It’s possible that jefbot wasn’t acting on pure nerd instinct and actually meant to drop that quarter in the machine, I suppose, since there’s nothing more romantic than making out with someone while listening to the Star Wars theme. Not that I’d know anything about that. *ahem*
And hooray for second kisses! You might remember the first kiss between cel and bot happening oh so many strips ago, when they had a first date on the beach.
😮
did someone just stake their claim at first, once again?
your spectacles, madame:
😎
*sighs* Silly jefbot! Way to ruin the moment!
Still… now that the quarter’s in there, it’d be such a shame to waste it, don’t you think?
ha! you’re absolutely right, AdM – and i think cel would agree. 😉
to which Cel would ask “what do i get when i win?”
He’s a geek guy – as long as he gets a little love, he’d be her devoted slave.
Of course, she must understand that there will be times when he must indulge his instincts… and play video games. But this is cel we’re talking about, she too knows the call of the arcade.
^_^
*in my fake brit accent*
the call of the arcade is the most primordial call of all. this would begin with the alpha male or better known as homo geekius hearing the sound of the ping and pong of the arcade machine. little does he knows that this call would change his life forever.
it must also be noted that there have been certain sightings of the female species or more scientifically known as evus geekius dominatus. these sightings are unconfirmed and most of the modern society regards this as urban myths.
heh. i think cel’s already won, jf#300! jefbot’s heart, at least.
oh, and if i ever make a geek documentary, you’ll have to narrate. in your “fake brit accent,” of course. 😉
will gladly do it for u JB.
welcome to the firsties club…
I should think that would be very romantic…not that I’d ever know. I’d think it’s instinct, though…I know I do some things and wonder why I didn’t turn off my autopilot.
i know what you mean, Tiana – there are some things that the autopilot just won’t turn off for. like trying to go into a Best Buy or a Costco and not buy something. impossible.
“You know you’re a geek when…”
XD Awesome
ha! indeed, rinthia. i shall include this in my repertoire when going out on the road with a couple of my nerd friends for our “Geeks of Comedy” tour.
You know, from a practical standpoint, dropping the quarter should keep the interruptions to a minimum—it’s rent for the space, like a photo booth. . . . not that I’d know anything about that (ahem).
very true, Sarah W. this might just be a practical act on jefbot’s part, in case some kid “quarters up” and tries to eject them from the cockpit. 🙂
when I saw the firs pic, I was like “Oh yeah”. Good for them two lovebirds.
yep, it’s about time they got to smoochin’, Eddie! glad it got an “Oh yeah” out of you. 🙂
dont know if its because she is angry, or by the clothes, but Cel looked quite hotter in the older strips. And for Maryz – yes you can evaluate hotness of an animated character 😛
i’m a big fan of her “hoodie” look from the older strips, Eddie, so maybe you’re a fan of that, too. if i ever make a cel action figure, that’ll be what she wears. that said, i think she’s still hot in her tee and apron, but i’m biased.
a great date that only cost a quarter!!
ha! yep, looks like both are cheap dates, t_d!
Go with the kiss Jefbot. You can play games anytime, but kissing with cel is a rare pleasure. Wouldn’t you rather make out than play video games? Although, I guess she’s gonna have to leave soon anyway to run the arcade, so maybe getting a game in first wouldn’t be a bad idea. 😉
Just had to mention that now I have Meatloaf running thru my head…
happy you got the reference, shanna! i knew it’d be a somewhat ancient one for much of the JEFbot readership. heheh.
Hey now! I may be older than your average reader, but I don’t like to think of myself as “ancient.” 😛 <- Blowing you a big ol' raspberry
my bad! replace “ancient” with “vintage” and any references to “old” in the comments below with “classic.” 😉
besides, the song’s “ancient,” not us!
good advice, shanna – making out is (almost) always preferred to playing video games. especially with someone as kissable as cel.
and you’re right – she’s going to have to go back to running the arcade soon, the circumstances of which i hope will be a fun surprise. (that’s all i’m sayin’ for now.) 🙂
A.DORK.A.BLE!!!! Nuff said!
Agreed. ^_^
yay! “A.DORK.A.BLE!!!!” was totally what i was going for with that first panel, Pixie! 😀
YAY!
and this did not remind me of: http://xkcd.com/400/
gotta love XKCD, DJ! and if anything, the Star Wars theme would just get both cel and bot more in the mood. 😉
OMG! On all fronts! Getting lip action from Cel AND a f-ing hilarious punchline!
big thanks, Stan! glad you liked the kissin’ and the funny in this strip! 😀
thats either the most idiotic thing ever to happen to jb or the funniest sexual innuendo ever. i like it both. fyi sometimes when having intercourse i look up to see if somebody bought from my auction shop. i share way too much with u guys.
