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They Stuffed Liz In The Trunk
🕑 Added 2024-09-23 00:20:46 +0000 UTCthe slab...
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Joseph Bonnar
Anticipation Anticipation is making me late Is keeping me waiting (Sorry, I'm fond of Carly Simon.)
enchantedsleeper
Does it? In the QC-verse?
enchantedsleeper
I subscribe to the theory that it has really strong social anxiety. Which is very endearing.
Halloween Jack
...pation
Beechwood Chip
The Floating Black Slab may be my favorite character. Enigmatic!
Ursus Ridens
Can't the floating black slab just give the dogs a what-for at a suitable number of volts?
Stephen Wells
Antici...................
alphanor
If it's a taxi, or an Uber or a Lyft, it has to be a human driving. I thought that would be pretty obvious.
Peter Shaw
I'm gonna miss Moray. She was CUTE! (Clearly, I'm a jelly-girl AI perv.)
Opus the Poet
Yeah that exact line is in the book, and the name of the computer is Deep Thought.
Leak
Did we ever get a proper trunk shot in QC? Because this would be TEH opportunity for one...
legobil
The FBSEALH nickname is one heck of acronym.
Someonelse
"Fit the Fourth" (i.e. episode 4) of the original radio series of Hitch-Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy, in which a computer is built to calculate the answer to Life, the Universe, and Everything. I can't remember if that exact line appears in the novel adaptation. The philosophers complain that it will put them out of a job, until the computer reveals that they will be able to spend seven and a half million years speculating while it computes the answer - which, of course, turns out to be "42".
Hugh Eckert
SAY IT! SAY IT!
Halloween Jack
So, come on up to the lab, and see what's on the slab; I see you shiver with...
Bagge
Moray is a national treasure EVERYWHERE.
Bagge
Just a step away from 'Wee Appleboom'
Miyaa
They get to Ol’ Boaty and a freak storm crashes them into Miquelon et Saint Pierre where Moray is declared a national treasure by the prime minister of France.
Chelsea
"young Appleboom" really tickles me here. Love ya, Bubbles
Joseph Bonnar
That comment of yours made me rewatch The Prisoner to see what the relationship of #6 was to #7, Bookbeard.
Daniel Blom Paulsen
Same. I figure it's because all the other encounters with the floating black slab happened in the coffee shop, so that's where our minds automatically went.
Doc Gumby
Doug Adams, can't recall which book though...
Doc Gumby
Gotta be.
Doc Gumby
Don't kink-shame me!
Summer
Travis Young, thanks! It has pocket... dimensions. :)
Matt Grayson
Leaving the famous joke aside, Jeremy would rip his head off. (Faye and Bubbles do GOOD work.)
BookBeard
I wanted to ship Droid 06 with Number 7, but I heard a rumor that 6 is afraid of 7. Not sure why.
Carl Cravens
I totally thought "coffee shop," though I'd assumed Faye was just there for coffee.
Doc Gumby
Robert Heinlein, good stuff!
Joseph Bonnar
PINTSIZE ❤️ DROID 06! 6-Pint!
Matt Grayson
DROID 06 ❤️ BUBBLES
William Burns
Tell them about bonnets, tyres, and motors. My mum was English.
Dean Reilly
It's a really great dog, I guess.
David Paul
Open 9pm-5am
Jared Kolbly
I'm not sure why, but when I read the last panel for a brief moment I thought Faye was still working in the coffee shop. Which made it a tiny bit weirder, but not much.
Opus the Poet
AS IT SHOULD BE!!!
mathw
I'm sure their reputation is becoming quite solid now, they've done some great work.
enchantedsleeper
Love that it knows to come to Union Robotics when it needs some maintenance. That may have been thanks to the cup holder, of course 😄
enchantedsleeper
I think it's a regular cab, but you could be onto something there 🤔
Joseph Bonnar
I think so too. So this is another Jeph callback, I suppose.
Brian
He’s not wrong. They had a murderous robotic Vespa early on. People have been weird there for a long time.
Bagge
I wonder if that's a problem for Moray. Turns out, it wasn't CIA that brought her to a top secret facility for studying - it was TSA
Joseph Bonnar
See this strip for Hannelore's naming conventions: https://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2113
Joseph Bonnar
Lemme see... Liz in the Trunk. Moray waving happily out the passenger window Who's driving? (Oh, silly me. It's an AI model that Hannelore had that she named "Automobile."
mathw
I'd forgotten about the floating black slab which emits a low hum! What a lovely reminder.
