--- In girlgenius@yahoogroups.com, Eric Oppen <technomad@...> wrote:
> And one reaso to keep Zola alive and healthy might well be that she
> has skills that Agatha _doesn't_---like, forex, first aid.

Agatha has these skills... she would have used them on Lars, but she didn't have
any instruments with her at the time...
http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20061215

--- "sugeatarc" <sugeatarc@...> wrote:
>
> Heh, that was cute. I scored 100%, rating me as "Klaus? Agatha? Is
> that you?"
>
> I cheated a little by looking up the answers to two questions,
> though.

I got a 90% Tarsus Beetle due to the dratted Passholdt Bridge rescue question; I
had to look /that/ up to get 100%.

Pretty good questions, and the scores are witty.

Corgi

--- In girlgenius@yahoogroups.com, "Erin C." <sonyadora@...> wrote:
> I think I would have to ask Phil before I just started giving people
> unlimited rip offs of his art. ^^;;  I doubt he would mind since it's
> essentially fan art, but still.

I was just going to make my own flag, not anything for money. I understand about
the format, so just a nice clear image? (Have you seen those cutting sheets you
can get at walmart? Essentially a translucent piece of tough plastic about
12"x18", meant as a quick and dirty cutting board. One of those would make a
good stencil, I think. Hard to cut, duh, but durable.)

--- In girlgenius@yahoogroups.com, "Unpronounceable in the human language."
<raven_manque@...> wrote:
> He's really quite the mystery.
> 1. Why would he be hesitant about admitting to Gil that he saved Gil's father?
Did he think Gil tried to kill Klaus? Does he not remember?

Well, he may have felt duty bound to save him, but the Baron is pretty much
roundly disliked in many parts of Europa (See: pile of attackers Gil dispatched
in the Hospital).

I would also be hesitant to admit to saving someone many people hate.

I KNEW IT!  I said it was time for a scene change and there it is!  This just
proves that the professors are evil!  EVIL I say!  Then again, I was wondering
how Othar Tryggvassen, Gentleman Adventurer, was going to escape from the
machinations of the vile Weasel Queen...lessee...got some popcorn here
somewhere...

Uncle Wolf

Ululo ergo sum.

http://wulfmann. wordpress. com/

"Englisch ist das Ergebnis von Normannischen Männern-an-Armen, die Daten mit
sächsischen Bardamen machen."
H. Beam Piper


[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

--- In girlgenius@yahoogroups.com, "Larry Talbot" <lonchaneyjr@...> wrote:
>
> I KNEW IT!  I said it was time for a scene change and there it is!  This just
proves that the professors are evil!  EVIL I say!  Then again, I was wondering
how Othar Tryggvassen, Gentleman Adventurer, was going to escape from the
machinations of the vile Weasel Queen...lessee...got some popcorn here
somewhere...
>

Come on! You know that the Professor and Professora will just have Othar escape
the Weasel Queen off-camera. ;)

--- In girlgenius@yahoogroups.com, "Larry Talbot" <lonchaneyjr@...> wrote:
>
> I KNEW IT!  I said it was time for a scene change and there it is!  This just
proves that the professors are evil!  EVIL I say!  Then again, I was wondering
how Othar Tryggvassen, Gentleman Adventurer, was going to escape from the
machinations of the vile Weasel Queen...lessee...got some popcorn here
somewhere...
>

I don't think the professors are all that evil.  Evil would have been to cut to
the Weasel Queen whilst Merlot was still firing...

Peter

"I've created a girl genius quiz on helloquizzy

<http://www.helloqui zzy.com/tests/ transylvania- polygnostic- university- en\

trance-exam> .  Try it and see if you like it."


  I need to read the back issues more often

  Uncle Gomez

It's wonderful ... doing the impossible!
Walter Elias Disney






[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

>>Come on! You know that the Professor and Professora will just have Othar
escape the Weasel Queen off-camera. ;)

EVIL!!!

Uncle Wolf

Ululo ergo sum.

http://wulfmann. wordpress. com/

"Englisch ist das Ergebnis von Normannischen Männern-an-Armen, die Daten mit
sächsischen Bardamen machen."
H. Beam Piper


[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

>>I don't think the professors are all that evil. Evil would have been to cut to
the Weasel Queen whilst Merlot was still firing...

