skye’s lights out.
Why all the calls for violence? Skye’s just saying what we hear every day from people with whom we disagree. Sam loves Skye, whatever crazy stuff she says.
Sam coulda/shoulda said something like “was it really donated, or was there something given in return”… Try over and over to engage Skye’s brain. It’s unused, right?
How many times have the other characters attempted to kick-start Skye’s brain, to no avail. I gave up on my younger (62) sister fifteen years ago. She wasn’t quite as Left Field as Skye, but totally heartless and self-interested. She was the poster child for “It’s all about Me”.
I’m different from Sam. I refuse to waste any more of my life trying to be accepting of someone not worth being around. Blood is _not_ thicker than water when the subject is as brain-dead as Skye. Or as self-serving as my sister.
Sam has nothing to apologize for – but I feel her annoyance.
There is a world of difference between the little Schweizer/Hughes helicopter that the DD ranch uses and Hillary’s Gulfstreams and Learjets… That little helicopter brand new with top-notch avionics and a service contract probably didn’t cost $500K, whereas the jets are multi-million dollar investments that require frequent, expensive maintenance and flight crews. Why is it that having an aircraft causes people to immediately suspect the owner of being a part of the eeeeevil 1% ? Yes, the carbon-spewers of Al Bore and The Hildabeast probably cost more to operate for a day than most of us earn in a month, but that little helicopter, as valuable a ranch tool as a tractor, probably burns about 10 gph of avgas – so, maybe $50/hour to run.
This is a tender subject for me – our little airplane might fetch $20K on a fast sale, but when folks hear we have “an airplane” we immediately get the raised eyebrows and the “must be nice!” comments… Nobody thinks twice though when they see a good ol’ boy running down the highway in a bigassed dually diesel pickup ($50K to $100K? or more) pulling a Toyhauler ($150K+) filled with quads ($5K to $20K each) or other spendy toys… all bought on credit, where our little putt-putt of the sky is free ‘n’ clear. Progs are the worst, since they viciously envy and vilify anything that they themselves don’t have, but conservatives are not immune to the knee-jerk “you must be rich” reaction. Our little bird gets us to see wife’s mother on the other side of AZ in 3 hours instead of 8 or 10, so it is probably more utilitarian than luxury for us.
There – *rant off*!
Sorry, the airplane thing just touches a nerve – and money is very tight this year (thanks to all that ‘Hope and Change’). I really wish I could contribute to the annual drive, but not only are we not flying ($50/hr is expensive and we haven’t visited Ma in a while) but if things don’t look up soon there might be a nice little Cherokee looking for a new owner… (a tear falls – *sob*) But, if y’all ever want to visit us in AZ (it’s a dry heat) we’ll do our best to show you a hospitable good time!
It isn’t the use of the personal planes, it is the use of same while pretending to be “just ordinary folks, strugglin’ to pay the bills”, like La Dona “we were broke when we left the White House” Clinton does. I would respect her a lot more if she were to just fess up and quit pretending.
Not LIKE her any more, but at least I would respect the honesty.
“ZEEEDD!! My sister needs to take a helicopter ride over the swamp in the south 40!”