Nov30
In which an ape prepares to hit a large black block with a bone… sort of.
↓ Transcript
Panel 1:
(Penny and Johnny regard the latest addition to the server room, an ancient DEC PDP-11.)
Penny: The Bobs found this old junkheap in the darkest corner of the basement, and decided to saddle me with it!
Panel 2:
(Penny continues to rage against the machine.)
Penny: We’ll never afford to fix it up… the Benedictine monks who built it stopped selling indulgences in the 1600s!
Panel 3:
(Penny rummages through her cabinet.)
Penny: It’s so old, it’s got a grandmother board! It’s prolly afflicted with the Y1K bug!
Johnny: So, what are you going to do?
Panel 4:
(Penny brandishes a huge mallet.)
Penny: Oh, just an initial hardware assessment…
(Penny and Johnny regard the latest addition to the server room, an ancient DEC PDP-11.)
Penny: The Bobs found this old junkheap in the darkest corner of the basement, and decided to saddle me with it!
Panel 2:
(Penny continues to rage against the machine.)
Penny: We’ll never afford to fix it up… the Benedictine monks who built it stopped selling indulgences in the 1600s!
Panel 3:
(Penny rummages through her cabinet.)
Penny: It’s so old, it’s got a grandmother board! It’s prolly afflicted with the Y1K bug!
Johnny: So, what are you going to do?
Panel 4:
(Penny brandishes a huge mallet.)
Penny: Oh, just an initial hardware assessment…
Yeah, I’m going to have to steal that “Grandmother board” line from you so I can impress my friends.