I didn't say they were all "Ming the Merciless" evil, just EVIL!  Doing the
scene shift during the Merlot scene would have been "Mean and EVIL!"

Uncle Wolf

Ululo ergo sum.

http://wulfmann. wordpress. com/

"Englisch ist das Ergebnis von Normannischen Männern-an-Armen, die Daten mit
sächsischen Bardamen machen."
H. Beam Piper


[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

On Jun 1, 2009, at 9:03 AM, Larry Talbot wrote:

> >>I don't think the professors are all that evil. Evil would have
> been to cut to the Weasel Queen whilst Merlot was still firing...
>
> I didn't say they were all "Ming the Merciless" evil, just EVIL!
> Doing the scene shift during the Merlot scene would have been "Mean
> and EVIL!"

Actually, I think this is a good spot for a break.  We're at a "what
will happen next" spot, not a "OMG how will they deal with that"
spot.  And I have been wondering how the Weasel Queen would try to
kill Othar and how it wouldn't work.


[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

--- In girlgenius@yahoogroups.com, Donald Brown <gadgetdon@...> wrote:
>
> And I have been wondering how the Weasel Queen would try to
> kill Othar and how it wouldn't work.
>
We know that three of the lapinemoths are actually Agatha, Zeetha and Krosp in
disguise, so I think "how it will fail" is simple. My question is: how long will
they enjoy the show before cutting in. Oh, and I _SOOOO_ want Zeetha slap Othar
senseless (with her shovel, of course) for breaking the heart of that poor
construct-spark girl who only wanted to be loved for once in her life...


Mean Othar! (boing) Bad Othar! (boing) No cookies for you! (double-major-slam):
Stereo

On Mon, Jun 01, 2009 at 10:03:40AM -0400, Larry Talbot wrote:
> I didn't say they were all "Ming the Merciless" evil, just EVIL!  Doing the
scene shift during the Merlot scene would have been "Mean and EVIL!"

I believe the technical term for that is "evil and rude":

http://www.catb.org/~esr/jargon/html/E/evil-and-rude.html

(B. B. King notwithstanding.)


Good call on the fact of scene change.

*der schnippe*

  > 1. Why would he be hesitant about admitting to Gil that he saved
>Gil's father? Did he think Gil tried to kill Klaus? Does he not
>remember?

----------------------------------

While all these assumptions about what ATC Higgs may or may not have
thought are interesting, I do believe the correct answer is a very
simple one:

ATC Higgs was OFF DUTY!

Think about it. There you are, after a trying day, kicking back with a
brew and lo! Here comes the bosses son, giving you MORE WORK!

I'd be reluctant to admit who I was at that moment, too! :)

Kate McClure
The voices in my head keep breaking into song . . .
- lots42 from LiveJournal





[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

--- In girlgenius@yahoogroups.com, "Unpronounceable in the human language."
<raven_manque@...> wrote:
> 1. Why would he be hesitant about admitting to Gil that he saved Gil's father?
Did he think Gil tried to kill Klaus? Does he not remember?
>

Why is anybody with his talent and ability still a third class airman? I think
he just doesn't want the responsibility. If he lets people know he has skills
they're going to be asking him to use those skills. If he lets Gil know who he
is, there's a chance (remote, I know) that he might end up being pressganged
into entering Castle Heterodyne on a crazy rescue mission, which I think we can
all agree is generally to be avoided.

-Steven Rewa

--- In girlgenius@yahoogroups.com, "Steven Rewa" <rewastev@...> wrote:
>
> Why is anybody with his talent and ability still a third class airman? I think
he just doesn't want the responsibility. If he lets people know he has skills
they're going to be asking him to use those skills. If he lets Gil know who he
is, there's a chance (remote, I know) that he might end up being pressganged
into entering Castle Heterodyne on a crazy rescue mission, which I think we can
all agree is generally to be avoided.
>
> -Steven Rewa
>

I nominate this for "Post of the day."


Nothing else to say: Stereo

On Sun, May 31, 2009 at 10:48:15PM -0000, Unpronounceable in the human language.
wrote:
> Who the busted clank is he?

