Launch Pad Lunatics
Wombies can reach for the stars like anyone else. And who knows, Binky might just make it one day.
This is the final strip in a five-part series. You can see the first strip here.
Wombania the Comic Strip
A Wombie's view of the world, updated Mondays and Thursdays
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on Stock Market Prediction: “Chris should warn us before he makes his next stock purchase.” Apr 30, 12:32
on Sensible Diet: “Sensibly = subjective. That means eat chocolate around the clock if that is what sensibly means to you.” Apr 27, 17:24
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Hate to break it to you guys but the moon ain’t made of chesse… just in case you thought
I think Cedric thinks that. Everyone else knows that the moon, and deep space, is made up of dark matter chocolate.
I knew that 🙂
Of course!
I knew that too. 🙂
You’ve been around us too long not to know!
Hey now that we all know can we have some more pancakes and chocolate ice cream, only the virtual kind though as I am on a diet 🙂
The virtual kind?? I want the real stuff! Pancakes and milkshakes!
I’ll take the real kind today! Otherwise, virtual.
Humans worry too much about their diets. I never do!
Yes well you are an expert
at being big on the tum 🙂
My tummy’s my best part! And my biggest!
Welcome back Loon you
have been missed you know? 🙂 xxxx
I hope she wasn’t on a moon mission to mine our dark chocolate!
Ummm… Yes it is because we went there & discovered the moon’s cheese mine. The Mon was originally just made of Moon Dust. Over aeons of time the dust absorbed milk from the Milky Way & eventually matured into the Universes finest cheese.
That’s an interesting theory, but I believe the moon is approximately 87.58% dark chocolate. The cheese you found was most likely an errant vein of impurity contaminating the chocolate substrata.
Yes and it has a pongy appearance too, which could easily throw the scent off with any novice chocolate hunting aliens.
Actually that is a good thing as there will be lots more dark matter / chocolate to find for our own consumption 🙂 yaaay
Hopefully no aliens will have gotten to our chocolate moon before us. Perhaps aliens do not covet chocolate the way we do. Hard to imagine, but it could be possible.
All of the over-development of cerebral matter means their mouths and taste buds have atrophied from millenia of eating rations from replicators.
Well I certainly hope the same never happens to us. I don’t believe all the knowledge in the world could replace the satisfaction of a good chocolate.
Surely not??? Now I feel somewhat disillusioned. But hey chocolate is good too. Maybe chocolate cheese would be the ultimate rat food
Chocolate cheesecake is delicious, and a good compromise I think.
I vote for the cheesecake 🙂
So do I! I’d vote for anything with cake in it!
I am in for a huge marble cheesecake. 🙂
I hope someone brings a huge marble cheesecake!
And thus, WASA is founded (Wombinaut Aeronautics and Space Administration).
WASA. I think I might use that!
It is a worthy offering Binky and certainly original 🙂 Well done Joseph you have just earned yourself a free seat to the Moon, hold on to your helmet though as Binky’s new rocket booster is built for speed 🙂
Well my rocket will be built for speed, when it is constructed.
Good, I like fast vehicles and your rocket will be the fastest around 🙂
A rocket requires a terminal velocity of over 40,320 kph to leave earth’s orbit. So I hope that is sufficiently fast for you.
The next thing you need to work on is a reducer which will let you carry large cargo in small spaces. Can you imagine how much chocolate you could store in a returning rocket? Or are you just going to dine in?
A reducer would be a most excellent idea. Though I think the invention of such a device is beyond me at the moment. At this point I’m planning to use the empty fuel tank for chocolate storage on the return trip.
Wombies in Spaaaace!
Sounds like a cool mini-series. 😉
I would like it to be a very long series!
It’s a bird…
It’s a plane…
It’s… a wombie?!
🙂
Hopefully, yes. A rocket Wombie.
Definitely chocolate! The moon’s just a smarty pants and covers itself with a dust of white sugar…so no one ..especially wombat would know its made of chocolate! Ah! But wombat are brilliant!!Wonder if it will be a crescent moon we shall be looking at all through the month once the wombats land? hehe
You may be right about the near side of the moon being covered in white sugar. Hopefully I will find that out when I land. The dark side of the moon is made of dark chocolate, of that I am sure.
And we will try not to take so much of the moon that only a crescent moon is left!
LOL Glad that you won’t Binky! Oo…but you know, you guys could make a nice scallopy shape though!
Itt may take more trips to the moon than one to affect its shape.
Of course it is that shiny crystal sugar. Why do you think the moon glows?
I wasn’t entirely sure, but that sounds like a reasonable theory.
Chris has little faith in the Wombies abilities but I am thinking that he will be missing out on the pancakes at teatime after that remark 🙁 lol
Chris has trouble understanding us at times, or appreciating our need to explore.
Yes I have noticed that a lot 🙁
I believe he is what you call a fuddy-duddy.
But he’s a nice fuddy-duddy. 🙂
He’d be nicer if he didn’t yell so much.
Is it possible for a fuddy-duddy to be silent? 🙂
I’ll get some duct tape and find out.
I am enjoying this on-going cartoon theme Peter but then I would be, being that I am looking forward to the completion of your rocket launcher 🙂
Well, um, that might be a slight problem.
You better get a one of your hats cleaned, Chris. You may have to eat it once the mission is accomplished.
