What I find fascinating is the way Hillsdale (am I remembering the name right?) works so hard to create a faux-1950’s (i.e. “family friendly”) atmosphere. There are no automats anymore and they wouldn’t work if there were.
“Never tried before” depends on one’s perspective. This sort of thing pops up so much in fiction that TV Tropes has a page dedicated to it. Nobody does this in real life and the mutant plague is still in its beginning stages so this may have been the first time somebody has done this in “real life” in Hillside.http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TotemPoleTrench
I wonder if either Doc or Holly have noticed that their voices sound like they’re inhaling helium. Even so, if the common response to a newsboy is to tell him to eff-off, then this must be New York.
Step 1: Google “Automat”.Step 2: Go on a wikiwalk of some distance, and forget what I was originally out looking for.Step 3: Decide Automats are what I saw in Tokyo last time I was there, and not an establishment for washing clothing, like I thought it was (I was thinking Laundromat).Step 4: Try to understand why “it wouldn’t work”. Automats appear to work just fine. Although the American obsession with paper instead of coins for dollar and two dollar units would cause issues.Step 5: Consider whether I thought it was a laundromat because that coat really needs a clean….
PunkTiger over 8 years ago
Well… That’s one way to do it. Can’t say it’s never been done before, though.
dwandelt Premium Member over 8 years ago
Well…maybe not THEN….
AGOCOMICFAN over 8 years ago
lol…awesome…just awesome
Diat60 over 8 years ago
We speak with forked tongue (and two voices)
Dragoncat over 8 years ago
In every universe, there’s a first time for everything.
ComicsDad5 over 8 years ago
What I find fascinating is the way Hillsdale (am I remembering the name right?) works so hard to create a faux-1950’s (i.e. “family friendly”) atmosphere. There are no automats anymore and they wouldn’t work if there were.
DADOF3 over 8 years ago
Never tried before by a bipedal mouse and a brown fuzzy whatzit. ;-)
geoduck42 over 8 years ago
There are still automats in Japan and some European countries. I was more amused by the return of the League of Nations.
Robert Nowall Premium Member over 8 years ago
This universe has flying cars, but still has newsboys selling papers on street corners…
salenstormwing over 8 years ago
One thing I’ve learned in my time is that trench coats and fedoras will TOTALLY hide your horrible, mutated form.
Darwinskeeper over 8 years ago
“Never tried before” depends on one’s perspective. This sort of thing pops up so much in fiction that TV Tropes has a page dedicated to it. Nobody does this in real life and the mutant plague is still in its beginning stages so this may have been the first time somebody has done this in “real life” in Hillside.http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TotemPoleTrench
Ida No over 8 years ago
I wonder if either Doc or Holly have noticed that their voices sound like they’re inhaling helium. Even so, if the common response to a newsboy is to tell him to eff-off, then this must be New York.
Jenner Premium Member over 8 years ago
This skill will come in handy when they have to enter Endtown and the only food they’ve brought is beans.
pam Miner over 8 years ago
Noticed the sign “Pep” is it an advert for pep cola or for pep stadium?
thisfox over 8 years ago
Step 1: Google “Automat”.Step 2: Go on a wikiwalk of some distance, and forget what I was originally out looking for.Step 3: Decide Automats are what I saw in Tokyo last time I was there, and not an establishment for washing clothing, like I thought it was (I was thinking Laundromat).Step 4: Try to understand why “it wouldn’t work”. Automats appear to work just fine. Although the American obsession with paper instead of coins for dollar and two dollar units would cause issues.Step 5: Consider whether I thought it was a laundromat because that coat really needs a clean….
josh_bisbee over 8 years ago
The guy selling the paper doesn’t notice that the coat is bloodstained?
NeuroManson over 8 years ago
It could have been worse, they could have tried slipping by dressed as a pantomime horse.
coffeeturtle over 8 years ago
HILARIOUS!