Troels Forchhammer
... one of the cases, where I need to remember that in the US, the "trunk" is not the big box luggage ... in the UK, people tend to put the trunk in the boot of the car 😁
David Durant
Proper lols. Excellent quote game from everyone today!
Bagge
So, what kind of shenanigans will Liz and Moray get up to traveling together? I'm calling it - Claire will get a call to come pick them up on the lost-and-found of the Denver international airport
Todd Ellner
Come up to the lab. And see what's on the slab. Bird poop.
BookBeard
Weird Star Exotic Goods, on the other hand, does carry both Umpire Crowns and Vampire Clown outfits.
BookBeard
The previous visit involved both shops actually, and it was before the last time skip so it's been at least a few months. https://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=4641 https://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=4645
Ravenswing
Aw, now, Jeph, the trees are just STARTING to get some color in Northampton.
Onyx
Found the storyline! https://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=4641 Edit - I think that was the only time it showed up?
Onyx
NICE
Onyx
Doers anyone remember when abouts the slab first or last showed up? I can't remember the part of the storyline to look it up
Onyx
The slab!
Opus the Poet
It looks like Martin's famous dog to me.
Opus the Poet
I recognize that quote!
Opus the Poet
Pixel already exists in an extra dimension. source: The Cat Who Walks Through Walls.
BookBeard
I like to think he installed the Ass Zombie app on his old chassis and it's just been wandering the streets ever since. https://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=3554
BookBeard
Because they aren't allowed to take that much liquid in a carry-on, obviously.
Sean Kinlin
@BookBeard: would Liz be steamed about being in such a trunk?
adrian koren
Floating black slab emitting a low hum sighting!!!!!!
Green
Is that Beeps? I want that to be Beeps. I hope she enjoys T̸̝̗̞̘̳͊̊̔͗̈̌̌̒̽̓͠ḫ̴̢̨̟̞̦̽̓͐̿̀͛̊̂̓́̓̋͒͐͒̎̓͝ę̴̧̦̼͉͍͖͕̲̩̥̜̠̱̣̣͎͖̟̗̺̹̪̻̀͑̌̎̀̿̈́̄̎̓̆́̇͘͝͝͠ ̴̡̢̡̜͉̺͎͚̮̫̣͈̯͙̰͖͓̟̼̮̗́̄̏̌͆̏̎̿̃̓͐͌̊̍͌̄͊̈́̄̓͐͋̄͛̈́̚̕Ḑ̶̣͎̥͉͕̘̺̃̃͛́̄͘̚͜ͅo̶̡͇̰͊̈́̾̿͌̌͗͘g̸̨̧̛̜̟̙̰͓̹͑̈́̾̌̀͆͂͒̽̉̈́̕͠ͅ
Creeperkry
"Come down to 'Marvin's Famous Dog' today! It's a labradoodle!"
Creeperkry
Steve's ex girlfriend? Was it Meena?
Not that Patrick Foltz
Meena
Carl Fink
Hey, Jeph, why did they stuff dog pee in the trunk?
Carl Fink
At the same time, or just the same week?
Zygo
Definitely more than one day has passed since the last visit of the black slab that we have seen, and when we did see it, it wasn't covered in bird droppings. It's Faye's shop (with Bubbles) this time, not Dora's.
R L
On or actually *in*
rhekke
Raven and Emily both end up in cube town, and due to a mix up, have to share the same lab space, right next to Liz. They team up to study temporal coffee brewing and creating the tessercat, a feline who exists in an extra dimension.
Mitsuki Ayane
wait, was this a different visit or has very little time passed since the strip we saw the slab in? ~<3
alphanor
I was hoping she would hook up with Liz and interesting (and dangerous) results would ensue! Liz would definitely be put back on her genius track!
BookBeard
Pffft, is that all? I've done way more than that. Oh wait, are they supposed to be in one piece?Nevermind.
alphanor
Why??------ never mind.
alphanor
I can envision that happenng.
Captain Button
“We demand rigidly defined areas of doubt and uncertainty!”
Captain Button
With what's her name?
Joe Bocanegra
I forgot about that slab. Glad to know they are regular customers.
Yelling Bird
Back in college we once got 20 people in a Ford Aerostar.
