I feel like the joke in the final panel is being missed by most:
Velociraptors (like all theropods) has wrists oriented such that their palms faced inwards. So the Jurassic Park raptors with their palms-down hands bother people like Dina
Just want Willis to know, I see what you did there and I love it
Amazi-Girl: Becky, I’m afraid I’ve been sent here to kidnap you, or all our friends will be hurt.
Becky: You mean, like Joyce? And Walky?
AG: Yes, and also Sarah and Dorothy
Becky: Eeeeehhh… I guess Joyce would care. Wait wait, what about Dina?
AG: As far as I know, they don’t have her.
Becky: YESS!!
Dina: Actually, I have joined the kid-napping party.
AG: WAUGGH where did you come fr- oh right, Dina.
Becky: Dina! Why’d you get yourself kidnapped??
Dina: Everyone else was doing it, I wished to participate. Strangely, as of yet, no one is napping. I admit, the purpose of this gathering baffles me still, but I will figure it out…
Dina will be the key to saving everyone, calling it now. Amazi-girl will be able to do something, but Dina is the immediate key. Now, what else can go wrong before then?
Really?! I’m American, and I’m pretty sure I’ve always used the two words interchangeably.
Rachel
I mean… okay… but how old are you?
I’m talking the 1960s and 70s when Orientation became a fancy word for “Training” in various businesses and colleges and swiftly got butchered into “Orientate” because people didn’t understand that the whole “Tation” was tacked on, like in Notation, Narration, etc.
One does not Notate, nor Narratate. But we still say “Orientate”
And, now, of course, there’s also Commentate and Commentator… *sigh* It’s Comment. A Commentary on current events is a series of Comments by Commenters.
The spool of duct tape is still hanging from her wrists. Based on the angle I’m guessing she started by attaching the end of the duct tape to pinky-side of her left wrist and wrapped it around to the top using her right hand. She then placed her right wrist against her left wrist inside the loop of loosely hanging duct tape, and pressed against her legs to adhere it.
All of which is to point out that a) it’s not that tight, and b) she can reverse the process by holding the duct tape roll between her legs, swinging to the left and down to pull it away from her right wrist, and then just using her freed hand to take it the rest of the way off.
If she also tied her legs together too tightly to do that, pretty much anyone could hold the roll for her, either with their bound hands or with their teeth.
thejeff
Or she could use her hands, which are taped together in front of her to undo one of the others much more easily than they could.
JBento
Or, y’know, the scythe-like claw on her feet, duh.
95 thoughts on “Formulate”
Ana Chronistic
up one CLEVER GIRL
JetstreamGW
Aaaand my mind immediately goes to a ridiculous Harry Potter fanfic.
auroki
I mean trading a street super hero for a dinosaur seems like a good win for the party dynamic
HeySo
Ha!
That *almost* makes me want to watch the new Jurassic World films.
…or, OR, I could just rewatch the original Jurassic Park?
What do you all think? 😛
DarkoNeko
No neither. Watch proper documentaries — Dina
JonnyDino
I feel like the joke in the final panel is being missed by most:
Velociraptors (like all theropods) has wrists oriented such that their palms faced inwards. So the Jurassic Park raptors with their palms-down hands bother people like Dina
Just want Willis to know, I see what you did there and I love it
BBCC
Ooooh, curiosity piqued.
What’s the plan, Madame President?
Ed Rhodes
Pseudolus: Wait!
Hero: Yes?
Pseudolus: A brilliant idea!
Hero: Yes!
Pseudolus: That’s what we need, a brilliant idea.
Stephen Bierce
I’ll be Raptor Round your finger…
Geneseepaws
Dang that stings, someone dial the police. … wait… don’t touch that dial.
pdp15
They’ll be watching you
Needfuldoer
10 PRINT “Sending out an S.O.S.”
20 GOTO 10
RUN
Bicycle Bill
Oh my god … does that bring back memories.
Needfuldoer
Oh no, it’s still running.
** BREAK in line 20 **
Anu3bis
Did ya have to?
AndieStardust
Dude, I love you
Charles Spencer
Nah, Cranberries.
“You’ve got me Raptor ’round your finger”
‘Cause LGBT.
Nono
Nobody has told Dina that Becky’s in trouble, right? That’s the only reason why she isn’t a little more frantic.
Hugo Bedward
I don’t think so, although Dorothy did mention Becky getting kidnapped within earshot of Dina last page.
Radiance
Dina trusts Amber and Amazi-Girl enough that she probably won’t be too worried for Becky when someone explains the situation.
Ccubed
I don’t think she knows about the part where AG is the one kidnapping Becky. I think she might raise some objections to that point.
Regalli
On the one hand, yes.
On the other hand, just because AG’s being let out to kidnap Becky doesn’t necessarily mean she’s actually going to do it.
Needfuldoer
The important thing is that Amazi-Girl and Becky make it look like it’s happening.
Deanatay
Amazi-Girl: Becky, I’m afraid I’ve been sent here to kidnap you, or all our friends will be hurt.
Becky: You mean, like Joyce? And Walky?
AG: Yes, and also Sarah and Dorothy
Becky: Eeeeehhh… I guess Joyce would care. Wait wait, what about Dina?
AG: As far as I know, they don’t have her.
Becky: YESS!!
Dina: Actually, I have joined the kid-napping party.
