Bad Machinery by John Allison for August 23, 2023

  1. Ted4th
    seismic-2 Premium Member over 1 year ago

    Lottie mentions “skittles”, but they are actually doing ten-pin bowling (with full-sized pins) rather than nine-pin bowling with the smaller skittle pins, right?

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    John Campbell  over 1 year ago

    That’s Claire’s dad acting as bus driver. I think this is the first time we’ve seen Chief Little out of uniform — you may recall from “The Case of the Simple Soul” that he’s the Tackleford fire chief. You may also recall from “Simple Soul” that his daughter is the Tackleford fire bug.

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    Nuliajuk  over 1 year ago

    Mimi sounds like a royal pain in the derriere.

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    GaryCooper  over 1 year ago

    The pins are doomed to repeat their mistakes.

    A brilliantly existentialist take on a bowling alley.

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    Jonathan K. and the Elusive Dream Girl  over 1 year ago

    ❤️ Little Claire is back! ❤️

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    willie_mctell  over 1 year ago

    Si mon moine voulait danser un capuchin je le donnerai.

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    Aladar30 Premium Member over 1 year ago

    Lottie seems kinda obsessed by Mimi.

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    John Campbell  over 1 year ago

    Also, subtle details worth noting: Camille has Claire fetching her drinks. She told us the other day that Camille “let” her brush her hair until her arm ached. And while she characterized that as a favor Camille did her… keep in mind that this is the same girl who characterized being forcibly inducted into the Onion Army as, “Oh, it’th fine. I’m thure it wath character forming”.

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