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[jough]

That operator just sits there 24/7 standing by for when Ray needs someone's phone number.  He pays her well enough that she can buy her kid a new Xbox game before he even finishes winning the last game she bought him.  That's like a kid's definition of wealthy - having a stack of unplayed nextgen games in the fuck*ng queue.

[Turbo Ninja]

palpably relieved.

I've been palpably relieved before, but not by means of something the optometrist said to me.

[drew]

I've been palpably relieved before, but not by means of something the optometrist said to me.

Heyyyyohh!! ZING!

[littlefallsmets]

At this point, I must ask the question...

Has the idea of The Underground and all of the cats and stuffed animals totally gone out the window?

Is the cat calling the human celebrity without any concern of being discovered to be a cat?

Is he calling the cat version of Simon Le Cowell? Are they watching a human man take the lady's position or a cat person take the lady's position?

The ways in which the "reality" of talking cats is stuck to and not stuck to is fascinating for me.

[Charles Nelson Mandela]

I love the 1950s usage of the operator.  I half expect it to actually work.

It does still work, though you'll get a nice charge on your bill for the service.

What takes the 1950sish fun out of it is that first you get a recording telling you to press a button if it's an emergency, then press another button to use their automated system, then if you don't you might get routed to a voice-recognition system first that thinks you just want directory assistance ... and only thendo you get a real human. Who may or may not be a guy named "Donald" with a thick Indian accent.

[CortJstr]

At this point, I must ask the question...

Has the idea of The Underground and all of the cats and stuffed animals totally gone out the window?

Is the cat calling the human celebrity without any concern of being discovered to be a cat?

Is he calling the cat version of Simon Le Cowell? Are they watching a human man take the lady's position or a cat person take the lady's position?

The ways in which the "reality" of talking cats is stuck to and not stuck to is fascinating for me.

Canon and continuity are for suckers.

[Doc]

Are they watching a human man take the lady's position or a cat person take the lady's position?

A human man take the cat-lady's position.

[littlefallsmets]

As I say, I have nothing against the use of selective continuity.

The Simpsons has long derived many laughs from selectively applying continuity to their stories.

DC Comics would basically no longer have crossovers if not for selective continuity.

I guess I'm just wondering if it is being... consciously done or if the characters and ideas have gotten to a point where the whole Secret World thing just no longer serves the strip creatively.

Either is fine, I just find the process interesting.

[Ruta Bagas]

I'd imagine that you can't tell Ray's a cat on the phone, and besides, even if his felinity were discovered, he's rich enough to get away with it. I can't see Ray being particularly perturbed by the possibility.

The whole cat/human business is perplexing, though. If Pat is into human gay porn then he's a strange fellow. That said, there's no particular reason why Ray can't roll out the celebrity-entrance idea as a moneymaker in human porn, even if the idea was inspired by cat-porn.

[Bobby Isosceles]

There is only one celebrity worthy of busting through the wall of a gay porno.

That's right, the Ultimate Warrior.



AW HELL YEAH

[Arachno-capitalist]

I would buy the one where Fritz The Cat comes in through the wall and kills Garfield with a hash pipe all yelling "HAPPY MONDAY, PUMPKIN CAT". That would be satisfying. So satisfying.

[Charles Nelson Mandela]

There is only one celebrity worthy of busting through the wall of a gay porno.

That's right, the Ultimate Warrior.



AW HELL YEAH

I dunno. Kind of looks like he's already starring in the gay porno there.

[Bobby Isosceles]

I dunno. Kind of looks like he's already starring in the gay porno there.

That's just his style.

[dejavroom]

The whole cat/human business is perplexing, though. If Pat is into human gay porn then he's a strange fellow.

It's not human, it's cat, really. "Pat", "Steve", "ron", all anthropomorphized cats - they use little clothes and so on, but still cats (just like the GOF - anthro-etc cats). As for who Ray's calling, it's gotta be the humans. He can pretty much run the entire operation via phone, anyway.

[Bobby Isosceles]

Or perhaps a non celebrity


GUYS STOP THAT DONT YOU KNOW THERE IS A WAR GOING ON