Comments on: TOM THE DANCING BUG: Super-Fun-Pak Comix - Science Facts for the Internet-Addled, and MORE, MORE, MORE! http://boingboing.net/2012/11/14/tom-the-dancing-bug-super-fun-5.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Wed, 22 May 2013 05:34:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Just_Ok http://boingboing.net/2012/11/14/tom-the-dancing-bug-super-fun-5.html#comment-1585288 Just_Ok Sat, 17 Nov 2012 03:13:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=194026#comment-1585288 The elephant says he is getting underpaid, and is thinking of packing his trunk and leaving. The elephant says he is getting underpaid, and is thinking of packing his trunk and leaving.

]]> By: thatbob http://boingboing.net/2012/11/14/tom-the-dancing-bug-super-fun-5.html#comment-1584024 thatbob Fri, 16 Nov 2012 04:12:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=194026#comment-1584024  I tried it, but I keep getting goatse.  I tried it, but I keep getting goatse.

]]> By: rastronomicals http://boingboing.net/2012/11/14/tom-the-dancing-bug-super-fun-5.html#comment-1582921 rastronomicals Thu, 15 Nov 2012 05:13:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=194026#comment-1582921 The bear thing reminds me of the time Cory showed us lolcatted pictures of the Large Hadron Collider The bear thing reminds me of the time Cory showed us lolcatted pictures of the Large Hadron Collider

]]> By: Ipo http://boingboing.net/2012/11/14/tom-the-dancing-bug-super-fun-5.html#comment-1582744 Ipo Wed, 14 Nov 2012 23:49:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=194026#comment-1582744 Maybe he will be.   Maybe he will be.  

]]> By: KWillets http://boingboing.net/2012/11/14/tom-the-dancing-bug-super-fun-5.html#comment-1582668 KWillets Wed, 14 Nov 2012 22:01:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=194026#comment-1582668 It does differ substantially from mainland Korean.  Historically the island has been isolated enough to maintain a separate language. If he wanted a safe bet, he could have picked <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cia-Cia#Orthography" rel="nofollow">Cia-Cia</a>.  The concept of a non-Korean language being written in Hangul has captured some attention in the country. It does differ substantially from mainland Korean.  Historically the island has been isolated enough to maintain a separate language.

If he wanted a safe bet, he could have picked Cia-Cia.  The concept of a non-Korean language being written in Hangul has captured some attention in the country.

]]> By: t00mer http://boingboing.net/2012/11/14/tom-the-dancing-bug-super-fun-5.html#comment-1582643 t00mer Wed, 14 Nov 2012 21:19:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=194026#comment-1582643 Guernica, minus assorted scribbles equals Doug. Nice. Guernica, minus assorted scribbles equals Doug.

Nice.

]]> By: Nathan Hornby http://boingboing.net/2012/11/14/tom-the-dancing-bug-super-fun-5.html#comment-1582592 Nathan Hornby Wed, 14 Nov 2012 20:32:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=194026#comment-1582592 He'll never see it coming! He’ll never see it coming!

]]> By: spejic http://boingboing.net/2012/11/14/tom-the-dancing-bug-super-fun-5.html#comment-1582584 spejic Wed, 14 Nov 2012 20:28:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=194026#comment-1582584 If you meet your older self on the road, kill him. If you meet your older self on the road, kill him.

]]> By: noah django http://boingboing.net/2012/11/14/tom-the-dancing-bug-super-fun-5.html#comment-1582575 noah django Wed, 14 Nov 2012 20:20:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=194026#comment-1582575 a priest, a nun, and a rabbi walk into a bar.  the bartender says "what is this, a joke?" a priest, a nun, and a rabbi walk into a bar.  the bartender says “what is this, a joke?”

]]> By: SheriffFatman http://boingboing.net/2012/11/14/tom-the-dancing-bug-super-fun-5.html#comment-1582553 SheriffFatman Wed, 14 Nov 2012 19:58:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=194026#comment-1582553 Wikipedia [normal caveats apply] says that it and the mainland dialects are more or less mutually unintelligible, and UNESCO considers it a separate language. Wikipedia [normal caveats apply] says that it and the mainland dialects are more or less mutually unintelligible, and UNESCO considers it a separate language.

]]> By: rastronomicals http://boingboing.net/2012/11/14/tom-the-dancing-bug-super-fun-5.html#comment-1582546 rastronomicals Wed, 14 Nov 2012 19:42:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=194026#comment-1582546 I really miss those sort of meta-comments where Percival is first I really miss those sort of meta-comments where Percival is first

]]> By: strangefriend http://boingboing.net/2012/11/14/tom-the-dancing-bug-super-fun-5.html#comment-1582491 strangefriend Wed, 14 Nov 2012 18:46:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=194026#comment-1582491  Well, Tom screwed up.  Jejumal <i>is</i> Korean, just a dialect of the Jeju Island.  Well, Tom screwed up.  Jejumal is Korean, just a dialect of the Jeju Island.

]]> By: Glen Able http://boingboing.net/2012/11/14/tom-the-dancing-bug-super-fun-5.html#comment-1582432 Glen Able Wed, 14 Nov 2012 17:28:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=194026#comment-1582432 The elephant initially says an informal "Howdy!"  The next thing he says is already translated in the cartoon. (I don't speak Jejumal - I just took a guess that it was researched from wikipedia and took a look there) The elephant initially says an informal “Howdy!”  The next thing he says is already translated in the cartoon.

(I don’t speak Jejumal – I just took a guess that it was researched from wikipedia and took a look there)

]]> By: Nathan Hornby http://boingboing.net/2012/11/14/tom-the-dancing-bug-super-fun-5.html#comment-1582425 Nathan Hornby Wed, 14 Nov 2012 17:25:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=194026#comment-1582425 I'm also not sure if Percival would self-identify as stupid - he's not really that self-aware. I’m also not sure if Percival would self-identify as stupid – he’s not really that self-aware.

]]> By: Jake Rennie http://boingboing.net/2012/11/14/tom-the-dancing-bug-super-fun-5.html#comment-1582407 Jake Rennie Wed, 14 Nov 2012 17:15:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=194026#comment-1582407 Anyone know Jejumal? I'm curious as to what the elephant is saying. Anyone know Jejumal? I’m curious as to what the elephant is saying.

]]> By: Jorgen Fleisterman http://boingboing.net/2012/11/14/tom-the-dancing-bug-super-fun-5.html#comment-1582396 Jorgen Fleisterman Wed, 14 Nov 2012 17:09:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=194026#comment-1582396 Don't worry, I don't think Percival's actually been killed. That's clearly a different actor who looks nothing like his younger self. Don’t worry, I don’t think Percival’s actually been killed. That’s clearly a different actor who looks nothing like his younger self.

]]> By: Nathan Hornby http://boingboing.net/2012/11/14/tom-the-dancing-bug-super-fun-5.html#comment-1582376 Nathan Hornby Wed, 14 Nov 2012 16:55:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=194026#comment-1582376 Oh, Percival. Oh, Percival.

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