I used to be in a game guild with a guy who went by the name Red Dagon. He was a good guy, but uh…not the brightest.
neeks
To clarify, he intended for his username to be Red Dragon and apparently just never noticed the misspelling.
All that being said, he enjoyed playing chess, which is a game i never got the hang of, so I never judged him for the name thing. There are different kinds of intelligence, after all.
DSL
Was the misspelling the main thing on which you judged his intelligence? The only thing?
neeks
No, absolutely not. There were some developmental issues or something going on there, though it’s been a few years so I don’t remember what he said his diagnosis was…I did my best to take him under my wing even before I became guild co-leader, but while people’s minds work differently, his was not up to the task of understanding, for example, that even if your town is safe under a shield, sending troops out to gather resources made them vulnerable to attack. This was sort of an issue during game events where attacking other players was object. Ah well. He’s the only reason I feel bad about losing interest in the game…well, that and the fact that i was one of the few cooler heads actually interested in diplomacy among the realm’s various guild leaders.
Your old man took her diamond’s and tiaras by the score
Now she gets her kicks in Stepney
Not in Knightsbridge anymore
So don’t play with me, because you’re playing with fire
He says it’s where his father lives but he doesn’t say it’s his home.
Based on the many Agatha Christie novels I have read, and the many Masterpiece Mystery! series I have seen, I’m guessing he mostly grew up in a series of boarding schools, where he was looked down on by his fellow students, who were actual scions of nobility, unlike his parvenu father.
I like to think he’s one of Galasso’s cooks, but he’s an unseen character like Vera from Cheers. Eventually we might see his arm out holding a plate for the wait staff to pick up, or his silhouette in the window from outside, but that’s about it.
I kind of doubt he’ll concern himself with Jason, but I’m sure there’s going to be some element here of not wanting to be like or near his father, given how distant that wording is.
Think of a one- or two-syllable word. Now put it in front of the word “bridge” and join them together. Chances are pretty good it’s the name of some place in England.
I see there is in fact a Fordbridge, an onomastic oxymoron if ever I heard one.
-bridge, -shire, -field, -ton, and -by-the-Sea are all useful suffixes for making up plausible English town names.
Littleton. Elmbridge. Sheffield. Farmershire.
Jamie
Ooh, ooh, Carmel-by-the-Sea!
EvilMidnightLurker
I live a couple towns away from the actual Carmel-by-the-Sea. Those guys are so snooty their mansions don’t have street addresses.
Dana
Fieldbridgetonshire by the Sea
Rosstifer
I’m English, and I’m from Bristol, which actually has an area called Shirehampton. It’s probably not the only Shirehampton in the country either…
Deanatay
East-, West-, North-, South-, Upper-, and Lower Shirehampton!
davidbreslin101
Add “ham,” “hampton”, “bury/ borough” “wick/wich”, “ington”, “ingham” and “chester/caster/castle” to that and you’ve pretty much got the whole set. Rural Wickingtonhamfordcastershire can boast many fine examples…
Liquid Len
And by extension, New England town names. For example, Farmington, Connecticut. In the late 1700’s, the south part of the town separated and called itself South Farmington for a short while until it was smooshed into Southington.
New Englanders often updated spelling to match the pronunciation shifts that happened in English. Hertford(shire) in England became Hartford, Connecticut.
Needfuldoer
Yeah, I have my GPS set to the “English (UK)” TTS voice so it will pronounce all the town and street names properly. The American English one butchers everything worse than the last Californian who came to visit.
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164 thoughts on “Knob”
Ana Chronistic
Is… Dargon directly responsible for the condition of Knightsbridge, then
Reltzik
Of course not.
That’s what subordinates are for.
Schpoonman
Shoulda just gone whole hog with it and renamed him to Dragon Chesterfield.
Yumi
I honestly struggle not to read it as “dragon” anyway, so yeah.
neeks
I used to be in a game guild with a guy who went by the name Red Dagon. He was a good guy, but uh…not the brightest.
neeks
To clarify, he intended for his username to be Red Dragon and apparently just never noticed the misspelling.
