“How will I manage to keep my pecs so ripped when my cyborg arms are no longer providing resistance? Oh well, I’m glad that even though my designers provided no protection for my arms’ and legs’ internal moving parts against dust, they were thoughtful enough to build me these dapper metal spats.”
What if it’s not a human puzzled by the fact that half of him is turning into a robot, but a robot puzzled by the fact that half of him is turning into a human?
@Anna T.—or maybe he just woke up and discovered his dull and
fleshy upper body, knowing that he had a normal metallic torso and head when he went to sleep . . .
I like the robot-turning-human explanation. Otherwise I can’t think of a reason for a man to merely have a vague “something is not right here” expression on his face while looking at his metal limbs. “Hmmm…oh, yeah…I forgot I was a cyborg…”
September 1st, 2016 at 11:58 am
Nature doesn’t provide nearly enough reflective surfaces for checking yourself out.
September 1st, 2016 at 12:05 pm
Robo-Coptic
September 1st, 2016 at 12:08 pm
“Wait a minute…these are fake arms!”
September 1st, 2016 at 12:24 pm
The Royal Shakespeare Company’s, “Naked Cyborg Hamlet at Giza” , was a huge success.
September 1st, 2016 at 12:27 pm
That moment when you realise you forgot to order thumbs.
September 1st, 2016 at 1:47 pm
‘I’d give an arm and a leg to visit a Pyramid!’
‘What if I offered you two pyramids?’
September 1st, 2016 at 1:56 pm
“How will I manage to keep my pecs so ripped when my cyborg arms are no longer providing resistance? Oh well, I’m glad that even though my designers provided no protection for my arms’ and legs’ internal moving parts against dust, they were thoughtful enough to build me these dapper metal spats.”
September 1st, 2016 at 2:14 pm
The expression that says he’s just realised what part they’ve forgotten to include.
September 1st, 2016 at 2:16 pm
Wouldn’t creatures of light and darkness cancel each other out?
September 1st, 2016 at 3:00 pm
Not if they’re Hegelian Synthesis of Darkness and Light creatures.
September 1st, 2016 at 3:03 pm
Silly me!
September 1st, 2016 at 3:04 pm
@THX 1138
Not so much ‘forgotten’ as ‘already used up the entire planetary supply of chrome plated dildos’.
September 1st, 2016 at 5:08 pm
Let’s see, “This is the church, this is the steeple, open the door . . . ” Hmmmm, something’s missing.
September 1st, 2016 at 5:11 pm
What if it’s not a human puzzled by the fact that half of him is turning into a robot, but a robot puzzled by the fact that half of him is turning into a human?
September 1st, 2016 at 5:33 pm
Zelazny goes to China. Zelazny gets great covers worthy of his writing.
http://zenoagency.com/news/two-more-zelazny-novels-coming-to-china/
Won’t spoil the end of this scene.
September 1st, 2016 at 6:16 pm
He looks like he just woke up and discovered his shiny new robotic limbs, knowing that he had normal limbs when he went to sleep . . .
September 1st, 2016 at 6:44 pm
@Anna T.—or maybe he just woke up and discovered his dull and
fleshy upper body, knowing that he had a normal metallic torso and head when he went to sleep . . .
September 1st, 2016 at 9:03 pm
Perhaps he popped to Amstrad’s Integra ( CybermanDiv )Face Care System ? Every amstrad punter comes away with a free WTF face .
September 1st, 2016 at 9:15 pm
So a shop-dummy and a Gaggia coffee-machine get drunk one night and nine months later…
September 1st, 2016 at 9:17 pm
Did somebody say chrome-plated dildos???
September 2nd, 2016 at 4:06 am
Comment 20 is a perfect example of why this is the best place on the interwebs.
September 6th, 2016 at 12:19 am
I like the robot-turning-human explanation. Otherwise I can’t think of a reason for a man to merely have a vague “something is not right here” expression on his face while looking at his metal limbs. “Hmmm…oh, yeah…I forgot I was a cyborg…”
September 6th, 2016 at 5:03 pm
Hey!
Someone´s decapitated the Sphinx, dumped the head in the sand and stolen off with the body! My bet´s the creatures of darkness that did it…
September 8th, 2016 at 3:20 am
@TagWizard: another candidate for the beloved, neglected epic thoughts tag?
September 8th, 2016 at 3:55 am
@DSWBT — Yes. A sadly neglected tag.
September 8th, 2016 at 4:02 am
@Tag Wizard—well, if we have epic thoughts (as we should), shouldn’t we perhaps also have vapid thoughts?
September 19th, 2019 at 9:37 am
What deep thoughts race through this man’s head as he ponder his bionic limbs? What majestic ponderings go through his mind…?
“How am I ever going to wipe my butt with THESE? The claws go right through the toilet paper!”
September 20th, 2019 at 6:51 am
@ARY: Maybe the bionic hands can double as bidets?
August 18th, 2020 at 12:08 am
“…So, biceps 20cms…” Calibrators at the ready.