where's Hanners?? I hear she knows space stations & orbital bombardment platforms & such like.
Joe
2019-01-16 01:57:17 +0000 UTC
Melonmentos & Coke?? that's the recipe for the volcano ...
Joe
2019-01-16 01:55:55 +0000 UTC
Why does 2 sound terrifyingly plausible? Oo
Thomas Boys
2019-01-15 23:01:12 +0000 UTC
1. This is why they made Lemon a counselor. The combination of complete good will and complete goofiness will get through when almost nothing else will.
2. A theory: At some point, Jeph began unconsciously basing most new characters on dogs he meets while walking his dog. This now accounts for a large part of the strip's appeal.
2019-01-15 21:20:59 +0000 UTC
My office-mate knows how to do this for me... He makes fart noises til I laugh.
Melissa
2019-01-15 21:06:52 +0000 UTC
THANK YOU for Roko's *snrk*. I was dreading this plotline as I saw it coming. Extremely relatable, and happy to have confirmation that silly shit can still cause momentary positive reactions.
2019-01-15 20:53:53 +0000 UTC
Are they floofly dogs or pointy dogs though?
Miyaa
2019-01-15 15:53:56 +0000 UTC
Yay! Melon is being toetally helpful!
Thomas Boys
2019-01-15 15:47:43 +0000 UTC
🍈🦶🇹🇼😂
Diana
2019-01-15 12:10:54 +0000 UTC
woot! Taiwan represent!
DSri Seah
2019-01-15 10:59:00 +0000 UTC
Any minute now in comes Elliot with the basket of fresh bread.
Aaany minute...
Although it may lead to some typical Elliot complications:
"Wow, how did you manage to make the dough so light?"
"My secret is that I'm really good with kneading it. One second it's a nice round blob, and next - wham! - it's flat and thin like a wafer".
Evgeniy Semyonov
2019-01-15 09:21:46 +0000 UTC
Melon would probably get along pretty well with a depressed nuclear reactor, just saying.
Dean Reilly
2019-01-15 08:56:33 +0000 UTC
Hannelore - we need you!
Paxxie
2019-01-15 08:55:38 +0000 UTC
Melon is sweet, like her name sake. I hope they both will be alright. I hope they ALL will be.
Stoodmuffin
2019-01-15 07:44:40 +0000 UTC
Oh Roko 😕 oh Melon 🤗 girl you trying, and that's good. Never give up trying, even if Roko tells you to go away. Go away and then come back. You just gotta keep on coming back. I ♥️ 🍈 ♥️♥️
Denise Webber
2019-01-15 07:37:13 +0000 UTC
Melon’s hair sproing in panel 4. ❤️
Katrina Urmson
2019-01-15 06:21:41 +0000 UTC
Arthur!
2019-01-15 06:06:22 +0000 UTC
I can't believe that worked!
Bagge
2019-01-15 05:45:35 +0000 UTC
The socially appropriate greeting here would be all the hugs.
Andrew
2019-01-15 05:36:33 +0000 UTC
I have a friend who lives in Taiwan, I bet she'd let them stay for a bit. They like dogs, right? Because my friend has approximately all the dogs.
Celine Chamberlin
2019-01-15 05:25:42 +0000 UTC
Good work Melon, you got her to *snrk*.
Vanestus
2019-01-15 05:21:25 +0000 UTC
Thanks for sharing that; hope you're feeling better
Lars Gottlieb
2019-01-15 05:15:16 +0000 UTC
Does this ordeal count as an out of body experience?
Dylan T
2019-01-15 05:08:34 +0000 UTC
Wouldn’t be a bad idea to go elsewhere for a while. I’m acquainted with a woman whom lost her husband to cancer and decided to just move to South Korea at the beginning of this year. I could see how Roko could have as close to an AI experience death and every depression that comes with survival. Travel can be very good medicine.
Miyaa
2019-01-15 04:47:56 +0000 UTC
Notice the BodyHub cactus on the table?
Jim Feldman
2019-01-15 04:21:45 +0000 UTC
Aww Melon is helping! <3
Kuragari
2019-01-15 03:59:35 +0000 UTC
During one of my deepest bouts of depression, I found myself essentially disassociated. I couldn't move, and I couldn't speak. My then-pa spent 20 or 30 minutes trying to find a way to reach me, and I just couldn't reach back out. Then she put a pair of my boxer shorts on my head. I chuckled, then laughed, and it was enough to get me out of that loop, at least for a little while. I'm glad to I know that, at least on some level, I share that kind of experience with others.
Geo (Overand)
2019-01-15 03:57:56 +0000 UTC
This is unbelievably cute.
2019-01-15 03:51:05 +0000 UTC
It really is. The punchline makes me giggle after 3 readings.
Gary Walker
2019-01-15 03:45:51 +0000 UTC
In the Navy, we called it "Taiwanon". So I first read the last panel as: "Roko we have to go to Taiwanon"
BobC
2019-01-15 03:45:32 +0000 UTC
I love you, Jeff Jacques! :)
Joseph McGrath
2019-01-15 03:45:26 +0000 UTC
That's what's written on top.
BobC
2019-01-15 03:43:14 +0000 UTC
.... Personally I start telling really dark and twisted "silver lining" jokes....
Julienne Ignace
2019-01-15 03:42:57 +0000 UTC
This strip is a masterclass in perfect comedy timing.
Populuxe
2019-01-15 03:39:06 +0000 UTC
I'm surprised that Melon knows her left from her right.
JD
2019-01-15 03:38:41 +0000 UTC
This is so sweet and I love it
Mordaeus
2019-01-15 03:32:59 +0000 UTC
Made her laugh thats a great start :)
Kyle Major
2019-01-15 03:29:41 +0000 UTC
Poor Roko
The Shadow's Lair
2019-01-15 03:29:16 +0000 UTC
It's Memento, but starring Melon instead of Guy Pierce. Melmento. Melonmento. Memelon?
2019-01-15 03:24:54 +0000 UTC
Quick! To the MelonCopter!
drone r0m-3
2019-01-15 03:24:31 +0000 UTC
Poor Roko :(
Brian
2019-01-15 03:23:48 +0000 UTC
I guess it’s vacation time!
Andrea Andrew
2019-01-15 03:23:14 +0000 UTC
Sometimes, deep psychological trauma is best treated with the absurd