All that being said, he enjoyed playing chess, which is a game i never got the hang of, so I never judged him for the name thing. There are different kinds of intelligence, after all.
DSL
Was the misspelling the main thing on which you judged his intelligence? The only thing?
neeks
No, absolutely not. There were some developmental issues or something going on there, though it’s been a few years so I don’t remember what he said his diagnosis was…I did my best to take him under my wing even before I became guild co-leader, but while people’s minds work differently, his was not up to the task of understanding, for example, that even if your town is safe under a shield, sending troops out to gather resources made them vulnerable to attack. This was sort of an issue during game events where attacking other players was object. Ah well. He’s the only reason I feel bad about losing interest in the game…well, that and the fact that i was one of the few cooler heads actually interested in diplomacy among the realm’s various guild leaders.
Shay Guy
DAGRON
“Strong Mad? You just… keep doing your thing, man.”
K^2
I had to re-read it three times.
Ana Chronistic
It DOES seem a bit off: https://www.findmypast.co.uk/surname/dargon
Stephen Bierce
Not to mention the shirts. “For a Man to own and a Woman to borrow.”
(I know it’s the wrong brand. We’ll get to it, I’m sure.)
@zombieundergrnd
What does a pirate with an olde english accent sound like?
King Daniel
If the pirate is speaking legitimate Old English, probably unintelligible.
John
Sprec for þin selfe.
modulusshift
“Speak for yourself” for all the modern peeps.
Reltzik
And if it’s modern English, just from England rather than New England, probably he sounds like the Dread Pirate Roberts.
Some1
American, its the British whose accent changed.
Joe Covenant
What does a *British* accent sound like???
Roborat
According to my brothers English war bride mother in law, it depends on what street you live on.
Remmington Steele
There isnt one.
Joe Covenant
DINGDINGDING!!!!!
Remmington Steele
David Cameron would probably be the model for boyo.
Opus the Poet
Like the Pict from the Pink Floyd song “Several Species Of Small Furry Animals Gathered Together In A Cave And Grooving With A Pict”
NickyRay
Very arrrrrrrristocratic
Delicious Taffy
Like a person with an olde English accent. Why would their career choice affect their accent?
NelC
Like Robert Newton in Treasure Island.
“Talk like a pirate” Lessons
Remmington Steele
Or Johnny Depp?
BBCC
That is AMAZING.
And yeah, of course he’s from Knightsbridge.
hof1991
Your old man took her diamond’s and tiaras by the score
Now she gets her kicks in Stepney
Not in Knightsbridge anymore
So don’t play with me, because you’re playing with fire
I’m probably older than Dargon.
Bagge
That sounds like a very… not happy way to speak of your childhood home.
Pablo360
Or of your father. I haven’t had a lot of dads in the past, but I feel like something’s gone wrong if I describe one of them as ‘cruel’.
Queen Anthai
Okay but have you been READING this comic
Pablo360
Yes, and I can confirm that something has, at some point during this comic’s run, gone wrong.
Marsh Maryrose
He says it’s where his father lives but he doesn’t say it’s his home.
Based on the many Agatha Christie novels I have read, and the many Masterpiece Mystery! series I have seen, I’m guessing he mostly grew up in a series of boarding schools, where he was looked down on by his fellow students, who were actual scions of nobility, unlike his parvenu father.
Marsh Maryrose
Okay, he does refer to it as “home.” It’s late and I’m tired and reading-challenged.
Anyway, the rest of my comment stands.
DailyBrad
If Jason’s dad is anything like Walkyverse Dargon, then Jason isn’t immune from DoA-parentitis.
Jago
But then again, who is?
Passchendaele
Hey, at least he doesn’t have any ninjas.
…that we know of. 😛
K^2
Buccaneers seem more appropriate.
Jamie
Which part of Knights’ Bridge was unclear here?