*blinks* DUDE!
just kidding Pixie…or am i?
*puts your inner voice on mute* Shush naughty Fanboy
not sure if you’re referencing that second panel, jf#300, but ya know, the metaphor of the coin going into the slot was not lost on me – i thought it might be a little too overt, but it was purely unintentional at the conceptual stage, i assure you. and sometimes a coin slot is just a coin slot. heheh.
btw. i love this strip. its the most fulfilling ever you have done JB. i can now die in peace knowing there is a future for JB and Cel. touchwood. sighhhhhhhhhh
thanks, jf#300!!! always happy to hear when a strip works, and “fulfilling” is a rare and welcome compliment. i just hope you’re right about cel and jefbot. oh, and: hand check.
Ok, let me say congrats AdM on being firsties!! 😀 *high five*
Second, looove the Meatloaf reference in the title…methinks your age is showing, ‘bot LOL
WOO HOO for geek romance!! The most awkward and silly kind of interaction, ever!!!
*high five* ^_^ Thanks!
I agree that Geek romance is silly and awkward – it’s also the best by far. So double WOO HOO! ^_^
where the EFF is the “like” button?… I have to get away from FB
Geek romance FTW? 😀
Epic Win.
thanks! i’d love to put a “like” button on the strip, Prophet! i bet there’s an easy way. hmmm…
and i agree with you, AdM – geek romance is the best by far! WOO HOOx3!!!
glad both you and shanna got the reference, ESQ, so i’m not wallowing in my oldness by myself. heheh.
and i second that “WOO HOO” for geek romance! and revel in its awkwardness and silliness! 😀
Aww sniggity snap!! I’ve never played the Star Wars arcade game, but I really wanted it when I had a 32X. Yeah, I said it…I owned (and still own…somewhere) a Sega 32X. Don’t judge me.
I’m campaigning to get my mum to let me have the old Atari, SNES & Sega MegaDrive plus any other old consoles she’s got gathering dust in the attic – along with all the games, of course. I have fond childhood memories of playing them, and it’s not like she’s using them! If I help her clear out the attic and put some stuff on ebay for her, maybe I can claim them as my reward…
i’m ashamed to admit it but the first game i bought on Sega was Sailormoon. well the cat is out of the bag and a great burden has been released.
what game/s have you played which you are ashamed of admitting…anyone?
I’m not ashamed! I think it’s awesome! I’ve been a Geek/Gamer Girl since I was 2! ^_^
i’ve bought some BAD games, jf#300 (Urban Champion comes to mind, for one), but none that i’m embarrassed about owning. if i think of any though, i’ll post ’em.
you totally need to get those consoles back, AdM! it’s your birthright!!!
*stereotypical anime “resolved face”, including “nod” & “fist clench by face”* Right!
the 32X was one of the few add-ons that i never bought, Charles. but i wanted one soooo badly! in hindsight though, it looks like i made the right decision in not getting it. but i’m not judging!!! 😉
well he might have done it out of habit, but now he has a alibi for why both of them are in there together, so no ones the wiser…… no not really, everyone knows
very true, mrwafflesorig87 – as long as he doesn’t actually start the game and begin playing, i think bot could legitimately use that excuse. 🙂
I see this as no different than me smooching a beautiful girl while a Milla Jovovich film ‘accidentally’ plays in the background. Nerd porn for the win!
ha! very smooth, Menapace! now what’s your Milla nerd porn of choice? Fifth Element, Resident Evil, or Ultraviolet? others?
Fifth Element!
Oh wait you were talking to Menapace…Uh Oh look ummm an ultra rare Ultra Lord action Figure!
Is there an “All of the Above” option? 😉
absolutely.
thought of this after i posted, but, it takes a true gamer to be able to play a game and make out at the same time, ive known girls to instigate a makeout during a gaming session to win, but im pretty sure Cel would not need to do that, shes already a badass gamer
yep – i think bot could definitely handle making out while playing the game, mrwafflesorig87. question is, would cel let that happen without giving bot another black eye? and yeah, cel’s gaming badassery totally wipes away any need to use naughty distractions. 🙂
Jefbot and Cel sitting in tree…. Ha! So fun! “Sorry. Habit.” LOVE IT!
thanks! glad you liked that line, Funnyshaffer! 😀
Damn it! An old fantasy has resurfaced in my brain now and I can’t do anything about it! *pouts* So unfair!
what is it?
*proceeds to probe angela’s mind*
gasp
…
…
…
*proceeds to blushes uncontrollably*
Oh it’s not THAT bad!
It is, however, something that many geek/gamers would probably like to be on the recieving end of. I’ve just never really had the opportunity when the idea’s popped into my head. Pity. 🙁
…go on…?
lol
yes….pray continue
AdM, i think you’re going to melt some readers’ minds with your fantasies – even if you leave them secret. 🙂
^_^ It’s fun to tease!
