A bit of another quiet week. One of those weeks where you spend the whole week working extra hard to catch up and don’t. But I got an okay amount done, and it was Writer’s Group this week, so I it was fun hanging out with them. The weekend was spent, one day having fun and walking around and enjoying the season, the other day doing housework.
A Ginkgo tree on our street.
Tell me you didn’t get the inspiration for the name of this new character (if not the character him?/her?/itself) from The Brothers Karamazov.
@John, we’ll, I’ve read it, but not for 20 years. Was there a Ellzbir in it? I was just making up a nonsense name, like all (okay, most of) the rest.
Ellsbir’s a squidbilly!
Ellzbir. Gotta get that traslavin gerbled.
@Coyoty, snort! 🙂
Actually, upon reflection, I think “Ellzbir” a bastardization in my head of “Erzsébet Tér,” which is in Budapest.
Well, the character’s name was “Stinking Elizaveta,” and she was the mother of Fyodor Karamazov’s illegitimate son Smerdyakov. But heck, who knows what imagery one of your readers can conjure up in his mind this early of a Monday morning?
Interesting to note that the concept of title change for married females extends to alien societies.
All the crawlies come out of the woodwork when someone finds something. Want to see how many money grubbers you have in your area? Advertise winning a large amount of money at an unoccupied neighbour’s house and see how many people come to the door.
@John, that’s right! Ha! Maybe that DID bubble up from by subconscious. 🙂
“…bored with your empty threats and I thought I’d help you out with some baby steps.”
E M I L Y ! Don’t *ever* change! Ellzbir has no idea that Emily spits out the bones of tougher guys than him for breakfast every morning!
“…bored with your empty threats and I thought I’d help you out with some baby steps.”
LMAO!!!
What Corpore Metal said!
The twisted paths of memory…
While I’ll still risk writing poetry, writing song lyrics is right out for me.
I’m apparently the only dummy who hasn’t figured out what Emily actually did in that panel.
She grabbed his hand and (limply) punched herself with it. Back to the conversation now…
TB, it took me a minute to figure out, if that makes you feel any better.
FWIW: My daughter is working her way through my book collection. Right now she’s in the middle of “Count Zero” by William Gibson, which has a line that is very apropos to this strip, when considering Ellzbir’s threats: “The truly dangerous man does not NEED to look dangerous.”
Gotta love Emily.
I’m tempted to try that in real life one day! *sets 911 to speed dial first*