An archetype, related to the American cowboy-hero.

--- In girlgenius@yahoogroups.com, "FK" <krasowska@...> wrote:
>
> Woohoo! I got Tarsus Beetle with 90%!   Nicky
>

Yeah, me too. Except I can't figure out which questions I got wrong.

-Steven Rewa

On Mon, Jun 01, 2009 at 10:32:07AM -0600, McClure, Kate (DEX-BLV) wrote:
> ATC Higgs was OFF DUTY!

Well, right.  But by now it's certainly been established
that Higgs (like so many others) does his best work when
he's supposed to be off duty.

My first thought this morning was a quote from Klaus
http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20030122 "Gotterdammerung"

--- In girlgenius@yahoogroups.com, "Steven Rewa" <rewastev@...> wrote:
>
> --- In girlgenius@yahoogroups.com, "FK" <krasowska@> wrote:
> >
> > Woohoo! I got Tarsus Beetle with 90%!   Nicky
> >
>
> Yeah, me too. Except I can't figure out which questions I got wrong.
>
> -Steven Rewa
>
There is one trick question on the last page.

Myself? I first ranked as Glassvitch, but I managed to identify the incorrect
ones ("who carried who" I remembered for one, but mixed up the two others, the
sewers' names, then got stuck until I gave a second thought to the falling to
flying machine one), one at a time, which saw me rose the ranks to Master Payne,
Tarsus Beetle, then Klaus? Agatha?


Of course, one's trick question may be the next guy's no-brainer: Stereo

Der Schnippe---

Why is anybody with his talent and ability still a third class airman? I think
he just doesn't want the responsibility. If he lets people know he has skills
they're going to be asking him to use those skills. If he lets Gil know who he
is, there's a chance (remote, I know) that he might end up being pressganged
into entering Castle Heterodyne on a crazy rescue mission, which I think we can
all agree is generally to be avoided.

Die Schnappe---

Oh, Higgs is definitely in line for a big promotion, a huge award, and some
serious money.  My thinking?  Simple:

Higgs is in the military.  Any Private that saves the General has to be hugely
and publically rewarded, especially when he took a great deal of injury in the
process.  To do otherwise is bad for morale and encourages others to not bother.
Higgs may not be a private per se, but he is fairly low ranking and he saved the
equivalent of the President, King, Prime Minister, take your pick.  You don't
get any bigger than that. It can't get around that the boss doesn't care about
the man who did him a rock-solid.  Klaus doesn't need rescuing often, to be
sure, but when it happens whoever is in a position to do so will know he is
gonna come out of it properly appreciated.

Now, I know there will be counter arguments to the effect that Klaus would want
to keep it quiet as he cannot afford to look week.  Too late!  Scuttlebutt
travels at the speed of light.  EVERYBODY will know what happened, who did it,
and how Higgs was treated afterward.
At the bare minimum Higgs should be bumped up to Airman !1st Class, given the
equivalent to the Medal of Honor, and a hefty bag of gold.  At most a Fiefdom
with enough lands and gold to maintain it.  I think he'll be a petty captain or
somesuch in no time.

The only reason Higgs isn't already enjoying the benefits of his heroism is
because of the current crisis distracting everybody.

Uncle Wolf

Ululo ergo sum.

http://wulfmann. wordpress. com/

"Englisch ist das Ergebnis von Normannischen Männern-an-Armen, die Daten mit
sächsischen Bardamen machen."
H. Beam Piper

   ----- Original Message -----
   From: Steven Rewa
   To: girlgenius@yahoogroups.com
   Sent: Monday, June 01, 2009 12:38 PM
   Subject: [Girl Genius] Re: Airman Third Class Axel Higgs





   --- In girlgenius@yahoogroups.com, "Unpronounceable in the human language."
<raven_manque@...> wrote:
   > 1. Why would he be hesitant about admitting to Gil that he saved Gil's
father? Did he think Gil tried to kill Klaus? Does he not remember?
   >

   Why is anybody with his talent and ability still a third class airman? I think
he just doesn't want the responsibility. If he lets people know he has skills
they're going to be asking him to use those skills. If he lets Gil know who he
is, there's a chance (remote, I know) that he might end up being pressganged
into entering Castle Heterodyne on a crazy rescue mission, which I think we can
all agree is generally to be avoided.