Pablo360
*James Bond villain voice* Never assume an industrialist does not have knights at his disposal.
Pablo360
Pretend I said presume.
Regalli
Fool! Never presume that a man does not have ninjas at his disposal. ;p
Deanatay
ALWAYS. EXPECT. NINJAS!
newllend(henryvolt)
Possible retcon for the old AU ninja Rick is a former member of the britrash. This is my head cannon now.
Needfuldoer
I like to think he’s one of Galasso’s cooks, but he’s an unseen character like Vera from Cheers. Eventually we might see his arm out holding a plate for the wait staff to pick up, or his silhouette in the window from outside, but that’s about it.
Archivist
Wonder if this is going to be relevant or if it’s just a “hey here’s where these IW! characters are.”
Regalli
I kind of doubt he’ll concern himself with Jason, but I’m sure there’s going to be some element here of not wanting to be like or near his father, given how distant that wording is.
King Daniel
TIL that “Knightsbridge” is a real location in England: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knightsbridge
Regalli
And shit it’s a fancy one, too, from the sound of things.
Marsh Maryrose
Think of a one- or two-syllable word. Now put it in front of the word “bridge” and join them together. Chances are pretty good it’s the name of some place in England.
I see there is in fact a Fordbridge, an onomastic oxymoron if ever I heard one.
Needfuldoer
-bridge, -shire, -field, -ton, and -by-the-Sea are all useful suffixes for making up plausible English town names.
Littleton. Elmbridge. Sheffield. Farmershire.
Jamie
Ooh, ooh, Carmel-by-the-Sea!
EvilMidnightLurker
I live a couple towns away from the actual Carmel-by-the-Sea. Those guys are so snooty their mansions don’t have street addresses.
Dana
Fieldbridgetonshire by the Sea
Rosstifer
I’m English, and I’m from Bristol, which actually has an area called Shirehampton. It’s probably not the only Shirehampton in the country either…
Deanatay
East-, West-, North-, South-, Upper-, and Lower Shirehampton!
davidbreslin101
Add “ham,” “hampton”, “bury/ borough” “wick/wich”, “ington”, “ingham” and “chester/caster/castle” to that and you’ve pretty much got the whole set. Rural Wickingtonhamfordcastershire can boast many fine examples…
Liquid Len
And by extension, New England town names. For example, Farmington, Connecticut. In the late 1700’s, the south part of the town separated and called itself South Farmington for a short while until it was smooshed into Southington.
New Englanders often updated spelling to match the pronunciation shifts that happened in English. Hertford(shire) in England became Hartford, Connecticut.
Needfuldoer
Yeah, I have my GPS set to the “English (UK)” TTS voice so it will pronounce all the town and street names properly. The American English one butchers everything worse than the last Californian who came to visit.
Rabid Rabbit
Not really. All it means is that they built a bridge over the ford.
So possibly construction, just because some whiny people didn’t like getting their feet wet when they crossed over, but not oxymoronic.
Roborat
So they built the bridge in the 60’s, and it is where some farmer’s car got stuck in the mud.
Bruceski
My dad was born in Wylam-upon-Tyne, which I assume is just northwest of Hobbiton and looks like something out of Wind in the Willows.
Daibhid C
I assume anywhere that ends “upon-Tyne” looks like something out of Milton’s dark satanic mills.
*Googles*
Huh, most of the pictures are of a building that turns out to be a brewery, but definitely looks like it could pass for Toad Hall, so you win.
Bruceski
That was basically my response as well when I discovered it’s right next to Newcastle, but regardless of reality I like my imagination version.
Roborat
Did it have talking toads?
Bruceski
He didn’t mention any, but this was born during The War so maybe they needed all the toads to fight the Germans.
Andrew_C
For somewhere just outside Newcastle, it’s surprisingly picturesque.
AeromechanicalAce
Jason, the Term Is Robber Baron. Unless you’re a toady or an upper class Twit.
Then again, Jason treads the line of upper class twitdom every day of his life.