Is the thing in the comic a costume? I think it’s a giant plush, like those 6′ tall teddy bears that go on sale 98% off starting February 15th every year.
I’m more in surprise of the fact that she got it into the room quietly; Or at least, quietly enough that Dina didn’t wake up.
Then again, I suppose there’s nothing saying that Dina wasn’t waking up in that first panel immediately following hearing the “Scchwwffffppffhahhff” of an oversized plush dinosaur being forced through a narrow doorway and popping out into the middle of the room. She’s just super chill about waking up to weird noises, I guess.
Run for office, have your chief of staff buy it with campaign donations in the name of targeting paleontologists, then go to a high-priced toy store and get one.
It’s all perfectly legal…until you get caught. Just make sure to include “Vote Sharkfin Bangs” on the tag to appease the FEC.
Yeah…dinosaurs are archosaurs, lizards are lepidosaurs. They’re, like…5th cousins. Currently, birds and crocodilians are the living representatives of archosauria.
(As to dinosaurs not being ancestral to modern reptiles…teeechnically birds are modern reptiles, as they are dinosaurs, which are reptiles, but…y’know…)
I would say “next time on Slipshine” but I haven’t read the most recent one yet, still not having the extra cash to jump back in there. Blast my lack of commissions the past month.
But yeah, I’d be totally okay with Becky and Dina having their first sexual experience on top of that plushie.
At this point everyone on the floor has received at least one Joyce-Wakey-A-Gram, so the sight of massive teeth first thing in the morning has lost its shock value.
On the one hand I would worry what Robin will say when she finds out about this, on the other hand she may have totally agreed to it already and my worries are for nothing. I honestly can’t tell when it comes to Robin, anyome have a guess or wanna place a bet?
Robin will be all “OMG we need that thing at ALL THE RALLIES! It can be our new campaign spokesperson!”
All the Robin ads from now on will be that thing with Robin (poor) ventriloquizing in poor sight right next to it. “I’m Robin DeSanto, and I totally approve this dinosaur!”
Look, Becky, it doesn’t matter how campaign finance law works, just coach Robin saying that you honestly believed that’s how campaign finance law worked so that when the IRS comes knocking, you two have your story straight.
Play off the court’s expectations, too. No one hires an 18-year-old with no political experience to be a campaign manager, because they don’t generally know the relevant laws. Throw in ‘and I was homeschooled to keep me from learning subversive ideas’ and you’re golden, Becky.
Discussion (196) - “Finance”
Ana Chronistic
I’m sure Dina wants to violate that rn
also it should totes be that costume
Needfuldoer
Oh jeez those Amazon comments are gold!
Is the thing in the comic a costume? I think it’s a giant plush, like those 6′ tall teddy bears that go on sale 98% off starting February 15th every year.
Author X
The alt text says “plush” so you are correct, I think Ana just meant Dina would be wearing the costume
Needfuldoer
It can be both, with a knife and some tailoring!
Doctor_Who
We need to vote that thing as the star of the next Patreon strip so we can hopefully get a prequel about how the hell Becky snuck it into the room.
ShinyNeen
Well, surely this isn’t Baby’s First Violation of Physics for the Sake of Humor!
But yeah no totally jumping on that vote bandwagon when it comes around. Though, does the plush need a name for that to happen?
Lokitsu
That plush is big enough to have it’s own area code, so a name shouldn’t be to difficult.
Screwball
Plushiraptor? Velociplush? Utahplushtor?
Deanatay
Nah. It’s inflatable.
Deanatay
Inflataraptor?
Chris
It’s kind of hard to imagine she’d have said embroidered for an inflatable… it’s got to be a plushie.
Screwball
It’s a plush, it says so in the…..hower…comment…thing…….Hovertext?
Yet_One_More_Idiot
One vote in favour of Plushiraptor! :DDD
Screwball
Yaaay! That’s the most so far… :p
Catman
Protofuckface
Ana Chronistic
“Oversized Comedic Prop”
Koms
The plushie and fuckface together
Ryek Hvek
FF is down with that, as long as he’s top
HeySo
I’m more in surprise of the fact that she got it into the room quietly; Or at least, quietly enough that Dina didn’t wake up.
Then again, I suppose there’s nothing saying that Dina wasn’t waking up in that first panel immediately following hearing the “Scchwwffffppffhahhff” of an oversized plush dinosaur being forced through a narrow doorway and popping out into the middle of the room. She’s just super chill about waking up to weird noises, I guess.
Byron Orpheus
The next Patreon strip? Or the next Slipshine comic? What? Don’t kink-shame!
Catman
Damn, Dina has a bigger Dino than me…
I need to up my game
ValdVin
“It’s baby’s first campaign finance violation” would make another great book title.
Jon Rich
Seconded.
Solenoid
And thirded. And however many people follow after.
Undrave
Fourth’d?
Foxhack
Zachary Quintoed
He Who Abides
Sixth’d.
Pablo360
Sete-ado.
Michael Haneline
I agree, though I think the title would be better with the “It’s”
Sharkfin Bangs
Okay, but how can I commit campaign finance violation to get me one of those?
