Monty by Jim Meddick for January 24, 2023

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    Richard S Russell Premium Member almost 2 years ago

    I was once at a picnic where they had some field games for entertainment. One of them was the frying-pan toss. Our host was a carpenter, and a lot of his buddies were, too. They all had forearms that looked like most people’s thighs, so I knew there was no way I was gonna outmuscle them. So I arranged to go last. I put my knowledge of physics and geometry to use by starting out about 5 feet behind the line, approaching it while doing a complete 360° body whirl, holding my arm at maximum extension, and flinging the frying pan at a 45° upward angle for max distance. That did it.

    Afterwards, I watched all of them practicing using the same technique, and every one of them could throw it at least 15 feet farther than I had. Too late.

    Maybe something like that would work for EB.

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    Ratkin Premium Member almost 2 years ago

    Hiding and cowering are both a good survival techniques, especially in mass shootings. We had two here in California in the last two days. It’s a shame we have to teach such techniques to our schoolchildren.

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    Jayalexander  almost 2 years ago

    Better to run and live to fight another day.

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    Armitage72  almost 2 years ago

    Sorry, but combat robots have more imaginative names than than just stating their weapons. If you turn on Battlebots, they have names like Minotaur and Tombstone, not “Drum Spinner” and “Horizontal Bar Spinner”.

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    F-Flash  almost 2 years ago

    EB phone Home.

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    monya_43  almost 2 years ago

    Fight or flight? . . . Hmmmm. I’d have to take the flight option. Then hiding and cowering, EB could win this if he outlasts all the others.

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    WCraft Premium Member almost 2 years ago

    Ah – the tried and true “Rope-a-Dope”

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    johndifool  almost 2 years ago

    Ah, the perils of having the only bot which has achieved self-awareness…

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    Spoonbone  almost 2 years ago

    The little pincher after EB is hysterical, after those other monsters.

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    Spoonbone  almost 2 years ago

    Does anybody know what EB stands for?

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    Zeno2099  almost 2 years ago

    Does anybody remember if E.B. is a remodelled version of the robot from Jim Meddick’s previous comic strip, which initially moved in with Monty, if I remember correctly?

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    T...  almost 2 years ago

    Hide today and live to fight another day…

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    Pharmakeus Ubik  almost 2 years ago

    The commentator on the left looks a lot like Rob Riggle.

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    Sisyphos  almost 2 years ago

    The color commentary is half the show! —Maybe even more than half.

    How adroitly they’ve turned E.B.’s sheer terror into brilliant strategy….

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