Tom the Dancing Bug by Ruben Bolling for December 06, 2012
November 30, 2012
December 07, 2012
Transcript:
Enjoy this Classic Tom the Dancing Bug Every Thursday Panels from the annals of Tom the Dancing Bug archive Check back every Friday for a fresh, brand new Tom the Dancing Bug! Tom the Dancing Bug by Ruben Bolling Brain In A Beaker in "Wild Weekend" Man #1: Dude! I got tickets to Jamfest in Millerton! Man #2: Sweet! Man #1: We can crash at my cousin's... Man #2: Uh-oh. Problem! Man #1: What's that? Man #2: What'm I gonna do with my brain in a beaker? Man #1: Huh? Man #2: Y'know! That disembodied brain, stimulated by a computer to believe it's a functioning person, in a virtual reality? Man #1: Oh, right. Uh, can your neighbor watch it? Man #2: I'll ask. Neighbor: Oh, alright! But stop leaving your skis in the hallway. Man #2: Done! Later... Neighbor: I know! ...me too! ...I'll be right over! Neighbor: I knew she'd want me back! Neighbor: I missed you, baby. Hey, where's your roommate? Girl: I don't know. Out. Neighbor: Lemme just put this here -- I'm watching it for Sklivas! In a while... Man: Thanks for letting me rip those CDs. Man #2: Yeh. Man: Aw, man! Kim's defragging her hard drive again! Damn! Man: Here, I'll use this one. Meanwhile... Man: Where is that MUSIC coming from? Woman: Sounds like Wilco...
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jazzmoose almost 12 years ago
Ruben, my man, that is some crazy * **.
pumaman almost 12 years ago
Rodger, Wilco!
wilburgarrod almost 12 years ago
Don’t you just hate it when someone interrupts your computer reality with their music from wilco.
Mostly Water Premium Member almost 12 years ago
Moral of the strip: Never trust your brain in a beaker to your next door neighbor.
Mostly Water Premium Member almost 12 years ago
Dude should have hired a brain in a beaker sitter.
Packratjohn Premium Member almost 12 years ago
Someone should introduce him to the concept of a LAPTOP!
PBandMayo almost 12 years ago
oh…lost day! i think i need to start looking at these things a little later in the day from now on!
kapock almost 12 years ago
Wasn’t Sklivas’s neighbor cold?
mrsullenbeauty almost 12 years ago
I thought the skis would play a bigger role. I feel so naïve.
tomfromthe50s Premium Member almost 12 years ago
Now I know why there’s so much green in the world! (And please get me a modern computer.)