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Penny Arcade - Comic - Invasive Species

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edited May 2016 in The Penny Arcade Hub

imagePenny Arcade - Comic - Invasive Species

Videogaming-related online strip by Mike Krahulik and Jerry Holkins. Includes news and commentary.

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  • NemrexNemrex Registered User regular
    edited May 2016
    Ahhhh...the wonders of pest control.

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  • bruceskibruceski Registered User regular
    Up at my dad's place they call prairie dogs "sage rats" because people get fussy when you shoot something cute that city folk pay to see in zoos.

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  • HevachHevach Registered User regular
    edited May 2016
    I had a similar experience dealing with moles. Exterminator said I needed a landscaper. Landscaper said I needed animal control. Animal control told me I needed the DNR. DNR suggested doing it myself. Molechasers didn't work at all, so the guy at the store said to flood the tunnels and drown them. Flooding their tunnels only worked while the hose was running, I eventually learned that moles dig their tunnel networks to resist flooding during storms so they were safe inside, just temporarily contained every time I turned the water on. Neighbor said they made special cherry bombs for killing moles. Police were not amused by me blowing craters in my front yard.

    Eventually my lawn just died and the moles left. I call that a victory.

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  • poipoigirlpoipoigirl Registered User regular
    The run around reminded me when I needed to get my pay stud sent to a different school. I called transportation and was told call human resources, who told me to call a third place, who told me to call Transportation. By the act of one sweet lady, it did get fixed.

  • sawellssawells Registered User regular
    I think the strip is funnier if the machine is not a dryer, but an Evil Bird Generator.

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  • Raiden333Raiden333 Registered User regular
    Awww, baby Deep Crows.

  • KageraKagera Imitating the worst people. Since 2004Registered User regular
    poipoigirl wrote: »
    The run around reminded me when I needed to get my pay stud sent to a different school. I called transportation and was told call human resources, who told me to call a third place, who told me to call Transportation. By the act of one sweet lady, it did get fixed.

    I also hate when I have difficulty with my pay stud.

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  • EnlongEnlong Registered User regular
    Ah, the glory of demarcation.

  • ZomagicZomagic Registered User regular
    edited May 2016
    ... Dryer vent? Pahahahaha, city folks man, city folks! You just need to shake or prod them out and get a little screen. Pigeons aren't exactly wolverines. Hell, they're not even rats.

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  • PeriSoftPeriSoft Registered User regular
    Better pigeons than a deep crow, I guess.

  • EnlongEnlong Registered User regular
    PeriSoft wrote: »
    Better pigeons than a deep crow, I guess.
    That's what everyone thinks at first.

    Thing is, pigeons reproduce far faster than Deep Crows, who only give birth when the stars align and the energy of Altair has eclipsed the earth.

  • KageraKagera Imitating the worst people. Since 2004Registered User regular
    Enlong wrote: »
    PeriSoft wrote: »
    Better pigeons than a deep crow, I guess.
    That's what everyone thinks at first.

    Thing is, pigeons reproduce far faster than Deep Crows, who only give birth when the stars align and the energy of Altair has eclipsed the earth.

    This would make a decent platform for a mobile game based on a The Birds. Pigeons are fast and regenerate quicker, crows are fucking clever birds with an ability to become deep crows. Something like Hungry Shark.

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  • Plastic BoxPlastic Box Registered User regular
    I don't know about anybody else but the newspost bit about automated telemarketers is fricking me up

  • Commander ZoomCommander Zoom Registered User regular
    "Is that okay?"

    "I... I don't know." o.O

  • Skull2185Skull2185 Registered User regular
    The escalation from "I don't want to hurt their feelings" to "I need you to come out and fucking murder some pigeons" is what tickles my funny bone the most.

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  • RavelleRavelle Registered User regular
    Those are pigeons? They look more like demon crows.

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  • GrassHopperGrassHopper Registered User regular
    Skull2185 wrote: »
    The escalation from "I don't want to hurt their feelings" to "I need you to come out and fucking murder some pigeons" is what tickles my funny bone the most.

    As someone who has recently dealt with a pigeon situation, I can really empathize. At first it's all 'aww, pigeon sitting on an egg on my balcony. Isn't nature great?' to 'ok, who told these guys we were hosting a pigeon orgy' to the point where I'm at now...'dammit they're out there making that stupid pigeon sound and crapping on my chair, honey grab my pigeon broom!'

  • MichaelLCMichaelLC In what furnace was thy brain? ChicagoRegistered User regular
    GrassHopper wrote: »
    Skull2185 wrote: »
    The escalation from "I don't want to hurt their feelings" to "I need you to come out and fucking murder some pigeons" is what tickles my funny bone the most.

    As someone who has recently dealt with a pigeon situation, I can really empathize. At first it's all 'aww, pigeon sitting on an egg on my balcony. Isn't nature great?' to 'ok, who told these guys we were hosting a pigeon orgy' to the point where I'm at now...'dammit they're out there making that stupid pigeon sound and crapping on my chair, honey grab my pigeon broom!'

    Apparently seeing baby ones is a big deal.
    http://www.bbc.com/earth/story/20150907-why-dont-you-ever-see-baby-pigeons

  • GrassHopperGrassHopper Registered User regular
    edited May 2016
    Well don't I feel blessed. I can confirm they don't fly until they shed their baby feathers and they look exactly like that. Now you've seen them. Sweep away any nests they build (and they're fast! They'll build a new nest in less than 6 hours; I've seen them do it)

    #PigeonBroom

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  • trident042trident042 Registered User regular
    I suppose I wonder why they don't just call on ol' Carl. Perhaps these birds simply aren't Deep enough.

    I do love this strip, though - it may become my go-to piece when someone asks me why I am so particular about the way a thing is phrased and why I'm such a jerkbagosaurus about how I react when other people phrase things suboptimally.

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  • shadowysea07shadowysea07 Registered User regular
    edited May 2016
    "The run around reminded me when I needed to get my pay stud sent to a different school."

    :biggrin:
    "I also hate when I have difficulty with my pay stud."
    xD

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