LookingIN
Run for office, have your chief of staff buy it with campaign donations in the name of targeting paleontologists, then go to a high-priced toy store and get one.
It’s all perfectly legal…until you get caught. Just make sure to include “Vote Sharkfin Bangs” on the tag to appease the FEC.
Joshi
but where are the feathers
Doctor_Who
Becky also bought a pillow and some glue, because she is a good girlfriend.
Minotaur
I’m not sure if allosaurus had feathers…
Kravis
Sex on top of that thing (I shall call him Fuckface II) is gonna be A-MA-ZING!
AntJ
especially at a campaign rally on live TV, with occasional cut shots to the butt embroidery for promotion
Robin would win most of the campus vote
Jon Rich
Technically, he’s proto-Fuckface.
drs
I’m pretty sure lizards (including iguanas like Fuckface) and dinosaurs are cousins; dinosaurs aren’t ancestral to any modern reptiles I know of.
There *were* giant lizards at the time, mosasaurs. More related to monitor lizards.
The author Caitlin Kiernan has published scientific papers on mosasaurs.
Kamino Neko
Yeah…dinosaurs are archosaurs, lizards are lepidosaurs. They’re, like…5th cousins. Currently, birds and crocodilians are the living representatives of archosauria.
(As to dinosaurs not being ancestral to modern reptiles…teeechnically birds are modern reptiles, as they are dinosaurs, which are reptiles, but…y’know…)
LeslieBean4shizzle
I would say “next time on Slipshine” but I haven’t read the most recent one yet, still not having the extra cash to jump back in there. Blast my lack of commissions the past month.
But yeah, I’d be totally okay with Becky and Dina having their first sexual experience on top of that plushie.
LeslieBean4shizzle
Sorry, that should have been “first shared sexual experience” – typo. Stupid lack of an edit button.
Mra
how did she get that through the door?
Jude Deluca
With determination.
Tacos
By warping the very fabric of space-time.
Solenoid
Or at least the fabric of the giant plush dino
LookingIN
so she hired The Doctor to bring it?
Yotomoe
The trick wasn’t getting the dinosaur in her dorm. It was building a whole dorm around the Dinosaur while Dina wasn’t looking.
Bagge
Clever girl
MatthewTheLucky
I don’t think Becky or Toedad have seven brothers, so were would she get the staff?
Keulen
Very carefully.
Tev
lube
Batz
I think she’s gonna ‘splode!
Tacos
Honestly that would scare the crap outta me if I saw that first thing in the morning.
Doctor_Who
At this point everyone on the floor has received at least one Joyce-Wakey-A-Gram, so the sight of massive teeth first thing in the morning has lost its shock value.
Jon Rich
Okay, this was brilliant. Kudos to you, Doctor.
Stephen Bierce
You will be Raptor Round My Finger…ya~a~a~oh!
Bicycle Bill
As long as you’re channeling The Police, I’ll take over the hacked Muzak to play “Walk the Dinosaur” by Was (Not Was).
Kyrik Michalowski
On the one hand I would worry what Robin will say when she finds out about this, on the other hand she may have totally agreed to it already and my worries are for nothing. I honestly can’t tell when it comes to Robin, anyome have a guess or wanna place a bet?
Tacos
I bet she’s totally OK with it.
Doctor_Who
Right?
Becky: Robin, I spent that pile of money labeled “From taxpayers, SuperPACs, and someone called Schmadimir Schmutin” on a giant dinosaur.
Robin: That is AWESOME.
Bagge
Come to think of it… wasn’t dinobot part of Robin’s campaign in shortpacked? Awesome callback.
Bagge
“Hey, Robs, what if I buy a giant dinosaur plushie for my super-ass-rad girlfriend for the campaign money?”
“Now we are talking! That’s why I pay you the big bucks, Becks.”
Rabid Rabbit
Robin will be all “OMG we need that thing at ALL THE RALLIES! It can be our new campaign spokesperson!”
All the Robin ads from now on will be that thing with Robin (poor) ventriloquizing in poor sight right next to it. “I’m Robin DeSanto, and I totally approve this dinosaur!”
Bagge
“I’m a dinosaur, and I totally approve Robin DeSanto”
BBCC
Look, Becky, it doesn’t matter how campaign finance law works, just coach Robin saying that you honestly believed that’s how campaign finance law worked so that when the IRS comes knocking, you two have your story straight.
Seregiel
I mean… she probably doesn’t need to coach her because Robin probably does…
BBCC
Just in case.
Regalli
Play off the court’s expectations, too. No one hires an 18-year-old with no political experience to be a campaign manager, because they don’t generally know the relevant laws. Throw in ‘and I was homeschooled to keep me from learning subversive ideas’ and you’re golden, Becky.
BBCC
Don’t be afraid to throw Robin under the bus either – “I honestly thought that’s how it worked, and Robin said it was okay to spend on those things.”
thejeff
Or Becky just turns witness in exchange for immunity and unmasks all the dark secrets of the DeSanto campaign corruption.