If we were on a different site, I might have left a few crypticly tantalising posts/messages before (if I felt like it) revealing the fantasy.
But, as this is your site and its content is fairly family friendly (alliteration = awesome), I’m trying to be very vague.
See? I can be a good girl. Sometimes. ^_^
…that explanation is even worse though.
*sweet, pure, innocent, demure [insert more synonyms here] smile*
Whatever do you mean? *blinks in confusion*
*sly smile*
HAH! That was brilliant..
aw, thanks, o0Edit0o!
YUS! Atta boy Jefbot that’s how its done! You Matrix dodged the TOOL bullet.Did he go 1st or am I imposing my own actions here?Cause if he went for the kiss and the game that is a totally geek chic awesomeness right there.
always a good thing to dodge the TOOL bullet before it hits you in cranked up slo-mo, Prophet! heheh. and while he went for their first kiss (JEFBOT.179), cel initiated this one. so he gets 1/2 of those awesomeness points. 😉
*sings*
oh it’s cold and lonely in the deep dark night,
I can see Paradise by the Cockpit light.
Ain’t no doubt about it we were doubly blessed.
Cause we were barely *coughcoughcough*
And we were barely dressed.
GODDAMNIT!!!!
:sigh:
And now our bodies are oh so close and tight
It never felt so good, it never felt so right
And we’re glowing like the metal on the edge of a knife
C’mon! Hold on tight!
C’mon! Hold on tight!
WOOOOOO!!! okay, i’m thrilled that you and acolyte have joined the “old club” Pixie, along with shanna, ESQ and myself. ;D
I knew he will do something like this.
Why am I always almost right? It gets old.
Did I mention I knew it?
Hurraaaaay for kisses.
i concur: hurraaaaay for kisses!
Dude, you didn’t just drop a quarter into the cock-blocker machine. Because at this point that’s exactly what it is. -face palm-
now that’s a game i haven’t played at an arcade, Anime fan! but something tells me cel’s cool with jefbot’s geeky slip-up.
I knew it! I knew it!! I KNEW IT!!!
yeah, but did you really know it, TCG?
Finally caught up on the comic. I’ve been reading through the archives the last 3 or 4 nights.
I really like it and it’s going to the bookmarks with my other favorite comics.
But I consider everything good that makes me laugh and this to funny because sometimes my life’s so much like this. Except I don’t have Cel or parents or a roommate and my sister retired from being evil when she grew up but everything else is totally like my life.
Oh, and I’m from Germany!
hey, thanks for reading through the archive, Skyknight! and double thanks for bookmarking the strip. always happy to get a new reader onboard, and i hope you continue reading and commenting!
also, i’m glad you can relate to the strip – and thank your lucky stars that your sister retired from being evil! (if my sister’s reading this, i’m totally kidding.)
woo! Germany! i plan to get over there someday, to track down other Schuetzes. 😀
JB just hit the Hi-score in geek romantic comedy. Fantastic. 😉
awesome way of putting it, ContableEnorme!!! he did indeed. 😀
cant wait for JB to introduce Cel to his family….
wonder what will happen?
anybody remember this phrase from JB’s past comic?
“Ring the fucking bell!!”
also, Cel seems to be the dominant one…what happens if she meets Xinda?
is it like lighting a match in a methane filled mine?
heheh. nice callback, jf#300 – the bot family would no doubt put her through something like that, if not worse. i have lots of tragic experiences with friends coming over that i can mine for the comic, sadly.
and, yes! can’t wait for cel to meet Xinda in the strip. “lighting a match in a methane filled mine” might be an apt analogy. heheh. they’ll meet someday!
I suspect that they’ll get on like a house on fire…. There’ll be no survivors.
“Stay on target… Stay on target.”
“It’s no good. I can’t maneuver!”
It only took them one year and ten days to have a second kiss XD!!! Come on JB! you know that it is every nerd’s dream to make out while hearing the star wars theme song.
ha! yeah, for us in this universe it took that long, but in the JEFbot U, the time was a bit shorter, nicobot. no matter, it still took way too long for those two to get back together. with any luck, it won’t take another year for them to kiss again. and maybe they’ll have the Star Wars theme on a surround sound system, next time. 🙂
Hahahahaha!!! Very funny, bot. I love this strip. So well drawn. I’m glad you and Cel are taking it to the next level or at least another galaxy. 😉 Great job, man. Keep it up.
thanks, MC! glad you liked cel ‘n bot getting back together, in whatever galaxy they’re in, near or far, far away. 😀
So damn romantic!
1) Hot girl
2) One of best arcade cabinets of all time
3) Kissing
4) Accessible Quarters!
What else could you possibly need in life!