Hoist
I think Lottie’s been waiting her whole mystery-solving career for a colleague who can lift her up to see over fences, in at high windows, etc. It’s going to be hard for her to go back to the way things used to be. I could see her looking for a rebound giant quite quickly.
Okay, so no element of surprise by now
The Purleys might be so intent on their line of questioning that they might not be hearing the Good Reverend.
I’m sure Mildred’s shoulders would appreciate that.
Aren’t you supposed to hoist by a petard, whatever that might be?
“petard – n. a small bomb made of a metal or wooden box filled with powder, used to blast down a door or to make a hole in a wall.”
No need for petards, then, seeing as Rev. Penrose has a perfectly good axe to use for that job.
Lottie is thus a Mystery Petard.
I have modified that saying. It is now “Hoist by your own Picard!”
Rebound giant, eh?
What’s Bruno up to lately?
You’re not supposed to be hoist by a petard, they’re made to destroy walls and other fortifications. ‘Hoist by your own petard’ means to screw yourself due to poor planning.
Petard fun facts: the word means something like “farter” in obsolete French, sort of a late-Medieval/Renaissance shaped charge bomb, and they were notorious for actually actually killing their users, thus “blown up by his own bomb” as a translation.
A petard usually looked like a hat with a brim, holes for nails around the ‘brim.’ A squad would nail it to a wooden gate, light the fuse, and light out for safety. The name comes from a french slang word for flatulence that was in vogue at that time. If the fuse wasn’t properly made and burned rapidly, the user might be ‘hoist by his own petard’ before he got clear.
Lottie needs to get a personal Rev, so she can be hoist by her own vicar.
Is Lottie licking her lips in panel 5? (would not be surprising, as we already know she’d like some of that “sauce”)
She’s trying to work out how to work all four of them into some sort of “arrangement”. She’s been have all these sinful thoughts about them, and she wants some proper “investigations”.
God is testing everyone!
“put”
Yes – formerly a sound effect I only associated with Shauxna. (Xhauna?)
Also an Olympic event.
Thus far, I do believe the Strongman from the last story is the unquestioned winner of the Lottie Put, having tossed her twice over a ten-foot-high-fence with ease. The Rev’s got some ground to make up.
These comics have the best sound effects ANYWHERE! *declaim*
In light of the etymology of ‘petard’, the “PUT” in frame four may well be a sound effect.
Dangerous conversations! Evidently, Penrose doesn’t like to think about his inner motives for agreeing in letting Maggie live with him. It’s definitely time to use that axe! A tall, strong future assistant for Lottie would be great.
Even it’s just for this crossover, Team Lottie and Penrose works so remarkably well.
Team Lotrose? Team Pennie?
I favor “Chibi And The Rev”.
I’m just waiting for Lottie to introduce the reverend to her mom
Hm, last we saw, she was dating Mike (from the Cormorant), but who knows what the current situation is?
Also, what are the odds that the reverend ever goes bare-chested in a kilt – https://i.ibb.co/m6wXXyr/syguro.png
Penrose’ big fighting body is ready for axe-tion in the last panel.
“A big […] initiative to make things more saucy and confusing.” I see John is putting his plotting ideas into the text, always a sign of quality.
This team-up is the best.
Yes, regarding a colleague lifting her up, Lottie doesn’t have too many options – except perhaps if Claire has a growth spurt…
I’m pretty sure that if Claire were going to have a growth spurt, it would have probably happened by now.
There are rumours, sick rumours, that Claire is now taller than Lottie by about an inch.
Adulthood has not been kind to Charlotte
Did I miss the Entwash?
Rebound Giant is the name of my next band.
*Hoist* *Put* “I think this conversation is God testing me.” There’s life in every panel!
Rebound giant? That’s Wilt. Or Shaq. Maybe Moses Malone.
Sir Charles, the Round Mound of Rebound
Or Dikembe Mutumbo, known for his brilliant charity towards the poor of Africa, and also for his catchphrase while still in college, “Who wants to sex Mutumbo???”
“Bombatta! Bombatta!”
Ah, Fluval. Nice touch. Was research required? Did it draw you into the maw of aquarium ownership?
I used to keep tropical fish so Fluval is a familiar name to me.
I had to google those two words, too. Stockist is a purely English term, guessing US would use “Retailer”.
So… uh… I hate to do this, but I’m ILOP local #4513, and they’d kick me out of the league if I didn’t ask: how is the axe staying in the sling?
The most plausible explanation: It’s upheld by faith.
I have no idea, I just drew it from a photo, my best guess is the power of prayer.
Tension! Come on, guys.
Velcro.
To be fair, none of the Mystery Boys were likely to go a “Grote Hoisting” way. Best chance would have been Sonny had he and Mildew gone into competitive ice dancing ala Claire and Mitchell Pritchett.
I feel Jack might have contemplated the act, gulped heavily, then gone off to mope around the fairgrounds with heavily downcast eyes.
I absolutely love the chemistry between those two. The good cop and the bad cop, but also the weird cop and the weirder cop.
Which one is “weird” and which is “weirder”? I can see it both ways.