X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII X-Google-Thread: f996b,76a9fa9b36377cdd X-Google-Attributes: gidf996b,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2002-07-28 18:16:52 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!newsfeed.icl.net!newsfeed.fjserv.net!opentransit.net!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!213.242.128.42!not-for-mail From: "Joaquim G�ndara" Newsgroups: alt.ascii-art Subject: Re: Nerd Boy, episode 255 Date: Mon, 29 Jul 2002 03:14:57 +0200 Lines: 46 Message-ID: References: <3d441c19$0$6252$edfadb0f@dspool01.news.tele.dk> <3d4446fc$0$128$edfadb0f@dspool01.news.tele.dk> NNTP-Posting-Host: 213.242.128.42 X-Trace: fu-berlin.de 1027905410 34297088 213.242.128.42 (16 [102694]) X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2600.0000 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2600.0000 Xref: archiver1.google.com alt.ascii-art:18556 "Xlo0772" skrev i meddelandet news:3d4446fc$0$128$edfadb0f@dspool01.news.tele.dk > >> I don't know if this is off-character, since I don't know them that > >> well. (at episode 85, still reading). The way I picture the relation > >> between Mandy and Nerd boy, is that he is just a toy or amusement to > >> her, which easily can be replaced. > > > > We-ell... No. There's some kind of connection between them. If Nerd Boy > > was easily replaced, why hasn't he been already? > > Yeah, I saw your other post. And see what you mean. > Did you have to make their lives so complex :) It wasn't planned, it just kind of happened. :) > Could it be that she is atracted to his genious, but is repulsed by his > pathetic social skills? Hmm, I don't really know, but I don't think so. Here's a case in point that you might not have read yet: http://nerdboy.port5.com/nbbrowse.php?strip=132 I think she simply loves hating him. :) > >> Wow. That was so easy! > >> ,,, , Now someone else will get heckled. > >> '.. O0 She won't heckle.....me?? > >> .||. .||. > >> _______ || _________ dd ________ 8< > Its a Calvin thing I think. > Best used one time, when he get's what he wants, but realizes that it's not > exactly what he want's, in fact it sucks bigtime. A Pyrrhic victory? > It's also often used when he is plotting something evil. I've read Calvin & Hobbes, but in Courier it just doesn't look like Calvin very much. Maybe I just can't remember that Calvin expression. -- OO Joaquim G�ndara | Official Nerd Boy site: .||. | http://nerdboy.port5.com (UK) bb jg | http://nerdboy.xepher.net (US)