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Annotations Every Day - Written by T Campbell & Flo Kahn - Illustrated by John & Jason Waltrip

T Campbell: 'NOOOOOOOOOOO NOT THE CROSSWORD PUZZLES, OH THE HORROR!'

Chapter 25 – Page 23

on August 29, 2013
Chapter: Chapter 25
└ Tags: Carol, Ferris, HR
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  1. Ishmael
    Ishmael
    August 29, 2013, 12:02 am | # | Reply

    he’s where you go when things get rough

  2. Darchias
    Darchias
    August 29, 2013, 12:03 am | # | Reply

    Good of Ferris to give HR a hand like that.

    • biggmac
      biggmac
      August 29, 2013, 12:06 am | # | Reply

      He’s a second amendment guy – he believes in the right to bear arms.

      • Geigan
        Geigan
        August 29, 2013, 1:53 am | # | Reply

        You’ve got to hand it to HR, he doesn’t really get up in arms even in this sort of situation. They are out on a limb, but he’s really been hacking away at his problems lately. Making progress hand over foot in his project.

        • Thomas
          Thomas
          August 29, 2013, 2:09 am | # | Reply

          Wrist in peace, Ferris. Your death will raise this project’s chance to succees by five digits!

          • Chantelune
            Chantelune
            August 29, 2013, 3:34 am | # | Reply

            Meh, this guy was a handful anyway. As for HR, you offer him a wrist, he take an arm. Classic boss behavior !

            • █████
              █████
              August 29, 2013, 5:22 am | # | Reply

              If you’re found to be in breach of your employment contracts it can cost you an arm and a leg.

              …and the other arm and leg, and kidneys, lungs, heart, brain, stomach, intestines, larynx…

              • Gristle McNerd
                Gristle McNerd
                August 29, 2013, 6:32 am | # | Reply

                Well, you never know when one of those’ll come in handy.

              • Chantelune
                Chantelune
                August 29, 2013, 6:56 am | # | Reply

                Yeah, well, no arm done, right ?

                • Chris
                  Chris
                  August 29, 2013, 9:44 am | # | Reply

                  Did you need a hand with that one?

                  • WriterX
                    WriterX
                    August 29, 2013, 10:32 am | # | Reply

                    This is all out of my grasp.

                    • Some Guy
                      Some Guy
                      August 29, 2013, 10:52 am | #

                      Get a grip! These puns are just getting out of hand

                    • Tazman3002
                      Tazman3002
                      August 29, 2013, 10:55 am | #

                      “Hey Ferris, can you give me a hand? Oh sorry…”

                    • Joe
                      Joe
                      August 29, 2013, 12:11 pm | #

                      I gotta hand it to you, Daedalus knows how to handle money. this expensive project only cost an arm

                    • Tanonev
                      Tanonev
                      August 29, 2013, 9:39 pm | #

                      Aren’t severance packages supposed to go the other way?

                    • lumzi23
                      lumzi23
                      September 9, 2013, 8:15 pm | #

                      Arm sorry, I am trying to get a handle on all this. Fingers that things would turn out this way.

                    • Necrosis
                      Necrosis
                      January 26, 2014, 12:44 pm | #

                      Guess it’s Ferris’s day off.

                    • Speedy
                      Speedy
                      December 12, 2018, 11:20 pm | #

                      Ferris went into the white light at the end of the carpal tunnel…

                      Well, it was purple. But, same difference… Right?

    • Pylgrim
      Pylgrim
      August 29, 2013, 6:54 pm | # | Reply

      You have to give it to H.R.: He’s not afraid to get his hands dirty.

      • flevine
        flevine
        August 29, 2013, 9:23 pm | # | Reply

        …or Carol’s…or Ferris’…

  3. biggmac
    biggmac
    August 29, 2013, 12:09 am | # | Reply

    Hope she didn’t mishear him and think he said “Carol, you’re fired.”
    ‘

    • Chantelune
      Chantelune
      August 29, 2013, 6:57 am | # | Reply

      Frankly, up to that point, she might just say “thank you !” and put a few miles (or countries) between the two of them.

      • JediaKyrol
        JediaKyrol
        August 29, 2013, 2:15 pm | # | Reply

        Considering what we’ve seen of standard employee termination…that would be a good idea.

  4. JSStryker
    JSStryker
    August 29, 2013, 12:13 am | # | Reply

    Carol’s look in that first frame should probably have a big “TILT” over her head.

  5. WriterX
    WriterX
    August 29, 2013, 12:16 am | # | Reply

    I think we are redefining “Human Resources”.

    • Khend
      Khend
      August 29, 2013, 2:22 am | # | Reply

      I dunno, seems about right. After all, you know how the saying goes:
      ‘They wouldn’t be called Human Resources if they weren’t meant to be strip mined.’

      • Speedy
        Speedy
        December 12, 2018, 11:40 pm | # | Reply

        That’s what Best said. xD

  6. jokerlope
    jokerlope
    August 29, 2013, 1:03 am | # | Reply

    well, its not quite a hand of glory, but I’m guessing it’s close enough for what HR has in mind

  7. Mr Ak
    Mr Ak
    August 29, 2013, 1:11 am | # | Reply

    HR, living the 90s dream, and saving Ferris.

  8. Jean-Luc
    Jean-Luc
    August 29, 2013, 1:14 am | # | Reply

    Jesus fuckin’ Chris, that floor is wet.

    • randonimity
      randonimity
      August 29, 2013, 3:39 am | # | Reply

      Does this mean Ferris made a bigger splash in death than in life?

      • Joe
        Joe
        August 29, 2013, 12:13 pm | # | Reply

        You’ve gotta soak in all the little details

  9. Runic
    Runic
    August 29, 2013, 2:08 am | # | Reply

    I think Ferris is going to need a couple days off.
    After that, claims of mysterious vacation to a far off land where he was never heard from again…. until his skull washes up somewhere.