BookBeard
Yeah, I've been thinking for a while that Emily's particular flavor of mad science is a perfect fit for Cubetown. I was kinda hoping she would meet Moray and Liz while they were in town.
Miyaa
I wonder which part of the government is Emily working for these days?
Jeremy Oreskovich
Which brings up an interesting point: if anyone in the QC cast deserves to be in Cubetown, it's absolutely Emily. Unless, of course, the US government has her embargoed from travelling abroad
Miyaa
@Dean Reilly • GDI DEAN.
BookBeard
They went out and bought an old steamer trunk just to stuff Liz in.
alphanor
It's a hatchback. There is no trunk, just a back deck.
Elf Sternberg
On the other, more horrible paw, I've been listening to the Magnus Protocol recently. "Knowing" that an unspeaking being wants something is generally a very bad sign.
Elf Sternberg
If the past is any indication, the black slab emitting a low hum tips quite well!
Elf Sternberg
I mean, she has good taste, but isn't that just the yellow sweater Emily gave her?
YsabetJustYsabet
Liz will be happier in the trunk.
BookBeard
I love that Bubbles is once again wearing the collapsible cardigan that Emily made for her. https://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=3180 https://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=3476
Holly Nelson
I definitely saw "vampire clothing," and wasn’t surprised in the least.
Doc Gumby
Bubbles is still wearing Emily's sweater!
Simon Green
Ah, so it would be a Nightvale / QC crossover then
Holly Nelson
- sad trombone -
Holly Nelson
"I didn’t make him for YOU!"
BookBeard
When a girl made of goo Waves and bids you adieu That's A Moray!
Drazi
I'm relatively sure this slab predates Nightvale.
Drazi
Aww, I missed a visit from the slab? 😞
Timothy Roller
Must not float very high.
Jeremy J Nickurak
WE DEMAND MORE FLOATING BLACK SLAB EMITTING A LOW HUM
Jonathan Taves
It looks like Pintsize's old chassis (or its lookalike) is about to drop by and say "Hi."
Travis Young
Vintage Clothing, but I like your universe better
Travis Young
One of the things I miss about living in a university town is getting to shop at college town vintage clothing
Kara
I appreciate the ‘eh’, eh?
Sean Kinlin
"So come up to the lab, and see what's on the slab..."
Sean Kinlin
*Claireface*
William Cole
It's actually just a (poorly stocked) hardware store, but everything is metric.
Sarah Valentine
Well, it's been shown to be a good tipper in the past!
Todd Perkins
It used to be a Benjamin, but I hear the price has gone up...
William Cole
I mean, in Northampton, both of those are plausible options.
Todd Perkins
FBSELH for short.
Simon Green
Oooooh a QC / Nightvale crossover sounds awesome
Daryk Zirkle
I wonder how much the slab paid for the polishing...
Dean Reilly
They put Liz in the trunk, but her arms were hand luggage.
LH
you mean her TRASH LAIR
Graydon Armstrong
Winslow should hang out with the slab! It can attract birds for him, and he can shoo them off the slab itself!
Duke
The Slab holds down a day-job at the morgue.
ValdVin
Floating Black Slab just can't hang out in the park, like anyone else, without the pigeons finding them.
Cody Renton
FLOATING BLACK SLAB EMITTING A LOW HUM MENTIONED
Bridgette Ryan
Awwwwww, Bubs still has Emily's gift sweater!!!
Shawn K. Younkin
"My God! It's covered in bird poop!" David Bowman, probably.
Andrew Mitchell
IKR!! What a callback!
Summer
And how come they never visit Weird Star Exotic Goods?
Aerin Moriarty
OH MY GOD, FALL CUTIE MODE BUBBLES IS EVERYTHING
Darren Franzen
When you lean out the car, wave to friends from afar That’s a-Moray!
Taigan
They’re having this conversation in plain view of “Weird Star Exotic Goods.”
Summer
Umpire Crowns?
Miyaa
What the slab returned?!
Summer
College Town Vampire Clowns?
Foal Papers
Yay! The slab! All glory to the slab! :-)
Ashbury Haight
Took me way too long to make out "College Town Vintage Clothing." I thought it was either "umpire clothing" or "vampire clothing." Might need new glasses
emmavoid
It's okay to put Liz in the trunk, given her apartment she's used to cramped spaces
Zig Justice
NOBODY wants a black slab encrusted in bird droppingsq
Wynn Donivan
Slab mentioned!
Michael
You hang around something long enough you learn his language