   -Steven Rewa





[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

I just realized a whopping big error in the storyline.  It involves Agatha and
the Jaegers.  Anybody want to take a stab what it is?

Uncle Wolf

Ululo ergo sum.

http://wulfmann. wordpress. com/

"Englisch ist das Ergebnis von Normannischen Männern-an-Armen, die Daten mit
sächsischen Bardamen machen."
H. Beam Piper


[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

I found a site with a BUNCH of webcomics listed, and my first thought was "I
wonder if GG is on there..." lo and behold, it is!

Looks like it's listed by ranking... reckon we can get it up to number one?

http://www.thewebcomiclist.com/profile.php?order=ranking

>>I found a site with a BUNCH of webcomics listed, and my first thought was "I
wonder if GG is on there..." lo and behold, it is!

I dunno...13 isn't a bad number out of over 13000.  That's what, um, the top
1/10th of 1% or something like that?  We all know it should be #1, of course,
but not everybody is as sophisticated as we are.  Besides, I like the number 13.

Uncle Wolf

Ululo ergo sum.

http://wulfmann. wordpress. com/

"Englisch ist das Ergebnis von Normannischen Männern-an-Armen, die Daten mit
sächsischen Bardamen machen."
H. Beam Piper


[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

On Fri, May 29, 2009 at 5:06 PM, Larry Talbot <lonchaneyjr@...>wrote:

> Has it occurred to anybody to wonder what a severely wounded Airman Third
> Class Axel Higgs is doing walking around in perfect health and hanging out
> in a Jaeger Bar?


My personal crazy theory Friday entry from that time was that Higgs is a
Mechanicsburg plant in Klaus' forces and therefore has every reason to be
hanging out in a secret Jaeger bar.  But the idea that the Jaegers just
think he's awesome is probably more likely.

I also think the extent of his injuries was probably exaggerated.  Remember,
we heard his story third-hand.

ern


--
Last night, as I was sleeping,
I dreamt-marvelous error!-
that I had a beehive
here inside my heart.
And the golden bees
were making white combs
and sweet honey
from my past mistakes.
~Antonio Machado


[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

>>I also think the extent of his injuries was probably exaggerated. Remember,
>>we heard his story third-hand.

From the head doctor of the hospital?  Yeah, shaky source of medical
information, that.

Uncle Wolf

Ululo ergo sum.

http://wulfmann. wordpress. com/

"Englisch ist das Ergebnis von Normannischen Männern-an-Armen, die Daten mit
sächsischen Bardamen machen."
H. Beam Piper


[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

--- In girlgenius@yahoogroups.com, "McClure, Kate (DEX-BLV)" <kate.mcclure@...>
wrote:
<snipppppppage>

> While all these assumptions about what ATC Higgs may or may not have
> thought are interesting, I do believe the correct answer is a very
> simple one:
>
> ATC Higgs was OFF DUTY!

<snipppppppage>

Why, of COURSE this is why he didn't want to reveal himself.

-----
"Going off to shave with Occam's Razor now..."

--- In girlgenius@yahoogroups.com, "Larry Talbot" <lonchaneyjr@...> wrote:
>
> >>Maybe they heard about Bang's broken jaw and wanted to help him get a head
start.
>
> Now that really creates a few questions.  Bang had a broken jaw.  That's all. 
Yet she STILL has a wired jaw while Higgs, easily far more damaged, is hanging
out at a Jaegerbar.  Now, I could understand wanting to keep Bang quiet, but
really!
>

Hmmm....Look at it this way.  There was probably a stampede of volunteers to
wire her jaw shut and and the local doctors are probably struggling with their
ethical obligations to keep themselves from fusing it that way.

--- In girlgenius@yahoogroups.com, "Larry Talbot" <lonchaneyjr@...> wrote:
>
> I just realized a whopping big error in the storyline.  It involves Agatha and
the Jaegers.  Anybody want to take a stab what it is?
>
> Uncle Wolf

It's something to do with what happened after she met Dimo, Oggie and Maxim,
doesn't it? Something they said doesn't quite jibe with their fealty to House
Heterodyne.