With Friends Like These... #64: Jetlag Rules.

[cadhla]

First, the strip:

With Friends Like These... #64: Jetlag Rules (New York III).Second, the footnotes

Comments

[sdelmonte]

So who are those people in the background at the party, I must wonder.

[cadhla]

Random Background People What Fit In The Background.

[sdelmonte]

I hope they had a good time. Given how random our friends tend to be already, I think they did.

[ladymondegreen]

I have to say, my first reaction to that panel was 'Vixy and Tony are in the kitchen!' and my second was, 'hey, that's not Vixy!'

Also, the kitchen was probably never that empty for the entire length of the party, but who am I to quibble. I can't see it from panel 2. ;)

[dormouse_in_tea]

I think "So?" is an entirely valid and fitting response to that trivial point of order myself. :p

[tibicina]

So police tend to arrest you when you do it. Especially since you know that Seanan wouldn't be subtle about it. And if she's in jail, then she can't make it to any of her conventions.

[dormouse_in_tea]

I can't make it to any of the conventions either! *cranky*

...although I suppose for people who aren't me, that's relevant. :P

[dornbeast]

My thought on the "setting people on fire" concern:

Humans are, sadly, not particularly flammable. In my opinion, the inconvenience of safely carrying a suitable accelerant and an igniter far outweigh the satisfaction of setting somebody on fire.

[dan_ad_nauseam]

Actually, it's because they enjoy it less than cats.

[nimitzbrood]

This is going to sound horribly garish but under the right conditions humans can combust quite well. From what I can understand of it the trick is getting enough of the fat in the human body to melt and soak into the clothing.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spontaneous_human_combustion

A couple of magnetrons from microwave ovens inside a pair of Direct TV style dishes on the front of a vehicle could probably do it quite easily. Especially if the person in question is a smoker and has a lighter in their pocket. (Though there's some doubt as to how long it would take them to "flame up" versus just "cook".)

Don't forget to put a lead shield between the dishes and the vehicle though. ;-)

The things I think about before my coffee sets in...

[vixyish]

That is a *great* drawing of Merav.

[ladymondegreen]

I like it, a lot. And now akawil has his very own set of pierce-nez glasses, which is how he insists glasses work in WFLT

Funny enough I actually had my hair up and I was wearing a big poofy skirt and an insane frilly camisole bodice thing, which just proves that Sean was actually dead on her feet and didn't notice that I was dressed like I had come from a Bastille Day party.

Sometimes life is stranger than art.

Also? 70 itty-bitty cranes have gone missing. I think they must be flying your way.

As an aside...

[snobahr]

I saw THIS, and immeediately thought of you.