“My planning skills are why we were selected for this!”
Must be one of those cases when being chosen for a job based on a particular skill is not a praise of skilfulness.
I feel like I’m missing something. Could anybody explain Rib Cage’s ‘oy vey’ (panel 2) to a non-native English speaker please? Is that slang, or is it just Derroish?
It is Yiddish for “Oh, no!” but has become common U.S. English. I don’t know if it is recognized in other varieties of English. (Literally, it is, “Oh, woe!”)
To add to the explanation, I think it’s used more often to express eye-rolling exasperation than genuine distress. The nearest equivalent English idiom that comes to mind is “Good grief!”
…which probably acquired that meaning due to Peanuts intervention. Which is similar to how “Oy vey” got popularity and connotation through media. It’s somewhat similar to an exclamation of “woe is me”, however while the Yiddish expression may be a quiet expression of resigned exasperation, the English expression lends itself more to big hams eating all the scenery in their despair.
The usual full expression is “Oy vey ist mir” Yiddish generally being a jumbled mix of Hebrew and German. Eastern European Jews, from whence I come, generally don’t use the same patois but times change and language customs do too and I use the odd bit of Yiddish, particularly (and constantly) “Oy vey”, since saying “oh F***” isn’t always possible 😉
You vant for seeing Yiddish ? I’ll show you Yiddish!! Oy, I’ll show you so much Yiddish you’ll go meshuggah!!
Could be, partially at least. Yiddish in Hollywood seems to be a bit older (than his career, possibly not the man – when did they start making talkies?).
Create an endless sponge (similar to the recanter). Make sure the only way to get the water out of it is to destroy it, at which point it releases all the water it has absorbed. Fill it with a LOT of water (such as running a decanter of endless water into it for a month or so). Then drop it in a lake adjacent to a major city.
The city’s governing body will offer a reward for whoever solves the problem and restores the lake. This is the plot hook for the heroes. They investigate, and eventually find the sponge, near the edge of the lake’s vastly-receded water line, or at the lowest point of the lake bed (if it manages to absorb the whole lake). They then need to make a choice.
>> Destroy the sponge at the earliest opportunity, then try to prove they were the ones who restored the lake.
>> Destroy the sponge publicly to earn their reward.
>> Turn the sponge over to the local authorities, who will then destroy it.
>> Take the sponge, explain to the local authorities, then flee as every other adventurer tries to retrieve it from them.
>> Take the sponge discretely, then search for some other way to refill the lake, while the city continues to suffer.
You didn’t even point out the most villainous part.
The sponge was fed a whole bunch of water before it was even dropped into the lake, which means that if the heroes go “oh look, we just need to destroy this sponge” thinking that it’ll restore the lake to how it was before the sponge was dropped in, they’ll end up causing a flood as the lake rises far above its original level due to all that extra water and devastates the city they were trying to save.
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I suppose they’re lucky that’s not actually the Princess. Not that Roxy will be particularly happy to see that particular ringmaster, either.
Wonder if Robespierre is around.
According to the Cast Page, that is Dogtown, and not Burnum. (Yeah, they look the same to me, too?)
Perhaps Burnum would to high Dunsinane go?
They do look different, but the similarities distract from the differences. I had to go check. Look at strip 7-70 for comparison.
Roxy’s the one that’s actually met them.
spoilers…
Gotta feel a little sorry for Rib Cage. He’s helpless to get Softtail to stop spilling everything.
Softtail is so easily baited, I think she must be part fish.
A failed attempt to have a mermaid in a Derro freak show? Yeah I can see that.
“My planning skills are why we were selected for this!”
Must be one of those cases when being chosen for a job based on a particular skill is not a praise of skilfulness.
Hey, we have no reason to believe there’s anything wrong with her planning skills.
Just with her improvisation skills when she’s in a situation she didn’t plan for and doesn’t have time to come up with a new plan…
Many planners are lousy at improv.
Softtail has high INT, low WIS, and little to no Bluff.
Ribcage has at least decent WIS, but mid to low CHA, and no Diplomacy.
“But why de-moat us?” Thanks for the shout out! 🙂
I feel like I’m missing something. Could anybody explain Rib Cage’s ‘oy vey’ (panel 2) to a non-native English speaker please? Is that slang, or is it just Derroish?
It is Yiddish for “Oh, no!” but has become common U.S. English. I don’t know if it is recognized in other varieties of English. (Literally, it is, “Oh, woe!”)
That makes sense, thank you!
To add to the explanation, I think it’s used more often to express eye-rolling exasperation than genuine distress. The nearest equivalent English idiom that comes to mind is “Good grief!”
…which probably acquired that meaning due to Peanuts intervention. Which is similar to how “Oy vey” got popularity and connotation through media. It’s somewhat similar to an exclamation of “woe is me”, however while the Yiddish expression may be a quiet expression of resigned exasperation, the English expression lends itself more to big hams eating all the scenery in their despair.
Or something like that…
The usual full expression is “Oy vey ist mir” Yiddish generally being a jumbled mix of Hebrew and German. Eastern European Jews, from whence I come, generally don’t use the same patois but times change and language customs do too and I use the odd bit of Yiddish, particularly (and constantly) “Oy vey”, since saying “oh F***” isn’t always possible 😉
You vant for seeing Yiddish ? I’ll show you Yiddish!! Oy, I’ll show you so much Yiddish you’ll go meshuggah!!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=flcnIVDCnFA
I blame Mel Brooks for ‘Oy vey’ making it into the American English colloquialisms.
Could be, partially at least. Yiddish in Hollywood seems to be a bit older (than his career, possibly not the man – when did they start making talkies?).
Non sequitur villainous plot.
Create an endless sponge (similar to the recanter). Make sure the only way to get the water out of it is to destroy it, at which point it releases all the water it has absorbed. Fill it with a LOT of water (such as running a decanter of endless water into it for a month or so). Then drop it in a lake adjacent to a major city.
The city’s governing body will offer a reward for whoever solves the problem and restores the lake. This is the plot hook for the heroes. They investigate, and eventually find the sponge, near the edge of the lake’s vastly-receded water line, or at the lowest point of the lake bed (if it manages to absorb the whole lake). They then need to make a choice.
>> Destroy the sponge at the earliest opportunity, then try to prove they were the ones who restored the lake.
>> Destroy the sponge publicly to earn their reward.
>> Turn the sponge over to the local authorities, who will then destroy it.
>> Take the sponge, explain to the local authorities, then flee as every other adventurer tries to retrieve it from them.
>> Take the sponge discretely, then search for some other way to refill the lake, while the city continues to suffer.
You didn’t even point out the most villainous part.
The sponge was fed a whole bunch of water before it was even dropped into the lake, which means that if the heroes go “oh look, we just need to destroy this sponge” thinking that it’ll restore the lake to how it was before the sponge was dropped in, they’ll end up causing a flood as the lake rises far above its original level due to all that extra water and devastates the city they were trying to save.
I see you figured out what makes it a villainous plot. ^_^