The Compleat Billy Chronicles (thanks to Zenpatista)

[Anna Mae Bollocks]

*looks around*
No commentary on this? That must have been some pandemic.

It's more that PD is a combination scratchpad/museum now.  We have about 5 regular posters, by which I mean "posts once in a week."

Also, some folks aren't allowed to talk to me because you know.

Still? 

[Doktor Howl]

*looks around*
No commentary on this? That must have been some pandemic.

It's more that PD is a combination scratchpad/museum now.  We have about 5 regular posters, by which I mean "posts once in a week."

Also, some folks aren't allowed to talk to me because you know.

Still? 

And they have to ask permission to have a conversation with her.



I have seen grown-ass adults actually submit to that.

[Doktor Howl]

I did a double take when I got to "Bones", cant fault that knowledge of his process control though, takes someone who really loves their system to think of ways to improve them like

Well, it's not our system, we just get paid to make things more efficient.

It went really well, too.  We got a whole cow through the grinder in less than 5 minutes.

[altered]

Mother of God. A whole cow is a lot of bone, fat and cartilage. Is the machine okay after that?

[Doktor Howl]

Mother of God. A whole cow is a lot of bone, fat and cartilage. Is the machine okay after that?

It is.  There was more spray than anticipated.

[altered]

PLEASE tell me there's a budget line-item for cow-shrapnel-resistant kevlar vests. I need this joy. Lie if you must.

[chaotic neutral observer]

It went really well, too.  We got a whole cow through the grinder in less than 5 minutes.

Newsfeed.

[Faust]

I did a double take when I got to "Bones", cant fault that knowledge of his process control though, takes someone who really loves their system to think of ways to improve them like

Well, it's not our system, we just get paid to make things more efficient.

It went really well, too.  We got a whole cow through the grinder in less than 5 minutes.

A whole cow, thats like 5-6 People a minute!

[Anna Mae Bollocks]

*looks around*
No commentary on this? That must have been some pandemic.

It's more that PD is a combination scratchpad/museum now.  We have about 5 regular posters, by which I mean "posts once in a week."

Also, some folks aren't allowed to talk to me because you know.

Still? 

And they have to ask permission to have a conversation with her.



I have seen grown-ass adults actually submit to that.

I've heard of such behavior. But it's supposed involve whips and foot licking.
I'm not sure if you're describing half-ass humiliation, or humiliation so extreme that they don't even get the whole package.

[Anna Mae Bollocks]

Mother of God. A whole cow is a lot of bone, fat and cartilage. Is the machine okay after that?

It is.  There was more spray than anticipated.

[Doktor Howl]

I did a double take when I got to "Bones", cant fault that knowledge of his process control though, takes someone who really loves their system to think of ways to improve them like

Well, it's not our system, we just get paid to make things more efficient.

It went really well, too.  We got a whole cow through the grinder in less than 5 minutes.

A whole cow, thats like 5-6 People a minute!

I keep telling them that, but they keep looking at me all sideways and pointing at the contract, which specifies "dead animals".  Humans ARE animals.

[Doktor Howl]

PLEASE tell me there's a budget line-item for cow-shrapnel-resistant kevlar vests. I need this joy. Lie if you must.

It's a little finer than "shrapnel".  It's more like a splash shield for your face and a big apron.

[altered]

DAMN. We can't have nice things. Rowling is still drawing breath and the grinder won't murder a man who is calmly and innocently watching a cow slurped down its mechanical gullet from ten feet away. Fuck it all.

Weaponized Cowgrinder is my new brutal death metal band name anyway.

[Doktor Howl]

I got a call from a colleague who is still in the biz, although at a different company that I was at.

They tried to design a drone that would mine metals out of landfills, but they forgot to put in any kind of IFF.

So the drones scrapped each other, as they were the highest concentration of metal in the immediate area.

This makes me feel even more optimistic about the future than I normally am.

[chaotic neutral observer]

So the drones scrapped each other, as they were the highest concentration of metal in the immediate area.

That is so beautiful it almost brings a tear to my eye.