When there’s an option of reading and cheese, why would one do anything else?
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Still in the sandwich cell, Picknar said to Rodrigo, “Instead of harassing Thoos, why don’t you help us come up with a way to literally save our skins?” Rodrigo shrugged and disinterestedly said, “mm,” and then asked, “Is there at least some crackers and cheese to go with the jam?” Picknar asked, “Do you mean the churned milk forcibly taken from possibly sentient creatures before they’re slaughtered?” Rodrigo said, “Yes. That.” Then Thoos began yelling, “No! And finding cheese wouldn’t be helpful! How can you talk about cheese at a time like this?” Rodrigo said, “Is it ever not a good time to talk about cheese?” Fuming, Thoos said, “Now. Now is not a good time to talk about cheese.” Annoyed, Rodrigo started rummaging through his bag for a book and said, “Fine! I can take a hint! I’ll just read and keep out of the way. I wouldn’t want to prevent you from ‘figuring out an escape plan.'” Picknar said, “You know, Knox, your boyfriend is utterly unhelpful in matters of life or death.” Knox said, “You think this is bad? You should see him when it’s his turn to take out the trash.”
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These people really need someone with a keener mind for planning.
Like maybe Dustin.
“Keener mind” “Dustin”. Ever.
I had a “not equal” in there when I posted it. Honest.
A lot of text systems interpret those symbols as HTML commands or something.
Exactly. Which I only realized *after* I posted it. D’Oh!
Everything’s relative!
Dustin would be positively brilliant compared to these four. (not counting Purrloin)
I’m beginning to think Rodrigo is messing with them and has had a plan all along.
In my headcanon, Rigo has come up with and rejected five plans already, because they were boring, gauche or didn’t go with the rug.
That, and he has the keys to the cuffs and the security system somewhere on his person.
(To his credit, he might not really know that, considering it will just look like any other high-tech doodad to him)
Almost every frame shows a window. Windows generally lead to outside. Are the others too freaked out/in pain to notice the WINDOW?
The window isn’t an option, way to narrow for any Tith-bodied person to even consider squeezing through.
Why, that almost like considering that vent in the wall, no Tith-sized creature could fit in it, why even consider that your apparently non-sentient companion might use it?
I suspect those cuffs would do somebody a disservice if they crawled outside the building.
Not even Wensleydale?
Cheese reference in case someone never heard Wallace talk about it…..
Why do I feel like Rodrigo is Chris’s way of inserting himself directly into the story… 😀
If there’s no cheese in BaldwinSpace then I’m not going.
Thoos and Rodrigo: Contrasts in uselessness. Not that it seems to matter.
In the meantime, we have two panels showing Purrloin in close proximity to what appears to be an air vent. More misdirection? Or… Come back Wednesday and find out!
That’s a very narrow definition of cheese. Especially from someone from a world where you can have machines generate cheese essentially out of thin air.
hmm, I think there’s arguments to be made in terms of raising sentient animals for their milk and meat. A lot of cattle does not exist outside captivity because there have been thousands of years of a symbiotic relationship between some cultures and those animals. Certainly they need to be treated better at present, but in a genuine symbiotic relationship, both parties benefit
Note that there’s a difference between “sentient” and “sapient”. Cows are definitely sentient, but they are probably not sapient. They can be quite intelligent, but their behaviours don’t have the complexity of creatures that make a habit of thinking about their own thinking. They will get their heads stuck in exactly the same part of the fence, trying to reach exactly the same out-of-reach-tasty-looking-thing, every time they walk past. Very few of them manage to notice the pattern of “I got stuck and it was uncomfortable the last ten times, maybe I shouldn’t do this again.”
And, don’t humanize them too much with regard to judging how well they are treated. They are quite different from primates, let alone humans, in terms of biology and social structure. They don’t want the same things you want any more than you feel deprived when your neighbor doesn’t invite you over for fresh lawn clippings. The meat from stressed, unhappy animals doesn’t taste good. And stressed, unhappy cows stop producing milk. The cattle industry puts quite a lot of effort into keeping them happy. They just focus on what actually makes cows happy, rather than what average humans assume will make cows happy (which is remarkably similar to what would make humans happy).
And physically, cows that are hashing out a personal dispute with each other will throw kicks at each other that would put you in the hospital. To them it’s no rougher than elbowing somebody out of the way at the lunch counter. Their skin is easily twice as thick as a human’s. Most humans can’t put out enough force bare-handed to qualify as more than a minor annoyance as far as a cow is concerned. A lot of the accusations of cruelty I’ve seen go past over the years just have no sense of how big and tough these animals can be.
Churned milk is butter. Cheese is the result of milk being heated and partially digested by certain bacterial cultures. They’re very different. Butter is composed mostly of the fat content, while cheese relies on congealing the proteins to solidify.
Not that Rodrigo necessarily knows or cares.