AG: WAUGGH where did you come fr- oh right, Dina.
Becky: Dina! Why’d you get yourself kidnapped??
Dina: Everyone else was doing it, I wished to participate. Strangely, as of yet, no one is napping. I admit, the purpose of this gathering baffles me still, but I will figure it out…
Mada
RAWR.
Opus the Poet
Your comment and Lillian’s face 🙂
Hugo Bedward
So did Toedad notice Dina tying herself up and think “Sweet, free hostage”?
Kyrik Michalowski
No one saw Dina enter, her powers of stealth are not to be underestimated.
mrnoidea
Indeed.
Arianod
or understood.
Felix
Indeed.
Kyrik Michalowski
Dina will be the key to saving everyone, calling it now. Amazi-girl will be able to do something, but Dina is the immediate key. Now, what else can go wrong before then?
Sirksome
I’m starting to think that they could all just walk out of there as soon as Ross has his back turned.
Makkabee
I already loved Dorothy, but I love her even more for making plans that involve velociraptors just as a matter of course.
carl320
Davie504 has left the chat
Cmasta1992
Dina is a sweetheart but maybe hostage situation is starting on max difficulty even if we are dealing with some dumb fucks for kidnappers?
Ryan the Cool
i love this hover text it’s so dumb and punny and i’m laughing
MondayLiker
I’d never heard that saying before, so this was a delightful Google trip!
Keulen
I learned something about dinosaurs that I hadn’t known before.
abysswatcher1993
Dina, you clever girl!
a/snow/mous/e
“Orientate”? Is Dina British…?
NelC
Plot twist: Willis is secretly Canadian.
Arianod
What, don’t Americans say “orientate”? What do they say then?
(non-native speaker, asking bc curious)
Agemegos
They say “orient”.
Alaric
Really?! I’m American, and I’m pretty sure I’ve always used the two words interchangeably.
Rachel
I mean… okay… but how old are you?
I’m talking the 1960s and 70s when Orientation became a fancy word for “Training” in various businesses and colleges and swiftly got butchered into “Orientate” because people didn’t understand that the whole “Tation” was tacked on, like in Notation, Narration, etc.
One does not Notate, nor Narratate. But we still say “Orientate”
And, now, of course, there’s also Commentate and Commentator… *sigh* It’s Comment. A Commentary on current events is a series of Comments by Commenters.
Commentate my ass…
Leadsynth
“My wrists are oriented properly” would be how I would say it. Now I’m curious where Dina grew up!
Maddieface
Dorothy took Sarah’s dig about being a leader to heart it seems.
Bagge
“Hey, Roz, I got kidnapped and thrown down a stair. Is THAT ‘aproachable’ enough for you?”
adam Black
why isnt Dina freeing everyone ?
Bagge
No one has asked her to, and she tries to follow social cues
BBCC
Also – taped up hands.
Arianod
Ah, but her wrists are orientated properly!
King Daniel
By which she means, properly for a Velociraptor. They couldn’t pronate their wrists, despite some popular depictions showing otherwise.
Chris Phoenix
So a bunch of people trapped indoors…
Who may die if they try to leave the building…
At the mercy of sadistic, psychopathic, bumbling, and/or religiously insane authority figures…
A surprisingly high percentage of their acquaintances already in the hospital in serious condition…
A few of them allowed to leave for essential functions…
Damn you
TrumpWillis!BBCC
Mine is a bitter, bitter laugh.
For real though, good luck, friends.
PB
Pffffffft hahahahahahaha oh my god what a time to be alive
Deanatay
We will surely drive ourselves insane, if we cannot laugh about it.
Keulen
So since Dina can put duct tape around her own wrists, I’m hoping she can also get herself out of the duct tape.
Needfuldoer
Unlike the others, her arms are free. She should be able to break the tape if she knicks the edge with her teeth first.
fractalwolf
The spool of duct tape is still hanging from her wrists. Based on the angle I’m guessing she started by attaching the end of the duct tape to pinky-side of her left wrist and wrapped it around to the top using her right hand. She then placed her right wrist against her left wrist inside the loop of loosely hanging duct tape, and pressed against her legs to adhere it.
All of which is to point out that a) it’s not that tight, and b) she can reverse the process by holding the duct tape roll between her legs, swinging to the left and down to pull it away from her right wrist, and then just using her freed hand to take it the rest of the way off.
If she also tied her legs together too tightly to do that, pretty much anyone could hold the roll for her, either with their bound hands or with their teeth.
thejeff
Or she could use her hands, which are taped together in front of her to undo one of the others much more easily than they could.
JBento
Or, y’know, the scythe-like claw on her feet, duh.
NinjaNick
Duct tape might be used as a weapon against the Goons From Hell.
fractalwolf
Very true! As Empowered knows all too well… https://www.empoweredcomic.com/comic/volume-5-page-110
Cybersnark
Helena, please demonstrate:
https://78.media.tumblr.com/2ce9b58bb11c24d27bedd9ab95d7f522/tumblr_nq3sq6HTWF1rgvfxho2_500.gif
fractalwolf
Ooh, what’s that from?
Skemono
Orphan Black, looks like.
Lingo
It feels kinda strange to see Dorothy without her glasses for such an extended length of time. I guess she left her glasses in her dorm room.
Needfuldoer