I tried to tell you to eat chips and watch tv instead. 🙂
I think I’d rather have the chips and watch TV.
You want a soda pop with that?
Yes, please. All the better to drown out my fears.
Aw…You need a mini vacation.
I do! But I’m afraid if I leave, the house won’t be standing when I get back.
You need a Wombie Sitter. 😉
Okay, send them over, but don’t you run away forever!…lol
Sounds good to me. But I hope you know what you’re getting yourself into!
I do, and we’ll be fine. Besides, I’m sending them over to Fraz’s beach house across the road. Don’t worry, I’ll watch them.
Go get some peace and quiet.
Thanks, Deb. I could use some away time!
I believe in you, Binky! I know you will be the first Wombie on the moon. You will be famous!
I don’t care about the fame, but I would like to open up space exploration for others in the future.
I guess I knew that. I’m just use to Fraz wanting fame and fortune. 😉
I’m sure Fraz will try to claim the moon for himself.
There is no doubt in my mind. 😉 🙂
I could call it Planet Fraz!
You are just full of great ideas, Fraz. I think from now on I’ll just put your name in front of anything worth having to get ideas too.
Yay! I could use some more good stuff!
The moon is made of chocolate so you’d better go there soon as you don’t want anyone staking claim to all that chocolate.
Have a terrific day. 🙂
That’s the reason I want to be first. All the moon chocolate for us!
I see a movie coming on!
A documentary of my space travels, I hope.
I want a snake dance it the documentary
Well if you know any snakes that can dance who would like to be in the documentary. . .
If it wasn’t for adventuristic thinking people Neil Armstrong would still be just sitting at home playing with toy rockets.
I salute you Binky!!! Yu can do it!!!
Thank you, Tony. I hope to make it to the moon soon and not disappoint all my supporters.
Sometimes things take longer than we plan…I will wait patiently. 🙂
Especially when one is pioneering new rocket technology.
Yes, it take much thought to work things out, and then there’s all the wine gum breaks you have to take too.
Yes, I definitely need those breaks to recuperate from all my hard thinking.
Be sure to launch when there is a full moon. It is bigger then and will make it easier to land on + if there is only a quarter moon when you get there you will find less chocolate. It’s gotta be true because it is on the internet now.
I will remember your advice and schedule my launch date accordingly. I do want to get as much chocolate as possible, of course.
I have faith you can make it to the moon. But that’s so yesteryear. Why not Mars?
We are actually planning a trip to Uranus, well not yours but you know what I mean? 🙂 Oh and there is a spare seat on the rocket should you wish to join us, just don’t forget to fasten your seat belt as Binky has a habit of using his turbo charged rocket booster when we least expect it 🙂 It’s worth it though as you are allowed to eat as much chocolate as you can manage in one sitting 🙂
I think it might be a pit premature to be planning a trip to the outer solar system at this time.
Andro you wicked one 😆 what do you mean by Uranus trip lol
I’m gonna have to pass (not gas) on this trip. But thanks for the invite.
Mars is an admirable goal, but it is many times more difficult to reach due to its distance from us. After a successful moon mission, I may set my sights for Mars.
Well, we all have to begin somewhere. 🙂
I think the moon is a challenging start.
The moon first and then a planet hopping expedition would be good 🙂
If all goes well, that is the plan.
Lunatic Wombies…isn’t that redundant?
Not by my definition. Unless of course by “lunatic” you mean pioneering lunar explorers.
Ground control to Major Binky…
We are ready for launch! Well, not really.
LOL, well I heard it said once that you should shoot for the moon and if you fail you still land among the stars. 🙂
That sounds like a good philosophy to me!
Lunie Wombies!! Oh now that would be cheesy!
but I can sure visualize Binky bouncing around the surface with kinds of scientific stuffs!
When I get to the moon, I’ll definitely be performing numerous scientific experiments. And I’ll be sure to get some dark moon chocolate especially for you.
Lunatic Wombie errmm actually it does suit but not the other meaning, I mean what did Chris mean….The Mean Chris or Chris who meant… 😯 what the hell did I mean?
hey can I join you guys in this lunatic mission, I want to be a lunatic human, oh wait I am already lunatic so I think I can go with you
Of course you can go with us, Soma! You’ll have one of the prime seats on my rocket ship. It probably will be a lunatic mission in more ways than one, but someone has to brave enough to explore the unknown.
Heyyy! Sorry it’s been a long time since my last visit but I do not forget you, my friends. 🙂
Binky, you’re probably the bravest wombie ever. And you’re definitely braver than I am. I will never go in the space or to the moon even if I could. 😉
Space travel isn’t for everyone, but it is for me! I guess it might be scary for some. I’ll bring back some special moon chocolate for you, though.
A wombat in space. That would be very cool.Good luck to you guys.
Thank you, Jeremy. We do hope to make it!
That’s why we like to read about them.
http://joycelansky.blogspot.com
Hopefully I will make it one day soon.
Lunatic equals greatness … sometimes 😉
I don’t think Chris considers me one of those.
He will come around when you actually do it. 😉
Yes, I believe he will.
Interesting diagnosis 😉
Accurate, too, I believe.
I think by “lunatic” he meant “lunar”.
That was what I was implying. But I don’t think they took the hint.