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12 thoughts on “540 – Trick Hello”

  1. Scarsdale

    Called it, she figured he’d do this, if by choice or by zombie voodoo. I’m sure the “friendlier” questioning will start soon, if she doesn’t just kill him out-right. Or just add him to the herd.

  2. Crazyman

    Gotcha! 😉

  3. Zombatar

    This turn of events is a surprise only to Eustace. And, maybe, Eustace’s subconscious. After all, this way he doesn’t have to actually risk actually attacking Suzie, which gives him a greater chance of survival than actually attacking her. I wonder what he was promised/threatened with?

  4. ConcordBob

    Not to nit-pick, but since sights are on target, finger should be on the trigger. Especially this close.
    The usual rule is “keep finger straight and off trigger until sights are on target”.

  5. Dr. Norman (not a real doctor)

    Not to nit-pick, but since that was current philosophies regarding trigger discipline have evolved.
    Of course, it will depend on who you get/got your training from.
    Experiments have determined that the fraction of a second to go from finger off the trigger to finger firing when appropriate is insignificant, and the risk of firing unintended is greatly reduced.

  6. Dr. Norman (not a real doctor)

    I did the google thing and I believe I saw how you reached this conclusion … but there are two parts to it – One should not omit the second part.
    “Trigger Finger Discipline: · The practice of keeping your finger “off the trigger” until your sights are on target AND YOU ARE READY TO DISCHARGE THE FIREARM.” (Caps are my own)

  7. Crazyman

    She wants him alive so she can question him; otherwise, he’d already be dead. 💀

  8. ConcordBob

    Good discussion on trigger discipline!
    His skin is very pale / gray. Is this malnourishment, or has he been poisoned with a mind-control drug? I would have to go back and look a t all various of skin tone.

    1. TKG

      On a prior page we discussed what he’s likely got running in his system. I suggested that it’s probably Borrochero (Brugmansia arbora) which is already used by Colombian cartels to eradicate the free will of their victims.

  9. ConcordBob

    Oh, the gray is just the dim light. Here is McCarthy eating dinner, and has the typical white dude flesh tone.
    https://www.zombieranchcomic.com/comic/531-inquisitional-etiquette/

    1. Dawn

      Yeah, I was trying to show that it was dark. But went with the old Hollywood method of adding a blue grey tint over everything.

  10. Dr. Norman (not a real doctor)

    Now can we satisfy my curiosity? Colt, Smith & Wesson, Ruger, or other timeline variant?

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540 – Trick Hello
Posted on February 26, 2025 by Dawn

Suzie hearkening back to the last time Eustace was faked out. She probably regrets not being able to sneak the Lawn Ranger into the bedcovers to be the victim of the stabbing.

And with that, it's Episode 23 time! Welcome back to the Ranch, everyone!

Art and politics

Posted on November 23, 2016 by Clint
By now a good chunk of folks in the United States are aware of the controversy surrounding our VP-Elect attending a performance of the musical Hamilton, and what happened after. It’s one of many controversies in the wake of Donald Trump winning our presidential election, but truth to tell it’s pretty far down my list compared to stuff like this, or our incoming Attorney General being on record as saying “good people don’t smoke marijuana” (Dawn has a legitimate medical need and our state of California has long recognized that, but the Feds under Jeff Sessions may very well not. I would love to interpret that he’s only against smoking and is okay with edibles, but I doubt he even knows that’s a thing). Anyhow, I don’t want to turn this blog into “real-world political hour”, but it did ping my radar when someone criticized the Hamilton cast for bringing politics into entertainment. I mean, we’re not talking Garfield here (ironic Presidential name check aside) — Hamilton itself is a production very deliberately making a political statement, starring a cast of politicians, all about American politics past and present. It’s like watching The Passion of the Christ and getting upset that it’s religious. Now mind you, as far as I know Mel Gibson didn’t stand up in front of the theater after his film to ask, say, Richard Dawkins to please keep mindful of Jesus (also Richard Dawkins wasn’t in line to be a heartbeat away from the Presidency). But I would venture to say that where art is concerned, stuff like Garfield is a rare exception. Even an ostensibly fluffy newspaper strip like B.C. couldn’t help but occasionally bleed through a comic or several expressing creator Johnny Hart’s Christian ideology. Zombie Ranch hasn’t gone out of its way to avoid the occasional political commentary of its own, whether it’s an arguably premature declaration of victory or some elitist media darling making jokes at the expense of their guests. But it’s also important not to read overly into things. I know many people who retroactively consider Ender’s Game some kind of hardcore Mormon tract after finding out about the political views of Orson Scott Card. I don’t agree. Alan Moore is a self-admitted pagan anarchist in his personal life, and yet V for Vendetta represents for me a surprisingly nuanced take on the subject of order versus chaos, with the title character occasionally shown to be just as topped off on ruthless madness as those he fights. They are both, at heart, excellent stories and commentaries on human nature above all else. If they seem occasionally muddled in their message, well… that’s what makes them most interesting to me. That’s not just politics. That’s art. That’s life.