Heartfelt thanks to Karen, who was bound up intimately with the conception of this comic and without whom it would never have been produced. So you see, it’s not always my fault.
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Small Print: this story is based on “The Wild Bride” which we went to see performed by Knee High at the Oxford Playhouse on Saturday night.
A poor farmer traded with the devil — a new suit of clothes in exchange for the contents of his apple tree. To his horror he discovered in the tree his beautiful but under-age daughter… which is when he called ‘You and Yours‘ for advice. We say, in contracts of this kind with diabolical forces there is no automatic 7 day cooling off period. So in future we recommend a more careful approach — remember the devil is in the details. Meanwhile Sue has been studying High Street Banking interest rates… Sue?
25th May is Towel Day, in honour of Douglas Adams, a hoopy frood who nevertheless often mislaid his towel.
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1. Supermarket Self Service: select personality: 1. HAL 2. Marvin (the paranoid android) 3. **Dalek** 4. Matrix (I have a bad feeling about this)
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4. (BUT I _DID_)
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6. NEVER ARGUE WITH A MACHINE -- THAT CONTROLS A LASER
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6. NEVER ARGUE WITH A MACHINE -- THAT CONTROLS A LASER
Wishing a merry bah humbug to you all.
I still can’t decide whether the unfortunate Invisibulean not quite appearing in today’s strip is wearing spectacles or not.
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1. (operator -- get me the optician urgently!) -yes sir...
2. -hello -- I'm the optician. What's the matter?
3. (my lens has rolled round inside my head - it's _very_ painful)
4. -try closing your eyes and rolling them around
5. -this sort of thing often happens with contact lenses
6. (I don't _wear_ contact lenses)
2. -hello -- I'm the optician. What's the matter?
3. (my lens has rolled round inside my head - it's _very_ painful)
4. -try closing your eyes and rolling them around
5. -this sort of thing often happens with contact lenses
6. (I don't _wear_ contact lenses)
This comic is inspired by the sunsets I’ve been seeing recently through my window… 
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but seriously, if anyone knows an easy way to stop slugs eating sunflower seedlings without any cats getting hurt in the process please let my wife know. It’s the sole topic of conversation at home these days.
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1. (what have you got there?) [it's a cucumber]
2. (why?) [aha! it's my new campaign against slugs]
3. (to use as a sacrificial decoy?)
4. (it'll never work! you'll just attract more of them to eat your sunflowers)
5. [that isn't _exactly_ what I planned)
6. THAT NIGHT -- BIFF [and that makes fifty six...]
2. (why?) [aha! it's my new campaign against slugs]
3. (to use as a sacrificial decoy?)
4. (it'll never work! you'll just attract more of them to eat your sunflowers)
5. [that isn't _exactly_ what I planned)
6. THAT NIGHT -- BIFF [and that makes fifty six...]
Those mystified by the last panel in this thrilling saga may care to visit http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Double-slit_experiment, and certainly to do so before the next installment.
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1. Photon is in the dock... (this court finds that you acted in aggravated self-defense) --phew!
2. (however, we don't like your kind round here)
3. (therefore, by the powers invested in me by the people of Invisibulia;)
4. (...and by a whole extra set of powers I've mad up for myself as a result of a creativity training course;)
5. (...and because there's an experiment I've always wanted to try;)
6. (...I sentence you to life confinement in the Young's Double Slit cell) --gasp!
2. (however, we don't like your kind round here)
3. (therefore, by the powers invested in me by the people of Invisibulia;)
4. (...and by a whole extra set of powers I've mad up for myself as a result of a creativity training course;)
5. (...and because there's an experiment I've always wanted to try;)
6. (...I sentence you to life confinement in the Young's Double Slit cell) --gasp!
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1. Photon turns electromagnetic force against the dark ones...
2. (he's trying to roast us!) (we'd be toast...)
3. (...but as dark matter & energy we choose to ignore it) (hur hur)
4. ['ello 'ello] {thank goodness you're here, officer -- these two attacked me}
5. [never mind that, sonny Jim, use of electromagnetic force is a serious crime in Invisibulia]
6. [you're nicked] (now the _heat_'s on him!) (hur hur) --tbc...
2. (he's trying to roast us!) (we'd be toast...)
3. (...but as dark matter & energy we choose to ignore it) (hur hur)
4. ['ello 'ello] {thank goodness you're here, officer -- these two attacked me}
5. [never mind that, sonny Jim, use of electromagnetic force is a serious crime in Invisibulia]
6. [you're nicked] (now the _heat_'s on him!) (hur hur) --tbc...
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1. On holiday in Invisibulia the Photons have been treated unkindly by the locals, dark matter and dark energy... --groan
2. {I can't believe they attacked us like that!} {yes, their puns are worse than ours} (ha ha) (hur hur)
3. {but I'm not afraid of the dark! Hey, come back here and fight} (he means -- us?)
4. {I'll use ... the FORCE}
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6. electromagnetic force! -- to be continued!
2. {I can't believe they attacked us like that!} {yes, their puns are worse than ours} (ha ha) (hur hur)
3. {but I'm not afraid of the dark! Hey, come back here and fight} (he means -- us?)
4. {I'll use ... the FORCE}
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6. electromagnetic force! -- to be continued!