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PANEL 1 (BASTICH sits at MTN. DEWD's Macintosh computer while MTN. DEWD looks on.) BASTICH: There you go, M.D. Thanks to the power of macPerl, you too can enjoy the fruits of preemptive multi-tasking! MTN. DEWD: No way! You cant do that with Perl..!
PANEL 21 (BASTICH stands up from the computer and smashes his head into a ceiling lamp.) BASTICH: What have I told you about questioning the power of Pe-- SFX: THUD--! BASTICH: AAGGG!
PANEL 3 (BASTICH holds his head as stars fly. He speaks to MTN. DEWD.) BASTICH: What's the deal!? Every time I get up from your computer I smash my head on this accursed lamp! MTN. DEWD: Sorry, man. It came with the apartment...
PANEL 4 (BASTICH shakes his fists as BAPPER stands in the background.) BASTICH: Bah-! What kind of freak uses the dining room for a computer lab, anyway! Just because I'm freakishly tall doesn't mean I should have to suffer like this! BAPPER: Well, sure it does!
PANEL 5 (BASTICH storms away as MTN. DEWD speaks.) MTN. DEWD: Sorry, Stich. I don't know what to say. I'm sure the swelling will go down... eventually... BASTICH: You'd better hope so! I'm blowin' outta here before I put myself into a coma..!
PANEL 6 (MTN. DEWD has just bonked his head on the same lamp while BAPPER stands nearby.) CAPTION: Later... SFX: THUD--! MTN. DEWD: OWWCH! BAPPER: Dewd, Bastich is long gone. You can raise the lamp back up again! MTN. DEWD: Oh yeah.. I almost forgot.
Commentary
Based on a 100% true story.
Except the part about Mac Perl, a Perl port for the classic Macintosh Operating system. Mac Perl worked well for what it was, but it would take a whole new Unix-based macOSX overhaul to bring preemptive multitasking to the Macintosh.
Note to Bastich: It's really not that unusual for college students to have their computers in the dining room. No flat surface was spared.