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A Family Trait

Help Desk, by Christopher B. Wright

Comic Transcript

KING: Ma'am... just put the hammer down.

OLD LADY: Don't be silly. Now be a dear and stand back.

MONK: An old lady got past security, smashed King's computer to pieces, and locked herself in one of the IT supply closets where she's destroying every piece technology she can get her hands on!

(Silence.)

MARK: Mom?

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Comments

Twisty, twisty

Woah, plot twist! Awesome! hey, earlier today I was on the site, and you lost your frames. I'm glad that's fixed.

caffeine

That's not the same closet with the coffee maker in it, is it?

Coffee maker

Does a coffee maker count as technology? Or is it "just" an essential tool, like the hammer?

Well, the hammer is

Well, the hammer is technology too. It was new technology like, a couple thousand years ago, but it's still technology.

Claw Hammer!

I don't want to ruin my record of always saying nice things about this wonderful strip and its brilliant creator, BUT.... That is the worst representation of a claw hammer that I have ever seen!

What you have drawn is a

"ROCK HAMMER / PICK - BONSAI TOOLS [CT1005] £8.95"
"The only tool for use for removing small trees from very stony ground and scree. Use the chisel edge to literally pick away rocks and chop roots to release your prize safely.
Hardened forged head, stout tubular steel shaft, polypropylene soft anti-vibration grip.
285mm overall length."

http://www.kaizenbonsai.com/shop/images/ct1006_hammer.jpg

(I still love the strip!)

Yeah, well...

I belong to the "it's close enough for government work" school of artistic representation.

I'll accept that...

Is that closer than "Close enough for jazz"?

It is still a lot better than I could do.

By the way... I expected a little praise for finding that picture.
Did you look at it and notice how close it was to what you drew?

Well the back part is more

Well the back part is more bent in my version -- but I admit, it is pretty close...