I got you
I’m sorry that you won’t get to see Reverend Penrose hit a merman over the head with an ornamental stone bridge in this story. Maybe next time.
I’m sorry that you won’t get to see Reverend Penrose hit a merman over the head with an ornamental stone bridge in this story. Maybe next time.
I am glad the fishies are safe
Hopefully they are safe. I harbor (harbour?) a slight worry that she put them in a tank with some other species that will eat them.
Or just the wrong type of water.
really it’s a miracle those fishes were alive in the first place
I’unno, I get the impression that the Purleys really are fairly good at taking care of fish, being semi-aquatic themselves. They just got a little… distracted by their religious fervor.
Still though I applaud Lottie for her effort.
By now I’m wondering how many of the Tibkins books are written while Shelley is in a trance / trance-like state. “This new Tibkins codex is a metaphor for the dangers of idolizing others, and why kidnapping is wrong.”
Does wine count?
Let’s hope that Brian is around to hear about the “idolizing others is wrong” part too.
He would smile and nod and say “yes, of course, Shelly!” and at no point realize that any of it applied to him.
Incredibile page. Lottie’s concern for the fishes is so lovely ♡. Penrose has respect the promise. He wasn’t the one Smashing the tank, what a marvellous man! Can’t wait for see the “Tibkins Codes “! Shelley is so euphoric that it could be the best book she ever done.
Her concern for the fishes could give Lottie mega-credit with The Shallow Dank Ones
I was sort of expecting this, one way or another. Shelley has amazing capabilities that emerge to meet fraught situations.
Tibkins *Codex*. Gotta love that
Indeed, even in the most dire situations Shelley has an incredible gift for improvisation.
“You’re gonna love it!” That’s the Shelley we all know and love!
Well, crap. What if they were… right? About Shelley, that is.
Nobody who was really in a trance emerges by declaring “I am out of my trance!”
Well yes. I think that is good deduction, James C.
Mega or Meta?
“Nobody who was really in a trance emerges by declaring “I am out of my trance!”
That’s quite the gnat you’re straining at Characters in this strip react to a LOT of things in ways that people wouldn’t do in real life. 😉
Straining Gnats would be a good name for a band. So would Characters in a Strip.
Every day I check the Steeple comments to see if Ronald walked down the “challenge the author on his own writing” or “imply something sexual out of left-field” path at the fork on his morning walk
Well, this was me “challenging” a fellow reader (much as you are now doing). I will not be pushed, filed, stamped, indexed, briefed, debriefed or numbered. 😐
On top of everything, a nice Pertwee-era Doctor Who reference, too.
I’m pretty much assuming that all Doctor Who references are just The Doctor saying something perfectly normal forty years ago.
As one would expect from a time traveler
While I appreciate Lottie’s concern for the fishies, I certainly hope she didn’t mix aggressive ones into the wrong tank…
Once again Shelley snatches improbable glory from the mouth of catastrophe.
> you won’t get to see Reverend Penrose hit a merman over the head with an ornamental stone bridge in this story
Spoilers, John!
Where did the rev’s ax go between being smashed into the tank and then Shelly’s appearance? I know some significant amount of time has elapsed since grabbing fish is no easy task but even his strap is missing.
Focusing on Lottie’s life-saving actions makes this the BEST FIGHT SCENE EVER!
I’m hoping that wasn’t a mantis shrimp Lottie was retrieving. They can be vicious.
“There’s only one language these sea devils understand, and it’s…” Esperanto? Flemish? Basque? We may never know!
Sanskrit.
“… and it’s written language!”