    Anyone else think Carol is one step away from cracking completely? Those eyes man…

    • Tim
      Tim
      August 29, 2013, 5:51 am | # | Reply

      Looks like a classic case of the Crazy Eyes to me.

      • FoolishOwl
        FoolishOwl
        August 29, 2013, 4:22 pm | # | Reply

        I was thinking, thousand-yard stare.

  10. Songbird
    Songbird
    August 29, 2013, 2:21 am | # | Reply

    Jaysus this got dark.
    That’s cool though. I like dark.

    • Guesticus
      Guesticus
      August 29, 2013, 2:38 pm | # | Reply

      /wave to Empress Song

      Consider how things are going with MM, we kinda guessed that :D

  11. SteelRaven
    SteelRaven
    August 29, 2013, 2:24 am | # | Reply

    … leftovers?

    • randonimity
      randonimity
      August 29, 2013, 3:41 am | # | Reply

      Rightover I reckon, judging by that thumb.

  12. Syhkane
    Syhkane
    August 29, 2013, 2:56 am | # | Reply

    Arm Pun

    • Joe
      Joe
      August 29, 2013, 12:14 pm | # | Reply

      mop pun

      • MichaelHaneline
        MichaelHaneline
        August 29, 2013, 10:27 pm | # | Reply

        dismemberment pun

        • Carl-E
          Carl-E
          August 29, 2013, 11:33 pm | # | Reply

          Pun pun.

  13. Syhkane
    Syhkane
    August 29, 2013, 3:01 am | # | Reply

    His tie isn’t Sepia.

    • SmilingAhab
      SmilingAhab
      August 29, 2013, 8:19 am | # | Reply

      It’s always been in color.

    • Plaintextman
      Plaintextman
      August 30, 2013, 6:42 pm | # | Reply

      Welcome on the other side.

  14. Bruceski
    Bruceski
    August 29, 2013, 3:45 am | # | Reply

    HR, you missed a spot when packing the bodybag. Have you checked those glasses lately?

  15. Berius
    Berius
    August 29, 2013, 5:31 am | # | Reply

    Well that was definitely a life changing experience…

  16. zero
    zero
    August 29, 2013, 7:26 am | # | Reply

    he almost namedropped something and we missed it!

    • Dan Irving
      Dan Irving
      August 29, 2013, 8:36 am | # | Reply

      Crazy bald-head cult guy reverse hacked HR?

  17. zet
    zet
    August 29, 2013, 8:05 am | # | Reply

    HR goes nuts, saves the arm of his victim (one of several?), anyone else see a future member of the Order of the Countless Limbs?

    • moirla
      moirla
      August 29, 2013, 8:51 am | # | Reply

      one limb! ah! ah! ah!

      • Charlie Spencer
        Charlie Spencer
        August 29, 2013, 12:06 pm | # | Reply

        One limb to rule them all?

    • Chantelune
      Chantelune
      August 29, 2013, 4:38 pm | # | Reply

      More like the Order of One Less Limb.

    • Speedy
      Speedy
      December 13, 2018, 12:05 am | # | Reply

      H.R. just wants to get a signature at the next clan meeting. They never said you had to pay with your own limb.

  18. Nethernox
    Nethernox
    August 29, 2013, 12:21 pm | # | Reply

    Nooooooo, not Ferris! He never got that attendance bonus Carol was planning for him.

    So much for loyalty.

    • Karishi
      Karishi
      August 29, 2013, 4:32 pm | # | Reply

      Even though he is still in attendance!

      • MidnightDStroyer
        MidnightDStroyer
        February 15, 2017, 11:18 pm | # | Reply

        Well, minus a couple of points for not quite being all there…

        • Speedy
          Speedy
          December 13, 2018, 12:17 am | # | Reply

          You really expect him to give this job 100%, after the way they treated him?

  19. Stephen
    Stephen
    August 29, 2013, 12:37 pm | # | Reply

    HR Dedalus should be considered Armed & Dangerous. Do NOT approach this man, call Police immediately.

    • Stephen
      Stephen
      August 29, 2013, 12:39 pm | # | Reply

      Also, I have to wonder if that place has a raised floor as most datacenters do.

      • Speedy
        Speedy
        December 13, 2018, 1:22 am | # | Reply

        Those do appear to be about the right size to be removable floor sections. And, the wiring under those floors is always up to code… Right?

        drip… drip… drip…
        hmmmmmmmmmmmm *zzt* mmmm *Zzt* *ZZT* mmm mm m m . . . .

        “Oh, for the love of… of… what’shisname!!!”

  20. Shapeshifter
    Shapeshifter
    August 29, 2013, 2:48 pm | # | Reply

    I have this terrible feeling for Carol…she should definitely take a sick day….

  21. SotiCoto
    SotiCoto
    January 22, 2015, 7:49 am | # | Reply

    To be quite honest… H R is obviously insane.

    Like “Oh no, an employee found my room of people in tanks. What should I do?”

    A.) Swear him to secrecy and make him part of the conspiracy…
    B.) Lock him up to then put him in one of the people-tanks (when new ones arrive) as method of integrated control…
    C.) MURDERDEATHKILL!!1!

    “Hmmm… Option C it is. That couldn’t possibly backfire in our collective faces and ruin everything…”

  22. Ryan
    Ryan
    January 14, 2016, 2:18 pm | # | Reply

    I love how Ferris is still a tag in this strip

  23. MidnightDStroyer
    MidnightDStroyer
    February 15, 2017, 11:20 pm | # | Reply

    About the alt-text: Damm the crosswords! I can’t read the comics page now. HR got Garfield’s lasagna sauce all over it.

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