A science enthusiast like, say, Shelly, would notice that as these chaotic panels continue that they knit themselves into parallel narratives.
Thus, the OutdoorFest, far from being chaos itself, is bringing order to a disordered system. Such a thing, physically speaking, generates heat, and adds to the overall chaos of the universal physics and will eventually lead to the heat-death of the universe and the end of all molecular movement. Party!
But in the smaller scale of the neighborhood in which Hubris works? The Chaos is being Ordered. Not in an even pattern or anything, but…
Well, we’ll all see, won’t we?
Blood? Tire tracks? Hm… hope nobody got caught on that one coming down. Nice Gladys remembers how to make the coffee.
Cassowary’s are dangerous birds. Bob is lucky Tweety hasn’t craned their neck around, but after all, Bob is everybody’s hero. Just like Mutual of Omaha’s Wild Kingdom, Marlin Perkins always had a nice crease in his shorts and not a spot and Jim got to do all the dirty work… So maybe Bob will ride Tweety over the finish line. One should note the former mud guy grabbing his bike and running for it while the rest deal with being in the mass of those that met the elevator…the hard way. Ow.
Shelly is Peter’s Ex? Or maybe he worked with her once and gave her the short end of it at work…worse, managed to worm his way over her in a promotion she deserved? Hm. Or was her prom date that stood her up??? Or worse, he didn’t.
Hubris and Durnell, should be inured to all this by now. Really.
Um, where’s Twang? And what happened to the swat team?
@[FeelinForYa]:
1):
The marks on the lift are most-likely from the initial pile-up, so I’m not worried about that.
2):
Unless that bird can lift its leg & scratch behind its head, My betting-money’s gonna be on Bob, because his neck-grip should protect him from any “beaky” hijinks. In fact, I fully expect Bob to make a brand-new friend, using his trademark brand of “Laid-Back Empathy”(tm).
😉
3):
Shelly & Enis both worked at Sportsmart, so OF_COURSE they have some “history”. As to what **KIND**, you’ve come-up with some excellent possibilities, but I’ll just have to wait for the “Esteemed_Author” to unveil his surprise on Friday…
…& hope that he won’t just TEASE us with a Friday “cliffhanger”, if you please, Good Sir?
4):
Re_”Hubris & Durnell”, How can they NOT look? It’s like a large-scale example of how a box full of tumbling ball-bearings will order itself into a gorgeous honeycomb-pattern as it comes to rest. It might not be an “orderly” pattern, here, but it’s significantly MORE orderly then you’d normally expect. There’s a fascinating beauty to the process that’s downright hypnotizing.
as well-ordered as the secret code in plaid
@[Nice Hat]:
Interesting word-choice.
It **IS** a code, of sorts.
In the WIDTH of the stripes, their PLACEMENT, & the choice of COLORS, they “encode” the Geneology of the Clan, & their Alliances-via-marriages.
#I_Only_Learned_This_Recently
Oh yes, plaid is quite a study. And some clans had several (the Campbells for example). I found a place online once that would let you design your own plaid, up to four colors and you could control how it striped. They would weave you your design, AFTER it was checked that it wasn’t already some registered plaid. It was hellaciously expensive but hey, some people want their own unique… and a thread or two can make a big difference though it may look the same as another’s.
Train … wreck … in … the … making.
*pulls down welding shield to protect eyes*
Nothing to see here….normal situation….it’s all under control. 3…….2……1..
Mal is SO not wearing the pants in this relationship!!!
That can be taken SO many ways….